What is the purpose of the Department of Temporal Investigations Headquarters building?

The Deparment of Temporal Investigations or commonly known as DTI Headquarters is designed to provide critical buffs to enhance your progression, combat, and resource acquisition. It integrates directly with the Department of Temporal Investigations Faction which is also unlocked upon completing the building and offers versatile benefits for PvP, PvE, and resource management.

Key Buffs:

  • PvP Apex Barrier: Boosts base Apex Barrier against player targets in PvP.
  • Isolytic Defense & Damage: Increases combat performance, essential for defeating Krenim enemies and resourceful for all battles.
  • Officer Stats: Enhances all officer base stats (Attack, Defense, Health).
  • Broken Ship Parts: Increases the amount of Broken Ship Parts dropped from hostiles
  • Damage vs Krenim: Improves damage when fighting Krenim enemies.

How do I build and upgrade the DTI Headquarters?

The DTI Headquarters is available to players at Operations Level 42 and above. To build it, you will need DTI Security Access Cards (same as the building upgrade materials) which can be initially acquired via the "Unlock Temporal Loop" chest in the Gifts section upon meeting the required level. To further upgrade the building, DTI Security Access Cards can then be earned through the DTI Faction Store and through events. As you upgrade the building, the buffs (listed above) provided will scale significantly, offering increasing benefits over time.

What refineries are available at the DTI Headquarters?

The DTI Headquarters unlocks Material Converters at specific levels to help to efficiently manage G4, G5, and G6 resources:

G4 Material Converter (Unlocked at Level 30):

Convert G4 materials into other types of the same grade and rarity.
Example: Epic G4 Gas → Epic G4 Ore.
Convert G4 materials into different rarities of the same type.
Example: Rare G4 Ore → Epic G4 Ore.
G5 Material Converter (Unlocked at Level 40):

Convert G5 materials into other types of the same grade and rarity.
Example: Epic G5 Gas → Epic G5 Ore.
Convert G5 materials into different rarities of the same type.
Example: Rare G5 Ore → Epic G5 Ore.
G6 Material Converter (Unlocked at Level 50):

Convert G6 materials into other types of the same grade and rarity.
Example: Epic G6 Gas → Epic G6 Ore.
Convert G6 materials into different rarities of the same type.
Example: Rare G6 Ore → Epic G6 Ore.
These converters are in the Refinery > Materials Tabs section.

 
What is the Department of Temporal Investigations (DTI) Faction Store?

  • The DTI Faction Store allows to exchange resources, unlock exclusive rewards, and progress through DTI Faction ranks. Can be unlocked after completing the DTI Headquarters building
  • This Faction has 7 levels of progression and reputation points can be acquired by exchanging Static and Charged DTI Credits (also earned from the DTI Faction Store)
  • Daily Claim allows to earn Krenim Invading Entity Directives and DTI Requisition Form 13-A to exchange for Anti Charged or Anti Static Krenim exocomps.
  • Rewards Include Artifacts such as the exclusive Krenim Time Weapon and Janeway's Pocket Watch. Chaos Tech items include the Temporal OverDrive Matrix and Chronophage.
  • Once you reach level 3 in the DTI Faction, you can exchange the Static Credits for Charged Credits and vice versa. 

Additional rewards include:

  • Federation, Romulan, and Klingon Credits,
  • Syndicate XP
  • Ex-Borg Credits.
  • Officers such as Vael, Tolra, Toli, Byr, Leslie, Hugh, and Culber & Khan (One-Time Claim)
  • FKR Faction Reputation 
     

What are the exclusive Favors available in the DTI Faction Store?
You can unlock Faction Favors to gain the following powerful buffs:

Combat Favors:

  • Improve Apex Barrier performance in PvE combat
  • Increased Damage vs Static and Charged enemies
  • Krenim Solo Boss Loot bonuses

Faction Reputation Favors:

  • Reduce Federation, Klingon, and Romulan Reputation Penalties
  • Increase overall Federation, Klingon, and Romulan (FKR) Reputation
  • Increase FKR Credits from FKR message exchanges in the FKR Faction Store

Efficiency Buffs:

  • Provide Favor Cost Efficiency for FKR factions
  • Boost Federation, Romulan, and Klingon Allegiance


A quick summary of the Loop:
Claim Temporal Incursion Directives in the DTI Faction Store > Defeat Krenim Invading Entities and earn Static/Charged Temporal Wreckage > Exchange for Credits in the DTI Faction Store > Purchase bundles