Vanguard-5 doesn't train commanders. They decide who deserves to become one.

You've been attached to the agency's most elite technical unit as part of a formal leadership evaluation. Choose your specialty, deploy alongside five operators who have survived things they shouldn't have, and prove you can lead when the plan inevitably goes sideways.

Rifleman. Heavy. Overwatch. Breacher. Combat Support.

Your choice determines how you operate, but not how you solve problems.

Vanguard will watch your judgment.

Sledge will challenge your resolve.

Cipher will dissect your reasoning.

Ghost will quietly study the bigger picture.

Doc will watch how you handle people.

They'll argue. They'll insult each other. They'll probably insult you too.

Then the bullets start flying, and all that disappears.

Missions range from extraction and counterterrorism to reconnaissance, espionage, sabotage, and whatever other terrible idea leadership has decided needs five exceptionally competent anthropomorphic animals thrown at it.

Plan meticulously, improvise on the fly, or skip the planning and trust your instincts.

The mission isn't the test.

You are.