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This Pax Autocratica classes wiki covers troop types and unit roles in Early Access from Multiverse: community-named roles such as Medic, Sniper, Voidist, and Ruinist; random work / battle traits; Soldier Training Center Tier sacrifice; and ship-slot pressure when elites board the shuttle. Exact full roster counts stay TBA. Verified August 16, 2026 · Steam.
| Fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Platform | Steam PC · Windows · Steam Deck Playable |
| Genre | Satirical colony sim · FPS roguelite |
| Mode | Single-player at launch · co-op planned |
| Community roles | Medic · Sniper · Voidist · Ruinist (EA incomplete) |
| Trait layers | Work traits + battle traits (random per soldier) |
| Growth | Soldier Training Center — sacrifice surplus to raise Tier |
| Deploy limit | Ship slots — higher Tier soldiers cost more berths |
| Combat orders | Command F1 · close follow T (community beginner guides) |
| Verified | August 16, 2026 |
Matched by build plan, shared topics, and guide progression — not random related links.
Pax Autocratica classes sit on two layers. Unit type / role is the kit label (Medic, Sniper, and so on). Individual soldier is a named body with random work traits, battle traits, pay, stamina, morale, and relationships. Developers have said there are many unit types in EA — do not treat Prologue class counts as the live EA total.
| Layer | What you see | What you decide |
|---|---|---|
| Unit type / role | Medic, Sniper, Voidist, Ruinist, plus many unnamed EA types | Who fills a combat niche on the shuttle |
| Individual soldier | Traits, Tier, race / origin, pay, fear, loyalty | Who cooks, researches, or gets sacrificed for Tier |
| Player leader | You in first person with guns + Cores | Loadout lives on weapons / cores |
| Captive convert | Prisoner → citizen / soldier after indoctrinate | See capture before you farm elite kits |
EA-day community posts asked Multiverse for a Unit Class Compendium because Voidist and Ruinist kits are not obvious from the name alone. Until an official sheet lands, this page marks unverified abilities as TBA and prefers observed habits over invented skill lists.
Next: the four names players actually search for — and how to use them without a full tier list.
These four roles appear repeatedly in Early Access discussion. Treat the table as a role priority board, not a finished wiki roster — HP, cooldowns, and exact weapons stay TBA.
| Role | Observed job | Bring when | Skip / caution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medic | Battlefield medicine / safer expedition support after base unlock | You start taking chip damage mid-sector | Do not replace all DPS if the fight is still a pure clear |
| Sniper | Long-range picks / punish standing enemies | Open sightlines and elite soft targets | Close melee rooms punish slow reposition |
| Voidist | Specialist kit — full kit TBA | You have a spare slot and want to test utility | Do not invent abilities; log what the unit actually does |
| Ruinist | Specialist kit — full kit TBA | Mid-late experiments after Medic / Sniper coverage | Same rule: evidence first, fantasy second |
All-boss expedition footage and in-run VO note that once the State approves it, you can deploy medics with base troops for safer runs. That is a colony research / barracks gate, not a free day-one spawn. Build housing and Capture Round production first; then unlock the support line.
Steam and developer talk confirm lots of soldier types beyond the community shortlist. Expect infantry variants, captured Scourgeborn converts, and later vehicle / mech adjacent bodies as the war scales. Pair this page with combat when the roster stops looking like a firing line and starts looking like a convoy.
Roles only matter if you can read the trait sheet underneath the label.
Every soldier rolls work traits (colony jobs) and battle traits (expedition performance). The same Medic can be a star cook at noon and a liability under fire at night — or the reverse. Assign from Tab → Soldier Management: right-click, pick a work location, gear-lock specialists so they stop wandering.
| Trait layer | Affects | Practical habit |
|---|---|---|
| Work traits | Mining, cooking, research, haul speed, etc. | Lock high research / cook rolls to one building |
| Battle traits | Survive / damage / utility in FPS fights | Prefer these for ship slots over pretty names |
| Pay / morale / fear | Strikes, defection, obedience | Raise pay before fear spikes into empty barracks |
| Stamina | Shift length under Unified Labor | Do not 18-hour a fragile elite before a boss sector |
Merchant fleets and capture runs can add bodies with better cooking or research than your starters. Buy or convert the sheet that fills a hole — a strong cook saves more expeditions than a duplicate average rifleman.
Mid-loop barracks research (reproductive allocation and related Tier-2 gates) lets you shape the army more deliberately, including non-human converts once sectors deepen. Until that unlock, treat every trait roll as scarce and every sacrifice as expensive.
When a soldier is “good enough,” Tier sacrifice is how you push them past the soft ceiling.
Research and build the Soldier Training Center from the command center line. Pick the soldier you want to raise, then sacrifice surplus same-race (or allowed) bodies as growth fuel until the target hits the next Tier quality (community flows often start around Tier 4 picks). Higher Tier soldiers fight harder — and Tier 4+ commonly costs more ship slots.
Community notes: Tier 4 and above often occupy more berths. A glamorous elite squad that cannot board is worthless. Prefer two solid mid-Tier bodies plus a Medic over one over-Tiered sniper that kicks three workers off the roster.
Every sacrifice removes a potential miner, jailer, or Capture Round crafter. Run the math against colony needs before you turn the Training Center into a blender.
Once the squad fits the ship, you still have to order them under fire.
You are the leader in first person; troops are not an RTS blob. Community beginner guides converge on F1 to open / issue command focus and T for close following so the AI packs on you instead of wandering into sniper lanes.
| Input (community) | Intent | When |
|---|---|---|
| F1 | Command / army focus | Start of a push or after a wipe-risk scatter |
| T | Close follow | Keep medics and DPS inside your bubble |
| Movement + dash | Leader survival | Bullet-hell tells — troops die if you die first |
| Capture key (often F) | Prisoner take | Only after soft HP — see capture |
These habits empty the barracks without winning sectors.
Exact live counts are TBA. Prologue-era marketing listed multiple classes and dozens of unit types, but those numbers are not automatic EA totals. Developers confirm many unit types; community names include Medic, Sniper, Voidist, and Ruinist.
Full kits are TBA. EA players asked Multiverse for a Unit Class Compendium because those roles are not obvious from the name. Log in-game tooltips instead of trusting fan inventions.
Research and build the Soldier Training Center, pick a valued soldier, and sacrifice surplus soldiers as growth resources to raise Tier. Higher Tiers often cost more ship slots.
Berths that limit how many soldiers board an expedition. Community reports say Tier 4+ soldiers can occupy more slots — check capacity after every upgrade.
Community beginner guides use F1 for command focus and T for close following. Rebind-check after patches.
Both. Lock strong work traits into colony jobs; seat strong battle traits on the shuttle. Do not Tier-up a useless fighter who is your only elite cook without a replacement.
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