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Specializations are the class system in STAR WARS Zero Company. A Specialization sets an Operator's role, weapons, and signature abilities. Most Operators carry one of eight standard Specializations, while a handful of story companions use exotic classes locked to specific characters.

Ability Structure

Every Specialization includes three abilities: an Ultimate, a Standard, and a Passive. These abilities are unique to each Specialization, so two Operators of the same class share a toolkit while a mixed squad covers a wider range of tactical options. Ultimates are the biggest plays and draw on the shared advantage resource described under Turn-Based Combat.

Each Operator's Specialization also decides which of the four weapon families they can carry, and how much of their turn an attack costs. Ultimates draw on the shared advantage pool rather than a per-character cooldown, so a squad can only fire so many of them in a single encounter.

Standard Specializations

Custom Operators built in Squad Customization can take any of the eight standard Specializations:

A few signature abilities are public. The Assault ultimate is a multishot barrage, and the Heavy and Soldier both bring rocket attacks. The Medic carries Combat Stim, which gives a teammate a temporary buff to damage and health, and Morale Boost, which regenerates the whole team. The Scoundrel can use Identify Weakness to flag a target for a guaranteed critical hit on the next attack, a natural setup for a Sharpshooter follow-up. Bit Reactor has never published a complete per-class ability list; the game shipped without one, and the Specializations hub still gives role descriptions rather than full kits.

Exotic Specializations

Four exotic classes sit outside the standard pool. Each is tied to a particular kind of character rather than offered to every recruit:

The eight standard Specializations and the three-ability structure both shipped exactly as announced, with none renamed, added, or cut. The fourth exotic class is the one loose thread: the Specializations hub documents the eight standard classes only, and no official page has ever named a fourth exotic class alongside Astromech, Jedi Padawan and Mandalorian Warrior. Because the exotic classes come attached to fixed companions, building a balanced squad means pairing those companions with custom Operators whose standard Specializations fill the gaps. See Companions and Squadmates for the story characters and their locked classes.

Building an Operator's Kit

A Specialization is only one part of an Operator's loadout. Each Operator's combat kit is built from four pieces that combine into a single build. A Talent Specialization supplies one or two abilities tied to the character; for authored companions it is often fixed, while custom Operators draw from a pool. A Weapon Specialization sets the weapon family. A Primary Specialization is the main class, chosen from the standard or exotic sets. Partway through the campaign each Operator unlocks a Secondary Specialization, a second class layered on top of the first.

The four Weapon Specializations are the pistol, the rifle, the long arm, and the repeater. Each shapes an Operator's range and the action-point cost of attacking.

The Secondary Specialization is where builds open up. Because it stacks a second class onto the first, a single Operator can blend two toolkits, for example pairing a support class with a damage class, which multiplies the ways a four-Operator squad can be put together. The leader follows the same rules: you set Hawks' starting Specialization and weapon at the beginning of the game, then grow the kit from there.

The Secondary Specialization is not a gradual unlock. It arrives at a fixed point in the story and applies to everyone on the roster at once.

Most of a build can be undone later. Specializations, talents, weapons and Focus Point distribution can all be changed freely at the Armory and personnel pages back at the Den, with two exceptions: the talents of authored Operators are fixed, and so are the unique classes, meaning Astromech and Jedi Padawan cannot be swapped in or out.

More signature abilities have surfaced. Hawks carries Pico-5, and the astromech kit includes Built-in Comlink and Coordinated Support; all three hand an extra action to a teammate. Kabb Uppercut's namesake punch refunds every Action Point spent on it when it finishes an enemy off. The Sharpshooter has a shot that lands at full accuracy, and talents seen in play include drawing enemy attacks and sabotaging or detonating objects.

Class Availability

Alongside a Specialization, every Operator carries one of four weapon classes, and each weapon class offers between four and six cosmetic models.