Specialists, Cont. (SFW) (Patreon)

Got a little art bonus for you tonight! What we have here is a look at Grunt's Mission Armor (the Harian Commando Specialist NPC, for those who may've forgotten). This will be in the next release, but only in the gallery - it'll be a while yet before this outfit makes it to gameplay.

I thought I'd take the opportunity to expand a bit on the Specialist post I made last month. As I said, the plan during the mid-game phase of development is to add various missions on which you will take several of your Specialists. This is still early in design and may well end up changing, but the current plan is for each Specialist to have three very simple stats: Combat, Intelligence, and Charm. Grunt, as you may expect, will be the Combat-focused Specialist, with all his points in Combat. Hellfire (as the Terran Specialist) will likely be your generalist, equally skilled in all areas. Each challenge you face on a mission will have several solutions - which talent you choose to overcome each obstacle may not only determine success or failure, but may also have an effect on which rewards you acquire for success.

Alternatively, you can select your squad members based on which ones have the coolest mission outfit. We're certainly not going to judge.