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Player Ground abilities that are unlocked as you increase in level. Check the ones that you use the most, or all of them, to get skill suggestions for them.

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Modification Specialist

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Notice: Since all specialization abilities can be unlocked you can only set your Primary and Secondary specializations below. All abilities are already unlocked for informational purposes.

Primary Sepcializations

Secondary Sepcializations

Tier 1

Forward March Ground Skill Increase Running Speed while Sprinting for you and all nearby teammates.
Communal Targeting Ground Skill Increase Expose Chance for you and all nearby teammates, allowing your team to more frequently create tactical openings.	Lingering Exposure Ground Skill Increase Expose Duration for you and all nearby teammates, allowing your team additional time to react to these openings.	Peripheral Coordination Ground Skill Damage dealt from flanking angles deal less damage than normal for you and all nearby teammates.	True Aim Ground Skill Increase Exploit Damage for you and all nearby teammates, causing you to all deal more collective damage to susceptible enemies.

Expose Weakness I Ground Skill Your energy weapons gain a chance to Expose enemy targets. Your Torpedo weapons will deal a large amount of bonus damage to enemies that are Exposed by this ability.
Expose Weakness II Ground Skill Your energy weapons gain a chance to Expose enemy targets. Your Torpedo weapons will deal a large amount of bonus damage to enemies that are Exposed by this ability.	Tachyon Charges Ground Skill Your Exploit Torpedo attacks will apply an instant drain to the nearest facing of any Exposed targets' shields, in addition to their increased damage.	Violent Detonation I Ground Skill Make the most of the openings created by Expose Weakness. Your Torpedo Exploits now ignore a greater amount of an Exposed foe's damage resistance.
		Violent Detonation II Ground Skill Make the most of the openings created by Expose Weakness. Your Torpedo Exploits now ignore a greater amount of an Exposed foe's damage resistance.

Tier 2

Superfluous Emitters Space & Ground Skill By redirecting energy from monitoring teammates that are not damaged, you can increase the output of your weapons. For each teammate that is near full health (or full hull capacity in space), you will receive a damage bonus.
Energy Signature Flux Space Skill Any incoming shield healing will grant you a short burst of defense bonus, making you more difficult to hit. Max once per 30 seconds.	Lifesign Flux Ground Skill Any incoming shield healing will grant you a short burst of dodge bonus, making you more difficult to hit. Max once per 30 seconds.	Restoration Harmonics Space Skill You and all nearby teammates receive additional hull restoration from all friendly sources.	Restoration Synergy Ground Skill You and all nearby teammates receive additional health restoration from all friendly sources.

Tier 3

Resilient Expose I Ground Skill Using an Exploit Attack on a foe that is currently Exposed gains a chance to re-apply the Expose effect, allowing additional Exploits to be used.
Resilient Expose II Ground Skill Using an Exploit Attack on a foe that is currently Exposed gains a chance to re-apply the Expose effect, allowing additional Exploits to be used.	Under the Radar I Ground Skill While attacking from behind your foe, all weapon strikes gain a chance to Expose. If the weapon already had a chance to Expose, this bonus grants a second chance to Expose per shot.	Victory Cry Ground Skill Any time a foe is a successfully vaporized within 20m of you, it will trigger a heal fro all teammates within 50m.
	Under the Radar II Ground Skill While attacking from behind your foe, all weapon strikes gain a chance to Expose. If the weapon already had a chance to Expose, this bonus grants a second chance to Expose per shot.

Achilles' Heel I Space Skill Landing a Critical Hit on a foe will temporarily expose them to additional damage, weakening their resistances. This effect may only trigget once per 30 seconds max, but is guaranteed to apply on your next Critical Hit after this lockout period expires.
Achilles' Heel II Space Skill Landing a Critical Hit on a foe will temporarily expose them to additional damage, weakening their resistances. This effect may only trigget once per 30 seconds max, but is guaranteed to apply on your next Critical Hit after this lockout period expires.	Debilitating Weakness I Space Skill Weaken foes afflicted by your Achilles' Heel debuff, reducing the strength of their outgoing damage.
Achilles' Heel III Space Skill Landing a Critical Hit on a foe will temporarily expose them to additional damage, weakening their resistances. This effect may only trigget once per 30 seconds max, but is guaranteed to apply on your next Critical Hit after this lockout period expires.	Debilitating Weakness II Space Skill Weaken foes afflicted by your Achilles' Heel debuff, reducing the strength of their outgoing damage.

