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
- HEALTH - Provides a bonus to your ship's SHP and HHP
- DEFENSE - Provides a bonus to your ship's Defense capabilities
- CAPTAIN’S MANEUVER – A unique ability that activates when an officer is assigned to the Captain’s Seat of a ship.
- OFFICER ABILITY – An ability that activates when an officer is placed on the Bridge of a ship.
- BELOW DECK ABILITY – Officers assigned Below Deck do not have Captain’s Maneuvers. Their abilities only apply while they are stationed in the Below Deck slots.
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
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 an 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.
Upgrading Officers
Level up and promote your roster of Officers to increase their stats and strengthen your ship. Access the officers screen and tap on an officer portrait to view an Officer’s detail page.
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.
Officer Traits
Some of our Officers have a specific number of Traits depending on their rarity:
- Common > 0 traits
- Uncommon > 1 trait
- Rare > 2 traits
- Epic > 3 traits
Unlocking Traits
- Officer Traits are unlocked by using Trait XP
- Traits may also have specific Officer level requirements
- When Officers have multiple Traits available (e.g. Epics) we will need to max out the first trait in order to be able to unlock the second one and so on
- Tier 1 Traits – Max out at level 3
- Tier 2 Traits – Max out at level 4
- Tier 3 Traits – Max out at level 9
Upgrading Traits
Trait XP is a resource earned by performing Away Teams Assignments. It is used to progress the Officer Traits.
Trait XP is a resource earned by performing Away Teams Assignments. It is used to progress the Officer Traits.
Who is the best fit?
Our Researchers added one more feature so we can easily spot the best fit for each assignment! In each Officer’s place card, we see 1-4 dots. When they are highlighted, it means that this Officer has one or multiple traits that the assignment needs. The dots correlate to the 4 slots under Critical Traits! Remember, these Traits affect the chance of Critical success in our assignments.
Our Researchers added one more feature so we can easily spot the best fit for each assignment! In each Officer’s place card, we see 1-4 dots. When they are highlighted, it means that this Officer has one or multiple traits that the assignment needs. The dots correlate to the 4 slots under Critical Traits! Remember, these Traits affect the chance of Critical success in our assignments.
How the Game Engine Processes Officer Abilities:
Every combat round follows a strict sequence,
- Captain Maneuvers evaluate their conditions first.
- Officer Abilities activate immediately afterward.