Q: How much Zen will it cost to upgrade my starship? A: We have not finalized the cost, but it is likely to be somewhere between $5 and $10. Q: Which ships will be free to upgrade? A: All Lockbox and Lobi starships, 1000 Day Veteran Destroyers, Duty Officer promotional starships, and the Dyson, Breen and Risian event starships will all qualify for a free T5-U upgrade. Q: So, if I pay for an upgrade on a starship, that upgraded starship will be available to all my characters that can fly that ship? A: Correct! You only need to pay the upgrade fee once. Q: What actions give skill points to increase my Starship Mastery level? A: Only defeating enemy starships will yield skill points for your Starship Mastery. Q: Will there be any story content that requires a T5-U or T6 starship? A: Absolutely not. Our goal here is to allow players to play through all of the game’s story content without requiring the purchase of a starship. Owning one of these top notch ships will certainly give you an edge, but story content isn’t designed to require these ships. Q: Are the passive abilities between T5-U and T6 ships of the same ship category the same? Or are the abilities found on the T6 ships better? A: Starship Mastery passive abilities are identical between T5-U and T6 starships. The only difference between these ships in Starship Mastery is that T6 ships have a Starship Trait that can be unlocked at Level 5 whereas T5-U ships’ Starship Mastery progression ends at Level 4 and they don’t have a Starship Trait to be unlocked.

Please note that everything detailed here is subject to change due to feedback. We also encourage you to hop onto our test server Tribble to experience this system first hand when it becomes available.

Phil “Gorngonzolla” Zeleski

Systems Lead

Star Trek Online