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Crew Skills are the passive bonuses that hired crew members contribute to your ship. Every crew member is generated with a fixed set of skills drawn from their profession, and those skills switch on as the crew member gains levels — each unlocked skill adds one rank to the matching node in your captain's skill trees.
How crew skills work
- Profession pool. A crew member only rolls skills flagged for their profession — Mining, Salvaging, Combat, Engineering or Industrial. A single skill can belong to more than one profession.
- Skill slots by rarity. Higher rarity grants more skill slots:
| Rarity |
Skill slots |
Tiers filled
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| Standard |
3 |
1, 2, 3
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| Enhanced |
6 |
1–5 + tier 6
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| High-Grade+ |
9 |
1–8 + tier 9
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Slot counts are fixed by rarity, but the current build only defines crew skills up to tier 6 — the tier 7–8 minor slots and the tier 9 major slot on High-Grade+ crew have no skills to fill yet.
- Minor vs. major. Tiers 1–2, 4–5 and 7–8 roll minor skills — multi-rank passives that stack. Tiers 3, 6 and 9 roll a single major skill — usually a one-rank ability or a powerful threshold effect.
- Level gates. A skill unlocks once the crew member reaches its required level: tier 1 from level 1, then +5 levels per tier (tier 2 at 5, tier 3 at 10, tier 4 at 15, tier 5 at 20, tier 6 at 25, and so on).
- Stacking onto your trees. Each unlocked crew skill adds +1 rank to that node in your own skill trees, on top of any points you invested. Several crew members carrying the same skill stack their ranks together, and a skill can be active from crew alone even if you never spent a point in it.
Skill list
Pick a profession tab to see every skill a crew member of that profession can roll, grouped by the slot pool that unlocks it. Skills shared by more than one profession appear under each. Minor pools (slots 1–2 and 4–5) hold stacking multi-rank passives; major pools (slots 3 and 6) hold a single skill, usually an ability or threshold effect.
Slots 1–2 — minor passives
| Icon |
Skill |
Effect
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Armor Repair Bot
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When you take armor damage, deploy 1 repair bot(s) that each restore 1% of your armor every 2 seconds. Each bot lasts 20 seconds. (Cooldown: 60 seconds). (stacks up to 5 ranks)
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Drone Agility
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Boosts the engine thrust of all drones by 10%. (stacks up to 5 ranks)
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Excavation Actuators
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Boosts your turret rotation speed. (stacks up to 5 ranks)
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Miner's Edge
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Increases Mining Power. (stacks up to 5 ranks)
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Ore Hold Retrofit
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Increase your ship's cargo capacity. (stacks up to 2 ranks)
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Range Amplifier
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Increases turret Range. (stacks up to 3 ranks)
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Resource Maximizer
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Improves yield. (stacks up to 5 ranks)
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Slot 3 — major skill
| Icon |
Skill |
Effect
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Efficient Miner
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Increases Mining Power.
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Harvester
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Increases Yield.
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Loadmaster
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Increases Cargo Capacity.
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Lode Sense
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Each ore drop has a 5% chance to be upgraded to its next quality tier (if possible).
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Reactor Rest
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-50% reactor energy usage for 30 seconds after hitting an asteroid. (Cooldown: 60s).
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Slots 4–5 — minor passives
| Icon |
Skill |
Effect
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Equipment Bonus
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Bonus when extracting equipment (10% per rank). (In-game tooltip is currently a placeholder.)
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Hazard Leech
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There is a 25% chance when taking damage from a hazard you increase Yield by 5% for 5 seconds. (Cooldown: 20s). (stacks up to 2 ranks)
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Precision Module
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Increases mining power, and a bonus to Yield. (stacks up to 5 ranks)
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Smugglers Stash
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You have a 1% chance each extraction to find a Locked Container hidden within an asteroid. (stacks up to 2 ranks)
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Turret Rotation
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Boosts your turret rotation speed. (stacks up to 5 ranks)
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Slot 6 — major skill
| Icon |
Skill |
Effect
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Fault Line
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Critical hits on asteroids have a 25% chance to grant +10% Yield for 8 seconds.
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Field Focus
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On arriving at an asteroid field, gain +12.5% Mining Power for 60 seconds. (Cooldown: 180s).
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Slots 1–2 — minor passives
| Icon |
Skill |
Effect
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Drone Agility
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Boosts the engine thrust of all drones by 10%. (stacks up to 5 ranks)
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Enhanced Beams
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Increases Salvage Power. (stacks up to 5 ranks)
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Excavation Actuators
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Boosts your turret rotation speed. (stacks up to 5 ranks)
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Precision Scraping
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Increases Yield. (stacks up to 3 ranks)
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Range Amplifier
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Increases turret Range. (stacks up to 3 ranks)
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Salvage Racks
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Increases Cargo Capacity. (stacks up to 3 ranks)
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Slot 3 — major skill
| Icon |
Skill |
Effect
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Clean Sweep
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Destroying a wreck grants +20% Salvage Power for 2 minutes. (Cooldown: 5 min).
