Star Wars Outlawssees an up-and-coming scoundrel, Kay Vess, interacting with a plethora of new characters as she assembles her crew to embark upon one of the biggest heists the Outer Rim has ever seen. While some of these characters provide Kay with contracts or intel, those known as “Experts” are invaluable to upgrading Kay’s abilities.
Unlike many past Ubisoft titles with skill trees and XP points,Star Wars Outlawsuses its experts as a way to unlock new skills, with these skills being unlocked through each character by having Kay perform specific feats in the open world. However, in order for the experts' skills to be unlocked, players must first find them either as part of the main campaign or through specific quests.
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Bram Shano
The Bartender
Bram is the owner of the Canto Bight bar, The Broken Hoof, and has looked after Kay since Riko abandoned her, providing her with a room and free meals. Aside from bartending, Bram is a broker, providing Kay and others with several illegal jobs across the Worker’s District.
Bram is the first expert Kay meets inStar Wars Outlaws, ashe is introduced in the very opening of the campaignand serves almost as a tutorial for the experts mechanic with the abilities unlocked through Bram consisting of thebasics Kay needs to survive, such as lockpickingand melee attacks.
Allows Kay to execute melee attacks.
Lockpicking
Open a variety of doors and containers by succeeding in the lockpicking minigame.
Fast-Talk
Quickly react to nearby alerted enemies and delay their reaction with a distraction.
Keep Talking
Allows Fast-Talk to affect all nearby enemies in a medium radius.
Increases Kay’s maximum health.
I Know Someone
Unlocks the ability to see and fulfill personal requests at merchants with the “Requests” category.
Selo Rovak
The Mechanic
Selo Rovak is a young native Tosharan mechanic raised in a windfishing settlement who has created various gadgets and devices that could streamline windfishing using the strength of Toshara’s wind. Selo’s intel chain can be unlocked after obtaining the Ion Blaster in the main campaign and begins in the Jaunta’s Hope Diner on Toshara before leading to Selo’s Shop in The Mirage. Kay seeks out Selo as she looks for a way to upgrade her speeder andSelo asks Kay to acquire the powerful Atmospheric Acceleratorto do so. After Kay delivers this, Selo becomes an expert.
Perform a short upwards jump with the speeder.
Treasure Hunter
Allows Nix to provide additional audiovisual cues when nearby containers are present.
Smoke Bomb
Create a dense cloud of smoke in an area to obscure vision.
Carry +1 additional Bacta Vial and grenade.
Carry +1 more Bacta Vial and grenade.
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Aila Bren
The Slicer
Aila Bren made a name for herself freelancing as a slicer and computer expert on Toshara for its various syndicates. However, upon seeing it fall victim to the Empire and rival syndicates, Aila seeks a way to escape the planet.
Alia’s Expert Intel becomes available shortly after unlocking the Ion Blaster upgrade and leads Kay to Makal’s Gambling Parlor, and ultimately to a contact within the Crimson Dawn district. Alia calls in via a hologram, and asks for Kay to retrieve an Imperial Code Sequencer from within an Imperial outpost. After acquiring this,Kay finds Aila inside a facility controlled by the Galactic Empire, where she hacks its turrets and eviscerates all of the troopers inside. Following this, Aila becomes an expert, providing Kay with an improved slicing kit to connect to more advanced devices, along with several stealth upgrades.
Perk
Slicing Kit
Provides Kay with a way to connect to more advanced devices that don’t have terminals.
Shooting an enemy unaware of Kay’s position deals extra damage.
Concussive Smoke
Upgrades the smoke bomb with a concussive effect that leaves enemies in the area staggered for two seconds.
Sneaky Trap
Allows Nix to trap alarm panels, electrocuting enemies who attempt to sound them.
Lightfooted
Reduces the noise Kay makes when walking and sprinting and halves enemy detection distance.
Slice Kit Upgrade
Gain +2 energy for the Slicing Kit; use energy to activate Jokers during the slicing process.
Rooster Trace
The Mercenary
Rooster Trace is an established name in the mercenary game, surviving multiple wars and regime changes, and actually seems to enjoy what they do. Kay can find Rooster in Kijimi City after venturing there to find her safecracker Ank and aiding in the potential coup on the Akiva Clan. After meeting with Rooster, new intel leads Kay to Tatooine, where she teams up with Rooster anduses an experimental, shielded gatling blaster to wipe out an entire Imperial convoy. Upon completing this mission, Rooster is unlocked as an expert.
+25% pickup weapon ammunition.
Feelers Out
Doubles the distance of the Nix Sense action when highlighting enemies.
Increases the adrenaline generated by headshots by a high amount.
Loop Maneuver
Kay can execute a 180-degree turn that will turn the Trailblazer in the opposite direction.
Top Roll Maneuver
Kay can execute a 360-degree turn that repositions the Trailblazer behind immediate pursuers.
Temmin Wexley
The Scavenger
Temmin Wexley first appeared inStar Warscanon in the 2015 novelAftermath, which was set after the events ofReturn of the Jediand some time before his appearance as an adult inThe Force Awakens, making his appearance inStar Wars Outlawshis earliest appearance on the timeline. By the timeStar Wars Outlawstakes place, Temmin Wexley has been left on the planet Akiva by his mother as she joined the rebel forces following his father’s arrest by the Empire.
