Duty Officer System

WHAT ARE DUTY OFFICERS?
In Star Trek Online, duty officers are junior members of your crew. They should not be confused with Bridge Officers who are assigned to bridge stations and the away team. Duty officers are assigned to the ship's active roster or can be sent on assignments. You are allowed a maximum of 100 duty officers.

Duty officers who are on your active roster will provide bonuses to your ship and away team. Each duty officer has its own unique ability so you can choose the ones which compliment your ship and away team. Assignments for duty officers can take place on or off your ship. They take a certain amount of time ranging from hours to days. The countdown continues even if you are not logged into the game. These assignments provide rewards such as skill points, items, buffs, and much more.

COMMENDATIONS
One important part about the duty officer system is commendations. These are different areas which you can gain experience in and earn different rewards as well as additional duty officers. There are currently eleven different commendations:

• Diplomacy
• Colonial
• Development
• Engineering
• Espionage
• Exploration
• Medical
• Military
• Recruitment
• Science
• Trade

Each commendation has four tiers. In order to reach a new tier and earn its rewards you must gain experience for that commendation through missions and assignments.

SHIP DUTY

Ship duty is the first tab of the duty officer screen and definitely one you need to familiarize yourself with. There are three sections to this: Space, Ground, and Roster. The Space and Ground sections are where you assign duty officers to your active roster. You can only place five duty officers in each section. The Roster section lists all of your duty officer. You can click on any of them to view their information. Click on the image to the right in order to view an example of the roster list. Below that is an example of the Space section (please note that the Ground section looks identical to the Ship section except it is for Ground boosts).

ASSIGNMENTS
The assignments screen is obviously where you assign duty officers to various tasks. There are four sections to this: Sector, Shipboard, In Progress, and Completed. The Sector and Shipboard sections lists all available assignments. As you can see in the image on the left, each assignment has an amount of time it takes to complete.

As I said earlier, this is real time so even when you are logged off the clock is still ticking. One thing to notice here is the little red icon in the bottom right of some assignments. This means that you do not meet the requirements for that assignment. In the example image, for that particular assignment the player does not have a Biologist duty officer available.

The other two important things to know are Reward and Chance of Success. Reward is obviously the reward you will get if completed successfully. The Chance of Success part depends on a few factors. First of all what you see is the base percentages. After you add duty officers to the assignment (by clicking the Accept button at the bottom right of the window) these numbers will either go up or down. If you notice, for a Biologist you should have one that is Logical. If you don't, that's ok, but it could increase the chance of success.

Doing assignments is a good way to gain commendation experience as well as skill points and other kinds of rewards. It doesn't take a lot of time to set up so go right ahead and do it! Once you have gained enough commendation experience and reached a new commendation tier you can be awarded a special duty officer. That's the basics!

TIPS and HINTS

• Visit Earth Space Dock, Starfleet Academy, and Qo'noS in order to get recruitment assignments. Some of them recruit bridge officers and others recruit duty officers.
• If you need a specific kind of duty officer, try trading with someone you know who has it.
• Each sector of space has a different set of assignments.