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STAR WARS Zero Company runs on two kinds of deployment. Operations resolve on the galaxy map without a fight, while Tactical Missions send the squad down to a built environment for turn-based combat. Both are chosen at the holotable in the Den, and a campaign cycle is built around them.

How a Cycle Works

Each cycle offers a slate of Operations and Tactical Missions. Offers do not sit there forever: they expire, and story-critical missions become obligatory once enough time has passed. A cycle closes when you pick a Tactical Mission and deploy, which moves the clock forward and refreshes what is on the board.

Operations

Operations take place on the galaxy map and cost Intel to run. They can pay out instantly, push the narrative along, or open up further operations and missions. Some present a dilemma and ask you to choose, in the manner of a written adventure, and the choice can move character bonds and open side missions rather than only handing over loot.

Tactical Missions

Tactical Missions are the tactical layer proper. You pick a squad, deploy, and complete an objective. Story missions open with a short free-roam phase in third person, where you move through the environment before the shooting starts. That segment is where Zero Company does its espionage, and it can hand you extra Intel and Advantage Points to carry into the encounter.

Mission Types

Bit Reactor has described the mission types as a general set rather than a closed list, so more may exist than have been named. Seven have been named so far, six of them with a description of what the mission asks of you.

Hands-on accounts add more shape to that spread: objectives seen in play included rescuing a hostage from the far side of a map, holding one control point, holding several at once, and simply clearing every enemy in the area.

The spread matters tactically. Setting an overwatch line and waiting works when you are defending a point on a supply run, and works badly on a sabotage, rescue, or extraction mission where the objective forces you to move.

The Galaxy Map

The map covers more than 150 planets where Operations can potentially take place, many of them resolved through war-table choices rather than combat. Tactical Missions are far more selective: a bit over a dozen planets were built as full environments, each developed with the Lucasfilm Games team. See The Clone Wars Era for the locations confirmed so far.

Eleven of the bespoke Tactical Mission worlds have been named. Planets and Locations lists them alongside the split between the two layers.

On the Holotable Screen

The holotable itself splits into three tabs: Influence, Operations, and Missions. Every mission card carries its own difficulty rating and an expiry counter, so the clock on an offer is visible before you commit to it.

Cards also spell out the stakes on both sides. One shown in official material is flagged as a Crisis Mission at Dangerous difficulty; it names the enemy upgrade the mission would prevent, and lists its rewards as destroying an active Coil upgrade, a gain to Den Level, and a payment of Intel.

Choosing Well

Because Intel is finite and offers expire, a cycle is a budgeting problem as much as a tactical one. Every Operation costs a different amount, so the practical advice from the design team is to spend according to the playstyle you are building toward rather than trying to clear the board.