Tier 4

Extrovert Space & Ground Skill Landing a Critical Hit on a foe will temporarily expose them to additional damage, weakening their resistances. This effect may only trigget once per 30 seconds max, but is guaranteed to apply on your next Critical Hit after this lockout period expires.
Boost Morale I Space Skill An inspirational burst of motivation grants you and all teammates an ongoing removal of all forms of Debuffs and Control effects for a short duration.	Revitalize I Ground Skill An inspirational burst of motivation grants you and all teammates an ongoing removal of all forms of Debuffs and Control effects for a short duration.
Boost Morale II Space Skill An inspirational burst of motivation grants you and all teammates an ongoing removal of all forms of Debuffs and Control effects for a short duration.	Revitalize I Ground Skill An inspirational burst of motivation grants you and all teammates an ongoing removal of all forms of Debuffs and Control effects for a short duration.

Tier 1

Flank Protection I Ground Skill Damage dealt from flanking angles deals less damage than normal.
Flank Protection II Ground Skill Damage dealt from flanking angles deals less damage than normal.	Flank Refraction I Ground Skill Attackers that Flank you have a chacne to be Placated for a short duration.
	Flank Refraction II Ground Skill Attackers that Flank you have a chacne to be Placated for a short duration.
	Flank Refraction III Ground Skill Attackers that Flank you have a chacne to be Placated for a short duration.

Hide Weakness I Space Skill When a shield facing is reduced to zero capacity, gain damage resistance along that arc facing.
Hide Weakness II Space Skill When a shield facing is reduced to zero capacity, gain damage resistance along that arc facing. (Not triggered by Shields Offline)	Automated Reinforcement I Space Skill When a shield facing is reduced to zero capacity, gains hield regeneration to all facings. (Not triggered by Shields Offline)
Hide Weakness III Space Skill When a shield facing is reduced to zero capacity, gain damage resistance along that arc facing. (Not triggered by Shields Offline)	Automated Reinforcement II Space Skill When a shield facing is reduced to zero capacity, gains hield regeneration to all facings. (Not triggered by Shields Offline)

Tier 2

Adaptive Targeting I Space Skill By utilizing an adaptive targeting matrix, your starship can gain increased accuracy whenever an enemy evades your weapon fire.
Adaptive Targeting II Space Skill By utilizing an adaptive targeting matrix, your starship can gain increased accuracy whenever an enemy evades your weapon fire.	Perception Bending Space Skill Your stealth and perception values are directly increased by your current Auxiliary Power level.	Redundant Sensors I Space Skill Any incoming Placate and Confuse effects may be instantly and automatically cleansed as soon as they are applied.
		Redundant Sensors II Space Skill Any incoming Placate and Confuse effects may be instantly and automatically cleansed as soon as they are applied.

Tier 3

Outmaneuver Foe I Ground Skill Increase your damage when flanking your enemy during ground combat. You also have a chance to placate any foe that you succesfully flank, causing them to be unable to target you for a short duration.
Outmaneuver Foe II Ground Skill Increase your damage when flanking your enemy during ground combat. You also have a chance to placate any foe that you succesfully flank, causing them to be unable to target you for a short duration.	Blind Sided I Ground Skill Attacking an enemy's undefneded flanks grants you a chance to blind them completely. A blinded enemy will not be capable of seeing any friends or foes, though they can still move and act freely.	Obliterate Defenses Ground Skill This effect will leave a massive resistance debuff on your foe, increasin the damage they take from all sources.
	Blind Sided II Ground Skill Attacking an enemy's undefneded flanks grants you a chance to blind them completely. A blinded enemy will not be capable of seeing any friends or foes, though they can still move and act freely.

