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Custom Operator species

The species options for Custom Operators — none of which affect weapon proficiency.

Confirmed
Confidence
Strongly supported
Verified
11 August 2026

Overview

The species options for Custom Operators.

Type
Recruited
Story missions
Optional
Spoiler level
None — nothing here spoils the story

Confirmed

What changes how you build them

  • Six are named in EA's own text: Devaronian, Human, Mirialan, Togruta, Twi'lek and Zabrak.
  • EA name three more as Custom-Operator-only: Neimoidian, Ovissian and Weequay.
  • A previewer working through the character creator saw Rodian as well — and two other previewers played or lost a Rodian squadmate, so it is real. That makes ten.
  • Clones appear in the creator as a selectable type of their own, unlocking later in the story.
  • Species and faction do not provide superior weapon proficiency, so species is a roleplay choice rather than an optimization one.
  • Hawks is limited to the first six. The additional species are for recruited Operators.
  • The choice is not permanent for Hawks: species and appearance can be changed later at the Den.
  • Each species has its own options — horn variants, lekku styles and markings, antennae, face markings, skin palettes. Weequay have the fewest.

Specializations

Recommended Specializations

No build advice yet — deliberately

Custom Operator species’s kit has not been officially published. Publishing a recommended Specialization now would mean guessing, so this section stays empty until a source names their abilities. It will be filled in as soon as that happens.

Open questions

Points the shipped game has not yet answered for us, or that need a controlled comparison to state as fact — recorded rather than guessed at.

  • Whether ten is the full list. EA introduce their six with 'such as', and the creator was only shown at the start of a campaign.
  • Whether 'Clone' is a species in the game's own terms or a separate track.
  • Whether species carries any non-combat effect at all.
  • Whether more species unlock later in the campaign — the previewer who catalogued the creator says explicitly that he was only showing the starting set.

Sources

  • Answering the Internet's Biggest Questions about Star Wars Zero Company

    Electronic Arts · Tier 1 — Official · accessed 6 August 2026

    Supports: Squad limit of 4, with additional characters controllable in certain missions; roster starting at 7 and capped at 20, raised by Den upgrades, story progression and authored Operators joining; no species or faction weapon-proficiency advantage; Clone Trooper and astromech recruitment; permadeath default and toggleable; Hawks required on story missions. The headline itself is the evidence for the game's abbreviation: "Answering the Internet’s Biggest Questions about SWZC"

  • Lead Zero Company To Victory on August 27

    Electronic Arts · Tier 1 — Official · accessed 6 August 2026

    Supports: Operator introductions; 3 Action Points per turn; Advantage caps at 10; the eight Specializations; Bonds in the Personnel Facility; Hawks' species options

  • Zero Company full character creation

    RuthlessNightsister · Tier 3 — Hands-on preview · accessed 11 August 2026

    Supports: 1:07–14:15 — the creator's full species list including Rodian; per-species options; ten Custom Operator voices against two each for Hawks, clones and astromechs; blaster patterns applied per part; weapon mods visibly changing the model; the explicit statement that all of it is the start-of-game set only

  • Is Z-COM our new X-COM? Star Wars Zero Company gameplay deep dive

    ChristopherOdd · Tier 3 — Hands-on preview · accessed 11 August 2026

    Supports: 2:13–13:51 — Sweeping Salvo at 4 Advantage with three uses per mission; Hawks granting an ally 1 AP for 3 Advantage; Combat Recon granting 1 Advantage per unit scanned; the Grit Talent's stacking invulnerability; Heavy attacks taunting; the droideka ray shield; the Scout's Spotted status; Defense as flat damage reduction

  • Star Wars Zero Company: turn-based tactics that aren't just for XCOM experts

    IGN · Tier 3 — Hands-on preview · accessed 11 August 2026

    Supports: 2:15–12:39 — Advantage earned from successful attacks; four difficulty settings; ringing a droideka with Overwatch cones; Bonds granting health and critical damage; changing Hawks' species at the Den; the Bespin guest mission; preview-build defects including shots passing through solid cover