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Alphas are the leaders of Aurora Legion squads, and almost without exception. they treat this as Very Serious Business. 
Alphas generally possess an encyclopedic knowledge of regulations and an intimidating work ethic, but most are also charismatic leaders. After all, it helps if your followers want to, uh, follow you. 

Only the most talented academy cadets are accepted into the Squad Leader stream, and Alphas are ultimately responsible for the success or failure of any given mission, as well as the lives of their squad. 

No pressure . . .

If you’re dealing with an Aurora Legionnaire smoother than a glass of single-malt Larassian semptar, then odds are you’ve just met a Face. Diplomats by nature and by training, it’s their job to deal with friends or foes—and a good Face can often turn the latter into the former with a few well-placed words. 

Whether it’s making first contact, mediating a local dispute or talking their way out of a steaming pile of alien dookie, Faces are versed in the cultures, traditions and languages of many species, and have a reputation for being skilled negotiators. 

Playing cards against one is not recommended.

Trained to fly anything from shuttles to cruisers, freighters to shipkillers, Aces are the pilots of Aurora Legion squads. You bring them the eye of a needle, and an Aurora Ace can thread it for you with the ship of your choosing. 

Aces have a rep for being daring, confident, even reckless, and above average in the looks department. Just ask them, they’ll tell you themselves. 

Being an Ace requires lightning reflexes, even quicker thinking, and reproductive organs of solid titanium. Let’s be real: their job is as cool as they are.

Gearheads are the mechanics of Aurora Legion Squads, responsible for keeping the team’s machinery and equipment going in the field, and for cobbling together anything they may need that wasn’t brought along. Mad inventors, most of them. 

They have a reputation for being ingenious, fascinated by gadgets, and often covered in grease. Frequent personal traits include missing eyebrows and a recreational interest in things that go boom.

They’re big, they’re bad, and they’ll hit you where it hurts most. Tanks are the members of Aurora Legion squads trained to bring the pain, and I suspect a disturbing percentage of them enjoy it. 

Tanks spend endless hours in gyms, dojos, and firing ranges, honing themselves to physical perfection. Given the option, they’ll shoot first and let their Face ask questions later. 

Tanks are specialists in martial arts and are required to master fighting under varied gravitational and planetary conditions. Beneficial traits include detailed knowledge of multispecies anatomy, a tolerance for pain, and a recreational interest in hurting small, fluffy things.

Brains are the science and medical officers of Aurora Legion squads. Most are possessed of frighteningly high IQs, official nerd squad membership cards, and have a tendency to run toward dangerous situations on the grounds that they “might be interesting.” 

Brains are responsible for treating injuries, providing their Alphas with scientific information on the fly and, occasionally, figuring out how to blow things up with only a toothpick and a stick of gum. 

I don’t want to stereotype or anything, but people with that many brain cells are sometimes a little . . . weird.