Space Flanking I Space Skill When firing upon the rear arc of an enemy vessel, you beenfit from a small passive damage increase.
Space Flanking II Space Skill When firing upon the rear arc of an enemy vessel, you beenfit from a small passive damage increase.	Destabilized Emitters Space Skill Your projectiles gain the ability to create an opening for yourself by destabilizing the rear-facing shields of a foe.	Shoddy Engineering Space Skill This ability grants increased Critical Severity when striking from the rear arc.	Unprotected Systems Space Skill This ability grants increased Critical Chance when strikign from the rear arc.

Tier 4

Opportunistic Space & Ground Skill All your innate Captain ability cooldowns are reduced in both Ground and Space. This bonus does not affect Kits or Bridge Officers.
Intelligence Fleet I Space Skill Intelligence Fleet provides a shield and armor penetration enhacement, as well as a stealth and sensors buff, to your entire team over the duration.	Precision Offensive I Ground Skill Precision Offensive provides your team with increases to shield and armor penetration, alogn with advantages to their Expose mechanics.
Intelligence Fleet II Space Skill Intelligence Fleet provides a shield and armor penetration enhacement, as well as a stealth and sensors buff, to your entire team over the duration.	Precision Offensive II Ground Skill Precision Offensive provides your team with increases to shield and armor penetration, alogn with advantages to their Expose mechanics.

Tier 1

Maneuvering Thrusters I Space Skill While at Full Stop, or if your engines are Offline, you are still able to utilize your ship's maneuvering thrusters as if the ship retained a small portion of it's base speed and turn rate.
Maneuvering Thrusters II Space Skill While at Full Stop, or if your engines are Offline, you are still able to utilize your ship's maneuvering thrusters as if the ship retained a small portion of it's base speed and turn rate.	Attack Pattern Expertise I Space Skill Activating any Attack Pattern bridge officer ability grants your starship an increase in survivability, represented as temporary hitpoints. Activating an additional Attack Pattern while under these effects will refresh the pool, not stack them.	Back Her Off! Space Skill Your defense and maxmium speed are increased while moving in Reverse.
	Attack Pattern Expertise II Space Skill Activating any Attack Pattern bridge officer ability grants your starship an increase in survivability, represented as temporary hitpoints. Activating an additional Attack Pattern while under these effects will refresh the pool, not stack them.

Eat My Dust I Space Skill When an attacker fires upon the rear arc of your ship, you gain a stacking bonus to your defense, making your ship harder and harder to hit.
Eat My Dust II Space Skill When an attacker fires upon the rear arc of your ship, you gain a stacking bonus to your defense, making your ship harder and harder to hit.	Desperate Flight I Space Skill As the hull of your ship takes increasing amounts of damage, your flight speed and turn rate will rise higher and higher. This bonus is not applied until your Hull is below 80% capacity; and caps out when you are at 20% Hull.	Reckless Abandon Space Skill Activating Evasive Maneuvers now grants you brief immunity to all movement-impairing effects.
	Desperate Flight II Space Skill As the hull of your ship takes increasing amounts of damage, your flight speed and turn rate will rise higher and higher. This bonus is not applied until your Hull is below 80% capacity; and caps out when you are at 20% Hull.

Tier 2

Rock and Roll Space Skill While at Full Stop, or if your engines are Offline, you are still able to utilize your ship's maneuvering thrusters as if the ship retained a small portion of it's base speed and turn rate.
All Shook Up I Space Skill After executing the "Rock and Roll" maneuver, your ship remains more difficult to hit with weapons for a short duration.	Magic Carpet Ride I Space Skill After executing the "Rock and Roll" maneuver, you retain a large turn rate bonus for a short period of time.
All Shook Up II Space Skill After executing the "Rock and Roll" maneuver, your ship remains more difficult to hit with weapons for a short duration.	Magic Carpet Ride II Space Skill After executing the "Rock and Roll" maneuver, you retain a large turn rate bonus for a short period of time.

Tier 3

Turn the Other Cheek I Space Skill Taking damage applies a temporary boost to Shield Hardness on the opposite facing from the one damaged. (All four facings may be enhanced at the same time.)
Turn the Other Cheek II Space Skill Taking damage applies a temporary boost to Shield Hardness on the opposite facing from the one damaged. (All four facings may be enhanced at the same time.)	Thick of It I Space Skill Whenever "Turn the Other Cheek" becomes active on all four of your shield facings at the same time, you are granted a brief period of complete damage immunity. May only occur once every 30 seconds.
Turn the Other Cheek III Space Skill Taking damage applies a temporary boost to Shield Hardness on the opposite facing from the one damaged. (All four facings may be enhanced at the same time.)	Thick of It II Space Skill Whenever "Turn the Other Cheek" becomes active on all four of your shield facings at the same time, you are granted a brief period of complete damage immunity. May only occur once every 30 seconds.

