They are roles assigned to eligible character collectibles within a squad. Different characters have different roles and levels of impact:
Guardians: Boost the success chance of missions:
Highest Impact (3x): Flufs (Each Fluf contributes as much to the success chance as 3 standard Guardians).
High Impact (2x): Party Bears, Genesis Brains (Each contributes as much as 2 standard Guardians).
Standard Impact (1x): ATEM Walkers (Genesis, Women, Lost), Cool Cats, Deadfellaz, Doodles, Space Doodles, Pudgy Penguins, Shadow Wolves (These form the baseline contribution).
Collectors: Reduce the duration of missions.
Eligible Collectors: Thingies, Seekers, Buzzies. Currently, all Collectors provide a standard (1x) impact on reducing mission time.