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Specializations: change roles without breaking the roster

Use the Personnel station to adjust most roles, then re-check weapon, partner, and objective coverage.

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01Verified game rule

Most operator Specializations can be changed at Personnel; authored operators keep fixed talents and some fixed role elements.

Planning note

Use the Personnel station to adjust most roles, then re-check weapon, partner, and objective coverage.

Turn-end check

Can every operator survive the enemy response and still reach the next objective?

02Decision signals

Editorial tactical model

Planning notePERSONNEL
PositionTALENT
ResourcesWEAPON
Turn-end checkCOVERAGE

03Tactical procedure

Use this procedure as a decision order, not a rigid script. Re-check it whenever a hit misses, reinforcements arrive, or the objective changes.

  1. 01Use the Personnel station to adjust most roles, then re-check weapon, partner, and objective coverage.
  2. 02Most operator Specializations can be changed at Personnel; authored operators keep fixed talents and some fixed role elements.
  3. 03Can every operator survive the enemy response and still reach the next objective?
  4. 04Is useful AP, Advantage, a Utility, or Call for Backup being left unused?

04Field scenario

Use the Personnel station to adjust most roles, then re-check weapon, partner, and objective coverage. Most operator Specializations can be changed at Personnel; authored operators keep fixed talents and some fixed role elements.

Example sequence01Read the objective, extraction condition, and enemy activation order.02Create the position or resource state required by the confirmed mechanic.03Commit damage only after the follow-up and recovery route are clear.

05End-of-turn checklist

  1. 01Can every operator survive the enemy response and still reach the next objective?
  2. 02Is useful AP, Advantage, a Utility, or Call for Backup being left unused?
  3. 03Most operator Specializations can be changed at Personnel; authored operators keep fixed talents and some fixed role elements.
  4. 04Use the Personnel station to adjust most roles, then re-check weapon, partner, and objective coverage.

06Continue the field manual

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Primary sources

Confirmed rules are separated from editorial recommendations. No invented mission data or unverified drop tables are published.