The Corvallen Mercenary is a neutral Explorer-class hostile in Star Trek Fleet Command that roams levels 40 to 48. You find it in mid-game systems such as Kildare, New Berlin, Harrizon, Izbrig, and Perralon 472, at warp 70 to 100. It drops 4-star Broken Explorer Parts. Because it flies as an Explorer, a Battleship counters it, so bring one, match its warp, and open fire.
How to beat the Corvallen Mercenary
The Corvallen Mercenary only appears as an Explorer, so bring a Battleship. In the ship-type triangle, Schlachtschiffe out-fight Explorers, which hands you the built-in advantage here. Nothing changes as you climb: the hull stays the same from level 40 to 48, so one Battleship setup covers the whole band with no need to swap between levels.
Expect a longer fight than the level suggests. This hostile carries a large hull and shield pool for its bracket, so even with the type advantage you will trade fire for several rounds. A Battleship’s damage bonus is what shortens that exchange, and its own hull lets it soak the return fire while the shields wear down. If your Battleship is under-tiered for the level you are hitting, drop to a lower spawn rather than force a kill.
For crew, seat a captain that raises weapon damage against hostiles, then fill the other two chairs with Offiziere that add damage or mitigation. By level 40 you are past the cadet-crew stage, so check the Officer Tier List for the current best picks. Crews move with the meta, so treat any single recommendation as a snapshot rather than a fixed answer.
Where to find the Corvallen Mercenary
The Corvallen Mercenary clusters in a small set of neutral systems across the level 40 to 48 band. The lower levels sit at warp 70, then the requirement climbs to warp 75 at level 46 and warp 100 for levels 47 and 48. Izbrig and Perralon 472 carry the widest spread of levels, so they are the easiest single systems to park in if you want a range of spawns without hopping around. Level 48, the top of the band, spawns only in Izbrig. Match the warp requirement before you set a course, because a ship that cannot reach the system is the most gemeinsame reason a run stalls.
| Ebene | Warp | Systeme |
|---|---|---|
| 40 | 70 | Kildare, New Berlin |
| 41 | 70 | Harrizon, Kildare, New Berlin, Perralon 472 |
| 42–45 | 70 | Harrizon, Izbrig, Kildare, New Berlin, Perralon 472 |
| 46 | 75 | Harrizon, Izbrig, Kildare, Perralon 472 |
| 47 | 100 | Harrizon, Izbrig, Perralon 472 |
| 48 | 100 | Izbrig |
Rewards and what it drops
The Corvallen Mercenary drops one resource, so it is a focused farm rather than a mixed one. The 108 to 778 range on each kill is wide, so per-run yield swings a lot; plan on several kills to hit a target amount rather than counting on a big single drop. Ship XP scales with level, climbing from 1,502 at level 40 to 2,501 at level 48, which makes the higher-level spawns better for leveling a ship while you grind.
| Ablegen | What it is |
|---|---|
| 4-star Broken Explorer Parts (108–778) | Ship-part components used to build and upgrade 4-star Explorer-class ships; the same parts other level 40-plus Explorer hostiles drop. |
Corvallen Mercenary stats
Stats climb steeply with level, so scout the exact spawn before you commit. These anchor rows show the low, mid, and high ends of the range.
| Ebene | Total strength | Hull HP | Shield HP | Angriff | Verteidigung | Ship XP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | 3,598,569 | 1,651,699 | 2,102,163 | 1,157,573 | 564,065 | 1,502 |
| 44 | 7,414,271 | 3,310,623 | 4,213,522 | 2,518,604 | 1,133,595 | 2,001 |
| 48 | 12,250,268 | 5,308,581 | 6,756,380 | 4,394,213 | 1,823,575 | 2,501 |
Corvallen Mercenary firing pattern
The Corvallen Mercenary carries three Energy weapons that all fire every round after a one-round warm-up, so its damage lands steadily rather than in spikes. Each shot can crit for 1.8 times its value at a 10% rate, so plan repairs or mitigation for a sustained exchange instead of a single burst.
| Weapon type | Count | Damage per shot | Fires | Crit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Energie | 3 | 72,054–88,063 | Every round | 10% (1.8x) |
The Corvallen in Star Trek
The Corvallen are a spacefaring people best known in Star Trek for their freighter crews and hired guns. In the Next Generation episode “Face of the Enemy,” a Corvallen freighter was arranged to smuggle Romulanisch defectors across the border, and its crew was described as mercenaries whose loyalty ran only as far as their pay. That reputation fits the in-game hostile: a for-hire Explorer working the neutral lanes rather than flying for any single power. Their appearances in canon are brief, but they sit firmly in the Alpha Quadrant’s trade-and-smuggling underworld.
Is the Corvallen Mercenary worth grinding?
Grind the Corvallen Mercenary when you need 4-star Broken Explorer Parts to build or upgrade an Explorer at that tier, since it drops them in a wide 108 to 778 range. The rising ship XP also makes it a fair spot to level a ship as you farm. Bring a Battleship, match the warp for your target level, and stick to the lower levels for cheaper runs or the higher ones for the bigger XP.