Rank
In Star Trek Online, ranks denote the level of a character or NPC. Ranks are taken from those ranks used in Star Trek which they themselves, in the case of Starfleet are derived from the U.S. Navy. Higher ranks denote more powerful NPCs and unlock new abilities and systems to the player.
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Player characters[edit | edit source]
A player's character progress through various ranks, comprised of between 5 and 10 levels. The character progresses to higher levels by earning Experience Points 
via playing the game (i.e., killing NPC or player enemies, completing missions/assignments and so on). Players will earn Space and Ground points as they level up, which can be invested in skill tree to improve and individualize the character.
New systems (e.g., Duty Officers, Crafting or Admiralty) and various player abilities are unlocked at specific levels (see below). At each new rank, a new tier of playable starships, the next column of the skill tree, as well as a new Personal trait slot are unlocked.
In addition, a player unlocks new pips or uniform decorations that can be attached to their uniform at a Tailor.
| Levels | Starship Tier | Rank   |
Rank  |
Rank  |
Rank  |
Rank  [1] |
Experience points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Tier 1 | Cadet | Lieutenant Junior Grade | Warrior | Citizen | Fifth | 0 |
| 1 | Lieutenant | Fourth | 6,500 | ||||
| 10 | Tier 2 | Lieutenant Commander | Centurion | Third | 33,500 | ||
| 20 | Tier 3 | Commander | Subcommander | Second | 93,500 | ||
| 30 | Tier 4 | Captain | Commander | First | 173,500 | ||
| 40 | Tier 5 | Rear Admiral, Lower Half | Brigadier General | Subadmiral I | Master First | 263,500 | |
| 45 | Rear Admiral, Upper Half | Major General | Subadmiral II | Senior First | 313,500 | ||
| 50 | Tier 5-U Tier 6 |
Vice Admiral | Lieutenant General | Vice Admiral | Elite First | 366,000 | |
| 55 | Admiral | General | Admiral | Revered First | 428,500 | ||
| 60 | Fleet Admiral | Dahar Master | Fleet Admiral | Honored First | 491,000 | ||
| 65 | 578,500 | ||||||
| Spec.[2] | 155,872[2] | ||||||
Rewards[edit | edit source]
| Level | Rewards |
|---|---|
| 0 |    .png){kind=icon} Cadet/TOS Starfleet Lieutenant Junior Grade/Warrior/Citizen/Fifth • Starting Personal trait slots (3 ground, 3 space) • Further starting Personal trait slots (Alien captains only, 1 ground, 1 space) • 4 Starting Bridge Officer slots • First Bridge Officers[1] • Gear Mark II unlocked |
| 1 |    .png){kind=icon} Lieutenant/Fourth (6,500 Experience Points earned) • New ship •  Unlock Transwarp (Federation characters only)
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| 2 | • Space Ability: Evasive Maneuvers (9,500[2]Experience Points earned) • Access to: Patrol / Empire Defense missions |
| 3 | • Access to: Fleet Action Missions (12,500 Experience Points earned) |
| 4 | • Ground Ability: Target Optics (Tactical), Reroute Power to Shields (Engineering), Tricorder Scan (Science) (15,000 Experience Points earned) • Unlock Injuries on Advanced/Elite •  Unlock Transwarp (Klingon Empire characters only)
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| 5 | • Unlock Skills (18,500 Experience Points earned) •  Unlock PvP (Federation/Klingon Empire characters only) • Bridge Officer Awarded[1] |
| 7 | • Space Ability: Attack Pattern Alpha (Tactical), Rotate Shield Frequency (Engineering), Sensor Scan (Science) (24,500 Experience Points earned) |
| 8 | • Bridge Officer Awarded[1] |
| 10 |    .png){kind=icon} Lieutenant Commander/Centurion/Third (33,500 Experience Points earned) • New free ship & permission to buy Tier 2 ships • New Personal trait slots (1 ground, 1 space) • 2 New Bridge Officer slots (Gold accounts only) •  Unlock Transwarp (Romulan Republic characters only) • Unlock PvP (Romulan Republic characters only) • Gear Mark IV unlocked |
