Bridge officer and kit abilities

See Player abilities for non-kit specific abilities innate to the player character.

See Ship abilities for the abilities granted by starships.

Bridge officers have a wide range of abilities they can use, starting at rank I and continuing to a possible rank III. Their abilities follow a system of rarity. Most of the Bridge Officer abilities are common and are trained via Training Manuals, which can be converted from candidates, and/or are sold by Bridge Officer Trainers. Other abilities are only obtained from uncommon, rare or very rare Bridge Officers. These are given through the “New Officer” mission, or can be bought from the Exchange.

Your Captain can also teach your own bridge officers abilities. The abilities they can teach depend on how many points you spend in a particular track. An example would be the Commander rank space ability Cannon: Rapid Fire III. 2 points or more most be spent in the tactical track to unlock the ability to craft a [Training Manual - Tactical - Cannon Rapid Fire III]. For a list of the skills that teach Bridge Officers advanced abilities, see List of skills trainable by captain.

Space abilities can only be used if the officer is of appropriate rank and is sitting at an appropriately ranked station. Even an Engineer of the rank Commander can only use Ensign/Bekk and Lieutenant abilities when he or she is assigned to a Lieutenant Engineering station on your ship. This is why obtaining new ships becomes so important, as higher tier ships generally offer more Bridge Officer stations of higher rank, which in turn gives you access to more abilities in space.

Color Key

In the tables below, the background colour of the table cell showing the rank of the ability is specifically colored to indicate where the skill normally comes from. These colors are as follows:

• Green: Abilities obtainable from Training Manuals, sold by the Bridge Officer Trainer for . Most tier I and II abilities can be obtained this way.
• Blue: Abilities that are obtainable from Training Manuals that a Captain can craft. Most abilities have specific skill investment requirements before they can be crafted. Most tier III abilities can be obtained this way. Some powers require completing a mission in order to start crafting the ability.
• Purple: Abilities that are only obtainable from either specific Bridge Officers, turned into Training Manuals, or  Bridge Officer Trainer (K-13) for . Most of abilities in the above two categories can also be obtained from Bridge Officers, while the abilities that can be obtained only from Bridge Officers are:
  • Mask Energy Signature
  • Tractor Beam Repulsors
• The abilities that can only be obtained from Bridge Officer Trainer (K-13) for are:
  • Photon Grenade Launcher Fabrication II-III.
• Orange: Abilities that are obtainable from Lockboxes or event vendors. All ranks of abilities are obtained the same way.
• Gray: Abilities that are generally unavailable through the above means. They may be innate to a ship, available to a captain either as a player ability or kit, or something else. For use by captains, rather than Bridge Officers, these abilities can be obtained from a kit unless there is a footnote included. In addition, the following abilities are not available by any known means:
  • Plasma Grenade III
  • Ambush II-III
  • Motion Accelerator II-III

Note: The table below prioritizes abilities by Bridge Officer Trainer, then trainable by captain, and then available from non-common bridge officers. There is some overlap however (i.e. some non-common bridge officers have abilities that are also trainable by captain).

Abbreviations

Some of the descriptions below and also in the ability articles use common MMORPG abbreviations, these are:

• AoE: Stands for Area-of-Effect. See main article: AoE.
• PBAoE: Stands for Point Blank Area-of-Effect. See main article: AoE.
• DoT: Damage-over-Time. See main article: DoT
• HoT: Heal-over-Time. Same as DoT, however implies heals rather than damage.
• Buff: See main article: Buff
• Debuff: See main article: Debuff

Tactical Abilities

Space

Ability Name							Short Game Description
Augment Boarding Party	I	II	III				Drain Shields and Capture ship
Beams: Fire at Will	I	II	III				Attack Upgrade - Multi-Target Rate of Fire
Beams: Overload	I	II	III				Attack Upgrade - Damage
Tactical Team	I	II	III				Automated Shield Distribution, Tactical Buff
Torpedo: High Yield	I	II	III				Attack Upgrade - Damage
Torpedo: Spread	I	II	III				Attack Upgrade - AoE
Target Weapons Subsystems	I	II	III				Attack Upgrade - Disable Weapons
Target Engines Subsystems	I	II	III				Attack Upgrade - Disable Engines
Target Shields Subsystems	I	II	III				Attack Upgrade - Disable Shields
Target Auxiliary Subsystems	I	II	III				Attack Upgrade - Disable Auxiliary
Kemocite-Laced Weaponry	I	II	III				Attack Upgrade - PBAoE Damage and Resistance Debuff
Distributed Targeting	I	II	III				Damage dealt to Target Chains to nearby targets
Best Served Cold	I	II	III				Damage causes Additional Cold Damage
Attack Pattern Beta		I	II	III			Damage Resistance and Stealth Debuff
Attack Pattern Delta		I	II	III			Buff Self/Ally Target - Debuffs Target's Attackers
Cannon: Rapid Fire		I	II	III			Attack Upgrade - Rate of Fire
Cannon: Scatter Volley		I	II	III			Attack Upgrade - AoE
Dispersal Pattern Alpha		I	II	III			Attack Upgrade - Mine Trail
Focused Assault		I	II	III			Bonus Damage and accuracy
Dispersal Pattern Beta		I	II	III			Attack Upgrade - Mine Net
Attack Pattern Omega			I	II	III		Damage Buff, Resistance and Control Immunity

