Trait: Efficient/boff

Efficient is an in-game bridge officer trait.

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Basic Information

• Game Description: Provides a bonus to efficiency stats, improving the effectiveness of many of your power management.
• Species that will always have the trait: None
• Species that might have the trait: Lethean, Liberated Borg, Saurian

Functionality

Efficient increases a system's power levels more when at lower power settings, based on the following formula:

    SystemPowerBonus = (SystemEfficiency/533.333...) x (75 - SystemPowerLevel)(outdated)(corrected 10/8/2013

Where SystemEfficiency is the value from the skill Starship Warp Efficiency and SystemPowerLevel is the setting you select (i.e. 25, 50, 75, 100).

For example, if you have an efficient captain (+10 efficiency to all systems), an efficient bridge officer (+5 efficiency to all systems), and have maxed out Starship Warp Efficiency (+99 efficiency to all systems) you would see:

    SystemPowerBonus = (114/533.333..) x (75 - SystemPowerLevel)
                 at 15 power: +12.825 power
                 at 45 power: +6.4125 power
                 at 75 power: +0 power
    

Thus, the most economical use is where you typically have low power settings as there is no effect once you're at a power setting of 75 or greater.

Detailed Information

	Efficient
	+5 Starship Shield Efficiency +5 Starship Engine Efficiency +5 Starship Energy Weapon Efficiency +5 Starship Auxiliary Systems Efficiency
Lethean	Possible
Liberated Borg	Possible
Saurian	Possible

Stacking

This trait stacks with both the player trait Efficient Captain and additional bridge officers with Efficient.

Notes & References

• Previous to the July 28th, 2011 Patch only Uncommon Saurians had the chance to receive this trait.
• Lethean bridge officers were added to the game with Season 5.