| 11 | • Duty Officer System unlocked (39,500 Experience Points earned) • Initial Duty Officer Cadre • Bridge Officer Awarded |
| 12 | • Space Ability: Brace for Impact (45,000 Experience Points earned) |
| 14 | • Ground Ability: Fire on my Mark (Ground) (Tactical), Cover Shield (Engineering), Neural Neutralizer (Science) (57,000 Experience Points earned) |
| 15 | • Research and Development system unlocked • Bridge Officer Awarded |
| 17 | • Space Ability: Fire on my Mark (Space) (Tactical), EPS Power Transfer (Engineering), Subnucleonic Beam (Science) (75,000 Experience Points earned) |
| 18 | • Duty Officers awarded |
| 20 |    .png){kind=icon} Commander/Subcommander/Second (93,500 Experience Points earned) • New free ship & permission to buy Tier 3 ships • New Personal trait slots (1 ground, 1 space) • 1 New Bridge Officer slot • 1 Further New Bridge Officer slot (Gold accounts only) • Gear Mark VI unlocked |
| 22 | • Space Ability: Ramming Speed (99,000 Experience Points earned) |
| 23 | • Duty Officers awarded |
| 24 | • Ground Ability: Tactical Initiative (Tactical), Support Drone Fabrication (Engineering), Dampening Field (Science) (115,000 Experience Points earned) |
| 25 | • Bridge Officer Awarded |
| 27 | • Space Ability: Tactical Initiative (Tactical), Nadion Inversion (Engineering), Scattering Field (Science) (149,000 Experience Points earned) |
| 30 |    .png){kind=icon} Captain/Commander/First (173,500 Experience Points earned) • New free ship & permission to buy Tier 4 ships • New Personal trait slots (1 ground, 1 space) • Gear Mark VIII unlocked |
| 31 | • Duty Officers awarded |
| 32 | • Space Ability: Threatening Stance (191,000 Experience Points earned) |
| 34 | • Ground Ability: Security Escort (Tactical), Orbital Strike (Engineering), Nanoprobe Infestation (Science) (209,000 Experience Points earned) |
| 35 | • Bridge Officer Awarded |
| 37 | • Space Ability: Go Down Fighting (Tactical), Miraculous Repairs (Engineering), Photonic Fleet (Science) (236,000 Experience Points earned) |
| 38 | • Space Ability: Relocate Mines (245,000 Experience Points earned) |
| 40 |    .png){kind=icon} Rear Admiral I/Brigadier General/Subadmiral I/Master First (265,000 Experience Points earned) • New free ship & permission to buy Tier 5 ships • New Personal trait slots (1 ground, 1 space) • 1 New Bridge Officer slot • 1 Further New Bridge Officer slot (Gold accounts only) • Gear Mark X unlocked |
| 41 | • Duty Officers awarded |
| 42 | • Space Ability: Fleet Support (283,000 Experience Points earned) • Unlock Daily PvP missions |
| 44 | • Ground Ability: Strike Team (Tactical), Engineering Proficiency (Engineering), Scientific Aptitude (Science) (303,000 Experience Points earned) • Unlock Special Task Force missions |
| 45 |    .png){kind=icon} Rear Admiral II/Major General/Subadmiral II/Senior First (313,500 Experience Points earned) • Bridge Officer Awarded • Gear Mark XII unlocked |
| 47 | • Space Ability: Tactical Fleet (Tactical), Engineering Fleet (Engineering), Science Fleet (Science) (333,000 Experience Points earned) |
| 50 |    .png){kind=icon} Vice Admiral/Lieutenant General/Elite First (366,000 Experience Points earned) • Sector Space Ability: Quantum Slipstream Drive • Unlock Reputation System • Permission to buy Tier 6 ships and upgrade Tier 5 ships (unlock Starship Mastery) • Unlock Daily PvP missions • New Personal trait slots (1 ground, 1 space) • 1 New Bridge Officer slot (Silver accounts only) • Gear Mark XIV unlocked |
| 51 | • Unlock Specializations • Duty Officers awarded |
| 52 | • New rank of Space Ability: Fleet Support Rank III • Admiralty System unlocked |
| 54 | • New ranks of Ground Abilities: Strike Team III (Tactical), Engineering Proficiency III (Engineering), Scientific Aptitude III (Science) (416,000 Experience Points earned) |
| 55 |    .png){kind=icon} Admiral/General/Revered First (428,500 Experience Points earned) • Bridge Officer awarded |
