Chancellor Ake at a glance
Chancellor Ake is an epic Command officer who arrived with the Starfleet Academy content in Star Trek Fleet Command. She is a half-Lanthanite, half-Human captain with centuries of service behind her, and in the game she plays as a specialist rather than a leader.
The headline for most players is simple. She has no captain ability, so she is not someone you put in the captain’s chair. Her payoff comes from her officer ability and from sitting below decks, where she pushes damage in one specific game mode.
If you pulled her shards from the Akademie pools and you are wondering whether she is worth ranking up, the short version is that she is a niche pick with a sharp edge. This guide covers what she does, where she fits, and how to get her.
Star Trek background
Nahla Ake comes from Star Trek: Sternenflotten-Akademie, the series set in the late 32nd century. She is a Human-Lanthanite hybrid born in 2773, which puts her well past 400 years old by the time the show takes place. That long life gives her a perspective few Starfleet Offiziere ever reach, and it is the thread the game pulls on for her in-game identity.
Ake spent part of her life in the Janaran Sanctuary on Betazed, a place she called paradise. She also carries real grief. She lost a child, and that loss shapes how she treats the cadets she now mentors. In 3195, Fleet Admiral Charles Vance asked her to become Chancellor of a newly recommissioned Starfleet Academy, a school split between the original San Francisco campus and the U.S.S. Athena.
She is the first Lanthanite to headline a Star Trek series as a main character. The Lanthanites first appeared in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds as a long-lived offshoot of humanity that has quietly lived on Earth for ages. Ake is known for a relaxed, slightly mischievous style, including a habit of going barefoot whenever she can. Beneath the easy manner is a commander who has survived a long list of impossible choices, and the game leans on that mix of warmth and experience for her officer flavor.
Role in STFC
In Star Trek Fleet Befehl, Chancellor Ake is a Command-class officer tied to the Starfleet Academy group. Her faction reads as Independent, so she does not lock you into Föderation, Klingon, or Romulan reputation plans, and she does not feed a faction grind the way a faction-locked officer would.
Her role is narrow by design. She is built around Wave Defense, the mode where your ship holds a position and fights off successive waves of hostiles instead of a single target. A Command officer in that setting is usually there for a combat buff that triggers at the start of a fight, and that is exactly how Ake works. Outside Wave Defense, her main ability does nothing, which is why she reads as a situational officer rather than a general-purpose crew member you slot everywhere.
For newer players, the useful framing is this. Some officers earn a permanent seat because they help everywhere, like mining or hostile-grinding leads. Ake is the opposite. She is a tool you reach for when the content matches her, and you bench her the rest of the time.
Captain ability and officer ability
Captain ability: Chain of Command
Chancellor Ake has no captain’s maneuver. The in-game text says it plainly: equipping her as captain provides no benefit. A captain’s maneuver is the buff that only fires when an officer sits in the captain’s chair, and Ake simply does not have one. Plan to use her in an officer seat or below decks, and give the captain’s chair to someone whose maneuver actually does something.
Officer ability: Lanthanite Wisdom
Lanthanite Wisdom increases Isolytic Cascade Damage against battleship hostiles at the start of combat while you are in Wave Defense. Isolytic Cascade is a damage type that newer content uses, and the point here is that Ake adds a large opening hit to it under the right conditions. The bonus grows every time you promote her. The per-rank values line up across the sources, so here they are, current as of the latest game Daten:
| Rang | Isolytic Cascade Damage bonus |
|---|---|
| 1 | 200% |
| 2 | 260% |
| 3 | 330% |
| 4 | 400% |
| 5 | 500% |
That is a big damage swing on paper, with two caveats that decide whether it matters to you. It only applies in Wave Defense, and it only targets the battleship hostile type. If you do not run Wave Defense, the ability sits idle no matter how high you rank her.
She also carries a below-decks ability tied to her mentor role. The reporting on its exact numbers is thin and comes from a single source, so the honest read is that it adds a critical-hit style boost in certain fights. Use it conceptually and confirm the live values in-game before you build a crew around it.
Where she shines
Chancellor Ake has one clear home: Wave Defense runs where battleship hostiles show up. Her officer ability can add a heavy chunk of Isolytic Cascade Damage at the opening of those fights, which makes her a real piece for players grinding that content for rewards. The higher her rank, the more that opening hit is worth, so the investment tracks directly with how much of that mode you play.
She also works as a below-decks option if you are leveling the Academy officers together and want their cohort on one ship. That is a comfort pick more than a power pick. Beyond Wave Defense, she does not earn a bridge seat over your main combat, mining, or armada crews, and you should not expect her to.
How to get Chancellor Ake
Chancellor Ake entered the game through the Starfleet Academy content, and her shards come from the Academy officer pools rather than a standing faction store. Reaching her first rank takes 120 shards, and taking her all the way to her top rank costs 1,800 shards in total.
Shard sources move around with events, so check the current store and event rotations rather than counting on one fixed path. If you are not actively chasing Wave Defense rewards, there is no reason to rush resources into pulling or promoting her. She will still be a specialist whenever you do get to her.
Synergies and crew building
Chancellor Ake belongs to the Starfleet Academy synergy group, a cohort of Academy and cadet-flavored officers built to operate together. The current group includes Lucia Gonzales, Grace Chen, Gaila, Shev Akria, T'Laan, Vel K’Bentayr, Academy Doctor, Genesis Lythe, Caleb Mir, and Deidamia.
The rendered data does not expose a fixed synergy percentage for these pairings, so treat the group as a map of officers designed to work alongside her rather than a promise of a specific bonus. When you build a crew around Ake, keep the other seats pointed at the actual job, which for her means Wave Defense damage and survivability. A captain whose maneuver boosts combat output, paired with Ake in an officer seat for the Isolytic Cascade hit, is the shape you want. Do not chase named crews the data does not support, and verify any synergy bonus in your own roster screen, since these values shift with updates.
Character traits
Like every officer, Chancellor Ake carries traits that you can rank up with officer XP for small stat gains. The current data does not list firm per-level costs, so plan that spending in-game where the live numbers are shown. Her traits follow the usual Command-officer pattern and are not a reason on their own to prioritize her ahead of crews you use every day.
Frequently asked questions
Is Chancellor Ake any good?
She is good at one job. In Wave Defense against battleship hostiles, her officer ability adds heavy Isolytic Cascade Damage at the start of the fight. Outside that mode she is a weak pick, and her missing captain ability limits where she fits on a crew.
Should I make Chancellor Ake my captain?
No. She has no captain’s maneuver, so captaining her gives your ship nothing. Put her in an officer seat for Lanthanite Wisdom, or use a below-decks slot, and hand the captain’s chair to an officer with a real maneuver.
Where do you get Chancellor Ake shards?
Her shards come from the Starfleet Academy officer pools introduced with that content. Event and store availability changes over time, so check the current rotations in-game rather than assuming a fixed source.
Is Chancellor Ake worth ranking up?
Only if you run Wave Defense often. Her ability scales sharply from 200% at rank one to 500% at rank five, so the shards pay off for players focused on that mode. For everyone else, she can sit until you need her.
What ship is Chancellor Ake best on?
Put her on whatever ship you take into Wave Defense against battleship hostiles, since that is where her ability fires. There is no special ship requirement, so match her to your strongest Wave Defense build rather than a fixed hull.
Bottom line
Chancellor Ake is a specialist with a strong canon backstory and a single sharp use in-game. Players who grind Wave Defense against battleship hostiles get a genuine damage tool that scales hard with rank, while everyone else gets an officer who waits on the bench. Decide based on how much of that content you actually play before you spend shards chasing her.