Heavy Weapons Specialist

"Surprise is no replacement for firepower."

- Widely held HWS response to an Infiltrators maxim

Formally the SpecForce 6th Regiment, the Heavy Weapons Specialists were the elite commandos of Rebel Alliance Special Forces. Heavy weapons specialists, or Gunners, were trained in how to use and maintain every weapon from Light repeating blasters to heavy capital ship weapons. High casualty numbers among this group resulted in both low numbers and immense respect for veterans.

In addition to carrying an infantry support weapon, each Specialist was also armed with a Blaster pistol and hand weapons. Which heavy support weapon they carried varied based upon what was needed. Fireteams of Heavy Weapon Specialists were deployed on missions which required overwhelming firepower. When not on missions, they often manned the guns of the Alliance Fleet.