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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 icon Efficient Faction KhitomerLiberated Borg
Faction KhitomerHierarchy
Faction KhitomerLukari
Faction KhitomerKentari
Faction KhitomerAlien
Faction KhitomerCardassian
Faction FederationSaurian
Faction FederationVulcan
Faction KlingonLethean
Provides a bonus to efficiency stats, improving the effectiveness of many of your power management.
Elusive icon Elusive Faction Khitomer Elachi +10 Defense Rating
Leadership icon Leadership Faction FederationHuman
Faction KhitomerLukari
Faction KhitomerKentari
None Inspires your ship crew, leading to 20% faster subsystem and hull repair.
Photographic Memory icon Photographic Memory Faction KhitomerCardassian None +1.5% Weapon Damage

+1.5 Accuracy Rating

+1.5 Defense Rating

K-13 Survivor Tactics icon
K-13 Survivor Engineering icon
K-13 Survivor Science icon
K-13 Survivor Tactics
K-13 Survivor Engineering
K-13 Survivor Science
Faction Khitomer23rd 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 icon Kentari Ferocity Faction KhitomerKentari None When target is destroyed:
  • To Self: +2% Bonus All Damage for 15 sec (Max 5 stacks)
Space Warfare Specialist icon Space Warfare Specialist[1] None Faction KhitomerPhotonic
Faction FederationHuman
Faction KlingonKlingon
Faction Romulan RepublicRomulan
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 icon Pirate Faction KlingonNausicaan
Faction KhitomerHierarchy
None Improves all damage dealt and increases your perception of stealthed enemies.
Subterfuge icon (Romulan) Subterfuge Faction Romulan RepublicRomulan
Faction Romulan RepublicReman
None Increases cloaking effect, Increases damage after leaving cloak.
Impatient icon Impatient Faction KhitomerXindi-Reptilian None Increases power recharge speed by 5%
Impatient icon Temporal Applied Science
Temporal Engineering
Temporal Tactics
Faction KhitomerKrenim 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 icon Infiltrator None Faction Romulan RepublicReman 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 icon Restorative Protomatter Specialist Faction KhitomerLukari None +10% increased outgoing Hull Healing

+10% increased outgoing Shield Healing

Romulan Operative icon Romulan Operative None Faction Romulan RepublicRomulan Increases critical hit chance and critical hit severity. Decreases the cooldown of cloaking abilities.
Salvage Specialist icon Salvage Specialist Faction KhitomerTalaxian None When attacking targets that are below 25% Hull, 5% chance: Receive random R&D material.
Streamlined Retrofit Engineering icon Streamlined Retrofit Engineering Faction Khitomer23rd Century Androids None +15 Starship Impulse Expertise

+15 Starship Electro-Plasma System Flow

Engineered Soldier (Space) icon Engineered Soldier (Space) Faction KhitomerJem'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 Faction KhitomerVorta None +7.5% All Weapon Damage

+1% Critical Chance

+2.5% Critical Severity

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

+3% Critical Severity

+5 Starship Defensive Maneuvering (Improves Defense)

Ground[]

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