Danger Zone Space Skill You gain a bonus to your damage output for each Foe within 2.0km of your ship. This bonus can stack up to 10 times maximum. (Does not apply to Mines, Turrets or Targetable Torpedoes).
Wing Man Space Skill You gain a bonus to your damage output for each Friend or Foe within 2.0km of your ship. This bonus can stack up to 10 times maximum. (Does not apply to Mines, Turrets or Targetable Torpedoes).	Scratch the Paint Space Skill You become immune to one Warp Core Breach, as long as this is active. Being hit by a Warp Core Breach removes the effect, but it automatically refreshes after some time has passed.	Impulse Drafting I Space Skill Adds a Defense Bonus to each stack of Danger Zone, increasing your Defense for each Foe within 2.0km (and Friend, if "Wing Man" is active).
Impulse Drafting II Space Skill Adds a Defense Bonus to each stack of Danger Zone, increasing your Defense for each Foe within 2.0km (and Friend, if "Wing Man" is active).

Tier 4

Bob and Weave Space Skill When an enemy misses you in combat you take the opportunity to hit them back, right where it hurts. Critical Severity is increased for each stack of "Bob and Weave" (up to 10 max). A successful Critical Hit removes all built up stacks of this buff.
Lone Wolf I Space Skill Any players on your team that are within 10km will automatically Placate foes near them when you activate this, making you the only valid target in range for a short time. You will gain increased Defense and automatic Shield Redistribution for the duration of this ability. The Placate effect is fragile to their own damage. If they continue dealing damage, it will wear off quickly.	Shield Scraping I Space Skill Flying at high speed into the shields of an enemy will drain their shield capacity and reduce their shield's resilience to incoming damage. The magnitude of both effects will scale with the speed at which you scrape against them. You may scrape against enemies once per second, but any enemy recently scraped will be immune to further scraping for 10 seconds.
Lone Wolf II Space Skill Any players on your team that are within 10km will automatically Placate foes near them when you activate this, making you the only valid target in range for a short time. You will gain increased Defense and automatic Shield Redistribution for the duration of this ability. The Placate effect is fragile to their own damage. If they continue dealing damage, it will wear off quickly.	Shield Scraping II Space Skill Flying at high speed into the shields of an enemy will drain their shield capacity and reduce their shield's resilience to incoming damage. The magnitude of both effects will scale with the speed at which you scrape against them. You may scrape against enemies once per second, but any enemy recently scraped will be immune to further scraping for 10 seconds.

Tier 1

Resilient Power Cells I Ground Skill The secondary attacks on your weaponary are more frequently available for use.
Resilient Power Cells II Ground Skill The secondary attacks on your weaponary are more frequently available for use.	Quick Draw I Ground Skill All of your Kit Abilities have their cooldowns reduced.
Resilient Power Cells III Ground Skill The secondary attacks on your weaponary are more frequently available for use.	Quick Draw II Ground Skill All of your Kit Abilities have their cooldowns reduced.

Headshot I Ground Skill While aiming, you are more capable of striking the neemy where it will hurt them the most.
Headshot II Ground Skill While aiming, you are more capable of striking the neemy where it will hurt them the most.	Braced Crouch Ground Skill While crouching, your health will regenerate at an increased rate.	Follow-Through Ground Skill While sprinting, all melee attacks are increased in effectiveness. This effect lingers for a few seconds after you have finished sprinting. You must be moving to gain this benefit.	Wrecking Ball Ground Skill Executing a tactical Roll will leave a small Spatial Mine behind. This mine ca be used to deal damage to nearby enemies.

