Rank

Starfleet ranks are denoted by collar pips, the 4 pips here denoted the rank of Captain

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.

Player characters

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	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

Rewards

Level	Rewards
0	Cadet/TOS Starfleet Lieutenant Junior Grade/Warrior/Citizen/Fifth • First Bridge Officers
1	Lieutenant/Fourth • New ship • Unlock Transwarp
2	• Space Ability: Evasive Maneuvers (9,000 Experience Points earned) • Access to: Patrol / Empire Defense missions
3	• Access to: Fleet Action Missions
4	• Ground Ability: Target Optics (Tactical), Reroute Power to Shields (Engineering), Tricorder Scan (Science) (15,000 Experience Points earned) • Unlock Injuries on Advanced/Elite
5	• Unlock PvP • Bridge Officer Awarded
7	• Space Ability: Attack Pattern Alpha (Tactical), Rotate Shield Frequency (Engineering), Sensor Scan (Science) (24,000 Experience Points earned)
8	• Bridge Officer Awarded
10	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)
11	• Duty Officer System unlocked • 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	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)
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	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)
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	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)
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	Rear Admiral II/Major General/Subadmiral II/Senior First (313,500 Experience Points earned) • Bridge Officer Awarded
47	• Space Ability: Tactical Fleet (Tactical), Engineering Fleet (Engineering), Science Fleet (Science) (333,000 Experience Points earned)
50	Vice Admiral/Lieutenant General/Elite First (366,000 Experience Points earned) • Space Ability: Quantum Slipstream Drive • Reputation System unlocked • 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)
51	• Unlock Captain Specialization system • 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	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	Starfleet Fleet Admiral Fleet Admiral/Dahar Master/Honored First (491,000 Experience Points earned) • New Personal trait slots (1 ground, 1 space)
61	• New free ship (shorter list)
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

Ship Requisitions

At levels 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, and 61 players receive a free ship requisition token which can be used to buy one of the following ships:

† Only available for free for 600-day Veterans or by using the Vice Admiral Starship Requisition Token, granted at Level 61

Bridge officers

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	Required
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

Ranks for ground and space NPCs are similar to bridge officer ranks and denote their difficulty.

	Ground	Space
	Neophyte	Fighter
	Ensign	Frigate
	Lieutenant	Cruiser/Escort/Science Vessel
	Commander	Battleship
	Captain	Dreadnought
		Capital Ship

Other usage

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.