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Officers have the same workforce as other crewmembers, but earn a \c(0d0)higher salary\c().

Your crew will assign officers automatically.

Once the crew of a profession reaches a certain threshold - for example, once you have 5 mechanics - they will need an officer to keep things going smoothly.

\c(ddd)Note: You can board stations as well, but they're heavily defended and have to be rebuilt afterwards.\c()

You can also install a \c(0d0)Scanner Subsystem\c() to see how many boarders you'll need to successfully board a ship.

You can buy \c(0d0)Boarding Shuttles\c() at \c(0d0)Equipment Docks\c(). Boarders can be hired at various stations.

In order to keep your crew organized, at some point, you will need \c(0d0)Officers\c().

Officers

How much each crew member earns is listed in the \c(0d0)Ship Menu\c()'s crew tab.

The crew has to be \c(0d0)paid every three hours\c().

Some jobs on the ship can be \c(0d0)overassigned\c() - that means that you can assign more than the minimum amount of crew to get bonuses for your ship.

Other factions see Boarding as an act of war, so be prepared for declarations of war coming in after a successful boarding attempt.

The ship will be quickly reassembled and ready for flight again, but will definitely need some repairs afterwards though.

As cargo doesn't tend to resist, boarding a trade ship yields a fine amount of trading goods.

To use them, you have to be in the sector where your ship was destroyed, and then activate them from within the inventory.