Player ability

For the abilities granted by starships, see ship abilities. For kit abilities, as well as those possessed by Bridge Officers, see Bridge officer and kit abilities.

Player specific abilities (sometimes referred to in game as powers) are clickable abilities innate to your character. Most are unlocked as you level up, while a few others are granted by specific traits, or by gaining diplomacy/marauding XP.

General player abilities

Listed levels indicate the availability of an ability's primary rank; secondary and tertiary ranks of the ability are gained as the player ranks up (in most cases 10 and 20 levels after the primary ability is unlocked).

Icon	Ability Name	Career path	Level	Type
	Abandon Ship	All	32
	Attack Pattern Alpha	Tactical	07
	Brace for Impact	All	12
	Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation	All	01
	Cover Shield	Engineer	14
	Dampening Field	Science	24
	Engineering Fleet	Engineer	47
	Engineering Proficiency	Engineer	44
	EPS Power Transfer	Engineer	17
	Evasive Maneuvers	All	02
	Fire on my Mark (Ground)	Tactical	14
	Fire on my Mark (Space)	Tactical	17
	Fleet Support	All	42
	Go Down Fighting	Tactical	37
	Miracle Worker	Engineer	37
}	Nadion Inversion	Engineer	27
}	Nanoprobe Infestation	Science	34
}	Neural Neutralizer	Science	14
}	Orbital Strike	Engineer	34
	Photonic Fleet	Science	37
	Quantum Slipstream Drive	All	50
	Ramming Speed	All	22
	Reroute Power to Shields	Engineer	04
	Rotate Shield Frequency	Engineer	07
	Scattering Field	Science	27
	Science Fleet	Science	47
	Scientific Aptitude	Science	44
	Security Escort	Tactical	34
	Sensor Scan	Science	07
	Strike Team	Tactical	44
	Subnucleonic Beam	Science	17
	Support Drone	Engineer	24
	Tactical Fleet	Tactical	47
	Target Optics	Tactical	04
	Tactical Initiative (Ground)	Tactical	24
	Tactical Initiative (Space)	Tactical	27
	Transwarp	All	01
	Tricorder Scan	Science	04

Activatable ground traits

Certain ground traits give players access to abilities, which have the same name as the trait that grants it. Like other traits, these are either required or optional for specific species:

Ability	Required for	Optional for
Bite	none	Gorn‡
Borg Neural Blast	none	Liberated Borg
Mind Meld	none	Vulcan†
Nerve Pinch	none	Vulcan†
Pounce	none	Caitian†, Ferasan‡
Seduce	none	Orion
Spirit Walk	Rigelian†	none
Telekinetic	none	Alien, Lethean‡
Rapture	Lethean‡	none

• † Federation only
• ‡ KDF only

Other abilities, such as Cryonic Visor Beam, Mental Burst, Pacification, and Project Image are only available to bridge officers, not players.

Diplomacy abilities

With the addition of diplomacy in Star Trek Online, Federation players can earn abilities by taking strides in this non-combat role. These abilities are available to all career paths and all levels.

Rank	Space	Ground
Attache	None	None
Consul	Transwarp Drive (Deep Space K-7)	None
Envoy	Transwarp Drive (Starbase 39-Sierra) Grant Diplomatic Immunity	None
Ambassador	Transwarp Drive (Deep Space Nine)	None

Marauding abilities

With the addition of the Marauding-commendation tier in Star Trek Online, Klingon players can earn abilities. These abilities are available to all career paths and all levels.

Rank	Space	Ground
Raider	None	None
Privateer	Transwarp Drive (Alpha Centauri)	None
Pirate	Transwarp Drive (Regulus) Assign Raiding Party	None
Marauder	Transwarp Drive (Beta Ursae)	None