Tier 2

Juggernaut System Ground Skill Gives the ability to easily knock back nearby opponents simply by rushing into them.
Juggernaut Armor Plating I Ground Skill You are able to gain additional health and damage resistance from any armor you are wearing.	Juggernaut Shiedling I Ground Skill Allows for increased protection from energy weapons and a higher maximum capacity.
Juggernaut Armor Plating II Ground Skill You are able to gain additional health and damage resistance from any armor you are wearing.	Juggernaut Shiedling II Ground Skill Allows for increased protection from energy weapons and a higher maximum capacity.

Tier 1

Maneuvering Thrusters I Space Skill While at Full Stop, or if your engines are Offline, you are still able to utilize your ship's maneuvering thrusters as if the ship retained a small portion of it's base speed and turn rate.
Maneuvering Thrusters II Space Skill While at Full Stop, or if your engines are Offline, you are still able to utilize your ship's maneuvering thrusters as if the ship retained a small portion of it's base speed and turn rate.	Attack Pattern Expertise I Space Skill Activating any Attack Pattern bridge officer ability grants your starship an increase in survivability, represented as temporary hitpoints. Activating an additional Attack Pattern while under these effects will refresh the pool, not stack them.	Back Her Off! Space Skill Your defense and maxmium speed are increased while moving in Reverse.
	Attack Pattern Expertise II Space Skill Activating any Attack Pattern bridge officer ability grants your starship an increase in survivability, represented as temporary hitpoints. Activating an additional Attack Pattern while under these effects will refresh the pool, not stack them.

Eat My Dust I Space Skill When an attacker fires upon the rear arc of your ship, you gain a stacking bonus to your defense, making your ship harder and harder to hit.
Eat My Dust II Space Skill When an attacker fires upon the rear arc of your ship, you gain a stacking bonus to your defense, making your ship harder and harder to hit.	Desperate Flight I Space Skill As the hull of your ship takes increasing amounts of damage, your flight speed and turn rate will rise higher and higher. This bonus is not applied until your Hull is below 80% capacity; and caps out when you are at 20% Hull.	Reckless Abandon Space Skill Activating Evasive Maneuvers now grants you brief immunity to all movement-impairing effects.
	Desperate Flight II Space Skill As the hull of your ship takes increasing amounts of damage, your flight speed and turn rate will rise higher and higher. This bonus is not applied until your Hull is below 80% capacity; and caps out when you are at 20% Hull.

Tier 2

Rock and Roll Space Skill While at Full Stop, or if your engines are Offline, you are still able to utilize your ship's maneuvering thrusters as if the ship retained a small portion of it's base speed and turn rate.
All Shook Up I Space Skill After executing the "Rock and Roll" maneuver, your ship remains more difficult to hit with weapons for a short duration.	Magic Carpet Ride I Space Skill After executing the "Rock and Roll" maneuver, you retain a large turn rate bonus for a short period of time.
All Shook Up II Space Skill After executing the "Rock and Roll" maneuver, your ship remains more difficult to hit with weapons for a short duration.	Magic Carpet Ride II Space Skill After executing the "Rock and Roll" maneuver, you retain a large turn rate bonus for a short period of time.

Tier 1

Forward March Ground Skill Increase Running Speed while Sprinting for you and all nearby teammates.
Communal Targeting Ground Skill Increase Expose Chance for you and all nearby teammates, allowing your team to more frequently create tactical openings.	Lingering Exposure Ground Skill Increase Expose Duration for you and all nearby teammates, allowing your team additional time to react to these openings.	Peripheral Coordination Ground Skill Damage dealt from flanking angles deal less damage than normal for you and all nearby teammates.	True Aim Ground Skill Increase Exploit Damage for you and all nearby teammates, causing you to all deal more collective damage to susceptible enemies.

Expose Weakness I Ground Skill Your energy weapons gain a chance to Expose enemy targets. Your Torpedo weapons will deal a large amount of bonus damage to enemies that are Exposed by this ability.
Expose Weakness II Ground Skill Your energy weapons gain a chance to Expose enemy targets. Your Torpedo weapons will deal a large amount of bonus damage to enemies that are Exposed by this ability.	Tachyon Charges Ground Skill Your Exploit Torpedo attacks will apply an instant drain to the nearest facing of any Exposed targets' shields, in addition to their increased damage.	Violent Detonation I Ground Skill Make the most of the openings created by Expose Weakness. Your Torpedo Exploits now ignore a greater amount of an Exposed foe's damage resistance.
		Violent Detonation II Ground Skill Make the most of the openings created by Expose Weakness. Your Torpedo Exploits now ignore a greater amount of an Exposed foe's damage resistance.

