Officers (LWR)

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In General

Officers have a separate upgrade path for soldiers, granting abilities that benefit the entire squad. Officer's cannot receive genetic modifications, psionic training, or be augmented for MECs.

To begin promoting officers, an Officer Training School is required, which becomes available for construction after a soldier reaches the rank of corporal. Once it is built, officer upgrades can be purchased in the OTS menu to make billets available.

Any soldier that has the rank of at least Corporal, isn't a MEC Trooper or a Psionic or has Gene Mods and has participated in at least 2 missions can be promoted to Lieutenant as long as there is an open billet left. After that, further promotions, in addition to another OTS upgrade, require that:

• The officer must have been on at least 1 mission (modified by Campaign Length) at his current officer rank.
• The officer must have gained a certain minimum standard rank – for example, Sergeant or higher is required for a promotion to Captain.
• The officer with higher will stat will be commanding a mission if several officers of the same rank are on the squad.

Officer Ranks

• All officers gain the perk Commanding Officer upon their first promotion, which grants them the ability to Command once.
• Officers gain an additional Command charge at Major (2 charges total) and Field Commander (3 charges total).
• Each promotion presents a choice between one of two rank-specific Officer perks. This selection is permanent (and cumulative), but a different perk can be chosen for every officer.
• Only the perks of the commanding (highest-ranked) officer are beneficial to the entire squad during a battle. Officer perks of a second, lower-ranking officer present on a mission benefit only that officer.

Commanding Officer

Commanding Officer
If this is the highest ranking Officer: Gain Command (with 1 charge), 10 crit resist per officer rank, other officer perks affect all squadmates, and grants each squadmate in vision a percent chance for end-in-idle actions to cost 0 AP equal to twice the number of enemies this officer can see.

Command

Command
Grant 1 AP to a 0 AP idle unit in sight and disable their AP discounting perks. Cannot be used on Covert Ops, SHIVs, or units already Commanded. Can trigger Tactical Brilliance [Will/2% chance (max 50%) to cost 0 charges]. Does not trigger reaction fire. 0 AP cost.

Officer Rank	Minimum Level Requirement	Officer Ability
Lieutenant	Corporal	Strength in Numbers Strength in Numbers Squad receives +2 will per squad member. Officers gain Commanding Officer [Various Abilities, +1 Command Charge] and +20 will.	Stay Frosty Stay Frosty Squad fatigue reduced by 10%. Officers gain Commanding Officer [Various Abilities, +1 Command Charge] and +1.3 mobility.
Captain	Sergeant	Cover Tactics Cover Tactics Squadmates protected by cover gain +3 defense per enemy the officer can see. Officers gain +10 base aim and defense.	Cover Tenacity Cover Tenacity Squadmates protected by cover gain +2% DR per enemy the officer can see. Officers gain +5 base DR and +2 base HP.
Major	Tech Sergeant	Show 'Em the Ropes Show 'Em the Ropes All soldiers ranked SGT or lower gain +70% mission experience. Officer gains +1 Command and +1 reaction shot on Overwatch.	Tricks of the Trade Tricks of the Trade All soldiers in the squad gain +15% mission experience. Officer gains +1 Command and +1 use on equipped grenades.
Colonel	Gunnery Sergeant	Clutch Leadership Clutch Leadership Squad receives +10 defense when protected by cover and +1 aim per enemy the officer can see. Officers gain +5 base aim.	Natural Leadership Natural Leadership Squad receives +10 defense when protected by cover and +4 will per enemy the officer can see. Officers gain +20 base will.
Field Commander	Master Sergeant	Camaraderie Camaraderie Increases the chance Commanding Officer makes end-in-idle actions of squadmates in vision cost 0 AP by 50%. Officers gain +5 base HP and +1 Command.	Combined Arms Combined Arms All weapons and equipment deal +1 damage. Officer's provide this to the squad. Officers gain +1.3 base mobility and +1 Command.

Officer Upgrades

Each officer rank is unlocked by purchasing an upgrade in the Officer Training School. It unlocks a number of officer billets for the new rank and prior ranks. Purchasing these upgrades costs money and requires a certain number of total successful missions. When an officer is killed or dismissed, the billet will cycle back and become available again after a few missions. NOTE: Unlike the Long War, promoting an officer up the chain (e.g., from Lieutenant to Captain) does not unlock billets. Promoting officers from one kind to another will reduce the maximum number of officer billets within the game. (This is due to the basic functionality of the base game's medal system from which the officer system has been constructed.)

Officer upgrades
Name	Required Successful Missions (modified by Campaign Length)	Cost	Unlocked Billets
Lieutenants	20	§100	2x LT
Captains	40	§200	2x CAPT, 2x LT
Majors	50	§300	1x MAJ, 1x CAPT, 1x LT
Colonels	60	§400	1x COL, 1x MAJ, 1x CAPT, 1x LT
Field Commander	80	§500	1x CMDR, 1x COL, 1x MAJ, 1x CAPT, 1x LT

Total number of billets unlocked: 7x Lieutenant, 5x Captain, 3x Major, 2x Colonel, 1x Field Commander.

Soldier Ranks Required for Promotion
Solder Rank	Officer Rank Available
Private	None
Specialist	None
Lance Corporal	None
Corporal	Lieutenant
Sergeant	Captain
Tech Sergeant	Major
Gunnery Sergeant	Colonel
Master Sergeant	Field Commander

See also

Long War Rebalance: Soldiers
Soldiers	Soldiers Assault Infantry Rocketeer Gunner Sniper Scout Medic Engineer
MEC	MEC Troopers Marauder Goliath Jaeger Shogun
Sub-classes and abilities	Officers Psionics Gene Mods S.H.I.V.s