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OCIs

2026-02-09T14:40:18Z

76561198052080502: Added a new column "Effect", and Sensors, info hub, hacker, decoys, strafe, missile, rocket run, smoke, supply drop and auto laser sentry.

'''OCIs''', or '''Operational Capacity Improvements,''' are benefits to the systems of the [[TCRN Impetus]] that can be purchased and installed on the strategic layer in one of ten slots the Impetus has available. Their benefits are as follows:

{| class= "mw-collapsible wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
|-
! Name
! Description
! Effect
! Cost per install [[File:Oci points.png|center||5px|]]
! Acquisition
|-
| [[File:Oci icon 02.png|center|]] [[Sensor|Sensor]] || Sensor Arrays help penetrate enemy electronic defense systems so as to gather and process battlefield data. || Gain +1 Intelligence || 60 || Available at start
|-
| [[File:Oci icon 02.png|center|]] [[Sensor|Sensor II]] || Upgraded Sensor Arrays help penetrate enemy electronic defense systems so as to gather and process battlefield data. || Gain +2 Intelligence || 120 || Available at start
|-
| [[File:Oci icon 26.png|center|]] [[Info Hub|Info Hub]] || A network of backdoor channels, informants, and data siphoning rootkits. || Gain +3 Intelligence || 250 || [[DICE of the Gods]] trust reward.
|-
| [[File:Oci icon 16.png|center|]] [[Hacker|Hacker]] || Hackers can remotely force reboot enemy weapons systems that depend upon chips and data transferring. || Gain the Offmap Ability "Hacker Attack", which disables vehicles or other machines for 1 turn. || 120 || [[DICE of the Gods]] trust reward.
|-
| [[File:Oci icon 27.png|center|]] [[Decoys|Decoys]] || Sensor Decoys fill enemy radar with false contacts, leading to miscues and missteps. || Gain the Offmap Ability "Sensor Decoys", which advances the turn order up to 6 times without using your own units. || 160 || [[DICE of the Gods]] trust reward.
|-
| [[File:Oci icon 07.png|center|]] [[Minigun Strafing|Minigun Strafing]] || Equips the Dropship with a long barrel minigun extending from front to tail. Particularly deadly against clusters of soft targets. || Gain the Offmap Ability "Minigun Strafing", which fires at 5 tiles with suppressive minigun fire. || 65 || Available at start.
|-
| [[File:Oci icon 08.png|center|]] [[Unguided Missile Strike]] || Ship-to-Ship missiles ordinarily used to defend the impetus in space are now juryrigged to be used against ground targets. The sighting systems do not function terrestrially, leaving the weapons somewhat inaccurate but the large explosive payloads only have to land close. || Gain the Offmap Ability "Unguided Missile Strike", which drops a dummy missile into a generalized area. || 120 || Available at start.
|-
| [[File:Oci icon 09.png|center|]] [[Rocket Run]] || Rigs rocket pods onto the dropship, allowing it to strafe targets with a barrarge of unguided rockets. Inflicts very high suppression and fragmentation damage, but little in the way or armor penetration. || Gain the Offmap Ability "Rocket Pod Run", which fires a large amount of small, unguided rockets onto the battlefield. || 100 || [[The Backbone]] Trust Reward.
|-
| [[File:Oci icon 18.png|center|]] [[Smoke Curtain]] || A smoke screen that is dropped from the Impetus onto the battlefield, which helps to block enemy line of sight. || Gain the Offmap Ability "Smoke Curtain", which drops a smoke screen over 3 tiles on the battlefield. || 90 || Available at start.
|-
| [[File:Oci icon 06.png|center|]] [[Supply Drop]] || The Impetus can send additional supplies onto the battlefield. Due to typical battlefield circumstances, a designated landing spot is not always guaranteed. || Gain the Offmap Ability "Supply Drop", which drops a crate of ammunition to refill all weapons and Accessories. || 80 || [[The Backbone]] Trust Reward.
|-
| [[File:Oci icon 29.png|center|]] [[Auto-Laser Sentry Turret]] || Deploy an auto-laser sentry turret on the map that automatically fires at enemy units. || Gain the Offmap Ability "Auto Laser Sentry Turret", which deploys a turret that automatically shoots at enemies. || 150 || [[Zayn-Beecher Corp]] Trust Reward.
|-
| [[File:Oci icon 21.png|center|]] [[Moonshine Distillery|Moonshine Distillery]] || A secretive (and secretly allowed) area onboard the Impetus for the brewing of unique, TCR-flavored moonshine, a commodity some waybackers might take a strong interest in. || Gain a "Moonshine" Commodity after each operation || 100 || Event
|}

Characters

2026-02-07T15:07:00Z

76561198052080502: Added Renu Rewa skills

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'''Characters''' are the engine that drives the strategic and tactical gameplay of MENACE. They lead squads of infantry or pilot vehicles during missions, representing and coordinating the elements you deploy, and can grow to have either positive or negative relationships with each other, influencing their combat performance. They are all unique, pre-written personalities each with their own background, preferences, and goals. You begin with a selection of characters from the [[Terran Congressional Republic]] [[Marines]], but you can and will be expected to recruit more from the various factions of the [[Wayback System]] itself. They can die permanently in battle, and if you lose too many, your campaign will end in failure.

Characters can be divided into two types: Squad Leaders and Pilots. Squad Leaders are the command element of infantry units, operating a unique weapon (if chosen) while the other elements, called [[Squaddies]], are generic grunts who can be renamed at the player's behest but have no unique dialogue or personalities. Each squaddie represents a percentage of the infantry unit's HP, and a squaddie dies when the unit's HP is reduced by that percentage, weakening its [[morale]] as well as its number of attacks per turn. If a unit's HP is completely depleted and all its squaddies have been eliminated, the remaining Squad Leader is incapacitated, or "bleeding out," and must be "stabilized" by another Squad Leader before he or she is lost permanently. '''Vehicles cannot stabilize injured Squad Leaders, or rescue Pilots!''' A stabilized squad leader cannot be used for the rest of the battle but will not die.[https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2432860/view/512947503265480934]

Pilots command vehicles such as tanks, armored personnel carriers, and bipedal combat walkers (mechs). They are incapacitated and must be rescued when their vehicle has suffered critical damage and has been destroyed.

Both Squad Leaders and Pilots have skills in a Perk Tree that can be unlocked as they gain experience and are promoted through surviving tactical battles. While some skills are shared among different characters' perk trees, each character has a special unique perk entirely unique to him or her. Characters also have their own statistics (AP, Discipline, etc). [https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2432860/view/512947503265480934]

==Properties of Characters==

=== Attributes and Combat Stats ===
Each squad leader/pilot has a set of attributes, from which their combat stats are derived. Squad leaders have seven attributes, while pilots have five.

{| class="wikitable" style="width: 100%;"
|-
! Attribute !! Corresp. Stat !! Description of the Stat !! SL/Pilots?
|-
| style="width: 8%" | Agility
| style="width: 12%" | '''[[Action Points]]'''
| AP are spent for every action. Once all AP are spent, the current unit's turn ends automatically. AP are fully refreshed each turn.
| Both
|-
| Weapon Skill
| '''[[Accuracy]]'''
| Determines the chance of hitting a target without any modifiers, like distance and cover.
| Both
|-
| Valour
| '''[[Discipline]]'''
| General discipline of a unit. Reduces the amount of suppression suffered from an attack, and determines how easily a unit will break morale and waver or flee.
| Both
|-
| Toughness
| '''[[Damage Reduction]]'''
| Modifies any damage the unit suffers. This can be negative, the unit suffers more damage, or positive, the unit suffers less damage.
| SL only
|-
| Vitality
| '''[[Hitpoints]]'''
| Hitpoints represent the damage a unit can take before being destroyed. Once these reach zero, the unit is considered dead or destroyed.
| SL only
|-
| Precision
| '''[[Critical Chance]]'''
| Determines the chance to score a critical hit, for 50% more damage. This is calculated for each repetition of an attack individually.
| Both
|-
| Positioning
| '''[[Defense]]'''
| The defence is subtracted from any enemy accuracy that attacks this unit.
| Both
|}

Squad leaders and pilots have four more stats that are not derived from the attributes above:

{|class="wikitable" style="width: 100%;"
|-
! Stat !! Description
|-
| style="width: 10%" | [[File:Armor Value Icon.png|25px]] '''[[Armor Value]]'''
| Depends on the armor the squad has equipped. Higher armor value requires more penetration to inflict damage; durability decreases with each successfull stop of a bullet.
|-
| [[File:Detection Icon.png|25px]] '''[[Detection]]'''
| The ability to spot concealed units on the battlefield. Reduces an enemy unit’s concealment when calculating whether it is visible to this unit or not.
|-
| [[File:Concealment Icon.png|25px]] '''[[Concealment]]'''
| The ability to stay hidden from enemy sight even when within their view range. Each point of concealment reduces the effective view range of enemies against this unit by 1.
|-
| [[File:View Range Icon.png|25px]] '''[[View Range]]'''
| Determines how many tiles a unit can see on the battlefield, revealing enemies and lifting the fog of war. Concealment can hide enemies even when inside the view range.
|}

Additionally, all characters start with one [[unique starting perk]] already unlocked. These perks vary greatly between characters and are designed to make each character feel unique.

Furthermore, each character has their own [[perk tree]] that can be unlocked through [[promotions]]. While not all perks are unique to each character, the selection and order of unlocks will differ.

=== Character Quality Level and Costs ===
{|class="wikitable" style="width: 100%;"
|-
! Stat !! Description
|-
| style="width: 10%" | Promotion Tax
| The supply point cost of this unit is increased cumulatively by the promotion tax for every promotion it is awarded.
|-
| Growth Potential
| The chance of increasing a stat every time a unit takes an associated action. For example, hitting an enemy has a chance to permanently increase accuracy. Higher growth potential will lead to stats increasing faster.
|-
| Supply Cost
| The amount of supplies it costs to deploy this unit on a mission. The total cost of a unit is further increased by other factors, like promotion, tax, and equipment costs.
|}

===Promotion and Demotion===
:''↪ Main article: [[Promotion and Demotion]]''

Squad leaders and pilots can be promoted with [[Promotion and Demotion#Promotion Points|promotion points]] that are earned, for example, through completing missions. Promoting a character does not happen automatically. It must be done by the player.

The cost of promoting the same character increases with each promotion.

Characters can hold one of eight [[Promotion and Demotion#Ranks|ranks]], ranging from (1) Lance Corporal to (8) Master Gunnery Sergeant.

It is possible to demote a character. Although a small portion of the invested promotion points will be refunded, the affected leader will not be pleased.

==Squad Leaders==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
|-
! Name !! class="unsortable" | Portrait !! class="unsortable" | Unique Perk !! Affiliation
! {{H:title|Agility (→ Action Points)|AGI}}
! {{H:title|Weapon Skill (→ Accuracy)|WS}}
! {{H:title|Valour (→ Discipline)|VAL}}
! {{H:title|Toughness (→ Damage Reduction)|TOUG}}
! {{H:title|Vitality (→ Hitpoints)|VIT}}
! {{H:title|Precision (→ Critical Chance)|PREC}}
! {{H:title|Positioning (→ Defense)|POS}}
! {{H:title|Promotion Tax|Prom. Tax}}
! {{H:title|Growth Potential|Growth Pot.}}
! Supply Cost
|-
| [[Jane Darby]] || [[File:Jane_Darby.jpg|center|100px|link=Jane Darby]]
| [[File:High_Value_Target_Icon.png|center|70px|link=Jane Darby#Unique Starting Perk]] [[Jane Darby#Unique Starting Perk| High Value Target]]
| [[Marines]]
| 88 || 80 || 70 || 50 || 40 || 20 || 75
| 15 || 5 || 40
|-
| [[Charles Lim]] || [[File:Charles_lim.jpg|center|100px|link=Charles Lim#Unique Starting Perk]]
| [[File:Starting perk 04.png|center|70px|link=Charles Lim#Unique Starting Perk]] [[Charles Lim#Unique Starting Perk | Aspiring]]
| [[Marines]]
| 75 || 65 || 70 || 55 || 50 || 0 || 60
| - || - || -
|-
| [[Marta Carda]] || [[File:Marta_Carda.jpg|center|100px|link=Marta Carda]]
| [[File:Starting perk 13.png|center|70px|link=Marta Carda#Unique Starting Perk]] [[Marta Carda#Unique Starting Perk | Out Of The Craters]]
| [[Marines]]
| - || - || - || - || - || - || -
| - || - || -
|-
| [[Edwin Pike]] || [[File:Edwin_Pike.jpg|center|100px|link=Edwin Pike]]
| [[File:Starting perk 02.png|center|70px|link=Edwin Pike#Unique Starting Perk]] [[Edwin Pike#Unique Starting Perk | Stalwart]]
| [[Marines]]
| - || - || - || - || - || - || -
| - || - || -
|-
| [[Tekko'Beo Phosa]] || [[File:Tekko'Beo Phosa Portrait.png|center|100px|link=Tekko'Beo Phosa]]
| [[File:Starting perk 08.png|center|70px|link=Tekko'Beo_Phosa#Unique Starting Perk]] [[Tekko'Beo_Phosa#Unique Starting Perk | Rampage]]
| [[Marines]]
| - || - || - || - || - || - || -
| - || - || -
|-
| [[Jean Sy]] || [[File:Jean Sy Portrait.jpg|center|100px|link=Jean Sy]]
| [[File:Starting perk 05.png|center|70px|link=Jean_Sy#Unique Starting Perk]] [[Jean_Sy#Unique Starting Perk | Economics]]
| [[Pirates]]
| - || - || - || - || - || - || -
| - || - || -
|-
| [[Kody Greifinger]] || [[File:Kody Greifinger.png|center|100px|link=Kody Greifinger]]
| [[File:Guerilla.png|center|70px|link=Kody_Greifinger#Unique Starting Perk]] [[Kody_Greifinger#Unique Starting Perk | Guerilla]]
| Unaligned (Former [[Marines|Marine]])
| - || - || - || - || - || - || -
| - || - || -
|-
| [[Fedor Yazhov]] || [[File:Fedor Yazov.png|center|100px|link=Fedor Yazov]]
| [[File:Starting perk 11.png|center|70px|link=Fedor Yazhov#Unique Starting Perk]] [[Fedor Yazhov#Unique Starting Perk | No Mercy]]
| Mercenary
| 75 || 65 || 65 || 50 || 50 || 10 || 50
| 10 || 6 || 20
|-
| [[J.G. Wetteroth]] || [[File:J.G Wetteroth.png|center|100px|link=J.G Wetteroth]]
| [[File:Starting perk 10.png|center|70px|link=J.G Wetteroth#Unique Starting Perk]] [[J.G Wetteroth#Unique Starting Perk | Big Game Hunter]]
| Unaligned
| - || - || - || - || - || - || -
| - || - || -
|-
| [[Jacques Yves Vamplew]] || [[File:Vamplew.png|center|100px|link=Jacques Yves Vamplew]]
| [[File:Promotion.png|center|70px|link=Jacques Yves Vamplew#Unique Starting Perk]] [[Jacques Yves Vamplew#Unique Starting Perk | Partir De Rien]]
| Mercenary

| 82 || 75 || 65 || 50 || 50 || 0 || 50
| 10 || 3 || 20
|-
| [[Sachin Singh]] || [[File:Sachin_Singh.png|center|100px|link=Sachin Singh]]
| [[File:Promotion.png|center|70px|link=Sachin Singh#Unique Starting Perk]] [[Sachin Singh#Unique Starting Perk | Strength In Numbers]]
| [[Planetary Jingwei]]
| 63 || 65 || 60 || 50 || 50 || 50 || 40
| 5 || 5 || 4
|-
|-
| [[?]] || [[File:? Portrait.png|center|100px]]
| [[File:? Icon.png|center|70px|link=?#Unique Starting Perk]] [[?#Unique Starting Perk | ?]]
| [[?]]
| - || - || - || - || - || - || -
| - || - || -
|-
|}

==Pilots==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
|-
! Name !! class="unsortable" | Portrait !! class="unsortable" | Unique Perk !! Affiliation
! {{H:title|Agility (→ Action Points)|AGI}}
! {{H:title|Weapon Skill (→ Accuracy)|WS}}
! {{H:title|Valour (→ Discipline)|VAL}}
! {{H:title|Precision (→ Critical Chance)|PREC}}
! {{H:title|Positioning (→ Defense)|POS}}
! {{H:title|Promotion Tax|Prom. Tax}}
! {{H:title|Growth Potential|Growth Pot.}}
! Supply Cost
|-
| [[Renu Rewa]] || [[File:Renu_Rewa.jpg|center|100px|link=Renu Rewa]] || [[File:Starting perk 01.png|center|70px]] [[Renu Rewa#Unique Starting Perk | Revel In Slaughter]] || [[Marines]] || | 75 || 70 || 65 || 10 || 50 || 10 || 5 || 40
|-
| [[Gabriel Exconde]] || [[File:Gabriel_Exconde.png|center|100px|link=Gabriel Exconde]] || [[File:Starting perk 06.png|center|70px|]] [[Gabriel Exconde#Unique Starting Perk | Prayer]] || [[Mercenary]]
| - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|-
| [[Garry Boganwright]] || [[File:Garry_Boganwright.jpg|center|100px|link=Garry Boganwright]] || [[File:Promotion.png|center|70px|]] [[TBD]] || [[Marines]]
| - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|-
| [[Achilleas Kainoo]] || [[File:Achilleas_Kainoo.jpg|center|100px|link=Achilleas Kainoo]] || [[File:Promotion.png|center|70px|]] [[TBD]] || [[Marines]]
| - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|-
| [[Ivory Isom]] || [[File:Ivory_Isom.png|center|100px|link=Ivory Isom]] || [[File:Promotion.png|center|70px|]] [[Zero In]] || [[Planetary Jingwei]]
| 63 || 60 || 60 || 0 || 30 || 5 || 6 || 10
|}

Characters

2026-02-07T15:05:54Z

76561198052080502: Added Sachin Singh

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The content below is based on the demo release and needs to be '''updated''' as it may not accurately represent what's currently in-game. {{#if: {{{1|}}}
|''{{{1}}}''
|}}
|}
'''Characters''' are the engine that drives the strategic and tactical gameplay of MENACE. They lead squads of infantry or pilot vehicles during missions, representing and coordinating the elements you deploy, and can grow to have either positive or negative relationships with each other, influencing their combat performance. They are all unique, pre-written personalities each with their own background, preferences, and goals. You begin with a selection of characters from the [[Terran Congressional Republic]] [[Marines]], but you can and will be expected to recruit more from the various factions of the [[Wayback System]] itself. They can die permanently in battle, and if you lose too many, your campaign will end in failure.

