Just picked up my escort where I ony have one LT Tactical station.
So, only one of my BO can have 1 ensign and 1 LT skill available but the others on the ensign stations only get their 1 ensign skill even if they are LTs?
The only way to upgrade this is to have bigger ships with multiple LT stations?
Each seat on a ship determines which powers the bridge officer can use
So if you have a lieutenant in an ensign seat - he can only use his ensign power.
This does not prevent you from leveling up your bridge officer powers, however you will not be able to use those powers unless they are in an appropriate seat (station).
Yep, you'll have to get a higher tier ship to get higher level stations that allow your officers to use their higher level space abilities.
Ground missions are free of this limitation, however. Your officers can use all ground powers available to them (based on their rank and what skills they've been trained in) while you are on the ground.
Yep, you'll have to get a higher tier ship to get higher level stations that allow your officers to use their higher level space abilities.
Ground missions are free of this limitation, however. Your officers can use all ground powers available to them (based on their rank and what skills they've been trained in) while you are on the ground.
Do you have to get promoted to get a higher tier ship? Or, as a Lt Cmdr, can I buy a higher tier version of my current vessel?
I suggest checking out the Academy area of the forums where lots of this info is covered in detail.
There's a sticky with a link to a ship chart that shows most all of the information about the ships - Suricata's Ship Chart
When in game, if you visit LT Laurel up the ramp above the shipyard in Spacedock and take a look at the different tier ships, you'll see listed like "1 Engineering Ensign, 1 Engineering Lieutenant, etc" for each of the ships.
One thing I haven't been able to figure out is how the different levels of powers effect eachother. I know that if i have two BO's with "Smite Klingon III" then the cooldown timer will be halved. What happens if I have one BO with Smite Klingon II and another with III?
One thing I haven't been able to figure out is how the different levels of powers effect eachother. I know that if i have two BO's with "Smite Klingon III" then the cooldown timer will be halved. What happens if I have one BO with Smite Klingon II and another with III?
When looking at bridge officer abilities (and your abilities as captain, too), there are two cooldowns that need to be considered: ability cooldowns, and system cooldowns.
Ability cooldowns are not shared. If you have two officers with an ability (say, Engineering Crew), no matter what their ranks, if you use one, it will be available on that officer again in X seconds, depending on how many points you've put into it. Say, a minute. The other officer's Engineering crew, however, can be used sooner. How much sooner?
In 20 seconds. That's how long the system cooldown timer is. Each ability is linked to a single ship system -- for Engineering Crew, it's a Crew system ability. This means that when you use one crew system ability, you can't use another until 20 seconds have passed. This could be another Engineering Crew (on the same or a different engineer), or a Science Team ability from your science officer, or a Tactical Team ability from your tactical officer, etc. They're all Crew system abilities, so the most often you can use any of them is dependent on the shared 20 second system timer.
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So if you have a lieutenant in an ensign seat - he can only use his ensign power.
This does not prevent you from leveling up your bridge officer powers, however you will not be able to use those powers unless they are in an appropriate seat (station).
Ground missions are free of this limitation, however. Your officers can use all ground powers available to them (based on their rank and what skills they've been trained in) while you are on the ground.
Do you have to get promoted to get a higher tier ship? Or, as a Lt Cmdr, can I buy a higher tier version of my current vessel?
You get access to higher tier ships as you get promoted.
There's a sticky with a link to a ship chart that shows most all of the information about the ships - Suricata's Ship Chart
When in game, if you visit LT Laurel up the ramp above the shipyard in Spacedock and take a look at the different tier ships, you'll see listed like "1 Engineering Ensign, 1 Engineering Lieutenant, etc" for each of the ships.
When looking at bridge officer abilities (and your abilities as captain, too), there are two cooldowns that need to be considered: ability cooldowns, and system cooldowns.
Ability cooldowns are not shared. If you have two officers with an ability (say, Engineering Crew), no matter what their ranks, if you use one, it will be available on that officer again in X seconds, depending on how many points you've put into it. Say, a minute. The other officer's Engineering crew, however, can be used sooner. How much sooner?
In 20 seconds. That's how long the system cooldown timer is. Each ability is linked to a single ship system -- for Engineering Crew, it's a Crew system ability. This means that when you use one crew system ability, you can't use another until 20 seconds have passed. This could be another Engineering Crew (on the same or a different engineer), or a Science Team ability from your science officer, or a Tactical Team ability from your tactical officer, etc. They're all Crew system abilities, so the most often you can use any of them is dependent on the shared 20 second system timer.