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Harvester
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Increases Yield.
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Loadmaster
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Increases Cargo Capacity.
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Lucky Haul
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Each salvage hit has a 1% chance to instantly drop an item from the wreck. (Cooldown: 1s).
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Salvage Surge
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On arriving at a salvage field, gain +12.5% Salvage Power for 60 seconds. (Cooldown: 180s).
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Scavenger
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Increases Salvage Power.
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Slots 4–5 — minor passives
| Icon |
Skill |
Effect
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Hazard Leech
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There is a 25% chance when taking damage from a hazard you increase Yield by 5% for 5 seconds. (Cooldown: 20s). (stacks up to 2 ranks)
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Turret Rotation
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Boosts your turret rotation speed. (stacks up to 5 ranks)
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Slot 6 — major skill
| Icon |
Skill |
Effect
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Sharp Eye
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Critical hits on wrecks grant +5% Yield for 10 seconds. Stacks up to 5 times. (Cooldown: 2s).
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Strip Focus
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Each salvage hit grants +5% Salvage Power for 60 seconds. Stacks up to 5 times. (Cooldown: 1s).
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Slots 1–2 — minor passives
| Icon |
Skill |
Effect
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Annihilator
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Increases Critical Damage. (stacks up to 3 ranks)
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Assault Doctrine
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Increases the boarding power of all your crew by 10%, making them more effective in ship-to-ship boarding combat. (stacks up to 3 ranks)
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Composite Drone Armor
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Drones will receive a 3% increase to Damage Reduction. (stacks up to 3 ranks)
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Drone Agility
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Boosts the engine thrust of all drones by 10%. (stacks up to 5 ranks)
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Excavation Actuators
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Boosts your turret rotation speed. (stacks up to 5 ranks)
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Optimized Drone Tools
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Increases Drone Power. (stacks up to 5 ranks)
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Precise Targeting
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Improves Critical Chance. (stacks up to 5 ranks)
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Range Amplifier
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Increases turret Range. (stacks up to 3 ranks)
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Rapid Assault
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Increases Attack Speed. (stacks up to 5 ranks)
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Veteran's Might
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Increases Combat Power. (stacks up to 5 ranks)
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Slot 3 — major skill
| Icon |
Skill |
Effect
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Drone Handler
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Increases Drone Power by 5%.
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Fire Control Officer
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Increases Attack Speed.
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Reactor Technician
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Increases Energy Capacity.
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Targeting Specialist
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Increases Critical Chance by 2%, and Critical Damage by 5%.
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Slots 4–5 — minor passives
| Icon |
Skill |
Effect
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Critical Recursion
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Critical Hits can trigger 1 additional times. Critical hit chance is halved each time. (stacks up to 3 ranks)
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Instant Reload
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2% chance to instantly reload a turret. (stacks up to 3 ranks)
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Redline
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Critical hits have a 5% chance to grant a Rage stack for 15s (max 25 stacks). Each stack grants +0.5% Combat Power. (Cooldown: 1s). (stacks up to 5 ranks)
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Target Weak Spots
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Increase Critical Chance. (stacks up to 5 ranks)
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Turret Rotation
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Boosts your turret rotation speed. (stacks up to 5 ranks)
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Slot 6 — major skill
| Icon |
Skill |
Effect
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Iron Rage
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When your hull takes a hit, increase Combat Power by 25% for 10 seconds. (Cooldown: 60s).
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Shock Assault
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While boarding, enemy defenders have their Boarding Power reduced by 5%.
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Warpath
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Each kill grants +3% Attack Speed for 2 minutes. Stacks up to 5 times.
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Weapons Free
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On arriving at a combat zone, gain +10% Attack Speed for 30 seconds. (Cooldown: 180s).