Characters can be divided into two types: Squad Leaders and Pilots. Squad Leaders are the command element of infantry units, operating a unique weapon (if chosen) while the other elements, called [[Squaddies]], are generic grunts who can be renamed at the player's behest but have no unique dialogue or personalities. Each squaddie represents a percentage of the infantry unit's HP, and a squaddie dies when the unit's HP is reduced by that percentage, weakening its [[morale]] as well as its number of attacks per turn. If a unit's HP is completely depleted and all its squaddies have been eliminated, the remaining Squad Leader is incapacitated, or "bleeding out," and must be "stabilized" by another Squad Leader before he or she is lost permanently. '''Vehicles cannot stabilize injured Squad Leaders, or rescue Pilots!''' A stabilized squad leader cannot be used for the rest of the battle but will not die.[https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2432860/view/512947503265480934]

Pilots command vehicles such as tanks, armored personnel carriers, and bipedal combat walkers (mechs). They are incapacitated and must be rescued when their vehicle has suffered critical damage and has been destroyed.

Both Squad Leaders and Pilots have skills in a Perk Tree that can be unlocked as they gain experience and are promoted through surviving tactical battles. While some skills are shared among different characters' perk trees, each character has a special unique perk entirely unique to him or her. Characters also have their own statistics (AP, Discipline, etc). [https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2432860/view/512947503265480934]

==Properties of Characters==

=== Attributes and Combat Stats ===
Each squad leader/pilot has a set of attributes, from which their combat stats are derived. Squad leaders have seven attributes, while pilots have five.

{| class="wikitable" style="width: 100%;"
|-
! Attribute !! Corresp. Stat !! Description of the Stat !! SL/Pilots?
|-
| style="width: 8%" | Agility
| style="width: 12%" | '''[[Action Points]]'''
| AP are spent for every action. Once all AP are spent, the current unit's turn ends automatically. AP are fully refreshed each turn.
| Both
|-
| Weapon Skill
| '''[[Accuracy]]'''
| Determines the chance of hitting a target without any modifiers, like distance and cover.
| Both
|-
| Valour
| '''[[Discipline]]'''
| General discipline of a unit. Reduces the amount of suppression suffered from an attack, and determines how easily a unit will break morale and waver or flee.
| Both
|-
| Toughness
| '''[[Damage Reduction]]'''
| Modifies any damage the unit suffers. This can be negative, the unit suffers more damage, or positive, the unit suffers less damage.
| SL only
|-
| Vitality
| '''[[Hitpoints]]'''
| Hitpoints represent the damage a unit can take before being destroyed. Once these reach zero, the unit is considered dead or destroyed.
| SL only
|-
| Precision
| '''[[Critical Chance]]'''
| Determines the chance to score a critical hit, for 50% more damage. This is calculated for each repetition of an attack individually.
| Both
|-
| Positioning
| '''[[Defense]]'''
| The defence is subtracted from any enemy accuracy that attacks this unit.
| Both
|}

Squad leaders and pilots have four more stats that are not derived from the attributes above:

{|class="wikitable" style="width: 100%;"
|-
! Stat !! Description
|-
| style="width: 10%" | [[File:Armor Value Icon.png|25px]] '''[[Armor Value]]'''
| Depends on the armor the squad has equipped. Higher armor value requires more penetration to inflict damage; durability decreases with each successfull stop of a bullet.
|-
| [[File:Detection Icon.png|25px]] '''[[Detection]]'''
| The ability to spot concealed units on the battlefield. Reduces an enemy unit’s concealment when calculating whether it is visible to this unit or not.
|-
| [[File:Concealment Icon.png|25px]] '''[[Concealment]]'''
| The ability to stay hidden from enemy sight even when within their view range. Each point of concealment reduces the effective view range of enemies against this unit by 1.
|-
| [[File:View Range Icon.png|25px]] '''[[View Range]]'''
| Determines how many tiles a unit can see on the battlefield, revealing enemies and lifting the fog of war. Concealment can hide enemies even when inside the view range.
|}

Additionally, all characters start with one [[unique starting perk]] already unlocked. These perks vary greatly between characters and are designed to make each character feel unique.

Furthermore, each character has their own [[perk tree]] that can be unlocked through [[promotions]]. While not all perks are unique to each character, the selection and order of unlocks will differ.

=== Character Quality Level and Costs ===
{|class="wikitable" style="width: 100%;"
|-
! Stat !! Description
|-
| style="width: 10%" | Promotion Tax
| The supply point cost of this unit is increased cumulatively by the promotion tax for every promotion it is awarded.
|-
| Growth Potential
| The chance of increasing a stat every time a unit takes an associated action. For example, hitting an enemy has a chance to permanently increase accuracy. Higher growth potential will lead to stats increasing faster.
|-
| Supply Cost
| The amount of supplies it costs to deploy this unit on a mission. The total cost of a unit is further increased by other factors, like promotion, tax, and equipment costs.
|}

===Promotion and Demotion===
:''↪ Main article: [[Promotion and Demotion]]''

Squad leaders and pilots can be promoted with [[Promotion and Demotion#Promotion Points|promotion points]] that are earned, for example, through completing missions. Promoting a character does not happen automatically. It must be done by the player.

The cost of promoting the same character increases with each promotion.

Characters can hold one of eight [[Promotion and Demotion#Ranks|ranks]], ranging from (1) Lance Corporal to (8) Master Gunnery Sergeant.

It is possible to demote a character. Although a small portion of the invested promotion points will be refunded, the affected leader will not be pleased.

==Squad Leaders==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
|-
! Name !! class="unsortable" | Portrait !! class="unsortable" | Unique Perk !! Affiliation
! {{H:title|Agility (→ Action Points)|AGI}}
! {{H:title|Weapon Skill (→ Accuracy)|WS}}
! {{H:title|Valour (→ Discipline)|VAL}}
! {{H:title|Toughness (→ Damage Reduction)|TOUG}}
! {{H:title|Vitality (→ Hitpoints)|VIT}}
! {{H:title|Precision (→ Critical Chance)|PREC}}
! {{H:title|Positioning (→ Defense)|POS}}
! {{H:title|Promotion Tax|Prom. Tax}}
! {{H:title|Growth Potential|Growth Pot.}}
! Supply Cost
|-
| [[Jane Darby]] || [[File:Jane_Darby.jpg|center|100px|link=Jane Darby]]
| [[File:High_Value_Target_Icon.png|center|70px|link=Jane Darby#Unique Starting Perk]] [[Jane Darby#Unique Starting Perk| High Value Target]]
| [[Marines]]
| 88 || 80 || 70 || 50 || 40 || 20 || 75
| 15 || 5 || 40
|-
| [[Charles Lim]] || [[File:Charles_lim.jpg|center|100px|link=Charles Lim#Unique Starting Perk]]
| [[File:Starting perk 04.png|center|70px|link=Charles Lim#Unique Starting Perk]] [[Charles Lim#Unique Starting Perk | Aspiring]]
| [[Marines]]
| 75 || 65 || 70 || 55 || 50 || 0 || 60
| - || - || -
|-
| [[Marta Carda]] || [[File:Marta_Carda.jpg|center|100px|link=Marta Carda]]
| [[File:Starting perk 13.png|center|70px|link=Marta Carda#Unique Starting Perk]] [[Marta Carda#Unique Starting Perk | Out Of The Craters]]
| [[Marines]]
| - || - || - || - || - || - || -
| - || - || -
|-
| [[Edwin Pike]] || [[File:Edwin_Pike.jpg|center|100px|link=Edwin Pike]]
| [[File:Starting perk 02.png|center|70px|link=Edwin Pike#Unique Starting Perk]] [[Edwin Pike#Unique Starting Perk | Stalwart]]
| [[Marines]]
| - || - || - || - || - || - || -
| - || - || -
|-
| [[Tekko'Beo Phosa]] || [[File:Tekko'Beo Phosa Portrait.png|center|100px|link=Tekko'Beo Phosa]]
| [[File:Starting perk 08.png|center|70px|link=Tekko'Beo_Phosa#Unique Starting Perk]] [[Tekko'Beo_Phosa#Unique Starting Perk | Rampage]]
| [[Marines]]
| - || - || - || - || - || - || -
| - || - || -
|-
| [[Jean Sy]] || [[File:Jean Sy Portrait.jpg|center|100px|link=Jean Sy]]
| [[File:Starting perk 05.png|center|70px|link=Jean_Sy#Unique Starting Perk]] [[Jean_Sy#Unique Starting Perk | Economics]]
| [[Pirates]]
| - || - || - || - || - || - || -
| - || - || -
|-
| [[Kody Greifinger]] || [[File:Kody Greifinger.png|center|100px|link=Kody Greifinger]]
| [[File:Guerilla.png|center|70px|link=Kody_Greifinger#Unique Starting Perk]] [[Kody_Greifinger#Unique Starting Perk | Guerilla]]
| Unaligned (Former [[Marines|Marine]])
| - || - || - || - || - || - || -
| - || - || -
|-
| [[Fedor Yazhov]] || [[File:Fedor Yazov.png|center|100px|link=Fedor Yazov]]
| [[File:Starting perk 11.png|center|70px|link=Fedor Yazhov#Unique Starting Perk]] [[Fedor Yazhov#Unique Starting Perk | No Mercy]]
| Mercenary
| 75 || 65 || 65 || 50 || 50 || 10 || 50
| 10 || 6 || 20
|-
| [[J.G. Wetteroth]] || [[File:J.G Wetteroth.png|center|100px|link=J.G Wetteroth]]
| [[File:Starting perk 10.png|center|70px|link=J.G Wetteroth#Unique Starting Perk]] [[J.G Wetteroth#Unique Starting Perk | Big Game Hunter]]
| Unaligned
| - || - || - || - || - || - || -
| - || - || -
|-
| [[Jacques Yves Vamplew]] || [[File:Vamplew.png|center|100px|link=Jacques Yves Vamplew]]
| [[File:Promotion.png|center|70px|link=Jacques Yves Vamplew#Unique Starting Perk]] [[Jacques Yves Vamplew#Unique Starting Perk | Partir De Rien]]
| Mercenary

| 82 || 75 || 65 || 50 || 50 || 0 || 50
| 10 || 3 || 20
|-
| [[Sachin Singh]] || [[File:Sachin_Singh.png|center|100px|link=Sachin Singh]]
| [[File:Promotion.png|center|70px|link=Sachin Singh#Unique Starting Perk]] [[Sachin Singh#Unique Starting Perk | Strength In Numbers]]
| [[Planetary Jingwei]]
| 63 || 65 || 60 || 50 || 50 || 50 || 40
| 5 || 5 || 4
|-
|-
| [[?]] || [[File:? Portrait.png|center|100px]]
| [[File:? Icon.png|center|70px|link=?#Unique Starting Perk]] [[?#Unique Starting Perk | ?]]
| [[?]]
| - || - || - || - || - || - || -
| - || - || -
|-
|}

==Pilots==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
|-
! Name !! class="unsortable" | Portrait !! class="unsortable" | Unique Perk !! Affiliation
! {{H:title|Agility (→ Action Points)|AGI}}
! {{H:title|Weapon Skill (→ Accuracy)|WS}}
! {{H:title|Valour (→ Discipline)|VAL}}
! {{H:title|Precision (→ Critical Chance)|PREC}}
! {{H:title|Positioning (→ Defense)|POS}}
! {{H:title|Promotion Tax|Prom. Tax}}
! {{H:title|Growth Potential|Growth Pot.}}
! Supply Cost
|-
| [[Renu Rewa]] || [[File:Renu_Rewa.jpg|center|100px|link=Renu Rewa]] || [[File:Starting perk 01.png|center|70px]] [[Renu Rewa#Unique Starting Perk | Revel In Slaughter]] || [[Marines]] || | - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|-
| [[Gabriel Exconde]] || [[File:Gabriel_Exconde.png|center|100px|link=Gabriel Exconde]] || [[File:Starting perk 06.png|center|70px|]] [[Gabriel Exconde#Unique Starting Perk | Prayer]] || [[Mercenary]]
| - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|-
| [[Garry Boganwright]] || [[File:Garry_Boganwright.jpg|center|100px|link=Garry Boganwright]] || [[File:Promotion.png|center|70px|]] [[TBD]] || [[Marines]]
| - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|-
| [[Achilleas Kainoo]] || [[File:Achilleas_Kainoo.jpg|center|100px|link=Achilleas Kainoo]] || [[File:Promotion.png|center|70px|]] [[TBD]] || [[Marines]]
| - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|-
| [[Ivory Isom]] || [[File:Ivory_Isom.png|center|100px|link=Ivory Isom]] || [[File:Promotion.png|center|70px|]] [[Zero In]] || [[Planetary Jingwei]]
| 63 || 60 || 60 || 0 || 30 || 5 || 6 || 10
|}

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Characters

2026-02-07T13:39:35Z

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|''{{{1}}}''
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'''Characters''' are the engine that drives the strategic and tactical gameplay of MENACE. They lead squads of infantry or pilot vehicles during missions, representing and coordinating the elements you deploy, and can grow to have either positive or negative relationships with each other, influencing their combat performance. They are all unique, pre-written personalities each with their own background, preferences, and goals. You begin with a selection of characters from the [[Terran Congressional Republic]] [[Marines]], but you can and will be expected to recruit more from the various factions of the [[Wayback System]] itself. They can die permanently in battle, and if you lose too many, your campaign will end in failure.

Characters can be divided into two types: Squad Leaders and Pilots. Squad Leaders are the command element of infantry units, operating a unique weapon (if chosen) while the other elements, called [[Squaddies]], are generic grunts who can be renamed at the player's behest but have no unique dialogue or personalities. Each squaddie represents a percentage of the infantry unit's HP, and a squaddie dies when the unit's HP is reduced by that percentage, weakening its [[morale]] as well as its number of attacks per turn. If a unit's HP is completely depleted and all its squaddies have been eliminated, the remaining Squad Leader is incapacitated, or "bleeding out," and must be "stabilized" by another Squad Leader before he or she is lost permanently. '''Vehicles cannot stabilize injured Squad Leaders, or rescue Pilots!''' A stabilized squad leader cannot be used for the rest of the battle but will not die.[https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2432860/view/512947503265480934]

Pilots command vehicles such as tanks, armored personnel carriers, and bipedal combat walkers (mechs). They are incapacitated and must be rescued when their vehicle has suffered critical damage and has been destroyed.

