Away Teams allows officers who are not assigned to ships to pursue Away Team assignments across the Galaxy! All you have to do is to make sure that you have the right officers for the assignment at hand. When an Away Team is successful, they will bring back unique rewards!
 
How can I unlock them?
  • Be above level 8
  • Search for the “Unlock Shuttle Bay” node in the Station research tree and unlock it
  • Then unlock the new Shuttle Bay building located in the top right of the interior station
 
Away Team Assignments rarities: Common, Uncommon, Rare and Epic. Higher rarity assignments will yield greater rewards!
 
Assignment cost: Common and Uncommon assignments can be started for free. Rare and Epic assignments have a cost in order to start.
 
Assignment tab break down
  • Assignments can request 1-3 officers
  • There is a multiplier added to the rewards if the assignment has officers that push the success rate over 100%
  • Chance of success indicator is for the chance of successfully completing the assignment
  • There is a critical bonus indicator, the higher the % the better the rewards
 
Assignment duration
Away Team assignments have durations that can take up to a couple of hours or even several days. However, assignments can be sped up using the appropriate speed ups.
Note:The Officer(s) you will send to the assignment, will be unavailable for any other use until their task is done.
 
Assignment refresh
Make sure to take a look at the new assignments when they get refreshed, that way you will have time in order to complete them. Assignments that are not currently in-progress will be automatically refreshed every 12 hours or you can manually refresh them at any time using the Assignment Refresh Token.
Note: If you've already started an assignment, it will not be replaced when using the refresh token.
 
Away Team Research
Away Teams brings a new Research tree containing 48 nodes to unlock using 'Service Awards' and 'Merits of Honor' that can be earned by engaging with the Away Teams.
 
Officer Traits
Our Researchers were looking for a way to make Away Teams Assignments more enjoyable and rewarding for all Commanders. After months of research, we are happy to introduce the 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 that is earned by performing Away Teams Assignments and it’s used in the progression of 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.

For more info on Away Teams: https://www.startrekfleetcommand.com/away-teams/