- This article refers to the starship item consoles. For a list of console commands, see the List of console commands article
Consoles are equipable starship items that augment the ship's systems. Some consoles provide bonuses to your captain's skills, indirectly improving your abilities, while others provide direct bonuses to weapons, shields, or other systems.
Console types
There are 4 types of console which can be used on 3 different console slots:
- Engineering Consoles, including Advanced Engineering Armor Consoles and Advanced Engineering RCS Consoles
- Science Consoles, including Threat-Scaling Science Consoles
- Tactical Consoles
- Universal Consoles
Engineering, science and tactical consoles are used in their respective slots. A universal console can be used in any slot.
Obtaining consoles
Usual consoles such as most of the engineering, science and tactical consoles can be obtained via Drops, the Dilithium Store or the Exchange. There’s no vendor selling consoles for Energy Credits.
The Crafting skill can also be used to make usual consoles.
There are also more special consoles which can only be acquired as:
- Purchasing a new ship via the Cryptic Store
- Mission rewards
- Retail exclusive
- Purchased from a Fleet Embassy via Fleet Advancement System