Both Squad Leaders and Pilots have skills in a Perk Tree that can be unlocked as they gain experience and are promoted through surviving tactical battles. While some skills are shared among different characters' perk trees, each character has a special unique perk entirely unique to him or her. Characters also have their own statistics (AP, Discipline, etc). [https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2432860/view/512947503265480934]

==Properties of Characters==

=== Attributes and Combat Stats ===
Each squad leader/pilot has a set of attributes, from which their combat stats are derived. Squad leaders have seven attributes, while pilots have five.

{| class="wikitable" style="width: 100%;"
|-
! Attribute !! Corresp. Stat !! Description of the Stat !! SL/Pilots?
|-
| style="width: 8%" | Agility
| style="width: 12%" | '''[[Action Points]]'''
| AP are spent for every action. Once all AP are spent, the current unit's turn ends automatically. AP are fully refreshed each turn.
| Both
|-
| Weapon Skill
| '''[[Accuracy]]'''
| Determines the chance of hitting a target without any modifiers, like distance and cover.
| Both
|-
| Valour
| '''[[Discipline]]'''
| General discipline of a unit. Reduces the amount of suppression suffered from an attack, and determines how easily a unit will break morale and waver or flee.
| Both
|-
| Toughness
| '''[[Damage Reduction]]'''
| Modifies any damage the unit suffers. This can be negative, the unit suffers more damage, or positive, the unit suffers less damage.
| SL only
|-
| Vitality
| '''[[Hitpoints]]'''
| Hitpoints represent the damage a unit can take before being destroyed. Once these reach zero, the unit is considered dead or destroyed.
| SL only
|-
| Precision
| '''[[Critical Chance]]'''
| Determines the chance to score a critical hit, for 50% more damage. This is calculated for each repetition of an attack individually.
| Both
|-
| Positioning
| '''[[Defense]]'''
| The defence is subtracted from any enemy accuracy that attacks this unit.
| Both
|}

Squad leaders and pilots have four more stats that are not derived from the attributes above:

{|class="wikitable" style="width: 100%;"
|-
! Stat !! Description
|-
| style="width: 10%" | [[File:Armor Value Icon.png|25px]] '''[[Armor Value]]'''
| Depends on the armor the squad has equipped. Higher armor value requires more penetration to inflict damage; durability decreases with each successfull stop of a bullet.
|-
| [[File:Detection Icon.png|25px]] '''[[Detection]]'''
| The ability to spot concealed units on the battlefield. Reduces an enemy unit’s concealment when calculating whether it is visible to this unit or not.
|-
| [[File:Concealment Icon.png|25px]] '''[[Concealment]]'''
| The ability to stay hidden from enemy sight even when within their view range. Each point of concealment reduces the effective view range of enemies against this unit by 1.
|-
| [[File:View Range Icon.png|25px]] '''[[View Range]]'''
| Determines how many tiles a unit can see on the battlefield, revealing enemies and lifting the fog of war. Concealment can hide enemies even when inside the view range.
|}

Additionally, all characters start with one [[unique starting perk]] already unlocked. These perks vary greatly between characters and are designed to make each character feel unique.

Furthermore, each character has their own [[perk tree]] that can be unlocked through [[promotions]]. While not all perks are unique to each character, the selection and order of unlocks will differ.

=== Character Quality Level and Costs ===
{|class="wikitable" style="width: 100%;"
|-
! Stat !! Description
|-
| style="width: 10%" | Promotion Tax
| The supply point cost of this unit is increased cumulatively by the promotion tax for every promotion it is awarded.
|-
| Growth Potential
| The chance of increasing a stat every time a unit takes an associated action. For example, hitting an enemy has a chance to permanently increase accuracy. Higher growth potential will lead to stats increasing faster.
|-
| Supply Cost
| The amount of supplies it costs to deploy this unit on a mission. The total cost of a unit is further increased by other factors, like promotion, tax, and equipment costs.
|}

===Promotion and Demotion===
:''↪ Main article: [[Promotion and Demotion]]''

Squad leaders and pilots can be promoted with [[Promotion and Demotion#Promotion Points|promotion points]] that are earned, for example, through completing missions. Promoting a character does not happen automatically. It must be done by the player.

The cost of promoting the same character increases with each promotion.

Characters can hold one of eight [[Promotion and Demotion#Ranks|ranks]], ranging from (1) Lance Corporal to (8) Master Gunnery Sergeant.

It is possible to demote a character. Although a small portion of the invested promotion points will be refunded, the affected leader will not be pleased.

==Squad Leaders==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
|-
! Name !! class="unsortable" | Portrait !! class="unsortable" | Unique Perk !! Affiliation
! {{H:title|Agility (→ Action Points)|AGI}}
! {{H:title|Weapon Skill (→ Accuracy)|WS}}
! {{H:title|Valour (→ Discipline)|VAL}}
! {{H:title|Toughness (→ Damage Reduction)|TOUG}}
! {{H:title|Vitality (→ Hitpoints)|VIT}}
! {{H:title|Precision (→ Critical Chance)|PREC}}
! {{H:title|Positioning (→ Defense)|POS}}
! {{H:title|Promotion Tax|Prom. Tax}}
! {{H:title|Growth Potential|Growth Pot.}}
! Supply Cost
|-
| [[Jane Darby]] || [[File:Jane_Darby.jpg|center|100px|link=Jane Darby]]
| [[File:High_Value_Target_Icon.png|center|70px|link=Jane Darby#Unique Starting Perk]] [[Jane Darby#Unique Starting Perk| High Value Target]]
| [[Marines]]
| 88 || 80 || 70 || 50 || 40 || 20 || 75
| 15 || 5 || 40
|-
| [[Charles Lim]] || [[File:Charles_lim.jpg|center|100px|link=Charles Lim#Unique Starting Perk]]
| [[File:Starting perk 04.png|center|70px|link=Charles Lim#Unique Starting Perk]] [[Charles Lim#Unique Starting Perk | Aspiring]]
| [[Marines]]
| 75 || 65 || 70 || 55 || 50 || 0 || 60
| - || - || -
|-
| [[Marta Carda]] || [[File:Marta_Carda.jpg|center|100px|link=Marta Carda]]
| [[File:Starting perk 13.png|center|70px|link=Marta Carda#Unique Starting Perk]] [[Marta Carda#Unique Starting Perk | Out Of The Craters]]
| [[Marines]]
| - || - || - || - || - || - || -
| - || - || -
|-
| [[Edwin Pike]] || [[File:Edwin_Pike.jpg|center|100px|link=Edwin Pike]]
| [[File:Starting perk 02.png|center|70px|link=Edwin Pike#Unique Starting Perk]] [[Edwin Pike#Unique Starting Perk | Stalwart]]
| [[Marines]]
| - || - || - || - || - || - || -
| - || - || -
|-
| [[Tekko'Beo Phosa]] || [[File:Tekko'Beo Phosa Portrait.png|center|100px|link=Tekko'Beo Phosa]]
| [[File:Starting perk 08.png|center|70px|link=Tekko'Beo_Phosa#Unique Starting Perk]] [[Tekko'Beo_Phosa#Unique Starting Perk | Rampage]]
| [[Marines]]
| - || - || - || - || - || - || -
| - || - || -
|-
| [[Jean Sy]] || [[File:Jean Sy Portrait.jpg|center|100px|link=Jean Sy]]
| [[File:Starting perk 05.png|center|70px|link=Jean_Sy#Unique Starting Perk]] [[Jean_Sy#Unique Starting Perk | Economics]]
| [[Pirates]]
| - || - || - || - || - || - || -
| - || - || -
|-
| [[Kody Greifinger]] || [[File:Kody Greifinger.png|center|100px|link=Kody Greifinger]]
| [[File:Guerilla.png|center|70px|link=Kody_Greifinger#Unique Starting Perk]] [[Kody_Greifinger#Unique Starting Perk | Guerilla]]
| Unaligned (Former [[Marines|Marine]])
| - || - || - || - || - || - || -
| - || - || -
|-
| [[Fedor Yazhov]] || [[File:Fedor Yazov.png|center|100px|link=Fedor Yazov]]
| [[File:Starting perk 11.png|center|70px|link=Fedor Yazhov#Unique Starting Perk]] [[Fedor Yazhov#Unique Starting Perk | No Mercy]]
| Mercenary
| 75 || 65 || 65 || 50 || 50 || 10 || 50
| 10 || 6 || 20
|-
| [[J.G. Wetteroth]] || [[File:J.G Wetteroth.png|center|100px|link=J.G Wetteroth]]
| [[File:Starting perk 10.png|center|70px|link=J.G Wetteroth#Unique Starting Perk]] [[J.G Wetteroth#Unique Starting Perk | Big Game Hunter]]
| Unaligned
| - || - || - || - || - || - || -
| - || - || -
|-
| [[Jacques Yves Vamplew]] || [[File:Vamplew.png|center|100px|link=Jacques Yves Vamplew]]
| [[File:Promotion.png|center|70px|link=Jacques Yves Vamplew#Unique Starting Perk]] [[Jacques Yves Vamplew#Unique Starting Perk | Partir De Rien]]
| Mercenary

| 82 || 75 || 65 || 50 || 50 || 0 || 50
| 10 || 3 || 20
|-
|-
| [[?]] || [[File:? Portrait.png|center|100px]]
| [[File:? Icon.png|center|70px|link=?#Unique Starting Perk]] [[?#Unique Starting Perk | ?]]
| [[?]]
| - || - || - || - || - || - || -
| - || - || -
|-
|}

==Pilots==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
|-
! Name !! class="unsortable" | Portrait !! class="unsortable" | Unique Perk !! Affiliation
! {{H:title|Agility (→ Action Points)|AGI}}
! {{H:title|Weapon Skill (→ Accuracy)|WS}}
! {{H:title|Valour (→ Discipline)|VAL}}
! {{H:title|Precision (→ Critical Chance)|PREC}}
! {{H:title|Positioning (→ Defense)|POS}}
! {{H:title|Promotion Tax|Prom. Tax}}
! {{H:title|Growth Potential|Growth Pot.}}
! Supply Cost
|-
| [[Renu Rewa]] || [[File:Renu_Rewa.jpg|center|100px|link=Renu Rewa]] || [[File:Starting perk 01.png|center|70px]] [[Renu Rewa#Unique Starting Perk | Revel In Slaughter]] || [[Marines]] || | - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|-
| [[Gabriel Exconde]] || [[File:Gabriel_Exconde.png|center|100px|link=Gabriel Exconde]] || [[File:Starting perk 06.png|center|70px|]] [[Gabriel Exconde#Unique Starting Perk | Prayer]] || [[Mercenary]]
| - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|-
| [[Garry Boganwright]] || [[File:Garry_Boganwright.jpg|center|100px|link=Garry Boganwright]] || [[File:Promotion.png|center|70px|]] [[TBD]] || [[Marines]]
| - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|-
| [[Achilleas Kainoo]] || [[File:Achilleas_Kainoo.jpg|center|100px|link=Achilleas Kainoo]] || [[File:Promotion.png|center|70px|]] [[TBD]] || [[Marines]]
| - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|-
| [[Ivory Isom]] || [[File:Ivory_Isom.png|center|100px|link=Ivory Isom]] || [[File:Promotion.png|center|70px|]] [[Zero In]] || [[Planetary Jingwei]]
| 63 || 60 || 60 || 0 || 30 || 5 || 6 || 10
|}

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Special Weapons

2026-02-07T13:31:58Z

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Characters

2026-02-07T12:30:46Z

76561198052080502: Removing old pilot table

{| class="gridBG" align="center" style="background-color: black; align=center; width: 90%; border: 1px solid white; color: white;"
| class="hides hidem" style="font-size: 100%; text-align: center;" |
The content below is based on the demo release and needs to be '''updated''' as it may not accurately represent what's currently in-game. {{#if: {{{1|}}}
|''{{{1}}}''
|}}
|}
'''Characters''' are the engine that drives the strategic and tactical gameplay of MENACE. They lead squads of infantry or pilot vehicles during missions, representing and coordinating the elements you deploy, and can grow to have either positive or negative relationships with each other, influencing their combat performance. They are all unique, pre-written personalities each with their own background, preferences, and goals. You begin with a selection of characters from the [[Terran Congressional Republic]] [[Marines]], but you can and will be expected to recruit more from the various factions of the [[Wayback System]] itself. They can die permanently in battle, and if you lose too many, your campaign will end in failure.

Characters can be divided into two types: Squad Leaders and Pilots. Squad Leaders are the command element of infantry units, operating a unique weapon (if chosen) while the other elements, called [[Squaddies]], are generic grunts who can be renamed at the player's behest but have no unique dialogue or personalities. Each squaddie represents a percentage of the infantry unit's HP, and a squaddie dies when the unit's HP is reduced by that percentage, weakening its [[morale]] as well as its number of attacks per turn. If a unit's HP is completely depleted and all its squaddies have been eliminated, the remaining Squad Leader is incapacitated, or "bleeding out," and must be "stabilized" by another Squad Leader before he or she is lost permanently. '''Vehicles cannot stabilize injured Squad Leaders, or rescue Pilots!''' A stabilized squad leader cannot be used for the rest of the battle but will not die.[https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2432860/view/512947503265480934]

Pilots command vehicles such as tanks, armored personnel carriers, and bipedal combat walkers (mechs). They are incapacitated and must be rescued when their vehicle has suffered critical damage and has been destroyed.

Both Squad Leaders and Pilots have skills in a Perk Tree that can be unlocked as they gain experience and are promoted through surviving tactical battles. While some skills are shared among different characters' perk trees, each character has a special unique perk entirely unique to him or her. Characters also have their own statistics (AP, Discipline, etc). [https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2432860/view/512947503265480934]

==Properties of Characters==

=== Attributes and Combat Stats ===
Each squad leader/pilot has a set of attributes, from which their combat stats are derived. Squad leaders have seven attributes, while pilots have five.

{| class="wikitable" style="width: 100%;"
|-
! Attribute !! Corresp. Stat !! Description of the Stat !! SL/Pilots?
|-
| style="width: 8%" | Agility
| style="width: 12%" | '''[[Action Points]]'''
| AP are spent for every action. Once all AP are spent, the current unit's turn ends automatically. AP are fully refreshed each turn.
| Both
|-
| Weapon Skill
| '''[[Accuracy]]'''
| Determines the chance of hitting a target without any modifiers, like distance and cover.
| Both
|-
| Valour
| '''[[Discipline]]'''
| General discipline of a unit. Reduces the amount of suppression suffered from an attack, and determines how easily a unit will break morale and waver or flee.
| Both
|-
| Toughness
| '''[[Damage Reduction]]'''
| Modifies any damage the unit suffers. This can be negative, the unit suffers more damage, or positive, the unit suffers less damage.
| SL only
|-
| Vitality
| '''[[Hitpoints]]'''
| Hitpoints represent the damage a unit can take before being destroyed. Once these reach zero, the unit is considered dead or destroyed.
| SL only
|-
| Precision
| '''[[Critical Chance]]'''
| Determines the chance to score a critical hit, for 50% more damage. This is calculated for each repetition of an attack individually.
| Both
|-
| Positioning
| '''[[Defense]]'''
| The defence is subtracted from any enemy accuracy that attacks this unit.
| Both
|}

Squad leaders and pilots have four more stats that are not derived from the attributes above:

{|class="wikitable" style="width: 100%;"
|-
! Stat !! Description
|-
| style="width: 10%" | [[File:Armor Value Icon.png|25px]] '''[[Armor Value]]'''
| Depends on the armor the squad has equipped. Higher armor value requires more penetration to inflict damage; durability decreases with each successfull stop of a bullet.
|-
| [[File:Detection Icon.png|25px]] '''[[Detection]]'''
| The ability to spot concealed units on the battlefield. Reduces an enemy unit’s concealment when calculating whether it is visible to this unit or not.
|-
| [[File:Concealment Icon.png|25px]] '''[[Concealment]]'''
| The ability to stay hidden from enemy sight even when within their view range. Each point of concealment reduces the effective view range of enemies against this unit by 1.
|-
| [[File:View Range Icon.png|25px]] '''[[View Range]]'''
| Determines how many tiles a unit can see on the battlefield, revealing enemies and lifting the fog of war. Concealment can hide enemies even when inside the view range.
|}

Additionally, all characters start with one [[unique starting perk]] already unlocked. These perks vary greatly between characters and are designed to make each character feel unique.

Furthermore, each character has their own [[perk tree]] that can be unlocked through [[promotions]]. While not all perks are unique to each character, the selection and order of unlocks will differ.

