Check Mate (Starship Trait)
After achieving level 5 in your Science variant Flagship’s 5-teir Starship Mastery, you will unlock the "Check Mate" Starship Trait. While this trait is slotted, activating a control Bridge Officer ability will provide a boost to your Exotic Damage and Projectile Weapon damage for a short time. The other traits in the Mastery path are,
Starship Ability Package (Cruiser)
- Absorptive Plating (+Kinetic and Physical Damage Resistance)
- Rapid Repairs (+Regeneration)
- Enhanced Plating (+Energy and Radiation Damage Resistance)
- Armored Hull (+Max Hull Hit Points)
- And lastly Checkmate (Starship trait)
The following science abilities are classified as control Bridge Officer abilities:
Jam Sensors Tractor Beam Tractor Beam Repulsors Scramble Sensors Gravity Well Photonic Shockwave