The Borg Tactical Probe is a Borg hostile that roams open space from level 25 to 58, always spawning as a Battleship-hull ship. It appears across a chain of systems that pushes deeper into the map as its level climbs, and every kill drops Inert Nanoprobes, a Borg resource. To beat one, bring an Interceptor, match its warp range, and crew for weapon damage against hostiles.
How to beat the Borg Tactical Probe
Combat in STFC runs on a rock-paper-scissors triangle. Interceptors beat Schlachtschiffe, Battleships beat Explorers, and Explorers beat Interceptors. Vermessungsschiffe barely fight, so leave them docked for this target.
The Borg Tactical Probe only spawns as a Battleship, which makes the choice easy: bring an Interceptor and you hold the type advantage at every level. This is simpler than most hostiles, which rotate through several hulls and force you to swap ships mid-grind. With the Probe you can lock in one Interceptor build and farm the whole level range with it. Still match your ship tier to the level band you are hitting, because a low-tier Interceptor will fold against a level 50-plus Probe even with the type bonus. The stats table below shows how fast strength and hull HP climb from level 25 to 58, so step up a band only when your ship can take the hits.
For the crew, run a captain that boosts weapon damage against hostiles, then fill the other seats with Offiziere that add damage or mitigation. At the low end, roughly level 25 to 33, the evergreen cadet crew still works: Cadet Kirk as captain with Cadet Spock and Cadet Uhura. As the Probe scales past level 40 you will want stronger officers to keep kills quick. Crews shift with the meta, so check the current picks on the Officer Tier List before you commit to a build.
Where to find the Borg Tactical Probe
The Borg Tactical Probe tracks your level. The low-level spawns sit close to home at warp 18, and each band pushes the ship further out, up to warp 425 for the level 58 version. One thing to plan around: the Probe does not appear at every single level. Below level 33 you find it at each step, but past that it skips levels, so the table lists only the levels where it actually spawns. Match your warp range to the band you can clear, work the nearer systems first, and expect to jump a level or two between spawns as you climb.
| Ebene | Warp | Systeme |
|---|---|---|
| 25 | 18 | Metra Alpha, Metra Beta, Metra Gamma |
| 26 | 18 | Benes Alpha, Benes Beta |
| 27 | 18 | Benes Delta, Benes Gamma |
| 28 | 22 | Roda Alpha, Roda Beta |
| 29 | 22 | Roda Gamma |
| 30 | 22 | Roda Delta |
| 31 | 22 | Corta Alpha |
| 32 | 22 | Corta Beta |
| 33 | 22 | Beta Zetori, Corta Gamma, Sigma Carment, Zeta Gray |
| 36 | 45 | Solus Daevun |
| 37 | 50 | Kallidin |
| 38 | 60 | Ru Vazin |
| 40 | 80 | Ru Serna |
| 42 | 90 | Frirab |
| 44 | 110 | Torvadyna |
| 46 | 135 | Moxidar |
| 48 | 160 | Cannz |
| 50 | 185 | Rhaela |
| 52 | 210 | Baley |
| 54 | 330 | Solus Ynestri |
| 58 | 425 | Jovia |
Rewards and what it drops
Every Borg Tactical Probe drops Inert Nanoprobes, and nothing else. The stack grows with level, from around 128 at level 25 up to tens of thousands at the top of the range, so higher kills are far more efficient once your Interceptor can handle them. Because it is a single-drop target, the Borg Tactical Probe is a focused farm: you always know what you are getting, and there is no wasted cargo space on drops you did not want. The Probe also gives ship XP that climbs with level, from a few hundred at the bottom to a few thousand at level 58, which makes the lower spawns a decent way to level a new hull while you farm the resource.
| Ablegen | What it is |
|---|---|
| Inert Nanoprobe | A Borg resource used in Borg-themed research and refits (128 to 63,325 per kill). |
Borg Tactical Probe stats
Stats climb steeply with level, so treat these Battleship-hull anchors as a read on the curve, not exact numbers for every spawn.
| Ebene | Total strength | Hull HP | Shield HP | Angriff | Verteidigung | Ship XP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | 1,406,677 | 1,263,840 | 947,880 | 250,567 | 50,250 | 364 |
| 37 | 45,346,267 | 24,009,600 | 39,985,500 | 9,194,567 | 4,154,150 | 784 |
| 58 | 1,020,547,684 | 753,309,700 | 860,172,300 | 86,810,684 | 126,996,000 | 4,001 |
The Borg in Star Trek
The Borg are a cybernetic collective that assimilates other species and their technology into one hive mind linked across the galaxy. They push probes and scout craft ahead of their larger cubes and spheres to map territory, test defenses, and mark targets for assimilation. A tactical probe is one of these forward units: a small automated Borg vessel with no crew in the human sense, only drones and the Collective’s programming. The Föderation first met the Borg through the crew of the USS Enterprise-D, and later paid a heavy price at the battle of Wolf 359. In the game, the Borg Tactical Probe is one of these scouting craft caught on patrol.
Is the Borg Tactical Probe worth grinding?
Yes, if you need Inert Nanoprobes or want to level a ship. It is a single-drop target, so grind it when that Borg resource is on your list, and lean on the steady XP as useful filler while you push through the low and mid levels. At the high end the main gate is warp range, since the level 58 spawn sits at warp 425, so a warp refit is usually what unlocks the biggest hauls rather than raw combat power. The practical tip: bring an Interceptor, match your warp to the band you can clear, and move up in level as your ship tier allows for bigger Nanoprobe stacks.