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Slots 1–2 — minor passives
| Icon |
Skill |
Effect
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Annihilator
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Increases Critical Damage. (stacks up to 3 ranks)
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Armor Repair Bot
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When you take armor damage, deploy 1 repair bot(s) that each restore 1% of your armor every 2 seconds. Each bot lasts 20 seconds. (Cooldown: 60 seconds). (stacks up to 5 ranks)
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Assault Doctrine
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Increases the boarding power of all your crew by 10%, making them more effective in ship-to-ship boarding combat. (stacks up to 3 ranks)
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Crew Conditioning
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Increases crew resistance by 10%, reducing the chance of casualties from hull damage and boosting HP in boarding combat. (stacks up to 3 ranks)
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Excavation Actuators
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Boosts your turret rotation speed. (stacks up to 5 ranks)
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Experience Penalty Reducer
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Reduces the experience penalty by 2%. (stacks up to 5 ranks)
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Extended Brig
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Increases the brig capacity of your ships by 10%, allowing you to hold more prisoners. (stacks up to 3 ranks)
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Faster Production I
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Increases refinery and forge production speed by 8%. (stacks up to 5 ranks)
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Fieldwork Power Efficiency
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Reduces the penalty reduction to Mining and Salvage Power by 2%. (stacks up to 5 ranks)
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Overwhelming Resolve
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When 3 or more enemies are within range, gain 2% damage reduction. (stacks up to 5 ranks)
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Quick Rebuild
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Drone rebuild time is reduced by 7.5%. (stacks up to 4 ranks)
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Range Amplifier
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Increases turret Range. (stacks up to 3 ranks)
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Rapid Deployment
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Drone deployment accelerated by 40%. (stacks up to 2 ranks)
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Resource Maximizer
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Improves yield. (stacks up to 5 ranks)
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Smart Extraction
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Reduces the penalty reduction to Mining and Salvage yields by 2%. (stacks up to 5 ranks)
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Slot 3 — major skill
| Icon |
Skill |
Effect
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Armor Plating
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Increases Armor HP.
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Drone Handler
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Increases Drone Power by 5%.
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Loadmaster
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Increases Cargo Capacity.
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Shield Boost
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Increases Shield HP.
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Sustained Operator
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Every 10 minutes of continuous Autopilot grants +1% efficiency (max 10%).
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Slots 4–5 — minor passives
| Icon |
Skill |
Effect
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Armor Leech
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Dealing damage restores armor equal to 0.5% of the damage dealt. (stacks up to 4 ranks)
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ECHO The Conqueror
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Idle Conquest missions grant 20% more Fleet Strength. (stacks up to 5 ranks)
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Faster Production II
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Increases refinery and forge production speed by 15%. (stacks up to 3 ranks)
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Hazard Leech
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There is a 25% chance when taking damage from a hazard you increase Yield by 5% for 5 seconds. (Cooldown: 20s). (stacks up to 2 ranks)
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Hidden Crystals
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When refining ore, there is a 0.3% chance to attain a random crystal. (stacks up to 2 ranks)
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Power Tools
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Increases drone power. (stacks up to 5 ranks)
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Shield Leech
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Dealing damage restores shields equal to 0.5% of the damage dealt. (stacks up to 4 ranks)
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Turret Rotation
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Boosts your turret rotation speed. (stacks up to 5 ranks)
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Slot 6 — major skill
| Icon |
Skill |
Effect
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Drone
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Increases all Drone Power by 2.5% and drone Attack Speed by 5%.
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System Optimizer
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Reduces Autopilot activity delay by 0.5 seconds.
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Slots 1–2 — minor passives
| Icon |
Skill |
Effect
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Excavation Actuators
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Boosts your turret rotation speed. (stacks up to 5 ranks)
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Faster Production I
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Increases refinery and forge production speed by 8%. (stacks up to 5 ranks)
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Ore Hold Retrofit
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Increase your ship's cargo capacity. (stacks up to 2 ranks)
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Overwhelming Resolve
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When 3 or more enemies are within range, gain 2% damage reduction. (stacks up to 5 ranks)
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Quick Rebuild
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Drone rebuild time is reduced by 7.5%. (stacks up to 4 ranks)
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Rapid Deployment
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Drone deployment accelerated by 40%. (stacks up to 2 ranks)
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Slot 3 — major skill
| Icon |
Skill |
Effect
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Harvester
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Increases Yield.
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Loadmaster
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Increases Cargo Capacity.
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Slots 4–5 — minor passives
| Icon |
Skill |
Effect
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Armor Leech
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Dealing damage restores armor equal to 0.5% of the damage dealt. (stacks up to 4 ranks)
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ECHO The Conqueror
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Idle Conquest missions grant 20% more Fleet Strength. (stacks up to 5 ranks)
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Faster Production II
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Increases refinery and forge production speed by 15%. (stacks up to 3 ranks)
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Hazard Leech
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There is a 25% chance when taking damage from a hazard you increase Yield by 5% for 5 seconds. (Cooldown: 20s). (stacks up to 2 ranks)
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Hidden Crystals
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When refining ore, there is a 0.3% chance to attain a random crystal. (stacks up to 2 ranks)
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Power Tools
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Increases drone power. (stacks up to 5 ranks)
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Shield Leech
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Dealing damage restores shields equal to 0.5% of the damage dealt. (stacks up to 4 ranks)
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Turret Rotation
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Boosts your turret rotation speed. (stacks up to 5 ranks)
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See also
- Crew — recruiting and managing crew members and officers
- Skills — the captain's skill trees these ranks feed into
- Leadership — the tree that strengthens crew and officers