Here, he was looked after by his aunt Esmelle and her partner Temmin, but has insisted on living alone in his family home where he scavenges various droid parts and works on a bunch of projects. Meeting Temmin is part ofStar Wars Outlaws' campaign and can’t be missed, ashis skills are vital in upgrading Kay’s speeder so she can travel across Akiva’s deeper bodies of water. After Kay provides the parts for him to do this, Temmin becomes another of the game’s experts.
Allows the speeder to soar over deep water.
Electro-Shock Prod
Lets Kay perform takedowns on elite enemies, such as battle droids.
Ion Smoke Bomb
Smoke bombs also deal ion damage, which temporarily disables devices and disrupts droids in the affected area.
Assisted Scavenging
Nix goes the extra mile when searching in containers, which can grant additional materials and valuables.
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Sheriff Quint Cresadde
The Gunslinger
Sheriff Quint is the first person Kay meets when landing upon Tatooine, and later, after a main story mission,The Heavy, in which Kay has to find a special Krayt Dragon pearl, ND-5 calls her with a mission chain that begins in theiconic Mos Eisley Cantina on Tatooine. Through this, Kay learns about Quint’s past working with the notorious pirate Gwarm, and how she eventually managed to buy her way out of the pirate gang and return home to Tatooine, where she began using her skills to help the locals as their new sheriff.
Ultimately, this chain leads to a mission in whichKay teams up with Sheriff Quint to defeat several Hutt Cartel bounty huntersattacking the town of Wayfar. After this, Sherrif Quint becomes another expert.
Adrenaline Rush Mastery
Upgrades Adrenaline Rush, increasing the maximum number of targets by +2 and enabling the marking of objects such as explosive barrels.
Powered Recharge
Provides a small amount of adrenaline when perfect cooling while reloading is achieved.
Speeder Shot
Adrenaline Rush can now be used more effectively from the speeder; allows for automatic targeting of enemies while driving.
Mark +1 additional target during Adrenaline Rush.
The Better
Kay can mark tougher enemies twice during Adrenaline Rush. This leads to an instant kill instead of a stagger effect.
Teeka
The Hotfixer
After ND-5 suggests adding a turret to The Trailblazer, the “Buying a Turret” Intel is revealed, and Kay explores the deserts of Tatooine in search for someone who can carry out this task. This eventually leads Kay to the Jawa scavenger, mechanic, and trader known as Teeka at the Bestine Junkyard.In exchange for this work, Teeka requests a Sarlaac tooth, and Kay must venture to anearby dead Sarlaac Pitin the Western Dune Sea to acquire it. Upon returning it, Teeka is unlocked as an expert.
Laser Turret
Repairs the Trailblazer’s turret slot, allowing the usage of an upgradable turret and allowing for other types to be built.
Increases the radius and damage of grenades by +50%.
Enhanced Bacta Injector
Increases the amount of health pips restored by Bacta Vials by +1 without affecting regeneration over time.
Magnetic Dice
Tip the odds in Kay’s favor when throwing the dice at Sabacc.
Cheeky Explosion
Nix can now trigger grenades when players select an enemy who’s carrying a grenade.
M’Gasha
Decreases merchant prices and increases credit gains from selling items by 10%.
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Lando Calrissian
The High Roller
Upon playing enough high-level Sabacc games through theHigh-Stakes Showdownquest,Kay will get the opportunity to meet the gambler and smuggler Lando Calrissian on Akiva. Upon talking to him and learning about his work with the rebels, Kay aids them in fending off an Imperial attack, which unlocks Lando as an expert. Even once Lando is unlocked as an expert, Kay can go back and play a game of Sabacc against him later as the finale ofHigh-Stakes Showdown.
Plan A
Allows Kay to perform a Double Draw where she can draw two cards at Kessel Sabacc.
Plan B
Provides the components needed to craft the Heavy Blaster Module via Kay’s workbench.
Roll Maneuver
Enables a strafing dodge roll with the Trailblazer in which it can dodge longer distances and avoid damage for a short duration.
Shoot First
The opening blaster shot from an out-of-combat state causes extra damage.
Ask Later
For a brief period after Kay unholsters her blaster, any shot or near-miss from hip-firing grants a small amount of adrenaline.
Just Improvise
After a Fast-Talk or Arrest sequence, Kay instantly gains a high amount of adrenaline.
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MT-7
The Veteran
MT-7 is a broken-down Commando Droid, similar to like ND-5, situated on Akiva and is perhaps the trickiest expert to find inStar Wars Outlawsas Kay needs to find a specific kind of loot chest containing encrypted Clone War datadiscs when roaming around in space on The Trailblazer first before the abandoned landing pad he’s situated on opens up. Working with MT-7 is the best way for Kay to learn more about ND-5’s past, which he is usually extremely secretive about, as Kay goes about finding all of the data from MT-7’s fallen unit.
The Clone War datadiscs that reveal MT-7’s location can only be found near shipwrecks in yellow loot chests that are opened by holding the interact key.
Nix can attack a second enemy if there’s one nearby.
