In this second installment of Developer Insights, we’re handing things off to Domen—known to many of you as D—a Senior Product Manager deeply involved in the Wrath of Khan arc. Here, D shares his personal take on navigating and conquering Priority 1 Away Team Assignments in Star Trek Fleet Command.

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Hey-hey, fellow Fleet Commanders!

D here, bringing you some strategies for dealing with Priority 1 Away Teams—because let’s face it, between the pressure to max your Officer Stats and occasionally locking up your key Officers for days, it can get intense.

In this article, we’re going to look at how to best increase your chances of success.

Maximize Your Officer Stats

We’ve all done it—focused heavily on getting our favorite Officers while ignoring their basic Health, Attack, and Defense stats. But for Priority 1 Away Teams, those stats matter.

Recommendations:

• Rank Up Your Officers: As you level up Officers, their stats will increase and they will be able to achieve higher success chances in Away Team Assignments.
• Key Stat is Key: When running an Away Team Assignment, pay attention to the “KEY STAT” outlined for every Assignment just above the “Chance of Success” string. Depending on an Away Team Assignment, focus heavily on its key stat, which will be either Health, Attack, or Defense.
• Prioritize Officer Stat Research:
  • [Away Teams Tree] Priority 1: Tactical Aggression: +1200% to Officer Attack Stat
  • [Away Teams Tree] Priority 1: Hypospray Technology: +1200% to Officer Health Stat
  • [Away Teams Tree] Priority 1: Rerouting to Shields: +1200% to Officer Defense Stat 
  • [Away Teams Tree] Tactical Aggression: +45% to Officer Attack Stat
  • [Away Teams Tree] Hypospray Technology: +45% to Officer Health Stat
  • [Away Teams Tree] Rerouting to Shields: +45% to Officer Defense Stat 
  • … and additional nodes found in the other Research Trees
• Upgrade Fleet Commander Khan’s “My Old Friends” On Duty Skill
  • It will provide you with a 1250% bonus to all Officer Stats
• Upgrade the Mess Hall
  • At level 99, the Mess Hall will provide you with a 1100% all Officer Stats Bonus
• Upgrade the Nero’s Trident Artifact
  • At level 12, it will provide you with a 1500% bonus to all Officer Stats

Important to remember: the Officer Stats do not stop providing value after you have reached a 100% Success Chance. All Priority 1 Away Team Assignments can be boosted to yield double rewards (x2 multiplier) if your Officer Stats are high enough.

A Practical Example of Increasing Success Chances

The following example is based on my own account in a test environment. This is a G5 account and my Mess Hall was at level 61, with smaller research nodes unlocked for bonus Officer Stats.

Start: Pan maxed, Khan rank 4, Ten of Eleven rank 2 (level 10).

After One Officer Upgrade: Ten of Eleven boosted to rank 3 (level 15) showed immediate improvement.

After Research Boost: Priority 1: Tactical Aggression at Level 8 (400% base Officer Attack Stat increase).

Fleet Commander Khan’s Skill: Fully upgraded for extra stats.

Artifact Upgrade: Nero’s Trident at level 8 (700% boost)—major impact.

Now imagine upgrading several Officers—yeah, it’s worth the effort!

Invest in Trait XP

Officer Traits, backed by Trait XP, significantly ramp up your Critical Success Chance, unlocking better rewards.

Quick Trait Guide:

• Epic: 3 Traits
• Rare: 2 Traits
• Uncommon: 1 Trait
• Common: No Traits

When it comes to Standard and Priority 1 Away Team Assignments, both offer significant additional value upon Critical Success. With Priority 1 Away Teams, expect to gain access to rare resources such as Rare/Epic Officer Shards, Uncommon/Rare Ship Parts (G4-G6), Rare/Epic Refined Materials (G3-G6), and more. 

Be sure to filter Officer by Traits before starting an Away Team Assignment. This will outline the Officers that may be your best bets in order to be able to achieve a Critical Success.

New Traits & Officers in Action:

• Epic WoK Marcus: Intelligent, Resilient, Confident
• Epic WoK Joachim: Loyal, Pragmatic, Wrathful
• Rare WoK McCoy: Passionate, Loyal
• More traits coming soon (like Disciplined, coming in our next update)

Where to Find Trait XP:

• Away Teams Daily Goal: Complete the Daily Goal once per day and claim a moderate amount of Trait XP as the completion reward
• Augment Faction Planetary Charts Claim: Exchange Common Wrath Credits in order to claim Trait XP, Planetary Charts, and Assignment Speed-Ups
• Bajoran Faction Uncommon Loot Exchange: Exchange Uncommon Dominion Solo Armada Credits in order to acquire extra Trait XP and other rewards
• Additionally, Trait XP is available in the store.

Critical Success in Action

Before Traits: Base success is low–no officers have traits.

After Maxing Traits: Huge improvement. Officers feature maxed Calculated, Miner, and Passionate Traits. 

Speed It Up With Away Team Speed-Ups

Away Team Speed-Ups are heavily encouraged with the Priority 1 Away Team Assignments, and can greatly alleviate issues, such as officers being locked away for 4+ days because they are required to be a Team Leader.

Sourcing of the Away Team Speed-Ups is available in the following locations:

• Away Teams Daily Goal: Complete the Daily Goal once per day and claim a small amount of Away Team Speed-Ups as the completion reward (this reward does not include Sigma Away Team Speed-Ups)
• Augment Faction Planetary Charts Claim: Exchange Common Wrath Credits in order to claim Trait XP, Planetary Charts, and Assignment Speed-Ups (this includes their Sigma variants)

That’s a wrap from me—now get out there and dominate those Away Teams!

Catch you in-game. LLAP!