=== Character Quality Level and Costs ===
{|class="wikitable" style="width: 100%;"
|-
! Stat !! Description
|-
| style="width: 10%" | Promotion Tax
| The supply point cost of this unit is increased cumulatively by the promotion tax for every promotion it is awarded.
|-
| Growth Potential
| The chance of increasing a stat every time a unit takes an associated action. For example, hitting an enemy has a chance to permanently increase accuracy. Higher growth potential will lead to stats increasing faster.
|-
| Supply Cost
| The amount of supplies it costs to deploy this unit on a mission. The total cost of a unit is further increased by other factors, like promotion, tax, and equipment costs.
|}

===Promotion and Demotion===
:''↪ Main article: [[Promotion and Demotion]]''

Squad leaders and pilots can be promoted with [[Promotion and Demotion#Promotion Points|promotion points]] that are earned, for example, through completing missions. Promoting a character does not happen automatically. It must be done by the player.

The cost of promoting the same character increases with each promotion.

Characters can hold one of eight [[Promotion and Demotion#Ranks|ranks]], ranging from (1) Lance Corporal to (8) Master Gunnery Sergeant.

It is possible to demote a character. Although a small portion of the invested promotion points will be refunded, the affected leader will not be pleased.

==Squad Leaders==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
|-
! Name !! class="unsortable" | Portrait !! class="unsortable" | Unique Perk !! Affiliation
! {{H:title|Agility (→ Action Points)|AGI}}
! {{H:title|Weapon Skill (→ Accuracy)|WS}}
! {{H:title|Valour (→ Discipline)|VAL}}
! {{H:title|Toughness (→ Damage Reduction)|TOUG}}
! {{H:title|Vitality (→ Hitpoints)|VIT}}
! {{H:title|Precision (→ Critical Chance)|PREC}}
! {{H:title|Positioning (→ Defense)|POS}}
! {{H:title|Promotion Tax|Prom. Tax}}
! {{H:title|Growth Potential|Growth Pot.}}
! Supply Cost
|-
| [[Jane Darby]] || [[File:Jane_Darby.jpg|center|100px|link=Jane Darby]]
| [[File:High_Value_Target_Icon.png|center|70px|link=Jane Darby#Unique Starting Perk]] [[Jane Darby#Unique Starting Perk| High Value Target]]
| [[Marines]]
| 88 || 80 || 70 || 50 || 40 || 20 || 75
| 15 || 5 || 40
|-
| [[Charles Lim]] || [[File:Charles_lim.jpg|center|100px|link=Charles Lim#Unique Starting Perk]]
| [[File:Starting perk 04.png|center|70px|link=Charles Lim#Unique Starting Perk]] [[Charles Lim#Unique Starting Perk | Aspiring]]
| [[Marines]]
| 75 || 65 || 70 || 55 || 50 || 0 || 60
| - || - || -
|-
| [[Marta Carda]] || [[File:Marta_Carda.jpg|center|100px|link=Marta Carda]]
| [[File:Starting perk 13.png|center|70px|link=Marta Carda#Unique Starting Perk]] [[Marta Carda#Unique Starting Perk | Out Of The Craters]]
| [[Marines]]
| - || - || - || - || - || - || -
| - || - || -
|-
| [[Edwin Pike]] || [[File:Edwin_Pike.jpg|center|100px|link=Edwin Pike]]
| [[File:Starting perk 02.png|center|70px|link=Edwin Pike#Unique Starting Perk]] [[Edwin Pike#Unique Starting Perk | Stalwart]]
| [[Marines]]
| - || - || - || - || - || - || -
| - || - || -
|-
| [[Tekko'Beo Phosa]] || [[File:Tekko'Beo Phosa Portrait.png|center|100px|link=Tekko'Beo Phosa]]
| [[File:Starting perk 08.png|center|70px|link=Tekko'Beo_Phosa#Unique Starting Perk]] [[Tekko'Beo_Phosa#Unique Starting Perk | Rampage]]
| [[Marines]]
| - || - || - || - || - || - || -
| - || - || -
|-
| [[Jean Sy]] || [[File:Jean Sy Portrait.jpg|center|100px|link=Jean Sy]]
| [[File:Starting perk 05.png|center|70px|link=Jean_Sy#Unique Starting Perk]] [[Jean_Sy#Unique Starting Perk | Economics]]
| [[Pirates]]
| - || - || - || - || - || - || -
| - || - || -
|-
| [[Kody Greifinger]] || [[File:Kody Greifinger.png|center|100px|link=Kody Greifinger]]
| [[File:Guerilla.png|center|70px|link=Kody_Greifinger#Unique Starting Perk]] [[Kody_Greifinger#Unique Starting Perk | Guerilla]]
| Unaligned (Former [[Marines|Marine]])
| - || - || - || - || - || - || -
| - || - || -
|-
| [[Fedor Yazhov]] || [[File:Fedor Yazov.png|center|100px|link=Fedor Yazov]]
| [[File:Starting perk 11.png|center|70px|link=Fedor Yazhov#Unique Starting Perk]] [[Fedor Yazhov#Unique Starting Perk | No Mercy]]
| Mercenary
| 75 || 65 || 65 || 50 || 50 || 10 || 50
| 10 || 6 || 20
|-
| [[J.G. Wetteroth]] || [[File:J.G Wetteroth.png|center|100px|link=J.G Wetteroth]]
| [[File:Starting perk 10.png|center|70px|link=J.G Wetteroth#Unique Starting Perk]] [[J.G Wetteroth#Unique Starting Perk | Big Game Hunter]]
| Unaligned
| - || - || - || - || - || - || -
| - || - || -
|-
|-
| [[?]] || [[File:? Portrait.png|center|100px]]
| [[File:? Icon.png|center|70px|link=?#Unique Starting Perk]] [[?#Unique Starting Perk | ?]]
| [[?]]
| - || - || - || - || - || - || -
| - || - || -
|-
|}

==Pilots==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
|-
! Name !! class="unsortable" | Portrait !! class="unsortable" | Unique Perk !! Affiliation
! {{H:title|Agility (→ Action Points)|AGI}}
! {{H:title|Weapon Skill (→ Accuracy)|WS}}
! {{H:title|Valour (→ Discipline)|VAL}}
! {{H:title|Precision (→ Critical Chance)|PREC}}
! {{H:title|Positioning (→ Defense)|POS}}
! {{H:title|Promotion Tax|Prom. Tax}}
! {{H:title|Growth Potential|Growth Pot.}}
! Supply Cost
|-
| [[Renu Rewa]] || [[File:Renu_Rewa.jpg|center|100px|link=Renu Rewa]] || [[File:Starting perk 01.png|center|70px]] [[Renu Rewa#Unique Starting Perk | Revel In Slaughter]] || [[Marines]] || | - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|-
| [[Gabriel Exconde]] || [[File:Gabriel_Exconde.png|center|100px|link=Gabriel Exconde]] || [[File:Starting perk 06.png|center|70px|]] [[Gabriel Exconde#Unique Starting Perk | Prayer]] || [[Mercenary]]
| - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|-
| [[Garry Boganwright]] || [[File:Garry_Boganwright.jpg|center|100px|link=Garry Boganwright]] || [[File:Promotion.png|center|70px|]] [[TBD]] || [[Marines]]
| - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|-
| [[Achilleas Kainoo]] || [[File:Achilleas_Kainoo.jpg|center|100px|link=Achilleas Kainoo]] || [[File:Promotion.png|center|70px|]] [[TBD]] || [[Marines]]
| - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|-
| [[Ivory Isom]] || [[File:Ivory_Isom.png|center|100px|link=Ivory Isom]] || [[File:Promotion.png|center|70px|]] [[Zero In]] || [[Planetary Jingwei]]
| 63 || 60 || 60 || 0 || 30 || 5 || 6 || 10
|}

Characters

2026-02-07T12:29:03Z

76561198052080502: Standardized table to be similar to the SL one

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'''Characters''' are the engine that drives the strategic and tactical gameplay of MENACE. They lead squads of infantry or pilot vehicles during missions, representing and coordinating the elements you deploy, and can grow to have either positive or negative relationships with each other, influencing their combat performance. They are all unique, pre-written personalities each with their own background, preferences, and goals. You begin with a selection of characters from the [[Terran Congressional Republic]] [[Marines]], but you can and will be expected to recruit more from the various factions of the [[Wayback System]] itself. They can die permanently in battle, and if you lose too many, your campaign will end in failure.

Characters can be divided into two types: Squad Leaders and Pilots. Squad Leaders are the command element of infantry units, operating a unique weapon (if chosen) while the other elements, called [[Squaddies]], are generic grunts who can be renamed at the player's behest but have no unique dialogue or personalities. Each squaddie represents a percentage of the infantry unit's HP, and a squaddie dies when the unit's HP is reduced by that percentage, weakening its [[morale]] as well as its number of attacks per turn. If a unit's HP is completely depleted and all its squaddies have been eliminated, the remaining Squad Leader is incapacitated, or "bleeding out," and must be "stabilized" by another Squad Leader before he or she is lost permanently. '''Vehicles cannot stabilize injured Squad Leaders, or rescue Pilots!''' A stabilized squad leader cannot be used for the rest of the battle but will not die.[https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2432860/view/512947503265480934]

Pilots command vehicles such as tanks, armored personnel carriers, and bipedal combat walkers (mechs). They are incapacitated and must be rescued when their vehicle has suffered critical damage and has been destroyed.

Both Squad Leaders and Pilots have skills in a Perk Tree that can be unlocked as they gain experience and are promoted through surviving tactical battles. While some skills are shared among different characters' perk trees, each character has a special unique perk entirely unique to him or her. Characters also have their own statistics (AP, Discipline, etc). [https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2432860/view/512947503265480934]

==Properties of Characters==

=== Attributes and Combat Stats ===
Each squad leader/pilot has a set of attributes, from which their combat stats are derived. Squad leaders have seven attributes, while pilots have five.

{| class="wikitable" style="width: 100%;"
|-
! Attribute !! Corresp. Stat !! Description of the Stat !! SL/Pilots?
|-
| style="width: 8%" | Agility
| style="width: 12%" | '''[[Action Points]]'''
| AP are spent for every action. Once all AP are spent, the current unit's turn ends automatically. AP are fully refreshed each turn.
| Both
|-
| Weapon Skill
| '''[[Accuracy]]'''
| Determines the chance of hitting a target without any modifiers, like distance and cover.
| Both
|-
| Valour
| '''[[Discipline]]'''
| General discipline of a unit. Reduces the amount of suppression suffered from an attack, and determines how easily a unit will break morale and waver or flee.
| Both
|-
| Toughness
| '''[[Damage Reduction]]'''
| Modifies any damage the unit suffers. This can be negative, the unit suffers more damage, or positive, the unit suffers less damage.
| SL only
|-
| Vitality
| '''[[Hitpoints]]'''
| Hitpoints represent the damage a unit can take before being destroyed. Once these reach zero, the unit is considered dead or destroyed.
| SL only
|-
| Precision
| '''[[Critical Chance]]'''
| Determines the chance to score a critical hit, for 50% more damage. This is calculated for each repetition of an attack individually.
| Both
|-
| Positioning
| '''[[Defense]]'''
| The defence is subtracted from any enemy accuracy that attacks this unit.
| Both
|}

Squad leaders and pilots have four more stats that are not derived from the attributes above:

{|class="wikitable" style="width: 100%;"
|-
! Stat !! Description
|-
| style="width: 10%" | [[File:Armor Value Icon.png|25px]] '''[[Armor Value]]'''
| Depends on the armor the squad has equipped. Higher armor value requires more penetration to inflict damage; durability decreases with each successfull stop of a bullet.
|-
| [[File:Detection Icon.png|25px]] '''[[Detection]]'''
| The ability to spot concealed units on the battlefield. Reduces an enemy unit’s concealment when calculating whether it is visible to this unit or not.
|-
| [[File:Concealment Icon.png|25px]] '''[[Concealment]]'''
| The ability to stay hidden from enemy sight even when within their view range. Each point of concealment reduces the effective view range of enemies against this unit by 1.
|-
| [[File:View Range Icon.png|25px]] '''[[View Range]]'''
| Determines how many tiles a unit can see on the battlefield, revealing enemies and lifting the fog of war. Concealment can hide enemies even when inside the view range.
|}

Additionally, all characters start with one [[unique starting perk]] already unlocked. These perks vary greatly between characters and are designed to make each character feel unique.

Furthermore, each character has their own [[perk tree]] that can be unlocked through [[promotions]]. While not all perks are unique to each character, the selection and order of unlocks will differ.

=== Character Quality Level and Costs ===
{|class="wikitable" style="width: 100%;"
|-
! Stat !! Description
|-
| style="width: 10%" | Promotion Tax
| The supply point cost of this unit is increased cumulatively by the promotion tax for every promotion it is awarded.
|-
| Growth Potential
| The chance of increasing a stat every time a unit takes an associated action. For example, hitting an enemy has a chance to permanently increase accuracy. Higher growth potential will lead to stats increasing faster.
|-
| Supply Cost
| The amount of supplies it costs to deploy this unit on a mission. The total cost of a unit is further increased by other factors, like promotion, tax, and equipment costs.
|}

===Promotion and Demotion===
:''↪ Main article: [[Promotion and Demotion]]''

Squad leaders and pilots can be promoted with [[Promotion and Demotion#Promotion Points|promotion points]] that are earned, for example, through completing missions. Promoting a character does not happen automatically. It must be done by the player.

The cost of promoting the same character increases with each promotion.

Characters can hold one of eight [[Promotion and Demotion#Ranks|ranks]], ranging from (1) Lance Corporal to (8) Master Gunnery Sergeant.

It is possible to demote a character. Although a small portion of the invested promotion points will be refunded, the affected leader will not be pleased.

==Squad Leaders==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
|-
! Name !! class="unsortable" | Portrait !! class="unsortable" | Unique Perk !! Affiliation
! {{H:title|Agility (→ Action Points)|AGI}}
! {{H:title|Weapon Skill (→ Accuracy)|WS}}
! {{H:title|Valour (→ Discipline)|VAL}}
! {{H:title|Toughness (→ Damage Reduction)|TOUG}}
! {{H:title|Vitality (→ Hitpoints)|VIT}}
! {{H:title|Precision (→ Critical Chance)|PREC}}
! {{H:title|Positioning (→ Defense)|POS}}
! {{H:title|Promotion Tax|Prom. Tax}}
! {{H:title|Growth Potential|Growth Pot.}}
! Supply Cost
|-
| [[Jane Darby]] || [[File:Jane_Darby.jpg|center|100px|link=Jane Darby]]
| [[File:High_Value_Target_Icon.png|center|70px|link=Jane Darby#Unique Starting Perk]] [[Jane Darby#Unique Starting Perk| High Value Target]]
| [[Marines]]
| 88 || 80 || 70 || 50 || 40 || 20 || 75
| 15 || 5 || 40
|-
| [[Charles Lim]] || [[File:Charles_lim.jpg|center|100px|link=Charles Lim#Unique Starting Perk]]
| [[File:Starting perk 04.png|center|70px|link=Charles Lim#Unique Starting Perk]] [[Charles Lim#Unique Starting Perk | Aspiring]]
| [[Marines]]
| 75 || 65 || 70 || 55 || 50 || 0 || 60
| - || - || -
|-
| [[Marta Carda]] || [[File:Marta_Carda.jpg|center|100px|link=Marta Carda]]
| [[File:Starting perk 13.png|center|70px|link=Marta Carda#Unique Starting Perk]] [[Marta Carda#Unique Starting Perk | Out Of The Craters]]
| [[Marines]]
| - || - || - || - || - || - || -
| - || - || -
|-
| [[Edwin Pike]] || [[File:Edwin_Pike.jpg|center|100px|link=Edwin Pike]]
| [[File:Starting perk 02.png|center|70px|link=Edwin Pike#Unique Starting Perk]] [[Edwin Pike#Unique Starting Perk | Stalwart]]
| [[Marines]]
| - || - || - || - || - || - || -
| - || - || -
|-
| [[Tekko'Beo Phosa]] || [[File:Tekko'Beo Phosa Portrait.png|center|100px|link=Tekko'Beo Phosa]]
| [[File:Starting perk 08.png|center|70px|link=Tekko'Beo_Phosa#Unique Starting Perk]] [[Tekko'Beo_Phosa#Unique Starting Perk | Rampage]]
| [[Marines]]
| - || - || - || - || - || - || -
| - || - || -
|-
| [[Jean Sy]] || [[File:Jean Sy Portrait.jpg|center|100px|link=Jean Sy]]
| [[File:Starting perk 05.png|center|70px|link=Jean_Sy#Unique Starting Perk]] [[Jean_Sy#Unique Starting Perk | Economics]]
| [[Pirates]]
| - || - || - || - || - || - || -
| - || - || -
|-
| [[Kody Greifinger]] || [[File:Kody Greifinger.png|center|100px|link=Kody Greifinger]]
| [[File:Guerilla.png|center|70px|link=Kody_Greifinger#Unique Starting Perk]] [[Kody_Greifinger#Unique Starting Perk | Guerilla]]
| Unaligned (Former [[Marines|Marine]])
| - || - || - || - || - || - || -
| - || - || -
|-
| [[Fedor Yazhov]] || [[File:Fedor Yazov.png|center|100px|link=Fedor Yazov]]
| [[File:Starting perk 11.png|center|70px|link=Fedor Yazhov#Unique Starting Perk]] [[Fedor Yazhov#Unique Starting Perk | No Mercy]]
| Mercenary
| 75 || 65 || 65 || 50 || 50 || 10 || 50
| 10 || 6 || 20
|-
| [[J.G. Wetteroth]] || [[File:J.G Wetteroth.png|center|100px|link=J.G Wetteroth]]
| [[File:Starting perk 10.png|center|70px|link=J.G Wetteroth#Unique Starting Perk]] [[J.G Wetteroth#Unique Starting Perk | Big Game Hunter]]
| Unaligned
| - || - || - || - || - || - || -
| - || - || -
|-
|-
| [[?]] || [[File:? Portrait.png|center|100px]]
| [[File:? Icon.png|center|70px|link=?#Unique Starting Perk]] [[?#Unique Starting Perk | ?]]
| [[?]]
| - || - || - || - || - || - || -
| - || - || -
|-
|}

