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Particle traces are inventory items that were originally obtained by scanning Anomalous Readings either in space or on the ground. They were also awarded on a critical success of a Duty Officer assignment, or achieving a high score in the Dilithium Mining mini game.

Their only purpose is to achieve the Trace Tracker Accolade. This was the case from their introduction, up until the release of Season Three: Genesis, when they were required to craft items, and as inputs to certain Duty officer assignments. With the crafting overhaul included with Season 9.5 they returned to their original purpose, however since they are no longer obtainable from the Anomoly Scanning mini game, their only source is currently the Exchange.

There are ten unique traces: