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Behaving much like player traits, Bridge Officer traits (or BOff traits) grant space or ground bonuses (in rare cases ground abilities) to your bridge officers. Almost all BOff traits have a player trait-counterpart, with both versions usually providing the identical type bonus. Each BOff has four traits, which, unlike player traits, cannot be altered. Space traits are only active if the BOff is assigned to a station, likewise ground traits are only active while the BOff is on the away team.

A specific property of BOff traits are their three potencies:

  • "Basic": 50% bonus
  • "Standard": 100% bonus
  • "Superior": 150% bonus

Potencies are determined by the BOff's quality/rarity:

Rarity Traits
Common 2x Basic
2x Standard
Uncommon 1x Basic
3x Standard
Rare 1x Basic
2x Standard
1x Superior
Very Rare 2x Standard
2x Superior

Depending on the BOff's species, between one and four (i.e., all) traits are "required". These traits automatically come in Standard potency and are always found with an officer of a specific species.

List of Traits[]

Space[]

Icon Trait Required for Optional for Description
Efficient Liberated Borg
Hierarchy
Lukari
Kentari
Alien
Cardassian
Saurian
Vulcan
Lethean
Provides a bonus to efficiency stats, improving the effectiveness of many of your power management.
Elusive Elachi +10 Defense Rating
Leadership Human
Lukari
Kentari
None Inspires your ship crew, leading to 20% faster subsystem and hull repair.
Photographic Memory Cardassian None +1.5% Weapon Damage

+1.5 Accuracy Rating

+1.5 Defense Rating



K-13 Survivor Tactics
K-13 Survivor Engineering
K-13 Survivor Science
23rd Century Bridge Officers None K-13 Survivor Tactics:

Passive (Tactical Officers Only)

  • +10 Starship Defensive Maneuvering
  • +10 Starship Weapon Accuracy

K-13 Survivor Engineering:

Passive (Engineering Officers Only)

  • +10 Starship Impulse Expertise
  • +10 Starship Electro-Plasma System Flow

K-13 Survivor Science:

Passive (Science Officers Only)

  • +10 Starship Control Expertise
  • +10 Starship Drain Expertise
Kentari Ferocity Kentari None When target is destroyed:
  • To Self: +2% Bonus All Damage for 15 sec (Max 5 stacks)
Space Warfare Specialist[1] None Photonic
Human
Klingon
Romulan
Provides a bonus to Starship Maneuvers, Starship Targeting Systems, Starship Energy Weapons, and Starship Projectile Weapons, which improves maneuverability, chance to hit, and damage output.
Pirate Nausicaan
Hierarchy
None Improves all damage dealt and increases your perception of stealthed enemies.
Subterfuge Romulan
Reman
None Increases cloaking effect, Increases damage after leaving cloak.
Impatient Xindi-Reptilian None Increases power recharge speed by 5%
Temporal Applied Science
Temporal Engineering
Temporal Tactics
Krenim None Improve the recharge timer on any bridge officer ability within their profession. +10% Power recharge speed for bridge officer abilities. (stacks up to 3 times from different active officers)
Infiltrator None Reman Increases the effectiveness of cloaking abilities and provides a minor Defense boost. Increases the duration of the damage buff the ship gains after decloaking.
Restorative Protomatter Specialist Lukari None +10% increased outgoing Hull Healing

+10% increased outgoing Shield Healing

Romulan Operative None Romulan Increases critical hit chance and critical hit severity. Decreases the cooldown of cloaking abilities.
Salvage Specialist Talaxian None When attacking targets that are below 25% Hull, 5% chance: Receive random R&D material.
Streamlined Retrofit Engineering 23rd Century Androids None +15 Starship Impulse Expertise

+15 Starship Electro-Plasma System Flow

Engineered Soldier (Space) Jem'Hadar Vanguard None Improves a range of offensive capabilities, including critical hit chance, critical hit damage, and the damage of your ship's weapons.

+7.5% All Weapon Damage

+1% Critical Chance

+2.5% Critical Severity

File:Authority of the Founders icon.png Authority of the Founders Vorta None +7.5% All Weapon Damage

+1% Critical Chance

+2.5% Critical Severity

Tactician None Photonic +5 Starship Energy Weapon Training (Improves Energy Weapon Damage)
+5 Starship Projectile Weapon Training (Improves Kinetic Weapon Damage)
Watcher Operative Watcher Companion None +3% Critical Chance

+3% Critical Severity

+5 Starship Defensive Maneuvering (Improves Defense)

Ground[]