Ground

Ability Name							Short Game Description
Cease Fire	I	II	III				Cone AoE Weapon Disable (Fragile)
Photon Grenade	I	II	III				AoE damage and knockback
Sweeping Strikes	I	II	III				Multiple Opponent Martial Arts Strikes
Battle Strategies	I	II	III				Weapon Upgrade - Damage Resistance and Stealth Debuff
Draw Fire	I	II	III				Self Threat Generation and Fake Expose, Foe Damage Debuff
Graviton Spike	I	II	III				AoE Kinetic Damage, Knock and Slow
Corrosive Grenade	I	II	III				AoE Damage and DoT
Lunge		I	II	III			Close and Attack
Suppressing Fire		I	II	III			Weapon Upgrade: Target Slow and Damage Debuff
Target Optics		I	II	III			Offense and Perception Buff
Smoke Grenade		I	II	III			Debuff Enemy Perception, Buff Ally Stealth
Micro Cryonic Warhead		I	II	III			Targeted AoE Cold Damage and Root
Fire on my Mark			I	II	III		Damage Resistance and Stealth Debuff
Overwatch			I	II	III		PBAoE Damage Resist Aura
Stealth Module			I	II	III		Stealth Buff
Plasma Grenade			I	II	III		AoE Damage and DoT
Stun Grenade				I	II		AoE Damage and Hold
Ambush				I	II	III	Single Attack Damage Buff
Motion Accelerator				I	II	III	Speed and Physical Damage Buff with Control Immunity

Engineering Abilities

Space

Ability Name							Short Game Description
Deploy Construction Shuttle Wing	I	II	III				Outgoing Healing, Deploys shuttles
Emergency Power to Auxiliary	I	II	III				Increases Auxiliary Power Level
Emergency Power to Weapons	I	II	III				Increases Weapon Power Level, Energy Weapon Damage Buff
Emergency Power to Engines	I	II	III				Increases Engine Power Level, Flight Speed Buff
Emergency Power to Shields	I	II	III				Increases Shield Power Level, Shield Repair, Shield Damage Resistance
Engineering Team	I	II	III				Medium Hull Heal, Engineering Skill Buff, Engineering Debuff Cleanse
Structural Integrity Collapse	I	II	III				Physical and Kinetic Resistance Debuff, Physical DoT
Endothermic Inhibitor Beam	I	II	III				Shield Resist Debuff, Radiation DoT
Overload Integrity Field	I	II	III				Outgoing Healing Buff, Spreads Incoming Healing
Let It Go	I	II	III				Cold DoT, Resist Debuff
Directed Energy Modulation		I	II	III			Energy Weapon Shield Penetration Buff
Emit Unstable Warp Bubble		I	II	III			AOE Damage Debuff, Speed Debuff
Extend Shields		I	II	III			Target Friend Small Shield Regen and Large Shield Damage Resistance
Auxiliary to Battery		I	II	III			Divert Auxiliary to Weapons, Shields, Engines
Auxiliary to Dampeners		I	II	III			Large Kinetic Damage Resistance, Movement Buff, Repel and Disable Immunity
Auxiliary to Structural		I	II	III			Small Hull Heal and Medium Damage Resistance
Boarding Party		I	II	III			Damage Crew and Subsystems
Reverse Shield Polarity		I	II	III			Energy Damage Heals Shields
Eject Warp Plasma			I	II	III		AoE Plasma DoT Field
Aceton Beam			I	II	III		Energy Weapon Debuff and Radiation DoT