==Pilots==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name !! Portrait !! Unique Perk !! Affiliation
! [[File:Hitpoints per Element Icon.png|20px]]
! [[File:Armor Value Icon.png|20px]]
! [[File:Discipline Icon.png|20px]]
! [[File:Accuracy Icon.png|20px]]
! [[File:Detection Icon.png|20px]]
! [[File:View Range Icon.png|20px]]
! [[File:Concealment Icon.png|20px]]
|-
| [[Renu Rewa]] || [[File:Renu_Rewa.jpg|center|100px|link=Renu Rewa]] || [[File:Starting perk 01.png|center|70px]] [[Renu Rewa#Unique Starting Perk | Revel In Slaughter]] || [[Marines]] || 250 || 125 || 80 || 70 || 0 || 7 || -3
|-
[[Mercenary]] || 250 || 125 || 80 || 70 || 0 || 7 || -3
|-
| [[Garry Boganwright]] || [[File:Garry_Boganwright.jpg|center|100px|link=Garry Boganwright]] || [[File:Promotion.png|center|70px|]] [[TBD]] || [[Marines]] || 250 || 125 || 80 || 70 || 0 || 7 || -3
|-
| [[Achilleas Kainoo]] || [[File:Achilleas_Kainoo.jpg|center|100px|link=Achilleas Kainoo]] || [[File:Promotion.png|center|70px|]] [[TBD]] || [[Marines]] || 250 || 125 || 80 || 70 || 0 || 7 || -3
|-
| [[Ivory Isom]] || [[File:Ivory_Isom.png|center|100px|link=Ivory Isom]] || [[File:Promotion.png|center|70px|]] [[Zero In]] || [[Planetary Jingwei]] || 250 || 125 || 80 || 70 || 0 || 7 || -3
|}

==Pilots==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
|-
! Name !! class="unsortable" | Portrait !! class="unsortable" | Unique Perk !! Affiliation
! {{H:title|Agility (→ Action Points)|AGI}}
! {{H:title|Weapon Skill (→ Accuracy)|WS}}
! {{H:title|Valour (→ Discipline)|VAL}}
! {{H:title|Precision (→ Critical Chance)|PREC}}
! {{H:title|Positioning (→ Defense)|POS}}
! {{H:title|Promotion Tax|Prom. Tax}}
! {{H:title|Growth Potential|Growth Pot.}}
! Supply Cost
|-
| [[Renu Rewa]] || [[File:Renu_Rewa.jpg|center|100px|link=Renu Rewa]] || [[File:Starting perk 01.png|center|70px]] [[Renu Rewa#Unique Starting Perk | Revel In Slaughter]] || [[Marines]] || | - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|-
| [[Gabriel Exconde]] || [[File:Gabriel_Exconde.png|center|100px|link=Gabriel Exconde]] || [[File:Starting perk 06.png|center|70px|]] [[Gabriel Exconde#Unique Starting Perk | Prayer]] || [[Mercenary]]
| - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|-
| [[Garry Boganwright]] || [[File:Garry_Boganwright.jpg|center|100px|link=Garry Boganwright]] || [[File:Promotion.png|center|70px|]] [[TBD]] || [[Marines]]
| - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|-
| [[Achilleas Kainoo]] || [[File:Achilleas_Kainoo.jpg|center|100px|link=Achilleas Kainoo]] || [[File:Promotion.png|center|70px|]] [[TBD]] || [[Marines]]
| - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|-
| [[Ivory Isom]] || [[File:Ivory_Isom.png|center|100px|link=Ivory Isom]] || [[File:Promotion.png|center|70px|]] [[Zero In]] || [[Planetary Jingwei]]
| 63 || 60 || 60 || 0 || 30 || 5 || 6 || 10
|}

Characters

2026-02-07T12:21:47Z

76561198052080502: Added Ivory Isom, changed TBD images to Promotion.png for placeholder

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The content below is based on the demo release and needs to be '''updated''' as it may not accurately represent what's currently in-game. {{#if: {{{1|}}}
|''{{{1}}}''
|}}
|}
'''Characters''' are the engine that drives the strategic and tactical gameplay of MENACE. They lead squads of infantry or pilot vehicles during missions, representing and coordinating the elements you deploy, and can grow to have either positive or negative relationships with each other, influencing their combat performance. They are all unique, pre-written personalities each with their own background, preferences, and goals. You begin with a selection of characters from the [[Terran Congressional Republic]] [[Marines]], but you can and will be expected to recruit more from the various factions of the [[Wayback System]] itself. They can die permanently in battle, and if you lose too many, your campaign will end in failure.

Characters can be divided into two types: Squad Leaders and Pilots. Squad Leaders are the command element of infantry units, operating a unique weapon (if chosen) while the other elements, called [[Squaddies]], are generic grunts who can be renamed at the player's behest but have no unique dialogue or personalities. Each squaddie represents a percentage of the infantry unit's HP, and a squaddie dies when the unit's HP is reduced by that percentage, weakening its [[morale]] as well as its number of attacks per turn. If a unit's HP is completely depleted and all its squaddies have been eliminated, the remaining Squad Leader is incapacitated, or "bleeding out," and must be "stabilized" by another Squad Leader before he or she is lost permanently. '''Vehicles cannot stabilize injured Squad Leaders, or rescue Pilots!''' A stabilized squad leader cannot be used for the rest of the battle but will not die.[https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2432860/view/512947503265480934]

Pilots command vehicles such as tanks, armored personnel carriers, and bipedal combat walkers (mechs). They are incapacitated and must be rescued when their vehicle has suffered critical damage and has been destroyed.

Both Squad Leaders and Pilots have skills in a Perk Tree that can be unlocked as they gain experience and are promoted through surviving tactical battles. While some skills are shared among different characters' perk trees, each character has a special unique perk entirely unique to him or her. Characters also have their own statistics (AP, Discipline, etc). [https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2432860/view/512947503265480934]

==Properties of Characters==

=== Attributes and Combat Stats ===
Each squad leader/pilot has a set of attributes, from which their combat stats are derived. Squad leaders have seven attributes, while pilots have five.

{| class="wikitable" style="width: 100%;"
|-
! Attribute !! Corresp. Stat !! Description of the Stat !! SL/Pilots?
|-
| style="width: 8%" | Agility
| style="width: 12%" | '''[[Action Points]]'''
| AP are spent for every action. Once all AP are spent, the current unit's turn ends automatically. AP are fully refreshed each turn.
| Both
|-
| Weapon Skill
| '''[[Accuracy]]'''
| Determines the chance of hitting a target without any modifiers, like distance and cover.
| Both
|-
| Valour
| '''[[Discipline]]'''
| General discipline of a unit. Reduces the amount of suppression suffered from an attack, and determines how easily a unit will break morale and waver or flee.
| Both
|-
| Toughness
| '''[[Damage Reduction]]'''
| Modifies any damage the unit suffers. This can be negative, the unit suffers more damage, or positive, the unit suffers less damage.
| SL only
|-
| Vitality
| '''[[Hitpoints]]'''
| Hitpoints represent the damage a unit can take before being destroyed. Once these reach zero, the unit is considered dead or destroyed.
| SL only
|-
| Precision
| '''[[Critical Chance]]'''
| Determines the chance to score a critical hit, for 50% more damage. This is calculated for each repetition of an attack individually.
| Both
|-
| Positioning
| '''[[Defense]]'''
| The defence is subtracted from any enemy accuracy that attacks this unit.
| Both
|}

Squad leaders and pilots have four more stats that are not derived from the attributes above:

{|class="wikitable" style="width: 100%;"
|-
! Stat !! Description
|-
| style="width: 10%" | [[File:Armor Value Icon.png|25px]] '''[[Armor Value]]'''
| Depends on the armor the squad has equipped. Higher armor value requires more penetration to inflict damage; durability decreases with each successfull stop of a bullet.
|-
| [[File:Detection Icon.png|25px]] '''[[Detection]]'''
| The ability to spot concealed units on the battlefield. Reduces an enemy unit’s concealment when calculating whether it is visible to this unit or not.
|-
| [[File:Concealment Icon.png|25px]] '''[[Concealment]]'''
| The ability to stay hidden from enemy sight even when within their view range. Each point of concealment reduces the effective view range of enemies against this unit by 1.
|-
| [[File:View Range Icon.png|25px]] '''[[View Range]]'''
| Determines how many tiles a unit can see on the battlefield, revealing enemies and lifting the fog of war. Concealment can hide enemies even when inside the view range.
|}

Additionally, all characters start with one [[unique starting perk]] already unlocked. These perks vary greatly between characters and are designed to make each character feel unique.

Furthermore, each character has their own [[perk tree]] that can be unlocked through [[promotions]]. While not all perks are unique to each character, the selection and order of unlocks will differ.

=== Character Quality Level and Costs ===
{|class="wikitable" style="width: 100%;"
|-
! Stat !! Description
|-
| style="width: 10%" | Promotion Tax
| The supply point cost of this unit is increased cumulatively by the promotion tax for every promotion it is awarded.
|-
| Growth Potential
| The chance of increasing a stat every time a unit takes an associated action. For example, hitting an enemy has a chance to permanently increase accuracy. Higher growth potential will lead to stats increasing faster.
|-
| Supply Cost
| The amount of supplies it costs to deploy this unit on a mission. The total cost of a unit is further increased by other factors, like promotion, tax, and equipment costs.
|}

===Promotion and Demotion===
:''↪ Main article: [[Promotion and Demotion]]''

Squad leaders and pilots can be promoted with [[Promotion and Demotion#Promotion Points|promotion points]] that are earned, for example, through completing missions. Promoting a character does not happen automatically. It must be done by the player.

The cost of promoting the same character increases with each promotion.

Characters can hold one of eight [[Promotion and Demotion#Ranks|ranks]], ranging from (1) Lance Corporal to (8) Master Gunnery Sergeant.

It is possible to demote a character. Although a small portion of the invested promotion points will be refunded, the affected leader will not be pleased.

==Squad Leaders==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
|-
! Name !! class="unsortable" | Portrait !! class="unsortable" | Unique Perk !! Affiliation
! {{H:title|Agility (→ Action Points)|AGI}}
! {{H:title|Weapon Skill (→ Accuracy)|WS}}
! {{H:title|Valour (→ Discipline)|VAL}}
! {{H:title|Toughness (→ Damage Reduction)|TOUG}}
! {{H:title|Vitality (→ Hitpoints)|VIT}}
! {{H:title|Precision (→ Critical Chance)|PREC}}
! {{H:title|Positioning (→ Defense)|POS}}
! {{H:title|Promotion Tax|Prom. Tax}}
! {{H:title|Growth Potential|Growth Pot.}}
! Supply Cost
|-
| [[Jane Darby]] || [[File:Jane_Darby.jpg|center|100px|link=Jane Darby]]
| [[File:High_Value_Target_Icon.png|center|70px|link=Jane Darby#Unique Starting Perk]] [[Jane Darby#Unique Starting Perk| High Value Target]]
| [[Marines]]
| 88 || 80 || 70 || 50 || 40 || 20 || 75
| 15 || 5 || 40
|-
| [[Charles Lim]] || [[File:Charles_lim.jpg|center|100px|link=Charles Lim#Unique Starting Perk]]
| [[File:Starting perk 04.png|center|70px|link=Charles Lim#Unique Starting Perk]] [[Charles Lim#Unique Starting Perk | Aspiring]]
| [[Marines]]
| 75 || 65 || 70 || 55 || 50 || 0 || 60
| - || - || -
|-
| [[Marta Carda]] || [[File:Marta_Carda.jpg|center|100px|link=Marta Carda]]
| [[File:Starting perk 13.png|center|70px|link=Marta Carda#Unique Starting Perk]] [[Marta Carda#Unique Starting Perk | Out Of The Craters]]
| [[Marines]]
| - || - || - || - || - || - || -
| - || - || -
|-
| [[Edwin Pike]] || [[File:Edwin_Pike.jpg|center|100px|link=Edwin Pike]]
| [[File:Starting perk 02.png|center|70px|link=Edwin Pike#Unique Starting Perk]] [[Edwin Pike#Unique Starting Perk | Stalwart]]
| [[Marines]]
| - || - || - || - || - || - || -
| - || - || -
|-
| [[Tekko'Beo Phosa]] || [[File:Tekko'Beo Phosa Portrait.png|center|100px|link=Tekko'Beo Phosa]]
| [[File:Starting perk 08.png|center|70px|link=Tekko'Beo_Phosa#Unique Starting Perk]] [[Tekko'Beo_Phosa#Unique Starting Perk | Rampage]]
| [[Marines]]
| - || - || - || - || - || - || -
| - || - || -
|-
| [[Jean Sy]] || [[File:Jean Sy Portrait.jpg|center|100px|link=Jean Sy]]
| [[File:Starting perk 05.png|center|70px|link=Jean_Sy#Unique Starting Perk]] [[Jean_Sy#Unique Starting Perk | Economics]]
| [[Pirates]]
| - || - || - || - || - || - || -
| - || - || -
|-
| [[Kody Greifinger]] || [[File:Kody Greifinger.png|center|100px|link=Kody Greifinger]]
| [[File:Guerilla.png|center|70px|link=Kody_Greifinger#Unique Starting Perk]] [[Kody_Greifinger#Unique Starting Perk | Guerilla]]
| Unaligned (Former [[Marines|Marine]])
| - || - || - || - || - || - || -
| - || - || -
|-
| [[Fedor Yazhov]] || [[File:Fedor Yazov.png|center|100px|link=Fedor Yazov]]
| [[File:Starting perk 11.png|center|70px|link=Fedor Yazhov#Unique Starting Perk]] [[Fedor Yazhov#Unique Starting Perk | No Mercy]]
| Mercenary
| 75 || 65 || 65 || 50 || 50 || 10 || 50
| 10 || 6 || 20
|-
| [[J.G. Wetteroth]] || [[File:J.G Wetteroth.png|center|100px|link=J.G Wetteroth]]
| [[File:Starting perk 10.png|center|70px|link=J.G Wetteroth#Unique Starting Perk]] [[J.G Wetteroth#Unique Starting Perk | Big Game Hunter]]
| Unaligned
| - || - || - || - || - || - || -
| - || - || -
|-
|-
| [[?]] || [[File:? Portrait.png|center|100px]]
| [[File:? Icon.png|center|70px|link=?#Unique Starting Perk]] [[?#Unique Starting Perk | ?]]
| [[?]]
| - || - || - || - || - || - || -
| - || - || -
|-
|}

==Pilots==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name !! Portrait !! Unique Perk !! Affiliation
! [[File:Hitpoints per Element Icon.png|20px]]
! [[File:Armor Value Icon.png|20px]]
! [[File:Discipline Icon.png|20px]]
! [[File:Accuracy Icon.png|20px]]
! [[File:Detection Icon.png|20px]]
! [[File:View Range Icon.png|20px]]
! [[File:Concealment Icon.png|20px]]
|-
| [[Renu Rewa]] || [[File:Renu_Rewa.jpg|center|100px|link=Renu Rewa]] || [[File:Starting perk 01.png|center|70px]] [[Renu Rewa#Unique Starting Perk | Revel In Slaughter]] || [[Marines]] || 250 || 125 || 80 || 70 || 0 || 7 || -3
|-
| [[Gabriel Exconde]] || [[File:Gabriel_Exconde.png|center|100px|link=Gabriel Exconde]] || [[File:Starting perk 06.png|center|70px|]] [[Gabriel Exconde#Unique Starting Perk | Prayer]] || [[Mercenary]] || 250 || 125 || 80 || 70 || 0 || 7 || -3
|-
| [[Garry Boganwright]] || [[File:Garry_Boganwright.jpg|center|100px|link=Garry Boganwright]] || [[File:Promotion.png|center|70px|]] [[TBD]] || [[Marines]] || 250 || 125 || 80 || 70 || 0 || 7 || -3
|-
| [[Achilleas Kainoo]] || [[File:Achilleas_Kainoo.jpg|center|100px|link=Achilleas Kainoo]] || [[File:Promotion.png|center|70px|]] [[TBD]] || [[Marines]] || 250 || 125 || 80 || 70 || 0 || 7 || -3
|-
| [[Ivory Isom]] || [[File:Ivory_Isom.png|center|100px|link=Ivory Isom]] || [[File:Promotion.png|center|70px|]] [[Zero In]] || [[Planetary Jingwei]] || 250 || 125 || 80 || 70 || 0 || 7 || -3
|}

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'''Characters''' are the engine that drives the strategic and tactical gameplay of MENACE. They lead squads of infantry or pilot vehicles during missions, representing and coordinating the elements you deploy, and can grow to have either positive or negative relationships with each other, influencing their combat performance. They are all unique, pre-written personalities each with their own background, preferences, and goals. You begin with a selection of characters from the [[Terran Congressional Republic]] [[Marines]], but you can and will be expected to recruit more from the various factions of the [[Wayback System]] itself. They can die permanently in battle, and if you lose too many, your campaign will end in failure.

