I have a question about the consoles? I am a Captain Rank, All of my offiecrs are Commanders, I have great "Commanr Level" Consoles. However in Assighments All but one Says Lt. Commander. How do I upgrade them to COmmander>? I am lost can someone point me in the right direction? Thanks Duppit STO LIFER.
There are two different concepts -- consoles and stations.
Consoles are where you place either loot dropped or purchased equipment. Tactical consoles buffs weapons, engineering consoles improve power transfer or provide damage resistance, science consoles generally improve captain's skills like deflector shield which in turn buffs science boff abilities.
Stations are where you assign bridge officers -- these can be seen on the Assignments page of the Player/BOff/Ship information and paperdoll window. Stations are limited both by the type of officer you can place there and the rank of powers which the officer can use. For example in a Heavy Cruiser you will have a Lt Commander Engineering Station, an Ensign Engineering Station, a Lieutenant Science Station, and a Lieutenant Tactical Station. Even if you place a Commander Tactical BOff at the Lieutenant Tactical Station, he will only be able to use Lieutenant level skills.
The types of consoles and stations available depends on your ship class. Cruisers allow more engineering consoles and provide high ranking engineering stations, Escorts allow more tactical consoles and provide high ranking tactical stations, etc.
The Mk on a console equipped on your ship has no impact on the stations available or the rank on those stations. You should think of the consoles and the stations as entirely different.
The ship database talks about the ability to upgrade stations on certain classes of ships. I'm trying to figure out where I can do that?
You can't upgrade a ship's Bridge Stations. That's are fixed and unchange. The only way to get more and/or better Station is to get a higher tier ship. However you can change change which Bridge Officers is Assigned to a Station. And also change out BO skills if you desire.
I think what you re referring to is upgrading the Ships Consoles which are not the same things as Bridge Stations. You can think of Consoles are a type of equipment which will enhancer the operation of your Ships Sub systems. For instance you might have Tactical Consoles which enhance your Phasers or any type of Torpedo you have on your ship, or an Engineering Console which will give damage resistance to your hull, or enhancer teh turn rate of your ship, or a Science console will will give you better sensors, or enhance the operation of your Tractor beam.. Consoles you can enhancer by changing them out for other Consoles which mgith be of better quality (color) or a higher level of Mk.
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Consoles are where you place either loot dropped or purchased equipment. Tactical consoles buffs weapons, engineering consoles improve power transfer or provide damage resistance, science consoles generally improve captain's skills like deflector shield which in turn buffs science boff abilities.
Stations are where you assign bridge officers -- these can be seen on the Assignments page of the Player/BOff/Ship information and paperdoll window. Stations are limited both by the type of officer you can place there and the rank of powers which the officer can use. For example in a Heavy Cruiser you will have a Lt Commander Engineering Station, an Ensign Engineering Station, a Lieutenant Science Station, and a Lieutenant Tactical Station. Even if you place a Commander Tactical BOff at the Lieutenant Tactical Station, he will only be able to use Lieutenant level skills.
The types of consoles and stations available depends on your ship class. Cruisers allow more engineering consoles and provide high ranking engineering stations, Escorts allow more tactical consoles and provide high ranking tactical stations, etc.
The Mk on a console equipped on your ship has no impact on the stations available or the rank on those stations. You should think of the consoles and the stations as entirely different.
You can't upgrade a ship's Bridge Stations. That's are fixed and unchange. The only way to get more and/or better Station is to get a higher tier ship. However you can change change which Bridge Officers is Assigned to a Station. And also change out BO skills if you desire.
I think what you re referring to is upgrading the Ships Consoles which are not the same things as Bridge Stations. You can think of Consoles are a type of equipment which will enhancer the operation of your Ships Sub systems. For instance you might have Tactical Consoles which enhance your Phasers or any type of Torpedo you have on your ship, or an Engineering Console which will give damage resistance to your hull, or enhancer teh turn rate of your ship, or a Science console will will give you better sensors, or enhance the operation of your Tractor beam.. Consoles you can enhancer by changing them out for other Consoles which mgith be of better quality (color) or a higher level of Mk.