Ground

Ability Name							Short Game Description
Photon Grenade Launcher Fabrication	I	II	III				Create Photon Mortar
Chroniton Mine Barrier	I	II	III				Creates Mines
Quick Fix	I	II	III				Damage Buff and Cures Mechanical Debuffs. Repairs Fabrications
Sabotage	I	II	III				AoE Weapons Offline, Destroy Constructs
Shield Recharge	I	II	III				Shield Heal
Weapons Malfunction	I	II	III				Disable Weapons
Hurricane Turret	I	II	III				Create Hurricane Turret
Molten Terrain	I	II	III				Delayed AoE Damage and Location Fire Damage
Shield Generator Fabrication		I	II	III			Area Shield Damage Reduction and Minor Regeneration
Turret Fabrication		I	II	III			Create Energy Turret
Reroute Power to Shields		I	II	III			Shield Heal and Damage Resistance Buff
Freeze Armor		I	II	III			Slow, Root, Hold, DoT and Shield Hardness Debuff
Cover Shield			I	II	III		Create Cover Shield
Equipment Diagnostics			I	II	III		Cure Mechanical Debuffs and Applies Resistance Buff
Medical Generator Fabrication			I	II	III		Area Damage Resistance and Minor Heal
Quantum Mortar Fabrication			I	II			Create Quantum Mortar
Combat Supply				I	II		Create Combat Devices
Support Drone Fabrication				I	II		Create Support Drone
Fuse Armor				I			Scaling Movement Debuff

Science Abilities

Space

Ability Name							Short Game Description	SecDef
Hazard Emitters	I	II	III				Large Hull Regen, Small Damage Resistance, Hazard Debuff Cleanse
Jam Sensors	I	II	III				Placate
Science Team	I	II	III				Shield Repair, Science Skill Buff, Science Debuff Cleanse
Tachyon Beam	I	II	III				Drain Shields
Mask Energy Signature	I	II	III				Stealth Buff
Polarize Hull	I	II	III				Large Damage Resistance and Tractor Beam Immunity
Tractor Beam	I	II	III				Slow
Transfer Shield Strength	I	II	III				Large Shield Regen and Small Shield Damage Resistance Buff
Subspace Vortex	I	II	III				PBAoE Damage
Structural Analysis	I	II	III				Contagious Damage Resistance Debuff
Delayed Overload Cascade	I	II	III				AoE Damage
Very Cold In Space	I	II	III				Hazard: Movement Debuff, Cold Damage
Destabilizing Resonance Beam		I	II	III			PBAoE Damage and resistance debuff
Feedback Pulse		I	II	III			Damages Attacker
Scramble Sensors		I	II	III			AoE Confuse
Charged Particle Burst		I	II	III			PBAoE Disable Cloak and Damage Shields
Energy Siphon		I	II	III			Steal Power
Photonic Officer		I	II	III			Recharge Speed Summon
Tractor Beam Repulsors		I	II	III			PBAoE Repel
Tyken's Rift		I	II	III			AoE Power Drain Hazard
Gravity Well			I	II	III		AoE Tractor and Kinetic Damage
Photonic Shockwave			I	II	III		PBAoE Damage, Repel, and Disable
Viral Matrix			I	II	III		Disable Multiple Subsystems

Ground

Ability Name							Short Game Description
Cold Fusion Flash	I	II	III				AoE Cold Damage + Root, Chance to Hold
Electro-Gravitic Field	I	II	III				AoE Root or Slow
Hypospray - Dylovene	I	II	III				Cures Toxic Debuffs and Buffs Physical
Medical Tricorder	I	II	III				Heal
Sonic Disruption	I	II	III				AoE Damage, Slow, Knockback and Stun
Seismic Agitation Field	I	II	III				AoE Location Kinetic Damage and Knock
Tachyon Harmonic	I	II	III				Cone AoE Shield Damage
Sonic Pulse		I	II	III			PBAoE Damage, Slow, Interrupt and Knockback
Tricorder Scan		I	II	III			Damage Resistance and Stealth Debuff
Stasis Field		I	II	III			Fragile Hold
Vascular Regenerator		I	II	III			HoT and Cure Bleed
Cryonic Pulse		I	II	III			PBAoE Damage, Root, Interrupt and Knockback
Hyperonic Radiation			I	II			AoE Radiation DoT
Hypospray - Melorazine			I	II	III		Cures Mental Debuffs and Buffs Energy Resistance
Neural Neutralizer			I	II	III		PBAoE Placate
Anesthizine Gas				I			AoE Fragile Hold and Slow
Dampening Field				I	II		Targeted AoE Damage Debuff
Nanite Health Monitor				I	II		AoE Reactive Heal