Characters can be divided into two types: Squad Leaders and Pilots. Squad Leaders are the command element of infantry units, operating a unique weapon (if chosen) while the other elements, called [[Squaddies]], are generic grunts who can be renamed at the player's behest but have no unique dialogue or personalities. Each squaddie represents a percentage of the infantry unit's HP, and a squaddie dies when the unit's HP is reduced by that percentage, weakening its [[morale]] as well as its number of attacks per turn. If a unit's HP is completely depleted and all its squaddies have been eliminated, the remaining Squad Leader is incapacitated, or "bleeding out," and must be "stabilized" by another Squad Leader before he or she is lost permanently. '''Vehicles cannot stabilize injured Squad Leaders, or rescue Pilots!''' A stabilized squad leader cannot be used for the rest of the battle but will not die.[https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2432860/view/512947503265480934]

Pilots command vehicles such as tanks, armored personnel carriers, and bipedal combat walkers (mechs). They are incapacitated and must be rescued when their vehicle has suffered critical damage and has been destroyed.

Both Squad Leaders and Pilots have skills in a Perk Tree that can be unlocked as they gain experience and are promoted through surviving tactical battles. While some skills are shared among different characters' perk trees, each character has a special unique perk entirely unique to him or her. Characters also have their own statistics (AP, Discipline, etc). [https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2432860/view/512947503265480934]

==Properties of Characters==

=== Attributes and Combat Stats ===
Each squad leader/pilot has a set of attributes, from which their combat stats are derived. Squad leaders have seven attributes, while pilots have five.

{| class="wikitable" style="width: 100%;"
|-
! Attribute !! Corresp. Stat !! Description of the Stat !! SL/Pilots?
|-
| style="width: 8%" | Agility
| style="width: 12%" | '''[[Action Points]]'''
| AP are spent for every action. Once all AP are spent, the current unit's turn ends automatically. AP are fully refreshed each turn.
| Both
|-
| Weapon Skill
| '''[[Accuracy]]'''
| Determines the chance of hitting a target without any modifiers, like distance and cover.
| Both
|-
| Valour
| '''[[Discipline]]'''
| General discipline of a unit. Reduces the amount of suppression suffered from an attack, and determines how easily a unit will break morale and waver or flee.
| Both
|-
| Toughness
| '''[[Damage Reduction]]'''
| Modifies any damage the unit suffers. This can be negative, the unit suffers more damage, or positive, the unit suffers less damage.
| SL only
|-
| Vitality
| '''[[Hitpoints]]'''
| Hitpoints represent the damage a unit can take before being destroyed. Once these reach zero, the unit is considered dead or destroyed.
| SL only
|-
| Precision
| '''[[Critical Chance]]'''
| Determines the chance to score a critical hit, for 50% more damage. This is calculated for each repetition of an attack individually.
| Both
|-
| Positioning
| '''[[Defense]]'''
| The defence is subtracted from any enemy accuracy that attacks this unit.
| Both
|}

Squad leaders and pilots have four more stats that are not derived from the attributes above:

{|class="wikitable" style="width: 100%;"
|-
! Stat !! Description
|-
| style="width: 10%" | [[File:Armor Value Icon.png|25px]] '''[[Armor Value]]'''
| Depends on the armor the squad has equipped. Higher armor value requires more penetration to inflict damage; durability decreases with each successfull stop of a bullet.
|-
| [[File:Detection Icon.png|25px]] '''[[Detection]]'''
| The ability to spot concealed units on the battlefield. Reduces an enemy unit’s concealment when calculating whether it is visible to this unit or not.
|-
| [[File:Concealment Icon.png|25px]] '''[[Concealment]]'''
| The ability to stay hidden from enemy sight even when within their view range. Each point of concealment reduces the effective view range of enemies against this unit by 1.
|-
| [[File:View Range Icon.png|25px]] '''[[View Range]]'''
| Determines how many tiles a unit can see on the battlefield, revealing enemies and lifting the fog of war. Concealment can hide enemies even when inside the view range.
|}

Additionally, all characters start with one [[unique starting perk]] already unlocked. These perks vary greatly between characters and are designed to make each character feel unique.

Furthermore, each character has their own [[perk tree]] that can be unlocked through [[promotions]]. While not all perks are unique to each character, the selection and order of unlocks will differ.

=== Character Quality Level and Costs ===
{|class="wikitable" style="width: 100%;"
|-
! Stat !! Description
|-
| style="width: 10%" | Promotion Tax
| The supply point cost of this unit is increased cumulatively by the promotion tax for every promotion it is awarded.
|-
| Growth Potential
| The chance of increasing a stat every time a unit takes an associated action. For example, hitting an enemy has a chance to permanently increase accuracy. Higher growth potential will lead to stats increasing faster.
|-
| Supply Cost
| The amount of supplies it costs to deploy this unit on a mission. The total cost of a unit is further increased by other factors, like promotion, tax, and equipment costs.
|}

===Promotion and Demotion===
:''↪ Main article: [[Promotion and Demotion]]''

Squad leaders and pilots can be promoted with [[Promotion and Demotion#Promotion Points|promotion points]] that are earned, for example, through completing missions. Promoting a character does not happen automatically. It must be done by the player.

The cost of promoting the same character increases with each promotion.

Characters can hold one of eight [[Promotion and Demotion#Ranks|ranks]], ranging from (1) Lance Corporal to (8) Master Gunnery Sergeant.

It is possible to demote a character. Although a small portion of the invested promotion points will be refunded, the affected leader will not be pleased.

==Squad Leaders==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
|-
! Name !! class="unsortable" | Portrait !! class="unsortable" | Unique Perk !! Affiliation
! {{H:title|Agility (→ Action Points)|AGI}}
! {{H:title|Weapon Skill (→ Accuracy)|WS}}
! {{H:title|Valour (→ Discipline)|VAL}}
! {{H:title|Toughness (→ Damage Reduction)|TOUG}}
! {{H:title|Vitality (→ Hitpoints)|VIT}}
! {{H:title|Precision (→ Critical Chance)|PREC}}
! {{H:title|Positioning (→ Defense)|POS}}
! {{H:title|Promotion Tax|Prom. Tax}}
! {{H:title|Growth Potential|Growth Pot.}}
! Supply Cost
|-
| [[Jane Darby]] || [[File:Jane_Darby.jpg|center|100px|link=Jane Darby]]
| [[File:High_Value_Target_Icon.png|center|70px|link=Jane Darby#Unique Starting Perk]] [[Jane Darby#Unique Starting Perk| High Value Target]]
| [[Marines]]
| 88 || 80 || 70 || 50 || 40 || 20 || 75
| 15 || 5 || 40
|-
| [[Charles Lim]] || [[File:Charles_lim.jpg|center|100px|link=Charles Lim#Unique Starting Perk]]
| [[File:Starting perk 04.png|center|70px|link=Charles Lim#Unique Starting Perk]] [[Charles Lim#Unique Starting Perk | Aspiring]]
| [[Marines]]
| 75 || 65 || 70 || 55 || 50 || 0 || 60
| - || - || -
|-
| [[Marta Carda]] || [[File:Marta_Carda.jpg|center|100px|link=Marta Carda]]
| [[File:Starting perk 13.png|center|70px|link=Marta Carda#Unique Starting Perk]] [[Marta Carda#Unique Starting Perk | Out Of The Craters]]
| [[Marines]]
| - || - || - || - || - || - || -
| - || - || -
|-
| [[Edwin Pike]] || [[File:Edwin_Pike.jpg|center|100px|link=Edwin Pike]]
| [[File:Starting perk 02.png|center|70px|link=Edwin Pike#Unique Starting Perk]] [[Edwin Pike#Unique Starting Perk | Stalwart]]
| [[Marines]]
| - || - || - || - || - || - || -
| - || - || -
|-
| [[Tekko'Beo Phosa]] || [[File:Tekko'Beo Phosa Portrait.png|center|100px|link=Tekko'Beo Phosa]]
| [[File:Starting perk 08.png|center|70px|link=Tekko'Beo_Phosa#Unique Starting Perk]] [[Tekko'Beo_Phosa#Unique Starting Perk | Rampage]]
| [[Marines]]
| - || - || - || - || - || - || -
| - || - || -
|-
| [[Jean Sy]] || [[File:Jean Sy Portrait.jpg|center|100px|link=Jean Sy]]
| [[File:Starting perk 05.png|center|70px|link=Jean_Sy#Unique Starting Perk]] [[Jean_Sy#Unique Starting Perk | Economics]]
| [[Pirates]]
| - || - || - || - || - || - || -
| - || - || -
|-
| [[Kody Greifinger]] || [[File:Kody Greifinger.png|center|100px|link=Kody Greifinger]]
| [[File:Guerilla.png|center|70px|link=Kody_Greifinger#Unique Starting Perk]] [[Kody_Greifinger#Unique Starting Perk | Guerilla]]
| Unaligned (Former [[Marines|Marine]])
| - || - || - || - || - || - || -
| - || - || -
|-
| [[Fedor Yazhov]] || [[File:Fedor Yazov.png|center|100px|link=Fedor Yazov]]
| [[File:Starting perk 11.png|center|70px|link=Fedor Yazhov#Unique Starting Perk]] [[Fedor Yazhov#Unique Starting Perk | No Mercy]]
| Mercenary
| 75 || 65 || 65 || 50 || 50 || 10 || 50
| 10 || 6 || 20
|-
| [[J.G. Wetteroth]] || [[File:J.G Wetteroth.png|center|100px|link=J.G Wetteroth]]
| [[File:Starting perk 10.png|center|70px|link=J.G Wetteroth#Unique Starting Perk]] [[J.G Wetteroth#Unique Starting Perk | Big Game Hunter]]
| Unaligned
| - || - || - || - || - || - || -
| - || - || -
|-
|-
| [[?]] || [[File:? Portrait.png|center|100px]]
| [[File:? Icon.png|center|70px|link=?#Unique Starting Perk]] [[?#Unique Starting Perk | ?]]
| [[?]]
| - || - || - || - || - || - || -
| - || - || -
|-
|}

==Pilots==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name !! Portrait !! Unique Perk !! Affiliation
! [[File:Hitpoints per Element Icon.png|20px]]
! [[File:Armor Value Icon.png|20px]]
! [[File:Discipline Icon.png|20px]]
! [[File:Accuracy Icon.png|20px]]
! [[File:Detection Icon.png|20px]]
! [[File:View Range Icon.png|20px]]
! [[File:Concealment Icon.png|20px]]
|-
| [[Renu Rewa]] || [[File:Renu_Rewa.jpg|center|100px|link=Renu Rewa]] || [[File:Starting perk 01.png|center|70px]] [[Renu Rewa#Unique Starting Perk | Revel In Slaughter]] || [[Marines]] || 250 || 125 || 80 || 70 || 0 || 7 || -3
|-
| [[Gabriel Exconde]] || [[File:Gabriel_Exconde.png|center|100px|link=Gabriel Exconde]] || [[File:Starting perk 06.png|center|70px|]] [[Gabriel Exconde#Unique Starting Perk | Prayer]] || [[Mercenary]] || 250 || 125 || 80 || 70 || 0 || 7 || -3
|-
| [[Garry Boganwright]] || [[File:Garry_Boganwright.jpg|center|100px|link=Garry Boganwright]] || [[File:TBD.png|center|70px|]] [[TBD]] || [[Marines]] || 250 || 125 || 80 || 70 || 0 || 7 || -3
|-
| [[Achilleas Kainoo]] || [[File:Achilleas_Kainoo.jpg|center|100px|link=Achilleas Kainoo]] || [[File:TBD.png|center|70px|]] [[TBD]] || [[Marines]] || 250 || 125 || 80 || 70 || 0 || 7 || -3
|}