Tier 2

Superfluous Emitters Space & Ground Skill By redirecting energy from monitoring teammates that are not damaged, you can increase the output of your weapons. For each teammate that is near full health (or full hull capacity in space), you will receive a damage bonus.
Energy Signature Flux Space Skill Any incoming shield healing will grant you a short burst of defense bonus, making you more difficult to hit. Max once per 30 seconds.	Lifesign Flux Ground Skill Any incoming shield healing will grant you a short burst of dodge bonus, making you more difficult to hit. Max once per 30 seconds.	Restoration Harmonics Space Skill You and all nearby teammates receive additional hull restoration from all friendly sources.	Restoration Synergy Ground Skill You and all nearby teammates receive additional health restoration from all friendly sources.

Tier 1

Flank Protection I Ground Skill Damage dealt from flanking angles deals less damage than normal.
Flank Protection II Ground Skill Damage dealt from flanking angles deals less damage than normal.	Flank Refraction I Ground Skill Attackers that Flank you have a chacne to be Placated for a short duration.
	Flank Refraction II Ground Skill Attackers that Flank you have a chacne to be Placated for a short duration.
	Flank Refraction III Ground Skill Attackers that Flank you have a chacne to be Placated for a short duration.

Hide Weakness I Space Skill When a shield facing is reduced to zero capacity, gain damage resistance along that arc facing.
Hide Weakness II Space Skill When a shield facing is reduced to zero capacity, gain damage resistance along that arc facing. (Not triggered by Shields Offline)	Automated Reinforcement I Space Skill When a shield facing is reduced to zero capacity, gains hield regeneration to all facings. (Not triggered by Shields Offline)
Hide Weakness III Space Skill When a shield facing is reduced to zero capacity, gain damage resistance along that arc facing. (Not triggered by Shields Offline)	Automated Reinforcement II Space Skill When a shield facing is reduced to zero capacity, gains hield regeneration to all facings. (Not triggered by Shields Offline)

Tier 2

Adaptive Targeting I Space Skill By utilizing an adaptive targeting matrix, your starship can gain increased accuracy whenever an enemy evades your weapon fire.
Adaptive Targeting II Space Skill By utilizing an adaptive targeting matrix, your starship can gain increased accuracy whenever an enemy evades your weapon fire.	Perception Bending Space Skill Your stealth and perception values are directly increased by your current Auxiliary Power level.	Redundant Sensors I Space Skill Any incoming Placate and Confuse effects may be instantly and automatically cleansed as soon as they are applied.
		Redundant Sensors II Space Skill Any incoming Placate and Confuse effects may be instantly and automatically cleansed as soon as they are applied.

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SKILL PLANNING TIPS & SUGGESTIONS

Skill planning can seem very complicated since there is so much to consider. This skill planner aims to make it easier for people to plan out their skills by bringing a lot of information into one place. Even with this tool it can seem complex, so to compliment it here are a few tips and suggestions you can follow to get the most out of your skills. Keep in mind that you don't need to follow this to be successful. They are just a few guidelines to point you in the right direction.

Improve Weaknesses - It is best to choose one type of ship (cruiser, escort, or science) and stick to it. They each have their strengths and weaknesses which you should learn about as you use that ship type. For example, cruisers have slower turn rates and escorts have weaker shields. As you play with a ship type you'll learn about it and then can put points into skills that will improve that weakness. So if your ship moves too slow, you'll put points into skills that boost engine power and turn rate. You need to find what you don't like about the ship and compensate for it.
Become Stronger - On that same note, ships also have strengths. For example, escorts can deal a ton of damage. Knowing your ship's strengths is helpful so that you can put points into skills that will make you even stronger in those areas. If your ship can take a lot of damage, put points into skills that boost shield and hull so that it can take even more damage.
Spending Skill Points - It is a good idea to put a maximum of 6 points into the various skills that you need. The last 3 points give a very small bonus which you can do without. This allows you to spend more points in more places. If there are skills where you feel you absolutely need all 9 points, feel free to do that.
Maximum Skill Points - You'll notice that each rank has a maximum number of skill points and both ground and space have a maximum number of points you can put into each. I can't tell you how many points to spend in both space and ground beause that is a matter of preference, however I do suggest that for each rank you have:
- Lieutenant - 33,000 skill points
- Lt. Commander - 93,000 skill points
- Commander - 173,000 skill points
- Captain - 263,000 skill points
- Admiral - 366,000 skill points
This will give you the right amount of balance in each and also make sure you have enough points to fill up the higher rank skills.