Intelligence Abilities

Space

Ability Name							Short Game Description
Evade Target Lock	I	II	III				Accuracy Debuff, Projectile Stealth
Intelligence Team	I	II	III				Stealth Increase and Threat Reduction
Override Subsystem Safeties	I	II	III				Increased Subsystem Max Power
Subspace Beacon	I	II	III				Summon Target / Teleport to Target
Viral Impulse Burst	I	II	III				5km PBAoE Engine Override
Electromagnetic Pulse Probe		I	II	III			Targetable Probe - Emits PBAoE Disable Pulse
Ionic Turbulence		I	II	III			Movement and Resistance Debuff, Chance for Hold
Kinetic Magnet		I	II	III			Kinetic Red Debuff, Attracts Torpedoes and Mines
Energy Weapons: Surgical Strikes			I	II	III		Attack Upgrade - Accuracy and Critical Hits
Subnucleonic Carrier Wave			I	II	III		PBAoE Buff Removal and Recharge Debuff
Torpedo: Transport Warhead			I	II	III		Torpedo Upgrade - Shield Bypass, Subsystem Offline

Ground

Ability Name							Short Game Description
Frictionless Particle Grenade	I	II	III				AoE Friction and Resistance Debuff
Harmless	I	II	III				Placate Target, Decrease Threat
Incite Chaos	I	II	III				Confuse, Chance to Spread Confusion
Resonant Tachyon Stream	I	II	III				Shield Steal
Sonic Suppression Field	I	II	III				Threat Reduction, Flanking Damage Buff
Neurolytic Hypo Injection		I	II	III			Hold then Confuse
Photonic Decoy		I	II	III			Create Photonic Decoy
Site-to-Site Ensnare		I	II	III			Teleport Foe
Subspace Anesthezine Mine		I	II	III			Create Stealth Mine, Slow and Damage Debuff
Feign Disintegration			I	II	III		Reactive Stealth
Tripwire Drone			I	II	III		Create Explosive Knockdown Drone

Command Abilities

Space

Ability Name							Short Game Description
Concentrate Firepower	I	II	III				Mark foe for extra kinetic damage w/ shield penetration, extra high yield torpedoes
Overwhelm Emitters	I	II	III				Mark foe for extra shield drain and attackers shield regeneration
Reroute Power from Life Support	I	II	III				Gain extra power by sacrificing recharge speed
Ambush Point Marker		I	II	III			Mark area for stealth buff. If foe: Summons attack vessels. Damage buff.
Needs of the Many		I	II	III			Remove shields to provide temporary hull to the team
Rally Point Marker		I	II	III			Mark area for shield, hull regeneration, debuff removal.
Subspace Interception		I	II	III			Teleport to ally <50% health, defense buff, make ally immune
Call Emergency Artillery			I	II	III		Bombs current location of target
Phalanx Formation			I	II	III		Mark area for accuracy and defense buff
Suppression Barrage			I	II	III		Modify weapons to reduce target damage, flight speed, turn rate, accuracy

Ground

Ability Name							Short Game Description
Take Cover	I	II	III				Team Wide Crouch Improvement
Hammer and Anvil	I	II	III				Team Wide Positional Buffs
Overwhelm Shields	I	II	III				Mark Foe - Damage Triggers Shield Steal
Shock and Awe	I	II	III				Mark Foe - Debuff Movement and Flank Defense
Strategic Analysis		I	II	III			+Dmg and +Resistance, Increases Over Combat Time
Delegated Devestation		I	II	III			Sacrifices Weapons for Team Damage Buff
Timely Intervention		I	II	III			Teleport to Nearest Ally (30m Max)
Coordinated Bombing Strike			I	II	III		Create Spacial Charges
Return Fire			I	II	III		Damage and Recharge Bonus, Scales Up at Low HP
Sanctuary			I	II	III		Emergency Respite from Combat

