Skills & Stats

Skills are how a squad stops depending on luck. Each page covers what the skill does, hidden effects, the fastest training and the common mistakes.

Skill	Category	What It Governs
Attack	Combat	Your chance to land a hit and break through an opponent's defence.
Defence	Combat	Your chance to block incoming melee attacks.
Toughness	Combat	How much punishment you take before going down, and how well you recover.
Martial Arts	Combat	Unarmed combat effectiveness — strikes, throws and damage with no weapon equipped.
Dodge	Combat	Your chance to evade attacks entirely instead of blocking them.
Heavy Weapons	Weapon	Effectiveness with the largest, hardest-hitting weapon class.
Katanas	Weapon	Effectiveness with katana-class weapons — fast, sharp cutting blades.
Sabres	Weapon	Effectiveness with sabre-class weapons — balanced, versatile cutting blades.
Polearms	Weapon	Effectiveness with long-reach polearm weapons.
Hackers	Weapon	Effectiveness with hacker-class weapons — heavy cleaving blades built to dismember.
Athletics	Utility	Run speed — how fast your character moves across the world.
Strength	Utility	Carry capacity and the ability to use heavy weapons and armour without penalty.
Stealth	Utility	How well you move and act unseen.
Lockpicking	Utility	Your ability to open locked doors, gates and containers.
Assassination	Utility	Knocking out unaware targets instantly with a stealth attack.
Science	Utility	Researching technologies and unlocking better crafting and base options.
Engineering	Utility	Constructing and the speed of building base structures.
Robotics	Utility	Repairing Skeletons and crafting and maintaining robotic limbs.