Player ability

Player specific abilities (sometimes referred to in game as powers and by other players as player leveled abilities) are earned as you spend skill points and achieve higher ranks and grades. Whilst you may be at a specific level, you will not unlock the corresponding ability until you have spent enough skill points. The table below is a list of abilities you will be granted as you achieve a certain rank and grade. For each rank you earn:

• Universal space abilities at grade 3
• Profession-specific ground abilities at grade 5
• Profession-specific space ability at grade 8

Starting at Lieutenant Commander, all previously owned skills (i.e. Lieutenant skills at Lt. Comm.) will upgrade to their next rank once you achieve it through skill point rank up (you must hit Lt. Comm. 1, not just Lt. 11). An an example, Tactical Lieutenants at grade 5 will recive the Target Optics I ability. At Lt Commander 5, they will receive rank II, and at Commander 5, Rank III.

In ground combat players also share bridge officer abilities which they can use through the use of a Kit. For a list of those abilities see the bridge officer abilities article.

You may also want to check out the Abilities and Skills Database by Adimal!

Career Specific Abilities

The table below shows both ground and space abilities that players of all professions will receive during their character's career. It only shows when players receive the first rank of a new ability. Secondary and tertiary ranks of the ability are gained as the player ranks up, which is explained above.

Rank	Tactical	Engineering	Science
Lieutenant	Target Optics Attack Pattern Alpha	Reroute Power to Shields Rotate Shield Frequency	Tricorder Scan Sensor Scan
Lt Commander	Fire on my Mark (Ground) Fire on my Mark (Space)	Cover Shield EPS Power Transfer	Neural Neutralizers Subnucleonic Beam
Commander	Tactical Initiative (Ground) Tactical Initiative (Space)	Support Drone Fabrication Nadion Inversion	Dampening Field (Ground) Dampening Field (Space)
Captain	Security Escort Go Down Fighting	Orbital Strike Miracle Worker	Nanoprobe Infestation Photonic Fleet
Admiral & General	-	-	-

Shared Abilities

The table below shows both ground and space abilities that are available to players of all professions. As mentioned above, the secondary and tertiary ranks of these abilities unlock themselves as the player increases in rank and grade. For more information see the introduction of this article.

The exceptions to this rule are the Transwarp and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation abilities, which are available to players immediately.

Rank	Space	Ground
Lieutenant	Evasive Maneuvers Transwarp	Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Lt Commander	Brace for Impact
Commander	Ramming Speed
Captain	Abandon Ship
Admiral & General	Fleet Support