How do I get special RSD: Duty Officers?

realisticalty · March 2015

In a recent thread in the general forum I asked about level 15 crafting and I received very helpful responses, including the fact that I completely forgot/overlooked that i could now create some special items.

Where do I get/find the special Duty officers needed for those items, the RSD school officers. Do I need to spend hours browsing through the exchange? Do I need to go to my personnel officer for my faction and spend Dil and wait several hours hoping to get one? (I just now remembered i could do that.)

Any advice on my options or the best way to get the DOFF I want for a project?

lan451 · March 2015

The only way I know of is to check the wiki.

http://sto.gamepedia.com/Research_and_Development

You should see the list of all the R&D doffs in the middle of that page.

dabelgrave · March 2015

I've put together a list of approximately 500 R&D doffs: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CmfFLcknQ7W0RptMr1Dx51Oqom1m2PyvCCHAqbMdl1I/edit?usp=sharing#gid=1429290073. I have since found a few more I don't have listed, but I haven't had time to add them yet. Good luck!

realisticalty · March 2015

Yes, the very first place I went was the wiki, and saw the list.

And I just looked at your spreadsheet, very nice!

But my main question was not "who", but "where". Are these for sale on the exchange? I started to look through them one by one but found the process very tedious and wasn't even sure if they were available.

My question is how to obtain them, now that we know their names, or is it just "dumb luck" among all the other ways to get Doffs and are they available on the exchange if someone has the patience to spend hours looking?

markhawkman · March 2015

what specific R&D school do you need?

If it's Aegis, those you can't buy on exchange and need to get the hard way since they're CBoP....

dabelgrave · March 2015

Most of those came from the Vaudwaar Lockbox. A few came from the previous lockbox. The others come from a R&D assistance doff assignment at Starfleet Academy. Pretty much all of them can be found on the exchange except the R&D: Aegis doffs.

I don't know of any quick ways to search for them on the exchange, but knowing the names helps. In my searching last night, I think I could only find about half of them listed, so either they're being bought up fast, or fewer lockboxes are being opened.

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organicmanfred · March 2015

I received all my R&D Doffs from the Vaadwaur Box. I Doff pack has 3 Doffs in it.

The Voth ones are pretty hard to get and expensive at the Exchange.

I think the difference between Kobali and Voth is, that the Kobali Doffs are R&D only. The Voth are R&D and have a Ground/Space Trait too

realisticalty · March 2015

westmetals wrote: »

The two main methods are lockboxes (Xindi and Vaadwaur) and the Academy "Request R&D Assistance" assignment.

With the names, you can search them by name on the exchange (you have to do each one separately, as there is no way to search specifically for R&D skills). But they are not always available.

I just an hour ago discovered/realized you could search for them by name, for whatever reason I was under the impression you could only search by race or position...and that you had to go through each property page of each DOFF in the exchange looking for RND schools...

Sure I'm a little embarrassed, but a lot happier that I can search by name....

darkdazmad · March 2015

For special R&D officers
goto academy and then got the personnel officer in the building south left on the map. were you can do the datachips.

for kdf.
academy, and its on the area on the long walkway... hes on the left hand side i think

How do I get special RSD: Duty Officers?

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