Between deployments Zero Company operates out of The Den, the squad's mobile freighter headquarters. 9 facilities handle healing, respec, recruitment, training and intelligence. Spending credits in the wrong order is the fastest way to lose a campaign — this guide ranks every facility by upgrade priority.
Build these first. They gate healing, respec and mission selection.
Medical & Roster Recovery
Treats wounded operators and prevents combat accuracy penalties caused by lingering battle trauma.
Medical Bed II (expands concurrent healing slots) & Bacta Tank (instant recovery on Story/Normal).
Strategy: Upgrade immediately by Cycle 2-3 to prevent the injury spiral where wounded operators drag down squad accuracy.
Strategic Command
The primary nerve center where tactical missions are launched, Operations deployed, and Zone Influence monitored.
Enhanced Subspace Uplink (reveals hidden secondary objectives and sector timers).
Strategy: Check before every mission to balance immediate story deadlines against expiring regional contracts.
Weapons & Class Reconfiguration
Houses weapon modifications, armor loadouts, and the Cycle 3 Specialization Respec Terminal.
Mod Calibration Bench & Respec Terminal (unlocked in Cycle 3).
Strategy: Allows risk-free experimentation with class builds and weapon tuning without restarting the campaign.
Roster depth and economy. Invest from Cycle 2 onward.
Contraband Commerce
Underground merchant terminal offering contraband weapon attachments, rare stims, and unique focus gear.
Smuggler Contact Network (unlocks Tier 3 elite weapon attachments).
Strategy: Spend surplus credits here before high-threat story missions to secure high-penetration ammunition.
Roster Management
Enables recruitment of procedural mercenaries and Astromech Droids to fill squad roles up to the 20-unit roster cap.
Bounty Guild Uplink (attracts recruits with dual starting traits).
Strategy: Keep 2-3 reserve recruits ready in case starting companions are incapacitated in Medbay.
Combat Training
Sparring arena where off-duty operators gain passive combat experience and unlock bonus proficiency perks.
Combat Simulator Matrix (+25% passive XP yield for benched operators).
Strategy: Ensures reserve operators stay on-par with your main squad levels without risking their lives in battle.
Quality of life, cosmetics and intelligence. Fund with surplus credits.
Engineering & Hull Systems
Central freighter engineering station managing global passive perks and base energy distribution.
Capacitor Grid Overclock (reduces base upgrade cycle completion times).
Strategy: Invest here once core medical and armament facilities reach Tier 2.
Cosmetics & Identification
Allows full visual customization of armor plating, insignia, color palettes, and squad unit badges.
Republic Archive Skins & Syndicate Camouflage Schemes.
Strategy: Purely cosmetic with zero resource maintenance cost; personalize your squad as you progress.
Galactic Intelligence
Live HoloNet intelligence feed reporting faction war progress, market commodity shifts, and syndicate bounties.
Encrypted Shadowfeed (early warning for upcoming planetary sector blockades).
Strategy: Provides narrative lore and heads-up warnings regarding planetary mission reward multipliers.
A practical spending path for a first campaign on Normal difficulty.