Crew

From the bridge you can enter the crew management view screen to assign crew to three positions; **Deputy**, **Advisor**, and **Crew**. Each of the people that you assign will grant benefits and bonuses.

Select Crew from the Bridge and you are shown the crew management window. You can select one Deputy, three Advisors, and eight Crew. Crew members that you select for each of these positions will grant bonuses if they have a matching trait. Crew members can also have bonus Properties granted through synergies with others assigned as crew that match the requirements; e.g. bonus if there are 4 other Engineers assigned as crew.

Tap on a space and then select the crew member you want assigned to that location. More crew member slots become available as you increase your Command Center level.

You gain more crew members by selecting the Recruit Crew button and spend Spaceport Prestige Points, which can be earned by completing tasks and events in the game. All crew members are unique; therefore, any non-unique crew members you receive from recruiting are converted to data for that same character and used for Crew Advance, which raises the crew's level and their power; note that Advancing a crewmember is the only way to upgrade the level of their Skills.

Crew members have a range of rarities and a chance to obtain when recruiting: **Excellent** (72.5% - Green), **Superior** (22% - Blue), **Epic** (5% - Purple), **Legend** (0.5% - Gold).

### **Spaceport Fortify Plan**

Accessed by tapping the vertical bar on the right of the crew assignment screen, each crew member assigned to your crew roster will supply Fortify Plan Points for Command (bonuses for Flagships), Combat (bonuses for Warships), Tech (bonuses for weapon types and spaceport defense), and Logistics (bonuses for resources) that you can assign in the Spaceport Fortify Plan. If you Upgrade a crewmember using crew experience items found in various quests and events enough for them to gain a character level, this will increase how many Fortify points they provide.

You can assign one level for every 10 points in Fortify Plan Points for each category your crew roster provides.

### **Crew Properties and Skills**

Laura has two bonus Properties; the first gives her +8 Command points for the Spaceport Fortify Plan if there are four Staff Officers assigned to crew, and the second provides +4 Command and +4 Combat when crew level is at 15.

Laura's first Crew Skill is activated by assigning her to any crew position and it increases the attack of Flagships. Her second Crew Skill is activated if she is assigned to the one Deputy slot.

### **Captains**

From the Assign Crew screen you can Promote a crew member to Captain, but only if they are of Epic (purple) or Legend (gold) quality. This will use a Captain Commission item, or 400 Khorium, Captains are not permitted to be assigned to a crew slot, but may now be assigned to a Flagship. Their Crew Skill will provide a bonus once they are onboard their Flagship.

The boosts any particular crewmember can give as a Captain can be notably different than if they were a standard crew member, even switching what Skill they use. This can be checked at any time on a purple or gold crew member by switching to the Captain tab in their info screen. The Captain will give general attribute boosts to the Flagship they are assigned to such as a leadership boost, HP, armor, shields and a damage % increase. These generic boosts increase with every character level of the captain, and two captains of the exact same Rarity and level will give the exact same generic boosts, regardless of their character type or specific Captain skill.