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Custom recruitment: buy the role the roster lacks

Evaluate each candidate’s Talent, primary Specialization, weapon type, cost, and limited roster space.

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01Verified game rule

Recruitment offers new custom candidates each cycle. Each candidate shows a Talent, primary Specialization, weapon type, backstory, and Credit cost; roster capacity is limited.

Planning note

Evaluate each candidate’s Talent, primary Specialization, weapon type, cost, and limited roster space.

Turn-end check

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

02Decision signals

Editorial tactical model

Planning noteTALENT
PositionPRIMARY SPEC
ResourcesWEAPON
Turn-end checkCREDITS

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. 01Evaluate each candidate’s Talent, primary Specialization, weapon type, cost, and limited roster space.
  2. 02Recruitment offers new custom candidates each cycle. Each candidate shows a Talent, primary Specialization, weapon type, backstory, and Credit cost; roster capacity is limited.
  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

Evaluate each candidate’s Talent, primary Specialization, weapon type, cost, and limited roster space. Recruitment offers new custom candidates each cycle. Each candidate shows a Talent, primary Specialization, weapon type, backstory, and Credit cost; roster capacity is limited.

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. 03Recruitment offers new custom candidates each cycle. Each candidate shows a Talent, primary Specialization, weapon type, backstory, and Credit cost; roster capacity is limited.
  4. 04Evaluate each candidate’s Talent, primary Specialization, weapon type, cost, and limited roster space.

06Continue the field manual

Primary sources

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