
To change the appearance of the officer, simply press the "change uniform" tab and make the desired changes to the physical appearance as well as the clothing. The new window allows the player an opportunity to rename the officer and to alter its appearance via a remote tailor. The new window will reflect the officer's name and a full-body view of the character. To have the officer join the crew, simply click on "Join Up" and another window will appear. The dialogue will ask the player if he would like the officer to join his crew, wait to be commissioned, or train a current crew member with a skill owned by the candidate. Once a player is either assigned or buys a BOff, a small window will pop up with the current visual of the candidate's face. I will cover a bit more on this in the training section of this column. Some of the BOff skills and passive traits are highly coveted by players depending on their class needs. Rarity has little to do with species and everything to do with rarity of the officer's traits and/or skills. This is also the same page where officers can be assigned to specific starship and away team roles.Īll BOffs are color coded much like weaponry and other rewards: white for common officers, green for uncommon, blue for rare, and purple for very rare. It should be noted that if an officer is released, it will be permanently deleted and cannot be retrieved. It is also possible to release an officer from those currently in-service simply by stripping the officer of all of its gear and weaponry and following the commands to decommission the officer. In the alternative, if the candidate has an unusual skill that a player would like to see on another officer already on the crew, it's possible for the candidate to train the officer in that skill before being decommissioned. If a player reaches this limit, it's best to sell or trade the officer that will never be used. There is currently a 15-officer limit in the reserve area. Non-commissioned crew (also referred to as "candidates") are held in reserve in the area to the right. The crew that has already been commissioned is shown to the left under the character and starship names.

The screen shown above reflects the personnel assigned to one of my own low-level characters.

To see the bridge crew, select the "Stations" tab at the top.

The BOff user interface can be accessed via the character panel in game by pressing the "U" key or the small icon at the upper right of the mini-map that looks like the bust of a person.