Pilot Abilities

Space

Ability Name							Short Game Description
Attack Pattern Lambda	I	II	III				On Weapon Hit: -Acc, -Perception, Chance to Confuse
Deploy Countermeasures	I	II	III				PBAoE Destroy Targetable Torpedoes, Kinetic Immunity
Lock Trajectory	I	II	III				Continue on Current Course, but Turn Freely
Pilot Team	I	II	III				Maneuverability Buff, Immune to Movement Debuffs
Clean Getaway		I	II	III			Rear-Facing Placate / Debuff, Speed Boost
Fly Her Apart		I	II	III			Speed Boost but Damage Self; Ambush on Expire
Hold Together		I	II	III			Self Hull Regen and Dmg Res Based on Throttle
Reinforcements Squadron		I	II	III			Summon Fighter Pets
Coolant Ignition			I	II	III		AoE Plasma Hazard Trail
Form Up			I	II	III		Teleport to Ally, Buff Both if Remain Close
Reroute Reserves to Weapons			I	II	III		Weapon Haste, but Drain from Engines
Subspace Boom			I	II	III		PBAoE Damage + Movement Debuff

Temporal Abilities

Space

Ability Name							Short Game Description
Channeled Deconstruction	I	II	III				Expanding Physical DOT
Heisenberg Amplifier	I	II	III				Random teleport,Confuse
Entropic Redistribution	I	II	III				AOE Physical Damage
Causal Reversion	I	II	III				Reverse moderate amount of Hull Damage
Entropic Cascade		I	II	III			Physical DOT every few seconds
Shared Fate		I	II	III			PBAoE Shield hardness\Drain debuff
Rapid Decay		I	II	III			Physical DOT that reduces Damage Resistance Rating
Gravimetric Conversion		I	II	III			AoE Instantly shield drain; Self shield Heal
Chronometric Inversion Field		I	II	III			Reduces Flight Speed and Outgoing Damage
Timeline Collapse			I	II	III		Create an unstable anomaly; pulls nearby foes
Recursive Shearing			I	II	III		Store incoming damage; Re-Apply to foe

Ground

Ability Name							Short Game Description
Degeneration	I	II	III				Afflict a single foe with a Physical DOT that grows
Uncertainty Burst	I	II	III				AoE random teleport, and Confuse
Spread Decay	I	II	III				Mark Foe - Physical Damage
Chronoplasty	I	II	III				Reverse the effects of recent damage, restores health
Entropic Contagion		I	II	III			AoE Physical DOT every few seconds
Chronometric Diffusion		I	II	III			Aoe Reduce Run Speed and Outgoing Damage
Causal Entanglement		I	II	III			AoE Shield hardness and damage resistance debuff
Temporal Narcosis		I	II	III			Long-lasting Physical DOT; Chance to Confuse, Slow, Root or Disable
Tachyonic Conversion		I	II	III			AoE Instantly drain the shields\shield restoration
Paradox Bomb			I	II	III		Create an unstable anomaly at the target’s location; pull nearby foes
Recursive Affliction			I	II	III		‘Store’ incoming damage received, then apply amount of damage again to foe

Miracle Worker Abilities

Space

Ability Name							Short Game Description
Align Shield Frequencies	I	II	III				PBAoE Shield Hardness, Shield Heal
Narrow Sensor Bands	I	II	III				Immune to Confuse + Placate; Damage
Null Pointer Flood	I	II	III				PBAoE Confuse + Placate
Destabilize Warp Core	I	II	III				Radiation DoT, Kinetic Explosion when target dies
Torpedoes: Nanite Repair Payload	I	II	III				Self Heal + Ally Healed when fired
Reroute Shields to Hull Containment		I	II	III			Sacrifice Shields for +Max Hit Points, +Hull Regeneration, +Damage Resistance
Overwhelm Power Regulators		I	II	III			Power Drain, Electrical Damage, Subsystems Offline
Mixed Armaments Synergy		I	II	III			Buff from firing other Weapon Types
Energy Weapons: Exceed Rated Limits			I	II	III		Weapons Haste, Continuous Power Drain
Deploy Gravitic Induction Platform			I	II	III		AoE Pull, Shield Bleedthrough Increase

Ground

Ability Name							Short Game Description
Generate Ablative Protection	I	II	III				Sacrifice Shields for +MaxHP, +Regen, +Res
Harmonized Shields	I	II	III				PBAoE +ShieldRes, +ShieldRegen
Throw Regenerative Nanite Canister	I	II	III				AoE Heal over Time
Gravitic Induction Field		I	II	III			PBAoE Slow + Root Chance
Logic Bomb		I	II	III			PBAoE Confuse + Placate Electronics, +Ranged Offline Chance
Technical Mishap		I	II	III			Electrical DoT + Kinetic Explosion when target dies
Overload Power Cells			I	II	III		Ranged Weapon Damage splash
VISOR Emulation Overlay			I	II	III		Immune to Confuse + Placate, +Damage