Icon Trait Type Required for Superior version?
Acute Senses Attack buff Andorian, Ferengi Yes
Aggressive Attack buff Caitian Yes
Android Attack/Defense buff Android Yes
Bio-Organic Sedative Clickable ability Voth
Bite Clickable ability None[2]
Blindsense Attack buff Aenar Yes
Borg Nanites Defense buff Liberated Borg Yes
Cold Dwelling Defense buff Aenar, Andorian, Breen Yes
Cold Blooded Defense buff Gorn Yes
Corrosive Blood Defense buff Bolian
Covert Attack/Defense buff None Yes
Creative Attack buff Bajoran, Elachi, Photonic Yes
Cryonic Visor Beam Clickable ability Breen Yes
Dumb Luck Attack buff Pakled
Empathic Team aura Betazoid
Engineered Soldier Attack buff Jem'Hadar Yes
Feline Instincts Attack/Defense buff Caitian
Flux Attack/Defense buff Krenim
Jem'Hadar Vitality Defense buff Jem'Hadar Vanguard Yes
Fury Attack buff None[3] Yes
Honor The Fallen Attack/Defense buff Kobali
Honorable Defense buff Klingon Yes
Hyper Metabolism Defense buff Trill
Limited Telepathy Attack buff None Yes
Logical Defense buff Vulcan
Lucky Attack buff None Yes
Mental Burst Clickable ability Reman
Mental Discipline Defense buff Breen, Reman Yes
Mind Meld Clickable ability None[4] Yes
Natural Immunities Defense buff Elachi, Ferengi, Saurian Yes
Nerve Pinch Clickable ability None[4] Yes
Neural Blast Clickable ability Liberated Borg Yes
Pacification Clickable ability None[5] Yes
Pacifist Defense buff Aenar Yes
Peak Health Defense buff Elachi, Jem'Hadar Yes
Photonic Lifeform Defense buff Photonic Yes
Physical Strength Attack buff Nausicaan, Orion (male), Vulcan, Romulan Yes
Pig-Headed Defense buff Tellarite
Plasma Weapon Specialist Attack buff None[6]
Pounce Clickable ability Caitian
Project Image Clickable ability Aenar
Rapture Clickable ability None[7]
Reboot Defense buff Android Yes
Reptilian Strength Attack buff Gorn, Saurian
Resilient Defense buff Gorn Yes
Seduce Clickable ability None[8] Yes
Seductive Defense buff Orion (female) Yes
Shroud Clickable ability Jem'Hadar, Jem'Hadar Vanguard
Soldier Attack buff Breen Yes
Spirit Walk Clickable ability Rigelian
Spiritual Defense buff Bajoran Yes
Stasis Specialist Attack buff None[9] Yes
Stubborn Defense buff Photonic, Reman, Jem'Hadar Yes
Sturdy Defense buff Tellarite Yes
Sure Footed Defense buff Caitian Yes
Suspended Animation Defense buff Voth
Target Designator Attack buff None[10]
Teamwork Team aura Human Yes
Telekinetic Attack buff None Yes
Telepathic Attack buff Betazoid Yes
Veteran Team aura None[1]
Vicious Attack buff Xindi-Reptilian
Warrior Attack buff Klingon
Watcher Companion Shapeshift Clickable ability/Attack buff Watcher Companion None

Required traits by species[]

Federation
species
Required (pre-chosen) traits Pool size of
optional traits
Human Leadership Teamwork 11
Vulcan Logical Physical Strength 14
Andorian Cold Dwelling Acute Senses 14
Tellarite Pig-Headed Sturdy 11
Bajoran Creative Spiritual 11
Bolian Corrosive Blood 12
Betazoid Empathic Telepathic 12
Saurian Reptilian Strength Natural Immunities 13
Caitian Feline Instincts Superior Aggressive Superior Sure Footed Pounce 0
Ferengi Acute Senses Natural Immunities 11
Pakled Dumb Luck 12
Rigelian Spirit Walk 14
Trill Hyper Metabolism 12
Klingon Honorable Warrior 10
Aenar Blindsense Project Image Superior Cold Dwelling Superior Pacifist 0
Xindi-Reptilian Superior Peak Health Superior Resilient Impatient Vicious 0
Human Veteran Leadership Space Warfare Specialist Teamwork Veteran 0
Klingon Empire
species
Required (pre-chosen) traits Pool size of
optional traits
Klingon Honorable Warrior 10
Gorn Cold-Blooded Reptilian Strength Resilient 11
Lethean Rapture Telepathic 16
Nausicaan Physical Strength Pirate 10
Orion Physical Strength Seductive 15
Ferasan Predatory Instincts 14
Klingon Veteran Honorable Space Warfare Specialist Warrior Veteran 0
Romulan Republic
species
Required (pre-chosen) traits Pool size of
optional traits
Romulan Subterfuge Physical Strength 15
Reman Subterfuge Physical Strength 17
Shared
species
Required (pre-chosen) traits Pool size of
optional traits
Liberated Borg Borg Nanites Neural Blast 4
Breen Cold Dwelling Cryonic Visor Beam Mental Discipline Soldier 0
Reman (special reward) Mental Burst Mental Discipline Stubborn Telepathic 0
Jem'Hadar Shroud Engineered Soldier Superior Stubborn Superior Peak Health 0
Alien none 23
Android Acute Senses Android Superior Creative Superior Reboot 0
Voth Superior Creative Superior Covert Suspended Animation Bio-Organic Sedative 0
Krenim Flux Temporal Tactics Superior Creativity Superior Stubborn 0
Elachi Elusive Superior Peak Health Creative Superior Natural Immunities 0
Cardassian Photographic Memory


Pecularities[]

Some officers have their rarity change upon commission due to their trait allotment, due to 2 factors:

  1. The system that generates bridge officer candidate traits considers Standard space traits (eg. Efficient) to be as valuable as Superior, and so will replace a Superior trait with one rather than a Basic or Standard.
  2. The system that generates the rarity of a bridge officer upon commission treats certain Standard ground traits (eg. Reptilian Strength) to be Basic.

This does not effect their performance, and is only a display issue. Some examples of the effects this can have:

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 This trait was available only to the handful rewarded veteran bridge officers during the currency conversion.
  2. While not required this trait only is available for Gorn
  3. While not required this trait only is available for Andorian
  4. 4.0 4.1 While not required this trait only is available for Vulcan
  5. While not required this trait only is available for Betazoid
  6. While not required this trait only is available for Romulan
  7. While not required this trait only is available for Lethean
  8. While not required this trait only is available for Orion
  9. While not required this trait only is available for Romulan
  10. Required for Cyborg Human