
This allows ships to boost their sensor range (Defensive stance), or their weapon range and missile salvo size (Offensive stance) and is therefore the best option for dealing damage using Battlestars, Rangers, Minotaurs, and Adamants. The Decisive Leader skill, combined with CIC upgrades, can provide greatly enhanced stance bonuses, as high as +10 or +11. These skills improve the system's effectiveness, not its health or resistance to enemy attack.Ĭaptain Skills usually affect only the ship the officer is on.ĬIC officers' experience gain is particularly helpful in reaching the other skills in the tree, and is always a good choice. CIC officers are the most flexible, and should be your first pick.įleet skill upgrades become available at ranks 2 to 5. Each rank adds +1 strength to that subsystem. All officers share this tree.įleet point ranks become available at Ranks 2, 4, 6, and 8.įleet Skills improve a specific subsystem, for the entire fleet. With each ship in the fleet costing a certain number of Fleet Points, choosing this skill will allow for larger fleets, to a fixed cap of seven ships. It is not possible to "stack" skills, and skill points must be distributed evenly across at least two of the three branches.Ĭommand Skills improve the number of Fleet Points available to the fleet. Officers can also be promoted early by spending additional Requisition Points instead of gaining EXP. Upon promotion, an officer will gain a skill point that can be assigned to one of three skills - a System skill, affecting the entire fleet a Command skill, common to all officers, that expands the point limit of the fleet or a Flagship-specific Captain skill, that affects only the ship the officer is on. Once an officer has gained enough experience, they can be promoted. Rank 2 Officers (officers with one promotion already) are rarer, and cost 150 RP. Selecting the officer in your list of current officers, and then selecting Assign, will allow you to select from your various fleets an individual ship for your officer to move his or her flag to. A hired officer will be added to your list of current officers, and must then be assigned to a fleet. To hire an officer, open the Officers screen from the map layer, then select Recruitment to see the list of officer candidates. The amount of RP required to promote the officer in this case, the officer has enough experience to rank up for free.Įach of the colonies, provided they are still in the Quorum of Twelve, will provide officers to the recruitment pool.Fluff information the officer's birthplace and gender.The fleet point budget in this example, the fleet this officer is assigned to can have 5000 fleet points.The current location of the fleet this officer is assigned to in this example, Sagitteron.The officer's Leadership skill, which influences Ship Posture.The officer's experience points, out of how many points are required to level up.The officer's name, currently uncustomizable.The screenshot on the right indicates information about each officer.

Ensure the flagship of the fleet is well defended. Officers will be assigned to an individual ship within that fleet, and will be killed if that ship is destroyed. Officers provide powerful bonuses, and allow for fleets to have a larger Fleet Point budget. At 15000/15000 EXP, this officer has reached maximum level.ĭuring the campaign, you will be spending Requisition Points to recruit various Officers for your fleets.
