Bridge Officer

Bridge Officers (BOFFs) are senior members of your crew who assist you on land and in space. Higher tier ships have the capability to sit more officers, enhancing your space success rate.

Land
Bridge officers beam down to help you on dangerous away missions. You can outfit them with weapons, shields, or kits just as you would yourself. They also have attack upgrades which drastically improve their performance.

An example of a bridge officer ability on land is Photon Grenade I.

Space
In space, your bridge officers space abilities help you overwhelm your opponents, or heal your hull or shields. You can click on a Bride officer ability to activate it.

An example of a space Bridge officer ability is Torpedo High Yield I.

Promoting Bridge Officers
When you are sufficient rank, you can promote your officers to gain access to new abilities! First, you need to use skill points on them. It will tell you how many are necessary. Then, you have to promote them. To promote a BOFF, press u after you finish the prerequisites, then select the BOFF and click "career options". You then hit promote. If you promote a BOFF, but his/her new ability is not showing up, you don't have the proper seating. Move the BOFF to a higher rank chair.