Jem'Hadar Vanguard

The Jem'Hadar Vanguard are a version of Jem'Hadar specially bred on the orders of Odo. They are a premium race requiring purchase in the Zen Store for 600 or as part of the Gamma Vanguard Starter Pack or Gamma Vanguard Pack. Like normal Jem'Hadar, Jem'Hadar Vanguard characters start at level 60.

In terms of traits, they are nearly identical to regular Jem'Hadar, except that their racial ground damage bonus is also applicable to space combat. They are also given some starting bonuses such as an extra reputation filled out (details below).

Background

 * See Jem'Hadar and Dominion

Traits

 * Species traits:
 * Jem'Hadar: soldiers were designed purely for combat, and are highly capable combatants in a multitude of environments. Their intense combat training has made them incredibly effective at defeating their opponents through superior offensive capabilities.
 * Ground: Bonus Damage for Ranged Weapons and Melee attacks, Critical Chance and Critical Severity.
 * Space: Bonus Damage, Critical Chance and Critical Severity.
 * : Allows you to briefly cloak and increase the damage of your next attack. The stealth and damage bonus expire when you attack, or the duration time runs out.
 * Available Personal Traits
 * Unrestricted personal traits
 * Ground
 * Acute Senses icon.png
 * Aggressive icon.png
 * Covert icon.png
 * Creative icon.png
 * Lucky icon.png
 * Mental Discipline icon.png
 * Natural Immunities icon.png
 * Peak Health icon.png
 * Physical Strength icon.png
 * Resilient icon.png
 * Soldier icon.png
 * Sturdy icon.png
 * Teamwork icon.png
 * Space
 * Astrophysicist icon.png
 * Efficient Captain icon.png
 * Elusive icon.png
 * Warp Theorist icon.png

Starting progress
All Jem'Hadar Vanguard captains start with a Jem'Hadar Escort, Jem'Hadar Fighter, and the following: Equipment: Reputations at Tier V: The following, depending on their profession: Bridge Officers: The preceding bridge officers come qualified in all primary specializations. Duty Officers: Progress:
 * Kit
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 * (20&times;)
 * (20&times;)
 * (20&times;)
 * Omega Mark icon.png Task Force Omega
 * Nukara Mark icon.png Nukara Strikeforce
 * Iconian Mark icon.png Iconian Resistance
 * In addition, all Jem'Hadar Vanguard characters come with reputations pre-sponsored (Gamma Task Force and onwards excluded).
 * Second, Tactical Temporal Operative
 * Third, Science Miracle Worker
 * Third, Engineering Intelligence Specialist
 * Fourth, Tactical Command Specialist
 * Fifth, Tactical Officer
 * Fifth, Engineering Officer
 * Fifth, Science Officer
 * with 49 officers inside (upon completing )
 * 60th Level, Dominion Honored First (491,000 )
 * 181,055 Expertise

Compared to standard Jem'Hadar, Vanguards have: The same: Different:
 * Starting equipment
 * Starting bridge officers
 * Bridge officers' equipment
 * Starting duty officers
 * Active specializations
 * Three R&D Schools (depending on character profession) at level 15
 * One extra reputation completed, making completed reputations the same for all professions
 * All Jem'Hadar Vanguard characters come with reputations pre-sponsored (Gamma Task Force and onwards excluded).
 * All three active reputation trait abilities slotted
 * Different skill trees, including node unlocks
 * Trait loadouts
 * 15 more specialization points spent
 * Both specializations have all 30 points spent
 * Both Improved starship traits slotted