Starship Engineering training is one of the two base engineering skills (aside from warp core training). It gives +10 skill points so you can get a max of 28 points for half of the engineering abilities instead of the regular 18.
Starship Engineering is a Tier 1 skills which affects a lot of Engineering Powers.. They why at Rank 9 it max out at +18%. The traist gives you +10% more buff.
The higher tier skills (Tier 2 and Tier 3) skills give high bonus ( Rank9: +32% and +50%) but are more specialized. With that trait you can reach +110% bonus if you max out a 3 skills tiers for a specific Power. Or You can look at it as shaving off some ranks to save skill points for other skills.
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The higher tier skills (Tier 2 and Tier 3) skills give high bonus ( Rank9: +32% and +50%) but are more specialized. With that trait you can reach +110% bonus if you max out a 3 skills tiers for a specific Power. Or You can look at it as shaving off some ranks to save skill points for other skills.