Officer Overview

Officers form a crucial part of your ship, as ships require at least one Officer in order to be used. You can obtain new Officers by using recruit tokens.
 
The Officers screen can be accessed via the menu in the upper left corner of your screen by tapping the Officers button.
Officers can be leveled up and improved over time which will confer powerful bonuses to the ships that you assign them to.
 
OFFICER TERMS
  • ATTACK - Provides a bonus to your ship's Attack capabilities
  • CAPTAIN'S MANEUVER - Unique ability that activates when an officer is seated in the Captain's Seat of a ship
  • DEFENSE - Provides a bonus to your ship's Defense capabilities
  • OFFICER ABILITY - Ability that activates when an officer is seated on the bridge of a ship
  • HEALTH - Provides a bonus to your ship's SHP and HHP
  • BELOW DECK ABILITIES - Those officers do not have Captain Maneuver; they can be used only in the "Below Deck"
Officer Power is influenced by an officer's level, tier, and stats (Command, Science, Engineering). However, not all abilities scale the same way. For example, Captain’s Maneuvers are only affected by synergy with other officers, not by the officer’s level or tier, something that’s often overlooked.

More on BDA Abilities

Below Deck Abilities are passive effects that activate when an officer is placed in a Below Deck slot, rather than on the bridge. These abilities can boost various ship functions like warp range, cargo capacity, Isolytic damage, or survivability, depending on the officer. BDAs are a powerful way to further customize your ship’s performance, especially for specialized tasks such as mining, long-distance travel, or hostile grinding. Unlike Captain or Officer Abilities, BDAs only work from Below Deck and may scale with the officer’s level, tier, or stats. You can identify officers with BDAs by checking their ability description in the officer info screen.

You can have a full list of officers at STFC Space Officers

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Assigning Officers

You can assign an Officer to your ships by tapping on a ship, tapping MANAGE on the panel that appears, then tapping ASSIGN OFFICERS. You must recall your ship home before you can assign officers to it.
The next screen will show you how many slots are available for the selected ship. Pressing on an empty slot will allow you to choose and Officer to be assigned, while pressing on an occupied slot will allow you to select a new officer.
 
Assign Officers to the bridge of a ship to activate their abilities. One of the bridge Officers will be the Captain of your ship, this Officer will also activate their Captain’s ability.
 
Some Officers have synergy with others. This will appear as a yellow lightning bolt. Assign Officers with the same Synergy group to the bridge of a ship to boost the Captain’s ability.
 
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Upgrading Officers

Level up and promote  your roster of Officers to increase their stats and strengthen your ship. View an Officer’s detail page by accessing the Officers screen and tapping on an Officer portrait.
 
Level Up
When viewing an Officer, you can increase their level by spending Officer XP.
Promote
Promote your Officer by tapping on the PROMOTE tab on an Officer detail page. You may promote your Officer once you have enough shards of that Officer and enough resources to pay the promotion cost.
 
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Officer Traits

Some officers have special traits that will grant you if used correctly, great benefits during Away Teams missions.
Check our 'Away Teams' FAQ to learn more about them!