Ground combat

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Players beam down to a planet with a five-member Away Team. If you have less than four other player captains with you, the remaining members of the away team are made up of your Bridge Officers or, if necessary, members of the security crew. But if you only have two other captains on your team, two Bridge Officers from the pool of the three player captains' Officers can be selected and beamed down with the team.

You control your officers' actions, and have several different modes to employ. Some of those modes include: Aggressive, meaning they'll pursue and engage enemies; Defensive, meaning they'll wait for your orders to attack enemies; and Target Your Target, meaning you can command your officers to focus fire on your chosen adversary.

Each captain can equip a Kit.

The more advanced you become in certain skills, the more abilities become available to you. As you continue to advance in hand-to-hand combat, for instance, you’ll be able to use more damaging strikes and maneuvers. If you're more of a fan of phasers or bat'leths, characters can equip two different weapons at a time and switch between them, on the fly, during combat.

But it's not all about offense. Captains and Bridge Officers have personal shields, which offer some protection against attacks but are diminished as they take damage. However, if you take cover for a brief period of time your shields will recharge quickly, providing an additional tactical element to the ground game.

Ground Controls are as follows :

Switch Weapons - Switches between your weapons. If you only have one weapon equipped, it will switch between that weapon and martial arts attacks

Holster Weapons - For times when you don't feel like shooting first and asking questions later. Put that gun away.

Tray Powers - Attach your powers and abilities to a set of hot keys. First Row = 1-0 Keys , Second Row = Ctrl 1-0 Keys, and Third Row = Atl 1-0 Keys.

Available Power Icon - Brings up a list of available powers to attach to the power tray.

Objective - Your Orders on this mission

Tricorder Scan - Lost? Click this Icon to guide you to your next objective.