r/sto • u/Sputnik1_1957 • Sep 15 '24

Monday Megathread - your weekly "dumb question" thread Megathread

Post all the questions you may have about anything STO-related. PC? Console? Everyone's welcome to post their questions here.

Last thread can be found here.

Stay safe out there and happy flying!

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u/tractgildart Sep 19 '24

Tell me about Bridge Officers. Do I need to manage their equipment like I do for my main character? I know you can get more seats so you run with more than 3, but do you also find "better" ones or should I go ahead and customize out the starters? Are you supposed to be like... promoting them, or something?

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u/ProfessionalPhone409 Sep 19 '24

Yes. Bridge officers much like gear come in different rarities, with Green/blue/purple being how strong they are with purple the strongest. You’ll get given a few as you level up or via doff missions, but you can also buy the specific ones your after on the Exchange (I.e you want a rare female Bajoran tactical officer for example then head to the exchange rather than relying on trying to find one in the wild)

You also need to give them gear, it’s not as important as gear for your main character though, they’ll do ok in basic MKXII gear, and you can slowly give them better gear. But focus more on your captain and ship first.

You should also promote them as you level up (in the skills tab theres a button for this that will cost you some expertise) this lets them use their higher ranked skills and is pretty important. You can also train them in new skills via a Bridge Officer trainer at Earth Starbase. Their will also be some skills you can buy of the Exchange if you want to.

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u/tractgildart Sep 19 '24

Mkxii haha I'm at the point where I'm excited about mkv stuff still.

So should I be ditching my tutorial officers at the earliest opportunity, once I find ones that are higher rarity? Does that mean I shouldn't bother promoting them, or is promotion cheap enough that I shouldn't worry?

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u/AdumbkidSto Sep 20 '24

Unless your BOFFs are Romulan, you could lose some of the initial ones. Unless you want to keep them just for your bridge crew and use others for your away team. There is a really good Sci BOFF as a reward for  hierarchy mission, I think in the Delta arc.  He looks like a potato. He's good to just slot as bridge crew only.

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u/tractgildart Sep 20 '24

What's special about romulans?

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u/AboriakTheFickle Sep 20 '24

Some Romulan bridge officers have the Superior Romulan Operative trait, which buffs crit chance and severity.