Am having a problem with some of my Lieutenant Commander Bridge officer skills - for some (3 of my 4 bo's), the skill does not appear in the hotbar of the list of skills, and the text of the skill (under Assignments tab) says "Cannot use this rank of power in this station" even when I am in space, in combat, etc.
As an example, I cannot use "Emergency Power to Shields II" under my Engineer BO who is a Lieutenant Engineer. Previous space skill on this BO maxed; ship has a Mk III Eng Console.
Similarly, Tachyon Beam II and Canon Rapid Fire 1 says "Cannot use this rank of power in this station"
What "station" are they referring to? I cannot find any clues to tell me what I need to allow me to use these (purchased) skills....
Have heard some chat about required consoles for some bridge officer skills.... is there some details on what might be a pre-requisite for a specific BO skill?
Ships only have a certain rank slot per BO position. For instance, the T2 ships will have 1 Ensign slot for BOs for each type, and 1 Lt slot for the specialty (tac, eng, sci). Sounds to me like you are trying to use a skill that the current BO can't use because the bridge slot isn't as high as the rank of skill your trying to use.
Basically, since your in a T2 ship, you can only have the Ensign class abilities of your BOs be used for any slot, and the one slot you have that is your specialty can have a Lt., and use his/her Lt. rank ability. This only effects space btw, ground it doesn't matter.
Ships only have a certain rank slot per BO position. For instance, the T2 ships will have 1 Ensign slot for BOs for each type, and 1 Lt slot for the specialty (tac, eng, sci). Sounds to me like you are trying to use a skill that the current BO can't use because the bridge slot isn't as high as the rank of skill your trying to use.
Basically, since your in a T2 ship, you can only have the Ensign class abilities of your BOs be used for any slot, and the one slot you have that is your specialty can have a Lt., and use his/her Lt. rank ability. This only effects space btw, ground it doesn't matter.
Many Thanks - I had no idea this was the case (and to be honest I can't remember seeing it clearly spelt out anywhere). Looking at the great Ship Chart (from this forum), I can now see the relevant command level requirements and will take that into consideration.
Need to now work out how to get my right Tactical officer's skills working... but that's doable I am sure.
Greatly appreciate the response and clarification....
Am having a problem with some of my Lieutenant Commander Bridge officer skills - for some (3 of my 4 bo's), the skill does not appear in the hotbar of the list of skills, and the text of the skill (under Assignments tab) says "Cannot use this rank of power in this station" even when I am in space, in combat, etc.
As an example, I cannot use "Emergency Power to Shields II" under my Engineer BO who is a Lieutenant Engineer. Previous space skill on this BO maxed; ship has a Mk III Eng Console.
Similarly, Tachyon Beam II and Canon Rapid Fire 1 says "Cannot use this rank of power in this station"
What "station" are they referring to? I cannot find any clues to tell me what I need to allow me to use these (purchased) skills....
Any help would be most appreciated
Thanx
Rimllar
Look at the stats of your SHIP. Not the consoles, ignore them - that's a red herring. What rank is allowed at your STATIONS?
For a example, on a T2 Escort you have two Tac stations, one Science, one Eng. The two Tac stations are one Ensign-level one, one Lt. level one. All the others are Ensign level.
That means I can use ONE Lt. level tac power, TWO Ensign -level tac powers, ONE Ensign-level Science power, and one Ensign-level Engineer power.
Get it? THe highest ability you can use IS DETERMINED BY THE LEVEL OF THE STATION YOUR BO IS SITTING AT, and the max level of the BO you have stationed there.
Station a Lt at a Lt level station, he can use both his powers.
Station a Lt at a ENSIGN-level station, he can oly use his ENSIGN-level power.
Get it? What you describe is WORKING AS INTENDED.
Note: Above is only in space, natch. Ground, your BOs can use whatever power they have at thri own rank or lower.
Many Thanks - I had no idea this was the case (and to be honest I can't remember seeing it clearly spelt out anywhere). Looking at the great Ship Chart (from this forum), I can now see the relevant command level requirements and will take that into consideration.
Need to now work out how to get my right Tactical officer's skills working... but that's doable I am sure.
Greatly appreciate the response and clarification....
If the rank of the staiton is appropriate, in space the button bar next to each BO's portrait will expand to give you buttons next to each portrait.
Furthermore, you can pop your ability list (the little datapad icon next to the hotbar tray) and drag the icons for their abilities to the hotbar.
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Have heard some chat about required consoles for some bridge officer skills.... is there some details on what might be a pre-requisite for a specific BO skill?
Any Help would be most appreciative....
Thanx
Rimllar
Basically, since your in a T2 ship, you can only have the Ensign class abilities of your BOs be used for any slot, and the one slot you have that is your specialty can have a Lt., and use his/her Lt. rank ability. This only effects space btw, ground it doesn't matter.
Many Thanks - I had no idea this was the case (and to be honest I can't remember seeing it clearly spelt out anywhere). Looking at the great Ship Chart (from this forum), I can now see the relevant command level requirements and will take that into consideration.
Need to now work out how to get my right Tactical officer's skills working... but that's doable I am sure.
Greatly appreciate the response and clarification....
Look at the stats of your SHIP. Not the consoles, ignore them - that's a red herring. What rank is allowed at your STATIONS?
For a example, on a T2 Escort you have two Tac stations, one Science, one Eng. The two Tac stations are one Ensign-level one, one Lt. level one. All the others are Ensign level.
That means I can use ONE Lt. level tac power, TWO Ensign -level tac powers, ONE Ensign-level Science power, and one Ensign-level Engineer power.
Get it? THe highest ability you can use IS DETERMINED BY THE LEVEL OF THE STATION YOUR BO IS SITTING AT, and the max level of the BO you have stationed there.
Station a Lt at a Lt level station, he can use both his powers.
Station a Lt at a ENSIGN-level station, he can oly use his ENSIGN-level power.
Get it? What you describe is WORKING AS INTENDED.
Note: Above is only in space, natch. Ground, your BOs can use whatever power they have at thri own rank or lower.
If the rank of the staiton is appropriate, in space the button bar next to each BO's portrait will expand to give you buttons next to each portrait.
Furthermore, you can pop your ability list (the little datapad icon next to the hotbar tray) and drag the icons for their abilities to the hotbar.