Combat Training 21: Veteran is the top tier of the level 21 combat training missions in Star Trek Fleet Command. Instead of a kill count, it asks you to defeat one hostile captain at roughly 36,701 strength. The reward is 27,000 Dilithium, fourteen 1 Hour Speed Ups, 300 Ultra Recruit Tokens and eight Vartoq shards. It runs at warp 1 and the game lists a recommended level of 1. It pays well above the 10,750 Dilithium of the Rookie tier at this level, and the eight Vartoq shards are enough for his first rank.
Combat Training 21: Veteran objectives
The mission text invites you to test your skills against hostiles of escalating difficulty. There is one objective and no choice split:
- Defeat the hostile captain. Enemy strength is roughly 36,701.
No system is listed in the mission data. The hostile captain’s destination is assigned when the mission starts, so check the mission once it is active to see where to fly.
Where and what warp
Warp 1 to start and warp 1 to complete. The warp figure does not tell you where the captain will appear, only that the mission sets no higher bar of its own.
The recommended level is listed as 1. The practical requirement is a ship that beats a target at about 37,000 strength in a single fight.
Combat Training 21: Veteran rewards
| Reward | Amount |
|---|---|
| Dilithium | 27,000 |
| 1 Hour Speed Up | 14 |
| Ultra Recruit Token | 300 |
| Vartoq shards | 8 |
Completing it unlocks Combat Training 22: Rookie, which pays 16,750 Dilithium and 140 Recruit Tokens. The tier before this one is Combat Training 21: Soldier.
About the Vartoq shards
Vartoq is a common officer aimed at player-versus-player combat: his captain maneuver adds 20% to Interceptor weapon damage against players. Rank 1 needs 6 shards, rank 2 needs 18 and rank 3 needs 48. The eight shards here clear rank 1 on their own. Level 14 of combat training also pays Vartoq shards, two each in the Soldier and Veteran tiers, for a total of twelve across the three missions.
How the Veteran tier compares
Every Veteran tier asks for a single hostile captain. Current game data around level 21:
| Mission | Captain strength | Dilithium | Speed ups | Shards |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combat Training 19: Veteran | 17,996 | 12,000 | 20 × 30 Minute | 4 Vixis |
| Combat Training 21: Veteran | 36,701 | 27,000 | 14 × 1 Hour | 8 Vartoq |
| Combat Training 22: Veteran | 39,484 | 42,000 | 16 × 1 Hour | 8 Rukor |
| Combat Training 25: Veteran | 74,100 | 160,000 | 8 × 3 Hour | 12 Komal |
Captain strength roughly doubles between levels 19 and 21, and the speed ups switch from 30 minute to 1 hour units between those two levels.
Tips
Repair fully before engaging. It is one fight, so the state of your ship at the start decides it. Other missions sorted by level are on the mission guide.