SKILL PLANNER HELP

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The Toolbar
In the toolbar you can set your Faction, Career, and Rank. There is also an option for a Description which allows you to explain what your build is about. This is primarily used in the Build Sharing page. Also, you can write Build Notes which can be used for a reminder, to explain certain things, or anything else.

The Save and Load buttons allow you to save or load your builds from the site or a file. Keep in mind that to easily load your build from the site, you must be logged in. There is also a Print Skill Tree option which wil let you print out only the skill tree.

The General Suggestions button gives tips and suggetions on how to create your build.

Ship Tab
The ship tab gives you a list of all ships that are avilable for your faction. You can choose any of those ships for your build and then setup the various options that appear.

Bridge Officer Slots
On the left side, under the ship's image, is a list of all bridge officer slots for the ship you chose. Clicking on any of the ability slots will open up a window where you can choose a bridge officer ability for that slot. Make sure you choose the Save Bridge Officer button to save it. If a bridge officer slot is Universal, you'll need to choose the career and than choose the abilities.

Equipment Slots
In the middle you'll see a list of equipment slots for your ship. Clicking on any of the slots will allow you to choose from a list of options in order to setup that item. Some items provide abilities which will be displayed in the Abilites from Items and Sets box on the right. More information below.

Abilities
On the right side are two boxes. At the top is the Unlocked Player Ship Abilities box. This is a list of all ship abilities that you unlock as you increase in level. You can check all of them or just the ones you used most often. Checking an ability will show recommendations for it in the Skill Tree tab if it is affected by a Skill. Underneath that is the Abilities from Items and Sets box. This will hold a list of all possible abilities that you can get from the various items you have chosen in your build.

Character Tab

The character tab allows you to setup your equipment, away tema, and abilities based on your career and your away team officers' careers.

Equipment Slots
On the left you'll see a list of equipment slots for your character. Clicking on any of the slots will allow you to choose from a list of options in order to setup that item. Some items provide abilities which will be displayed in the Abilities from Items and Sets box on the right. More information below.

Away Team
In the middle you can set up all four of your away team officers. Choose the career of your officer and then click on any of the four ability slots to choose that officer's ground abilities. Make sure you choose the Save Bridge Officer button to save it.

Abilities
On the right side are two boxes. At the top is the Unlocked Player Ground Abilities box. This is a list of all ground abilities that you unlock as you increase in level. You can check all of them or just the ones you used most often. Checking an ability will show recommendations for it in the Skill Tree tab if it is affected by a Skill. Underneath that is the Abilities from Items and Sets box. This will hold a list of all possible abilities that you can get from the various items you have chosen in your build.

Skill Tree
The skill tree tab is a replica of the skill tree in Star Trek Online. It show how many skill points you have used and have remaining. You have the option to disable requirements which means you can put points anywhere you want. The Reset Skill Points button will reset the entire skill tree.

Clicking on any skill will display the description for it. There is a feature that allows you to read a simpler description of the skill for people who may not understand what the game's description says. If this skill affects any abilities, they will be listed at the bottom of the description.

The upper left corner of the skill boxes shows a number. This number is how many abilities that the skill affects. If there is a star in the upper right corner, that means this skill is suggested for your setup. Finally, there are two arrow buttons. The blue ones increase and decrease the points one at a time. The red ones completely fill or empty the points. You can also double click on a skill and enter the number of points you want to add.

Mobile Devices
While using the skill tree, tap on a skill to add skill points to it. Tap and hold to view the description of that skill.

Suggestions and Error Reporting
If you have any suggestions, comments, or wish to report an error or bug please use our Contact page.

