Commander

Commander
Type	Ship Operations
Acquisition	Contacts Starting Captain Starport Boom
SKILLS
Primary Skill	Command
Secondary Skill	Intimidate
Tertiary Skill	Tactics

A commander’s presence is palpable in high tension moments. With a steady hand of leadership, the commander calms, buffs and inspires officers and crew alike to ensure success.

Starting Captain Traits

A captain whose first job is Commander will gain the following traits:

Indomitable	Defeat is unimaginable, gains +10% Accuracy, +5% Defense, +10% Protection against Crew and Morale Dmg/Turn in Ship Combat	Profession	+3 *
Motivating	Stirring words and powerful presence, gains +2 Charisma, +2 Wisdom, +1 Initiative, +20% Debuff Resist	Profession	+3 *

Skills

As a character advances in the Commander Job, he or she gains the following Skill points at each Rank.

Ranks 1 to 12

Rank	Tactics	Command	Intimidate
1	1	2	1
2	1	4	2
3	2	4	2
4	2	5	2
5	2	5	3
6	2	6	3
7	2	6	4
8	2	7	4
9	3	7	4
10	3	8	4
11	3	9	5
12	4	9	5

Ranks 13 to 24

Rank	Tactics	Command	Intimidate
13	4	9	6
14	4	10	6
15	5	10	7
16	5	11	7
17	5	12	7
18	5	13	7
19	5	13	8
20	5	14	8
21	6	14	8
22	6	15	9
23	6	16	9
24	6	17	9

Ranks 25 to 36

Rank	Tactics	Command	Intimidate
25	6	18	9
26	7	18	9
27	7	19	9
28	7	19	10
29	7	20	10
30	8	21	10
31	8	22	10
32	9	22	11
33	10	22	12
34	10	23	12
35	10	24	12
36	11	24	13

Talents

Each Job provides a series of Talents representing the special abilities granted by this specific training. As a Character progresses through Job Ranks, more and more Talents become available.

SKILL SAVE	Rank: 1 Aura of Command 3 weeks Cooldown Automatically passes a failed Command test in any situation, including deep space travel, mutiny or during a mission
	Rank: 1 Steady Hands 6 weeks Cooldown Buffs Ship with +20% Defense for next 3 Turns, Purges your Ship's Crew of any Crippling Effects, Restores Command Skill worth of Morale to 10 Crew
RECRUIT	Rank: 1 Discerning Glance 3 weeks Cooldown When Recruiting, new crew member gains improved Attributes and you discover one of their hidden Traits.
VICTORY	Rank: 1 Loyalty Rousing 6 weeks Cooldown In the aftermath of a ship battle, give an inspiring speech which causes up to 10 crew to gain 10 + Command Skill in Morale
	Rank: 1 Rallying Aura 12 Initiative In crew combat, Buffs entire team with +10% All Damage, +10% Critical, +10% Armor for 3 Turns and Restores for (10 + 0 Command) Morale

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MUTINY	Rank: 5 Quell Mutiny 26 weeks Cooldown Powerful words from a strong leader pull the crew together. The mutiny ends and Morale of the entire crew is increased by 20 + Command skill
	Rank: 5 Barked Order 12 Initiative In crew combat, intimidating command causes -25% All Accuracy, -25% All Damage for 3 Turns, knocks target back 1 slot
	Rank: 5 Inspiring Squadron 9 weeks Cooldown Buffs launched friendly Craft with +25% Hit Chance, +25% Craft Evasion, +10% Shield, +10% Armor for next 3 Turns

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	Rank: 8 Bolster 6 Initiative In crew combat, Removes all Debuffs; Restores for (30 + 0 Command) Morale
MISSION	Rank: 8 Shrewd Dealings 18 weeks Cooldown When accepting a Mission, gain a (Charisma + Command %) chance to discover one of your Contact's hidden Traits
	Rank: 8 Precision Action 6 weeks Cooldown Purges your Ship of both Crew and Ship Crippling Effects

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	Rank: 11 Scorn 8 Initiative In crew combat, intimidating command hits 2 targets causes -4 Initiative, -25% Armor Piercing, -25% Deflection for 2 Turns in addition to (10 + 0 Intimidate) Morale Loss
	Rank: 11 Coordinated Fire 3 weeks Cooldown Buffs Ship with +10% to Hit Craft, +35% Standard Dmg, +25% Critical for next 3 Turns

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Rank: 15 Warning Shots 3 weeks Cooldown If any ship weapons hit, this Crippling Attack causes -20 Range Change, -10 Escape, +25 Morale Dmg/Turn for the next 3 Turns while debuffing our ship with -25% Standard Dmg for next 2 Turns

Talent Strategy

The commander is almost always brought into combat when he or she is an Officer that has a secondary job as a Pistoleer or other combat job.

Rallying Aura

This is a powerful all-around buff similar to the options that Soldiers have. Unlike them, this can be used from almost any position. The morale regeneration can help top off a team at the start of battle that recently hit the Spice Hall but wasn't able to exceed the 80 morale maximum there.

Barked Order

This is a defensive option to address a powerful threat in positions one, two or three. It has the additional, and powerful use of knocking a target in position 3 back, bringing foes in position 4 into an attackable position. This can be very helpful against enemy Snipers.

Bolster

Bolster is a quick and easy way to recover from any number of debuffs. The morale gain is icing on the cake. If your team doesn't have a dedicated healer, this can be an excellent choice to deal with stacked debuffs.

Scorn

Scorn deals with front-line foes, softening up their armor and dropping enemy initiative. The cost of using this talent is entirely payed off by the initiative you cost your foes. This is an excellent talent to use when the front two enemies each have between 1 and 4 initiative as it will rob them each of a turn while dropping deflection to manageable levels.