Ability

Zero Company Quick Draw

The Gunslinger's sidearm shot: it carries a hit penalty, and refunds its own Action Point on a kill.

Preview-reported

Confidence: Strongly supported
Verified: 23 August 2026
Version: pre-release preview build (August 2026)

What it does

Fires a fast sidearm pistol shot, separate from the Operator's primary blaster. It carries a 25% chance-to-hit penalty at first rank, which its five ranks reduce until it vanishes entirely. If the shot defeats its target, the Action Point spent on it is refunded.

Belongs to: Gunslinger
Cost: Action Points
Ultimate: No
Tags: single-target, mobile, advantage-generator

Build value

Why it matters when you are planning a squad

A chaining engine rather than a damage ability. Against weak enemies already inside kill range it costs nothing at all, so a Gunslinger can clear a line of droids and still hold a full turn of Action Points. Two caveats decide whether it works: the refund only pays on a kill, so a miss is a wasted point; and because the shot comes from the sidearm it does not stack Onslaught, which the Gunslinger's primary blaster attacks do. Clearing chaff with grenades instead throws the whole economy away.

Other Gunslinger abilities

Zero Company Open Fire

Sources

Star Wars Zero Company is full of (excellent) surprises
Skill Up · Tier 3 — Hands-on preview · accessed 11 August 2026
Supports: 2:09–15:14 — the Gunslinger's core ability refunding its point on a kill; half and full cover; Hawks' two voices sharing one personality; companions able to leave the squad entirely; a closed-doors developer briefing and the studio's Firaxis lineage

Costs, and why most are blank

A cost is recorded here only where a source states one. Most abilities have been named without one, and an inferred number would be indistinguishable from a measured one on the page — so the field says “not published” instead.

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Editor’s note

Renamed from the descriptive placeholder 'Gunslinger quick shot'. The correction that matters is that this is a distinct sidearm ability, not the class's basic attack — earlier copy treated the refund as a property of the Gunslinger's ordinary shooting, which made the class look far stronger than it is. Relabelled 2026-08-23. It carried a confirmed, official label on one previewer's account and no publisher statement. The 25% first-rank penalty and its decay across five ranks are screen readings from a single session.