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Hawks build guide

The customisable former Republic officer who leads every story mission and can restore a squadmate's Action Point.

Confirmed
Confidence
Confirmed
Verified
4 August 2026
Version
pre-release (no retail build)

Overview

A former Republic officer and the player's commander. Required in story missions.

Type
Authored — joins through the story
Story missions
Required in every story mission
Spoiler level
None — nothing here spoils the story

Confirmed

What changes how you build them

  • Custom species, appearance, voice, starting Specialization and starting weapon.
  • A unique Talent that persists across Specializations, so it stays available however Hawks is built.
  • That Talent can spend Advantage to restore one Action Point to a squadmate, once per turn.
  • Required in story missions; skirmish missions allow other combinations.

Unique abilities

Abilities only Hawks has

  • Hawks AP support

    Confirmed

    Hawks can spend Advantage to restore one Action Point to a squadmate, once per turn.

    Build value: The only confirmed way to add AP to a turn. Extends a damage chain, or converts a move-only turn into move plus attack, or move plus Overwatch. It also makes Hawks a permanent Advantage spender that every squad must budget around.

Specializations

Recommended Specializations

These are our reading of the character's confirmed identity, not confirmed starting classes.

  • Medic

    Stacks two support roles on the one Operator that is always present, which frees the other three slots for damage and control.

  • Soldier

    Flexible offense on a mandatory slot, with the AP support Talent still available every turn.

  • Scout

    Pairs setup with turn extension, if the Scout's kit turns out to be about creating openings.

What we don't know yet

The game has not been released. These are open questions we have chosen not to guess at.

  • Which Specializations Hawks can actually take, and whether the choice is reversible.
  • The Advantage cost of the AP restoration.
  • Whether the unique Talent has additional ranks in the Focus Tree.
  • Base stats and how the custom species choice affects them, if at all.

Builds featuring Hawks

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