Module:Data/Perks.json

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[
{
"Title": "Out Of The Craters",
"Icon": "Starting perk 13.png",
"ShortDescription": "-15% ACC \u0026 DISC at mission start, but +5% to both per turn.",
"LongDescription": "Starts missions with -15% Accuracy and Discipline, but gains stacking bonuses of 5% to both stats to a maximum of 8 rounds.",
"Lore": "'Natural-born Martians are often ill-fitted for combat, but Marta Carda's earnestness and persistence can, with time, overcome that which comes natural for others.' - Lieutenant Hayflick"
},
{
"Title": "High Value Target",
"Icon": "Starting perk 03.png",
"ShortDescription": "Attacks disable enemy Special Weapons for one turn",
"LongDescription": "Darby's attacks disable enemy Special Weapons for one turn",
"Lore": "'Jane Darby is a rare Full Ace graduate of the Pathfinder School. Her skills at identifying and taking out high-priority targets is virtually without parallel.' - Lieutenant Hayflick"
},
{
"Title": "Commando",
"Icon": "Promotion 32.png",
"ShortDescription": "+15% ACC and DEF when isolated",
"LongDescription": "+20% Accuracy, Defense, and Discipline when isolated 4+ tiles from any friendly unit",
"Lore": "Mil-speak for 'lone wolf'"
},
{
"Title": "Covert Ops",
"Icon": "Promotion 34.png",
"ShortDescription": "+2 Concealment"
},
{
"Title": "Take Aim",
"Icon": "Promotion 08.png",
"ShortDescription": "TOGGLED: +50% ACC but subsequent attacks cost +40 AP"
},
{
"Title": "Scout",
"Icon": "Promotion 29.png",
"ShortDescription": "+2 View Range and +1 Detection"
},
{
"Title": "Minimize Silhouette",
"Icon": "Promotion 16.png",
"ShortDescription": "+3% DEF for each tile of distance from enemy fire"
},
{
"Title": "Standby",
"Icon": "Promotion 26.png",
"ShortDescription": "This unit can wait in combat to act later"
},
{
"Title": "Vanguard",
"Icon": "Promotion 61.png",
"ShortDescription": "Increases Deployment Zone"
},
{
"Title": "Well Placed Shots",
"Icon": "Promotion.png",
"ShortDescription": "Attacks have a +25% chance to inflict +25% more Damage"
},
{
"Title": "Sneak",
"Icon": "Promotion 50.png",
"ShortDescription": "40 AP ACTIVATION: +3 Concealment for one turn"
},
{
"Title": "Ambush",
"Icon": "Promotion 28.png",
"ShortDescription": "+25% DMG and ACC attacking from Concealment"
},
{
"Title": "Assassin",
"Icon": "Promotion 33.png",
"ShortDescription": "+30% DMG / +20% ACC against isolated targets"
},
{
"Title": "Sharpshooter",
"Icon": "Promotion 35.png",
"ShortDescription": "-50% Decrease to Enemy Cover Bonus"
},
{
"Title": "Impossible Shot",
"Icon": "Promotion 56.png",
"ShortDescription": "+20% to maximum Weapons Range"
},
{
"Title": "Gun Plattform",
"Icon": "Promotion 03.png",
"ShortDescription": "+25% ACC and LOS when stationary for at least 1 turn"
},
{
"Title": "Aspiring",
"Icon": "Starting perk 04.png",
"ShortDescription": "30% Discount to Promotions"
},
{
"Title": "Sprint",
"Icon": "Promotion 44.png",
"ShortDescription": "-4 AP Movement Cost per tile. Unit is briefly Winded"
},
{
"Title": "Mobile Infantry",
"Icon": "Promotion 02.png",
"ShortDescription": "5 AP enter/exit of vehicles + more cover from vehicles"
},
{
"Title": "Run And Gun",
"Icon": "Promotion 46.png",
"ShortDescription": "-10 AP for next Standard Attack after moving"
},
{
"Title": "Pointfire",
"Icon": "Promotion 22.png",
"ShortDescription": "+15% ACC when not Deployed or Pinned Down"
},
{
"Title": "Berserk",
"Icon": "Promotion 47.png",
"ShortDescription": "Regain 30 AP after destroying a unit"
},
{
"Title": "Return Of Serve",
"Icon": "Promotion 53.png",
"ShortDescription": "SL will throw back enemy grenades. Once per turn"
},
{
"Title": "Counter Strike",
"Icon": "Promotion 45.png",
"ShortDescription": "Shoot back at an attacker"
},
{
"Title": "Fragmentation",
"Icon": "Promotion 21.png",
"ShortDescription": "+20% Enemy Elements hit by AOE Weapons"
},
{
"Title": "Determined",
"Icon": "Promotion 25.png",
"ShortDescription": "-35% to incoming Suppression"
},
{
"Title": "Bags \u0026 Belts",
"Icon": "Promotion 05.png",
"ShortDescription": "Expanded Accessory Slots by +1"
},
{
"Title": "Zig-Zag",
"Icon": "Promotion 10.png",
"ShortDescription": "5% DEF for each tile moved this turn. Resets next turn"
},
{
"Title": "Armor Specialist",
"Icon": "Promotion 07.png",
"ShortDescription": "Removes movement debuffs from heavy equipment"
},
{
"Title": "Stalwart",
"Icon": "Starting perk 02.png",
"ShortDescription": "Pike never quits or gives up"
},
{
"Title": "Inspiring Presence",
"Icon": "Promotion 25.png",
"ShortDescription": "+15% ACC and DISC bonuses conferred to adjacent Allies"
},
{
"Title": "Buff",
"Icon": "Promotion 06.png",
"ShortDescription": "+3 HP per squadmate"
},
{
"Title": "Call Out Target",
"Icon": "Promotion 62.png",
"ShortDescription": "Mark a target within 10 tiles and gain +20% ACC against it for 2 turns"
},
{
"Title": "Die Hard",
"Icon": "Promotion 19.png",
"ShortDescription": "-50% to incoming DMG when at or below 50% HP"
},
{
"Title": "Command: Rally",
"Icon": "Promotion 13.png",
"ShortDescription": "ACTIVATE: Rallies allies and reduces their Suppression"
},
{
"Title": "Disruptive Fire",
"Icon": "Promotion 58.png",
"ShortDescription": "-15% ACC for 1 turn inflicted on enemy suffering casualties"
},
{
"Title": "Hunker Down",
"Icon": "Promotion 43.png",
"ShortDescription": "Doubles DEF and DR when suppressed or pinned down"
},
{
"Title": "Stubborn",
"Icon": "Promotion 25.png",
"ShortDescription": "No AP lost from being Suppressed"
},
{
"Title": "Taking Command",
"Icon": "Promotion 04.png",
"ShortDescription": "+40 AP to a friendly unit within 8 tiles"
},
{
"Title": "Economics 101",
"Icon": "Starting perk 04.png",
"ShortDescription": "-10% Supply Cost for her squad and equipment"
},
{
"Title": "Scavenger",
"Icon": "Promotion 39.png",
"ShortDescription": "Dead enemies drop 1 refill for Special Weapon/Accessory"
},
{
"Title": "Solid Grouping",
"Icon": "Promotion 09.png",
"ShortDescription": "+10 ACC for each consecutive attack vs. the SAME target"
},
{
"Title": "Tankbuster",
"Icon": "Promotion 37.png",
"ShortDescription": "+25% DMG and Armor Pen vs. Hardware"
},
{
"Title": "Fortify",
"Icon": "Promotion 42.png",
"ShortDescription": "+1 Cover Level. Has no effect when in Heavy Cover"
},
{
"Title": "Blast",
"Icon": "Promotion 21.png",
"ShortDescription": "+1 Light Defect for each defect inflicted"
},
{
"Title": "Guerilla",
"Icon": "",
"ShortDescription": "Can gain up to +20% DEF vs. adjacent attacks"
},
{
"Title": "Demolitions Expert",
"Icon": "Promotion 36.png",
"ShortDescription": "+50% DMG against structures and buildings"
},
{
"Title": "Finisher",
"Icon": "Promotion 33.png",
"ShortDescription": "+30% ACC and +20% DMG against suffering enemies"
},
{
"Title": "Revel In Slaughter",
"Icon": "Starting perk 01.png",
"ShortDescription": "+6% ACC and DISC for each enemy unit destroyed. Max 5x"
},
{
"Title": "Expert Pilot",
"Icon": "Promotion 51.png",
"ShortDescription": "-50% AP vehicle turns. -4 AP for walker movement"
},
{
"Title": "True Grit",
"Icon": "Promotion 51.png",
"ShortDescription": "+15 Discipline"
},
{
"Title": "Roadkill",
"Icon": "Promotion 60.png",
"ShortDescription": "Makes 'Run Over' attacks vastly more deadly"
},
{
"Title": "First Aid",
"Icon": "Promotion 38.png",
"ShortDescription": "ACTIVATE: Heal an element to full HP."
},
{
"Title": "Share The Load",
"Icon": "Promotion 15.png",
"ShortDescription": "+1 Special Weapon Use for each squadie up to +100%."
},
{
"Title": "Steady Gun",
"Icon": "Promotion 03.png",
"ShortDescription": "+25% ACC and +1 view range when stationary for at least 1 turn."
},
{
"Title": "Hit The Deck",
"Icon": "Promotion 43.png",
"ShortDescription": "Doubles DEF and DR when suppressed or pinned down."
},
{
"Title": "Full Send",
"Icon": "Promotion 01.png",
"ShortDescription": "-10 AP Hardware or Special Weapon cost for consecutive usage."
},
{
"Title": "Team Spirit",
"Icon": "Promotion 12.png",
"ShortDescription": "High Spirits morale status unlocked.",
"LongDescription": "Allied units can now gain the 'High Spirits' morale status by killing enemies and pursuing objectives. High Spirits: +5% to Accuracy and Defense, +15% to Suppression Reduction."
},
{
"Title": "Hotwire",
"Icon": "Promotion 52.png",
"ShortDescription": "EMP'd hardware can still run at 50% AP"
},
{
"Title": "Overload",
"Icon": "Promotion 55.png",
"ShortDescription": "+50 AP on ACTIVATION, but stunned next turn"
},
{
"Title": "Athletic",
"Icon": "Promotion.png",
"ShortDescription": "-2AP Move cost/-50% Deploy cost"
},
{
"Title": "New Tricks",
"Icon": "Promotion.png",
"ShortDescription": "+3 Growth Potential"
},
{
"Title": "Grenadier",
"Icon": "Promotion 17.png",
"ShortDescription": "+1 Throwing Range and +30% ACC to ALL grenades"
},
{
"Title": "Blaze Of Glory",
"Icon": "Promotion.png",
"ShortDescription": "ACTIVATE: Remove Suppression and Restore AP"
},
{
"Title": "This Is My Rifle",
"Icon": "Promotion.png",
"ShortDescription": "-50% Supply Cost for Squad Weapons"
},
{
"Title": "Firing Line",
"Icon": "Promotion 18.png",
"ShortDescription": "Faster rate of fire when no Special Weapon is equipped"
},
{
"Title": "Grind Down",
"Icon": "Promotion.png",
"ShortDescription": "+30% Armor DMG"
},
{
"Title": "To Shreds",
"Icon": "Promotion.png",
"ShortDescription": "+1 Light Defect for each defect inflicted"
},
{
"Title": "Unbreakable",
"Icon": "Promotion 57.png",
"ShortDescription": "Defect thresholds lowered and prevents Heavy Defects"
},
{
"Title": "Drive By",
"Icon": "Promotion.png",
"ShortDescription": "-10 AP for next Standard Attack after moving"
},
{
"Title": "Fury",
"Icon": "Promotion.png",
"ShortDescription": "Gain +40% Base DMG but lose -15% ACC"
}
]

Marta Carda

2026-02-06T23:46:53Z

76561198052080502: Added complete perk tree

Characters

2026-02-06T23:35:51Z

76561198052080502: Standardized unique perk images for Fedor and J.G. , Changed the pilot table field to "Unique Perk" instead of "Unique Skill"

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'''Characters''' are the engine that drives the strategic and tactical gameplay of MENACE. They lead squads of infantry or pilot vehicles during missions, representing and coordinating the elements you deploy, and can grow to have either positive or negative relationships with each other, influencing their combat performance. They are all unique, pre-written personalities each with their own background, preferences, and goals. You begin with a selection of characters from the [[Terran Congressional Republic]] [[Marines]], but you can and will be expected to recruit more from the various factions of the [[Wayback System]] itself. They can die permanently in battle, and if you lose too many, your campaign will end in failure.

Characters can be divided into two types: Squad Leaders and Pilots. Squad Leaders are the command element of infantry units, operating a unique weapon (if chosen) while the other elements, called [[Squaddies]], are generic grunts who can be renamed at the player's behest but have no unique dialogue or personalities. Each squaddie represents a percentage of the infantry unit's HP, and a squaddie dies when the unit's HP is reduced by that percentage, weakening its [[morale]] as well as its number of attacks per turn. If a unit's HP is completely depleted and all its squaddies have been eliminated, the remaining Squad Leader is incapacitated, or "bleeding out," and must be "stabilized" by another Squad Leader before he or she is lost permanently. '''Vehicles cannot stabilize injured Squad Leaders, or rescue Pilots!''' A stabilized squad leader cannot be used for the rest of the battle but will not die.[https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2432860/view/512947503265480934]

Pilots command vehicles such as tanks, armored personnel carriers, and bipedal combat walkers (mechs). They are incapacitated and must be rescued when their vehicle has suffered critical damage and has been destroyed.

Both Squad Leaders and Pilots have skills in a Perk Tree that can be unlocked as they gain experience and are promoted through surviving tactical battles. While some skills are shared among different characters' perk trees, each character has a special unique perk entirely unique to him or her. Characters also have their own statistics (AP, Discipline, etc). [https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2432860/view/512947503265480934]

==Properties of Characters==

=== Attributes and Combat Stats ===
Each squad leader/pilot has a set of attributes, from which their combat stats are derived. Squad leaders have seven attributes, while pilots have five.

{| class="wikitable" style="width: 100%;"
|-
! Attribute !! Corresp. Stat !! Description of the Stat !! SL/Pilots?
|-
| style="width: 8%" | Agility
| style="width: 12%" | '''[[Action Points]]'''
| AP are spent for every action. Once all AP are spent, the current unit's turn ends automatically. AP are fully refreshed each turn.
| Both
|-
| Weapon Skill
| '''[[Accuracy]]'''
| Determines the chance of hitting a target without any modifiers, like distance and cover.
| Both
|-
| Valour
| '''[[Discipline]]'''
| General discipline of a unit. Reduces the amount of suppression suffered from an attack, and determines how easily a unit will break morale and waver or flee.
| Both
|-
| Toughness
| '''[[Damage Reduction]]'''
| Modifies any damage the unit suffers. This can be negative, the unit suffers more damage, or positive, the unit suffers less damage.
| SL only
|-
| Vitality
| '''[[Hitpoints]]'''
| Hitpoints represent the damage a unit can take before being destroyed. Once these reach zero, the unit is considered dead or destroyed.
| SL only
|-
| Precision
| '''[[Critical Chance]]'''
| Determines the chance to score a critical hit, for 50% more damage. This is calculated for each repetition of an attack individually.
| Both
|-
| Positioning
| '''[[Defense]]'''
| The defence is subtracted from any enemy accuracy that attacks this unit.
| Both
|}

Squad leaders and pilots have four more stats that are not derived from the attributes above:

{|class="wikitable" style="width: 100%;"
|-
! Stat !! Description
|-
| style="width: 10%" | [[File:Armor Value Icon.png|25px]] '''[[Armor Value]]'''
| Depends on the armor the squad has equipped. Higher armor value requires more penetration to inflict damage; durability decreases with each successfull stop of a bullet.
|-
| [[File:Detection Icon.png|25px]] '''[[Detection]]'''
| The ability to spot concealed units on the battlefield. Reduces an enemy unit’s concealment when calculating whether it is visible to this unit or not.
|-
| [[File:Concealment Icon.png|25px]] '''[[Concealment]]'''
| The ability to stay hidden from enemy sight even when within their view range. Each point of concealment reduces the effective view range of enemies against this unit by 1.
|-
| [[File:View Range Icon.png|25px]] '''[[View Range]]'''
| Determines how many tiles a unit can see on the battlefield, revealing enemies and lifting the fog of war. Concealment can hide enemies even when inside the view range.
|}

Additionally, all characters start with one [[unique starting perk]] already unlocked. These perks vary greatly between characters and are designed to make each character feel unique.

Furthermore, each character has their own [[perk tree]] that can be unlocked through [[promotions]]. While not all perks are unique to each character, the selection and order of unlocks will differ.

=== Character Quality Level and Costs ===
{|class="wikitable" style="width: 100%;"
|-
! Stat !! Description
|-
| style="width: 10%" | Promotion Tax
| The supply point cost of this unit is increased cumulatively by the promotion tax for every promotion it is awarded.
|-
| Growth Potential
| The chance of increasing a stat every time a unit takes an associated action. For example, hitting an enemy has a chance to permanently increase accuracy. Higher growth potential will lead to stats increasing faster.
|-
| Supply Cost
| The amount of supplies it costs to deploy this unit on a mission. The total cost of a unit is further increased by other factors, like promotion, tax, and equipment costs.
|}

===Promotion and Demotion===
:''↪ Main article: [[Promotion and Demotion]]''

Squad leaders and pilots can be promoted with [[Promotion and Demotion#Promotion Points|promotion points]] that are earned, for example, through completing missions. Promoting a character does not happen automatically. It must be done by the player.

The cost of promoting the same character increases with each promotion.

Characters can hold one of eight [[Promotion and Demotion#Ranks|ranks]], ranging from (1) Lance Corporal to (8) Master Gunnery Sergeant.

It is possible to demote a character. Although a small portion of the invested promotion points will be refunded, the affected leader will not be pleased.

