Star Trades Help Manual

Training Your Officers

A well-equiped ship is still only as useful as the people running it. Training your officers in the intricacies of running a ship is expensive, but greatly increases the efficiency and capability of the ship they are assigned to.

To train your officers, send the ship that they serve on to one of the TechCenters and buy them a few hours of training. There is a maximum of 50 hours of training of each type you can purchase for a ship, and when the officers are fully trained, their skills will be at the highest possible level.

Since prices fluctuate based on the Kentaran Galaxy economy, it would be wise to shop around before settling on where to purchase training. To view information on the TechCenters and the training offered, click on TechCenters in the menu on the left. Here, you can determine which TechCenters have the best prices for training.

Note that while this information is current, by the time you arrive the prices may have been raised or lowered, based on supply and demand. Treat this information as an estimate, rather than the exact cost.

Training and its Effects

Training	Effect
Navigation	Allows the ship to use special routes that increase the speed of Special Mission travel.
Communication	Improves the ship's chances of locating valuable areas for exploration and of bribing pirates not to attack the ship.
Tactical	Improves the ship's chances of evading law enforcement when transporting illegal cargo.
Negotiation	Increases the skill of your ship's officers in negotiating better prices for buying and selling commodities at Depots.
Engineering	Allows your ship's officers to slowly repair damage to the ship during travel.

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