| 57 | • New ranks of Space Abilities: Tactical Fleet III (Tactical), Engineering Fleet III (Engineering), Science Fleet III (Science) (453,500 Experience Points earned) |
| 60[3] |    .png){kind=icon} Fleet Admiral/Dahar Master/Honored First (491,000 Experience Points earned) • Unlock Endeavor System • New Personal trait slots (1 ground, 1 space) • 1 New Bridge Officer slot (Silver accounts only) • Gear Mark XV unlocked |
| 61 | • Vice Admiral Starship Requisition Token (New free ship) |
| 62 | • Any Single Bridge Officer Specialization Manual |
| 63 | • Fleet Admiral Space Ability: Vulnerability Assessment Sweep (Tactical), Intrusive Energy Redirection (Engineering), Co-opt Energy Weapons (Science) (543,500 Experience Points earned) |
| 64 | • Gamma Quadrant Duty Officers Cadre |
| 65 | • Admiralty Hero Ship Card: C.U.V. Tain |
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Players of each faction receive a specific set of bridge officers over the course of their respective tutorials and early storyline.
- ↑ Level 2 is awarded once 9,500 Experience Points have been earned, however in-game GUI displays an outdated lower requirement of 9,000. The same display shortfall of 500 Experience Points applies to some subsequent levels below, but not all, e.g. level 10 has no discrepancy at 33,500 Experience Points.
- ↑
Dominion captains start at level 60 with most unlocks and rewards listed here already applied cumulatively for both level 60 and all the preceding levels. Exceptions are:
- Only 1 free ship, tier 5-U (vs 6 for other captains by level 60, tiers 1-5)
- Only 7 free Bridge Officers, all bound (vs 12 for other captains by level 60, 4 bound + 8 tradeable)
- Only 49 free Duty Officers, all bound (vs 51 for other captains by level 60, 39 bound + 12 tradeable)
Ship Requisitions[edit | edit source]
At levels 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 (600-day Veterans only) and 61 players receive a free Starship Requisition token. Each token can be used to buy one of the following ships:
† Only available for free from level 50 for 600-day Veterans. Otherwise available for free by using the Vice Admiral Starship Requisition Token, granted at level 61
Bridge officers[edit | edit source]
Bridge officers have four ranks, each one unlocking higher rank powers. Officers are promoted by expending Expertise 
on them.
The lowest Bridge officer rank names differ slightly from those used for players as players start from Cadet, Warrior and Citizen and are promoted past Ensign, Bekk and Uhlan in the tutorial. Likewise, Dominion players are promoted straight to Elder First.
| Abilities |  Rank
|
 Rank
|
 Rank
|
 Rank
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Required
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ensign | Bekk | Citizen | Fifth | n/a |
| 2 | Lieutenant | Fourth | 1,100
| ||
| 3 | Lieutenant Commander | Centurion | Third | 2,300
| |
| 4 | Commander | Subcommander | Second | 3,600
| |
Note that some very rare special bridge officers will always display a Starfleet/KDF rank, even for Romulan Republic players, who might thus have a BOff with the rank "Commander" (= Subcommander).
NPCs[edit | edit source]
Ranks for ground and space NPCs are similar to bridge officer ranks and denote their difficulty.
| Ground | Space | |
|---|---|---|
|
Neophyte | Fighter |
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Ensign | Frigate |
|
Lieutenant | Cruiser/Escort/Science Vessel |
|
Commander | Battleship |
|
Captain[1] | Dreadnought |
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Captain[1] | Capital Ship |
Other usage[edit | edit source]
In addition, there are other tier ranking systems in-game:
- The duty officer system is currently composed of four "commendation ranks", for each commendation category.
- The holdings of the Fleet Advancement System are leveled up through different "tiers".
- The personal Reputation System also lets your character progress through six "tiers" in each reputation faction.