==Squad Leaders==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
|-
! Name !! class="unsortable" | Portrait !! class="unsortable" | Unique Perk !! Affiliation
! {{H:title|Agility (→ Action Points)|AGI}}
! {{H:title|Weapon Skill (→ Accuracy)|WS}}
! {{H:title|Valour (→ Discipline)|VAL}}
! {{H:title|Toughness (→ Damage Reduction)|TOUG}}
! {{H:title|Vitality (→ Hitpoints)|VIT}}
! {{H:title|Precision (→ Critical Chance)|PREC}}
! {{H:title|Positioning (→ Defense)|POS}}
! {{H:title|Promotion Tax|Prom. Tax}}
! {{H:title|Growth Potential|Growth Pot.}}
! Supply Cost
|-
| [[Jane Darby]] || [[File:Jane_Darby.jpg|center|100px|link=Jane Darby]]
| [[File:High_Value_Target_Icon.png|center|70px|link=High Value Target]] [[High Value Target]]
| [[Marines]]
| 88 || 80 || 70 || 50 || 40 || 20 || 75
| 15 || 5 || 40
|-
| [[Charles Lim]] || [[File:Charles_lim.jpg|center|100px|link=Charles Lim]]
| [[File:Starting perk 04.png|center|70px|link=Aspiring]] [[Aspiring]]
| [[Marines]]
| 75 || 65 || 70 || 55 || 50 || 0 || 60
| - || - || -
|-
| [[Marta Carda]] || [[File:Marta_Carda.jpg|center|100px|link=Marta Carda]]
| [[File:Starting perk 13.png|center|70px|link=Out Of The Craters]] [[Out Of The Craters]]
| [[Marines]]
| - || - || - || - || - || - || -
| - || - || -
|-
| [[Edwin Pike]] || [[File:Edwin_Pike.jpg|center|100px|link=Edwin Pike]]
| [[File:Starting perk 02.png|center|70px|link=Stalwart]] [[Stalwart]]
| [[Marines]]
| - || - || - || - || - || - || -
| - || - || -
|-
| [[Tekko'Beo Phosa]] || [[File:Tekko'Beo Phosa Portrait.png|center|100px|link=Tekko'Beo Phosa]]
| [[File:Starting perk 08.png|center|70px|link=Tekko'Beo_Phosa#Unique Starting Perk]] [[Tekko'Beo_Phosa#Unique Starting Perk | Rampage]]
| [[Marines]]
| - || - || - || - || - || - || -
| - || - || -
|-
| [[Jean Sy]] || [[File:Jean Sy Portrait.jpg|center|100px|link=Jean Sy]]
| [[File:Starting perk 05.png|center|70px|link=Jean_Sy#Unique Starting Perk]] [[Jean_Sy#Unique Starting Perk | Economics]]
| [[Pirates]]
| - || - || - || - || - || - || -
| - || - || -
|-
| [[Kody Greifinger]] || [[File:Kody Greifinger.png|center|100px|link=Kody Greifinger]]
| [[File:Guerilla.png|center|70px|link=Kody_Greifinger#Unique Starting Perk]] [[Kody_Greifinger#Unique Starting Perk | Guerilla]]
| Unaligned (Former [[Marines|Marine]])
| - || - || - || - || - || - || -
| - || - || -
|-
| [[Fedor Yazhov]] || [[File:Fedor Yazov.png|center|100px|link=Fedor Yazov]]
| [[File:Starting perk 11.png|center|70px|link=Fedor Yazhov#Unique Starting Perk]] [[Fedor Yazhov#Unique Starting Perk | No Mercy]]
| Mercenary
| 75 || 65 || 65 || 50 || 50 || 10 || 50
| 10 || 6 || 20
|-
| [[J.G. Wetteroth]] || [[File:J.G Wetteroth.png|center|100px|link=J.G Wetteroth]]
| [[File:Starting perk 10.png|center|70px|link=J.G Wetteroth#Unique Starting Perk]] [[J.G Wetteroth#Unique Starting Perk | Big Game Hunter]]
| Unaligned
| - || - || - || - || - || - || -
| - || - || -
|-
|-
| [[?]] || [[File:? Portrait.png|center|100px]]
| [[File:? Icon.png|center|70px|link=?#Unique Starting Perk]] [[?#Unique Starting Perk | ?]]
| [[?]]
| - || - || - || - || - || - || -
| - || - || -
|-
|}

==Pilots==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name !! Portrait !! Unique Perk !! Affiliation
! [[File:Hitpoints per Element Icon.png|20px]]
! [[File:Armor Value Icon.png|20px]]
! [[File:Discipline Icon.png|20px]]
! [[File:Accuracy Icon.png|20px]]
! [[File:Detection Icon.png|20px]]
! [[File:View Range Icon.png|20px]]
! [[File:Concealment Icon.png|20px]]
|-
| [[Renu Rewa]] || [[File:Renu_Rewa.jpg|center|100px|link=Renu Rewa]] || [[File:Starting perk 01.png|center|70px]] [[Revel In Slaughter]] || [[Marines]] || 250 || 125 || 80 || 70 || 0 || 7 || -3
|-
| [[Gabriel Exconde]] || [[File:Gabriel_Exconde.png|center|100px|link=Gabriel Exconde]] || [[File:Starting perk 06.png|center|70px|]] [[Prayer]] || [[Mercenary]] || 250 || 125 || 80 || 70 || 0 || 7 || -3
|-
| [[Garry Boganwright]] || [[File:Garry_Boganwright.jpg|center|100px|link=Garry Boganwright]] || [[File:TBD.png|center|70px|]] [[TBD]] || [[Marines]] || 250 || 125 || 80 || 70 || 0 || 7 || -3
|-
| [[Achilleas Kainoo]] || [[File:Achilleas_Kainoo.jpg|center|100px|link=Achilleas Kainoo]] || [[File:TBD.png|center|70px|]] [[TBD]] || [[Marines]] || 250 || 125 || 80 || 70 || 0 || 7 || -3
|}

Characters

2026-02-06T13:47:04Z

76561198052080502: Added Kody's image, Fedor Yazhov with stats, J.G Wetteroth, and Gabriel Exconde's image.

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The content below is based on the demo release and needs to be '''updated''' as it may not accurately represent what's currently in-game. {{#if: {{{1|}}}
|''{{{1}}}''
|}}
|}
'''Characters''' are the engine that drives the strategic and tactical gameplay of MENACE. They lead squads of infantry or pilot vehicles during missions, representing and coordinating the elements you deploy, and can grow to have either positive or negative relationships with each other, influencing their combat performance. They are all unique, pre-written personalities each with their own background, preferences, and goals. You begin with a selection of characters from the [[Terran Congressional Republic]] [[Marines]], but you can and will be expected to recruit more from the various factions of the [[Wayback System]] itself. They can die permanently in battle, and if you lose too many, your campaign will end in failure.

Characters can be divided into two types: Squad Leaders and Pilots. Squad Leaders are the command element of infantry units, operating a unique weapon (if chosen) while the other elements, called [[Squaddies]], are generic grunts who can be renamed at the player's behest but have no unique dialogue or personalities. Each squaddie represents a percentage of the infantry unit's HP, and a squaddie dies when the unit's HP is reduced by that percentage, weakening its [[morale]] as well as its number of attacks per turn. If a unit's HP is completely depleted and all its squaddies have been eliminated, the remaining Squad Leader is incapacitated, or "bleeding out," and must be "stabilized" by another Squad Leader before he or she is lost permanently. '''Vehicles cannot stabilize injured Squad Leaders, or rescue Pilots!''' A stabilized squad leader cannot be used for the rest of the battle but will not die.[https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2432860/view/512947503265480934]

Pilots command vehicles such as tanks, armored personnel carriers, and bipedal combat walkers (mechs). They are incapacitated and must be rescued when their vehicle has suffered critical damage and has been destroyed.

Both Squad Leaders and Pilots have skills in a Perk Tree that can be unlocked as they gain experience and are promoted through surviving tactical battles. While some skills are shared among different characters' perk trees, each character has a special unique perk entirely unique to him or her. Characters also have their own statistics (AP, Discipline, etc). [https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2432860/view/512947503265480934]

==Properties of Characters==

=== Attributes and Combat Stats ===
Each squad leader/pilot has a set of attributes, from which their combat stats are derived. Squad leaders have seven attributes, while pilots have five.

{| class="wikitable" style="width: 100%;"
|-
! Attribute !! Corresp. Stat !! Description of the Stat !! SL/Pilots?
|-
| style="width: 8%" | Agility
| style="width: 12%" | '''[[Action Points]]'''
| AP are spent for every action. Once all AP are spent, the current unit's turn ends automatically. AP are fully refreshed each turn.
| Both
|-
| Weapon Skill
| '''[[Accuracy]]'''
| Determines the chance of hitting a target without any modifiers, like distance and cover.
| Both
|-
| Valour
| '''[[Discipline]]'''
| General discipline of a unit. Reduces the amount of suppression suffered from an attack, and determines how easily a unit will break morale and waver or flee.
| Both
|-
| Toughness
| '''[[Damage Reduction]]'''
| Modifies any damage the unit suffers. This can be negative, the unit suffers more damage, or positive, the unit suffers less damage.
| SL only
|-
| Vitality
| '''[[Hitpoints]]'''
| Hitpoints represent the damage a unit can take before being destroyed. Once these reach zero, the unit is considered dead or destroyed.
| SL only
|-
| Precision
| '''[[Critical Chance]]'''
| Determines the chance to score a critical hit, for 50% more damage. This is calculated for each repetition of an attack individually.
| Both
|-
| Positioning
| '''[[Defense]]'''
| The defence is subtracted from any enemy accuracy that attacks this unit.
| Both
|}

Squad leaders and pilots have four more stats that are not derived from the attributes above:

{|class="wikitable" style="width: 100%;"
|-
! Stat !! Description
|-
| style="width: 10%" | [[File:Armor Value Icon.png|25px]] '''[[Armor Value]]'''
| Depends on the armor the squad has equipped. Higher armor value requires more penetration to inflict damage; durability decreases with each successfull stop of a bullet.
|-
| [[File:Detection Icon.png|25px]] '''[[Detection]]'''
| The ability to spot concealed units on the battlefield. Reduces an enemy unit’s concealment when calculating whether it is visible to this unit or not.
|-
| [[File:Concealment Icon.png|25px]] '''[[Concealment]]'''
| The ability to stay hidden from enemy sight even when within their view range. Each point of concealment reduces the effective view range of enemies against this unit by 1.
|-
| [[File:View Range Icon.png|25px]] '''[[View Range]]'''
| Determines how many tiles a unit can see on the battlefield, revealing enemies and lifting the fog of war. Concealment can hide enemies even when inside the view range.
|}

Additionally, all characters start with one [[unique starting perk]] already unlocked. These perks vary greatly between characters and are designed to make each character feel unique.

Furthermore, each character has their own [[perk tree]] that can be unlocked through [[promotions]]. While not all perks are unique to each character, the selection and order of unlocks will differ.

=== Character Quality Level and Costs ===
{|class="wikitable" style="width: 100%;"
|-
! Stat !! Description
|-
| style="width: 10%" | Promotion Tax
| The supply point cost of this unit is increased cumulatively by the promotion tax for every promotion it is awarded.
|-
| Growth Potential
| The chance of increasing a stat every time a unit takes an associated action. For example, hitting an enemy has a chance to permanently increase accuracy. Higher growth potential will lead to stats increasing faster.
|-
| Supply Cost
| The amount of supplies it costs to deploy this unit on a mission. The total cost of a unit is further increased by other factors, like promotion, tax, and equipment costs.
|}

===Promotion and Demotion===
:''↪ Main article: [[Promotion and Demotion]]''

Squad leaders and pilots can be promoted with [[Promotion and Demotion#Promotion Points|promotion points]] that are earned, for example, through completing missions. Promoting a character does not happen automatically. It must be done by the player.

The cost of promoting the same character increases with each promotion.

Characters can hold one of eight [[Promotion and Demotion#Ranks|ranks]], ranging from (1) Lance Corporal to (8) Master Gunnery Sergeant.

It is possible to demote a character. Although a small portion of the invested promotion points will be refunded, the affected leader will not be pleased.

==Squad Leaders==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
|-
! Name !! class="unsortable" | Portrait !! class="unsortable" | Unique Perk !! Affiliation
! {{H:title|Agility (→ Action Points)|AGI}}
! {{H:title|Weapon Skill (→ Accuracy)|WS}}
! {{H:title|Valour (→ Discipline)|VAL}}
! {{H:title|Toughness (→ Damage Reduction)|TOUG}}
! {{H:title|Vitality (→ Hitpoints)|VIT}}
! {{H:title|Precision (→ Critical Chance)|PREC}}
! {{H:title|Positioning (→ Defense)|POS}}
! {{H:title|Promotion Tax|Prom. Tax}}
! {{H:title|Growth Potential|Growth Pot.}}
! Supply Cost
|-
| [[Jane Darby]] || [[File:Jane_Darby.jpg|center|100px|link=Jane Darby]]
| [[File:High_Value_Target_Icon.png|center|70px|link=High Value Target]] [[High Value Target]]
| [[Marines]]
| 88 || 80 || 70 || 50 || 40 || 20 || 75
| 15 || 5 || 40
|-
| [[Charles Lim]] || [[File:Charles_lim.jpg|center|100px|link=Charles Lim]]
| [[File:Starting perk 04.png|center|70px|link=Aspiring]] [[Aspiring]]
| [[Marines]]
| 75 || 65 || 70 || 55 || 50 || 0 || 60
| - || - || -
|-
| [[Marta Carda]] || [[File:Marta_Carda.jpg|center|100px|link=Marta Carda]]
| [[File:Starting perk 13.png|center|70px|link=Out Of The Craters]] [[Out Of The Craters]]
| [[Marines]]
| - || - || - || - || - || - || -
| - || - || -
|-
| [[Edwin Pike]] || [[File:Edwin_Pike.jpg|center|100px|link=Edwin Pike]]
| [[File:Stalwart_icon.png|center|70px|link=Stalwart]] [[Stalwart]]
| [[Marines]]
| - || - || - || - || - || - || -
| - || - || -
|-
| [[Tekko'Beo Phosa]] || [[File:Tekko'Beo Phosa Portrait.png|center|100px|link=Tekko'Beo Phosa]]
| [[File:Rampage Icon.png|center|70px|link=Tekko'Beo_Phosa#Unique Starting Perk]] [[Tekko'Beo_Phosa#Unique Starting Perk | Rampage]]
| [[Marines]]
| - || - || - || - || - || - || -
| - || - || -
|-
| [[Jean Sy]] || [[File:Jean Sy Portrait.jpg|center|100px|link=Jean Sy]]
| [[File:Starting perk 05.png|center|70px|link=Jean_Sy#Unique Starting Perk]] [[Jean_Sy#Unique Starting Perk | Economics]]
| [[Pirates]]
| - || - || - || - || - || - || -
| - || - || -
|-
| [[Kody Greifinger]] || [[File:Kody Greifinger.png|center|100px|link=Kody Greifinger]]
| [[File:Guerilla.png|center|70px|link=Kody_Greifinger#Unique Starting Perk]] [[Kody_Greifinger#Unique Starting Perk | Guerilla]]
| Unaligned (Former [[Marines|Marine]])
| - || - || - || - || - || - || -
| - || - || -
|-
| [[Fedor Yazhov]] || [[File:Fedor Yazov.png|center|100px|link=Fedor Yazov]]
| [[File:No Mercy.png|center|70px|link=Fedor Yazhov#Unique Starting Perk]] [[Fedor Yazhov#Unique Starting Perk | No Mercy]]
| Mercenary
| 75 || 65 || 65 || 50 || 50 || 10 || 50
| 10 || 6 || 20
|-
| [[J.G. Wetteroth]] || [[File:J.G Wetteroth.png|center|100px|link=J.G Wetteroth]]
| [[File:Big Game Hunter.png|center|70px|link=J.G Wetteroth#Unique Starting Perk]] [[J.G Wetteroth#Unique Starting Perk | Big Game Hunter]]
| Unaligned
| - || - || - || - || - || - || -
| - || - || -
|-
|-
| [[?]] || [[File:? Portrait.png|center|100px]]
| [[File:? Icon.png|center|70px|link=?#Unique Starting Perk]] [[?#Unique Starting Perk | ?]]
| [[?]]
| - || - || - || - || - || - || -
| - || - || -
|-
|}

==Pilots==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name !! Portrait !! Unique Skill !! Affiliation
! [[File:Hitpoints per Element Icon.png|20px]]
! [[File:Armor Value Icon.png|20px]]
! [[File:Discipline Icon.png|20px]]
! [[File:Accuracy Icon.png|20px]]
! [[File:Detection Icon.png|20px]]
! [[File:View Range Icon.png|20px]]
! [[File:Concealment Icon.png|20px]]
|-
| [[Renu Rewa]] || [[File:Renu_Rewa.jpg|center|100px|link=Renu Rewa]] || [[File:Starting perk 01.png|center|70px]] [[Revel In Slaughter]] || [[Marines]] || 250 || 125 || 80 || 70 || 0 || 7 || -3
|-
| [[Gabriel Exconde]] || [[File:Gabriel_Exconde.png|center|100px|link=Gabriel Exconde]] || [[File:Starting perk 06.png|center|70px|]] [[Prayer]] || [[Religious faction?]] || 250 || 125 || 80 || 70 || 0 || 7 || -3
|-
| [[Garry Boganwright]] || [[File:Garry_Boganwright.jpg|center|100px|link=Garry Boganwright]] || [[File:TBD.png|center|70px|]] [[TBD]] || [[Marines]] || 250 || 125 || 80 || 70 || 0 || 7 || -3
|-
| [[Achilleas Kainoo]] || [[File:Achilleas_Kainoo.jpg|center|100px|link=Achilleas Kainoo]] || [[File:TBD.png|center|70px|]] [[TBD]] || [[Marines]] || 250 || 125 || 80 || 70 || 0 || 7 || -3
|}

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