Pilot (specialization)

Pushing the upper limits of starship maneuverability.

The Pilot Specialization is a Captain Specialization released with Delta Rising as a Secondary Specialization. It was expanded into a full Primary Specialization later, with the release of Season 10. Players trained in this specialization can improve the Turn Rate, Flight Speed and Defense of their starships.

Pilot Space Skill While the Pilot specialization is active, you will gain a 10% increase to your Starship Turn Rate.

This bonus increases by a small amount for each point spent in the Specialization.

(You must have at least 1 point spent in this Specialization to gain this bonus.)

Scaling bonus:
 * QueueSpace.png +10% base +1% turn rate per point spent (maximum of 40%)

Tiers Overview
Tier I= Available by default.

Tier II= Unlocks after choosing 5 abilities from this specialization. Officer Training R&D School Unlock:
 * 10 points spent - unlock:
 * Ability to craft Pilot Specialization Qualification for Bridge Officers

Tier III= Unlocks after choosing 10 abilities from this specialization. Starship Trait Unlock:
 * 15 points spent - unlock:
 * (+1% All Damage boost (stacks 10 times) for maintaining 100% throttle)

Tier IV= Unlocks after choosing 15 abilities from this specialization. Officer Training R&D School Unlock: Starship Trait Unlock:
 * 22 points spent - unlock:
 * Ability to craft Pilot Specialization Rank III Training Manuals for Bridge Officers
 * 30 points spent - unlock:
 * (+2% All Damage boost (stacks 10 times) for maintaining 100% throttle)

Pilot Officers
Any Tactical, Engineering or Science Bridge Officer can be trained in Pilot specialization by using the. Said item is unlocked for crafting in the Officer Training R&D School once 10 points have been spent in Pilot Specialization, or may be purchased from the Exchange.

Pilot Specialist Bridge Officers can also be purchased from Bridge Officer Requisition Officer for a modest dilithium fee.

Bridge Officer Abilities

 * See main article: Bridge officer and kit abilities -> Pilot Abilities

Space is the only playground of a Pilot. These officers focus their efforts exclusively on combat maneuverability in zero-gravity environments.

Pilot Starships
The following playable starships can be classified as Pilot Starships:

Pilot Maneuvers
All Pilot starships are capable of performing four special : Afterburners, Left and Right Barrel Roll, and Retrorockets.

Much like how players are able to perform active dodging/rolls on ground, these starships can perform these maneuvers by double tapping in the direction they’d like to perform a special maneuver. These maneuvers can be rebound to different keys, or activated manually from a UI element if the player so desires. After activating a Pilot Maneuver player will be briefly immune to damage.

Hybrid Seating
All Pilot Starships feature a Commander Pilot Bridge Officer seat. Some of these ships feature an additional, lower ranking Pilot BOff seating.

Other playable ships with Pilot BOff seat

 * See main article: List of starships with Pilot seating

A large number of playable Tier 6 starships come with either an Ensign, Lieutenant or Lieutenant Commander Pilot BOff seating. However, these ships lack the built-in Pilot Maneuvers, and are thus not considered to be Pilot Starships.