STO Guide: Moving Beyond Tier 1
For you, may be you have played STO for a long time and you can simply upgrade. But for beginners, they may hard to level, even in level 1. So today we will provide some information about moving beyond tier 1 for our beginners, hope that can help them more or less.
At level 11 you can be promoted to Lieutenant-Commander. It's at 11 rather than 10 because level 0 is Ensign and Lieutenant is thus 1-10. To get promoted, visit the admiral's office again.
Now you can get your first ship upgrade, with a choice involved. The ships follow the same career options as the characters star trek credits, in that there is an Escort class (Tactical), Cruiser class (Engineering), and Science class (Science). You do not have to pick the same class as your captain. In fact, you don't even have to pick the same class at each rank promotion. You can also buy the other classes star trek online credits later.
Be sure to examine this fan-made chart and look at the number of weapon slots front and rear, boff slots and what rank they are, turn speed, crew, and so on.