Star Wars: Zero Company

The Clone Wars rage across the galaxy, with the Galactic Republic and its vast clone armies pitted against the Separatists under Count Dooku. In the midst of the chaos, small mercenary outfits are trying to survive. Zero Company, founded by ex-Republic soldiers dismissed after a military operation went south, is reliant on loans from the Hutts and finding itself spiralling into insolvency when it is given a lifeline by Republic Intelligence. The Republic will pay their debts in full if Zero Company works to bring down a mysterious cult known as the Infinite Coil, a distraction the Republic military can ill afford to engage at the moment. With little choice, Zero Company agrees.Way back in 2012, when playing XCOM: Enemy Unknown from Firaxis, I thought "a Star Wars version of this would be cool." Modders agreed, and even other franchises, with Gears of War and Warhammer 40,000 both getting their own turn-based tactics spin-offs years before the galaxy far, far away (and Fallout Tactics,…