Bridge Officers Interacting

[ghostwhistler]

How do i get my officers on a mission with me to interact with a person or object?

[Vellari]

You propably mean to make them go to a specific spot (which you need to do in a couple of missions).

Look at the small icons next (not the abilities) to your away team members. The one that looks like a triangle, click that (either for a single member or the entire team) and then you can place a waypoint for the officer or the team.

To clear the waypoint, right click the same triangle icon (if you don't the team member will just stand there doing nothing).

[ghostwhistler]

no i mean that, for exmnaple, during a mission i encounter an npc who happens to be sick when i click to interact it tells me that if I had a science office (i do, two of them), that officer could help. I guess that means I have to be a science officer, not the bridge officer npc's. What's the point of that then, since I can only ever be one class.

[Vellari]

Ah, that means YOU need to be a tactical, engineer or science to be able to do that particular side mission. There are few career specific tasks scattered along the episode arc.

The point is more replay value, since a single character is never able to do 100%. Originally anyway I believe that was the idea, though there are way too few tasks like that to make any difference.

On the other hand, most of the time when see those career specific tasks, within that same mission there is something specific for all classes to do what the other two careers cannot.

For example, in the very first mission after the tutorial (rescuing the freighter) a science officer can heal injured crew members, engineer can stop the warp core breach and a tactical can use plasma vents to disable enemies.

[IRMcG]

It's also possible to team up with other players to complete all the optional tasks (typically for accolades). Actually did that for that particular mission with a new Delta Science officer the other day, alongside a tactical officer and a (L60 :)) engineer in one of the new Galaxy refits. Orions didn't last long lol.

[ghostwhistler]

i have no idea how you'd do that; noone in this game bothers to respond or communicate.

[Vellari]

Find an active fleet (or team up with friends otherwise)...teaming up with random people, for non-queue stuff isn't easy.