Skill Planner Blog

What is the Skill Planner Blog?
A small blog so you can easily keep up to date with what's going on with the skill planner.

May 31, 2014
Well it's been nearly a month since I made a post. I'm not really good at keeping up with this haha! Anyway for those of you that check this micro-blog, I just want to let you know that as soon as I complete the Counter-Command reputation I'll be going over it to see what I'm missing from the skill planner.

April 22, 2014
Woohoo! It's finally here! Go ahead, I dare you to log onto the STO Academy site from your phone or tablet and check out the skill planner! I just want to let you know that the new reputation system as well as the new ships will be added this week if not today.

April 21, 2014
The site and skill planner are being updated! You'll now be able to easily use the skill planner on your mobile devices. As for updates to the planner, you'll be able to choose up to 5 kit abilities instead of choosing just an actual kit. Unfortunately your current kit information will be lost, but displaying your abilities like this is better than showing which kit you own. If I can't get the new reputation system into the update on the April 22nd then I'll definitely get it into the planner sometime this week.

April 9, 2014
Okay it's been almost a month since my last post... whoops. I've actually been busy with real life stuff and getting the new STO Academy site ready for Season 9. It's looking really awesome! The entire site (including the skill planner) will be useable across all your devices. It's a huge step forward which I'm excited to release. At the time of writing this I'm still in the middle of getting the skill planner ready for this and for Season 9.

In case you didn't hear, I won't be releasing any updates to the skill planner until the new site is released. It's just too much work and I'd rather focus on one major update across the entire site instead of tiny updates here and there. If you haven't done so already, check me out on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ because I'll be releasing some screenshots of the new site here occasionally.

March 15, 2014
New updates today! As some of you may have heard, kits are being revamped in the game for Season 9. The skill planner will be updated to match this. My plan is to remove all current kit information, then allow you to choose up to 5 abilities for your kit. This is only my plan for now. As I play around and look at how the new kits work on Tribble my plan may change. You may also have noticed I removed the "upcoming updates" bar to the right. I did that because I really haven't been keeping it up to date and felt it wasn't fair to keep inaccurate information here.

March 2, 2014
I know updates have been coming along slowly for the planner but hopefully I made up for it this weekend. Yesterday and today I released a bunch of updates which mostly added missing equipment and icons. Eventually I'll be going over the ships and adding in missing ship images (I know there are a bunch).

The skill planner is far from perfect but it's great thanks to your help! I've been thinking over an idea for the coming months. I'd like to build an entire community based around the skill planner. I haven't worked out the details yet but essentially it'll be place where everyone can discuss builds, ask/answer questions, have their builds reviewed and improved, and things like that. I'll definitely provide more information as I come up with it.

February 23, 2014
I released some more updates today while waiting to hear back from my hosting company about the server issues. Enjoy the updates!

February 22, 2014
So I've added the Dyson ships and Secondary Deflectors to the skill planner. I know some equipment is missing so feel free to contact me and let me know about it. There has been some issues with the server so I'll need to take care of that before doing anything else with the skill planner.

February 15, 2014
The skill planner search page now displays a percentage of how much of the build is complete. This should give a better idea of which builds contain more information than others and therefore make it easier to find the build you're looking for.

February 9, 2014
I know a lot of people have come to me about finding empty builds. Most of the builds are probably pre-version 5 which didn't have that information. I've been thinking of a way to filter them out of the search but haven't had a chance to do anything yet. As for builds that you find throughout the internet, if they are empty then ask whoever posted it to update the build/link.

Unfortunately I haven't had time to do anything with the skill planner yet. I know there are some updates that need to be added but my free time has been limited *sad face*. I'll do my best to get some updates out by Tuesday the 18th. Pray that I get some free time haha! By the way, I'd just like to thank everyone who supports the planner with bug reports and encouragement, I really appreciate it.

February 1, 2014
Hey everyone! I've started working on adding secondary deflectors to the skill planner, however I don't think I'll have it ready for release until I've unlocked at least one of the Dyson ships in game. This also means that the Dyson ships won't be added until I'm satisfied with how the secondary deflector is setup in the skill planner. Sorry for the delay. I'll work as quickly as possible!