Tasha Yar at a glance
Tasha Yar is a rare Engineering officer in Star Trek Fleet Command, and most players recruit her for one reason: her Code of Honor ability adds a boost to weapon damage against hostiles and other non-player targets. That makes her a straightforward pick when you are grinding hostiles or working through PvE content.
She belongs to the Next Generation crew group, so she also slots into TNG-themed bridges alongside the rest of the Enterprise-D Offiziere. As an Engineering-class, Federation officer, she fits naturally on Föderationsschiffe and in crews built around hostile farming rather than player combat.
This guide covers what her abilities do, where she helps most, how her shard and trait costs break down, and which officers she pairs with.
Tasha Yar’s Star Trek background
Tasha Yar, full name Natasha Yar, appears in Star Trek: The Next Generation as the chief of security aboard the USS Enterprise-D. She was born in 2337 on Turkana IV, a Federation colony that had collapsed into lawlessness. Orphaned young, she spent her early years fighting to survive and protect her sister before escaping the colony in 2352 and joining Starfleet soon after.
That harsh start shaped the officer she became. The lawlessness she grew up around pushed her toward security work, and her training in martial arts and hand-to-hand combat made her a capable, direct security chief. Off duty she practiced aikido on the holodeck and competed in parrises squares with the rest of the crew. In the game, that history shows up in abilities built around combat damage and crew protection rather than economy or support.
Her role in Star Trek Fleet Command
In Star Trek Fleet Command, Tasha Yar is a combat officer aimed at PvE. Her value sits in fighting hostiles, the yellow and red targets you clear for resources, Missionen, and event points, rather than attacking other players. Code of Honor raises weapon damage against any non-player target, which covers standard hostiles, armada targets, and most mission enemies.
Because she is Engineering class, she does not bring the captain-seat damage that some Command officers offer. She works best as a bridge or below-deck officer who quietly raises your damage output while a stronger captain anchors the crew. That role keeps her useful from the early game well into the mid game, as long as your routine includes regular hostile grinding.
Tasha Yar’s abilities
Captain ability: Security Officer
When Tasha Yar is captain, Security Officer lowers the critical hit chance of mission hostiles, the yellow hostiles tied to missions. At rank one it cuts their crit chance by 10% as of the latest data. The effect helps you take less burst damage from mission targets, which can matter when you push through a mission chain with a fragile ship.
Her captain ability does not scale cleanly across every rank in a way worth charting, so treat the rank-one value as the reliable figure. The captain seat stays a defensive, situational option rather than her main draw.
Officer ability: Code of Honor
Code of Honor is the reason most players run her. While she is on the bridge, it increases all weapon damage against non-player targets, and the bonus grows with each promotion. Values below are current as of the latest game data.
| Rang | Weapon damage vs non-player targets |
|---|---|
| 1 | 10% |
| 2 | 20% |
| 3 | 30% |
| 4 | 40% |
| 5 | 50% |
Because the ability applies to weapon damage against any non-player target, it adds to the rest of a hostile-killing crew and stays useful as you move from early hostiles to tougher targets and armadas.
Where Tasha Yar shines
Tasha Yar earns her seat in a few clear situations:
- Early and mid-game hostile grinding, where a weapon-damage boost speeds up resource and loot farming.
- Mission hostile clears, where her captain ability trims incoming crit damage from yellow targets.
- TNG-themed crews, where she adds to the group’s shared synergy alongside the other Enterprise-D officers.
She is far less useful against other players, since her abilities only affect non-player targets. If your main goal is PvP, build a different crew and save her for your hostile-farming ship. The trade-off is simple: she gives up player-combat value to do one PvE job well, and the longer your hostile grind sessions run, the more that flat damage boost adds up over a session.
How to get Tasha Yar
Tasha Yar is recruited with shards, the same as other officers in her group. Shard sources rotate over time, so check the current store and event rotations in your game to see where she is available right now. Once you have enough shards to recruit her, additional shards rank her up through the five ranks listed below.
Synergy and crew building
Tasha Yar belongs to the Next Generation crew group, so she works with the rest of the Enterprise-D bridge. Her class synergy leans toward Command and Science officers, with a smaller bonus tied to Engineering, which rewards mixing her with TNG captains from those classes.
The officers in her synergy group include Data, Beverly Crusher, Geordi La Forge, Jean-Luc Picard, Wesley Crusher, William T. Riker, Deanna Troi, and Worf. Building a bridge from that group strengthens the crew’s shared bonuses. Beyond the named group, keep her with a strong hostile-damage captain so her Code of Honor boost has a large base to multiply.
Shard costs and character traits
Ranking Tasha Yar up takes 566 shards in total across five ranks, with the per-rank cost climbing as you go.
| Rang | Shards to promote into rank | Running total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 36 | 36 |
| 2 | 55 | 91 |
| 3 | 110 | 201 |
| 4 | 150 | 351 |
| 5 | 215 | 566 |
Her character traits unlock in order, and you finish one before the next opens. Security comes first, then Dedicated. The officer XP costs per level break down as follows.
| Merkmal | Officer XP per level |
|---|---|
| Security (3 levels) | 1,500 / 2,700 / 3,800 |
| Dedicated (4 levels) | 7,650 / 6,000 / 7,000 / 8,850 |
Security is the cheaper trait and unlocks early. Dedicated is the heavier investment, so plan your officer XP if you intend to max both.
Frequently asked questions
Is Tasha Yar any good?
She is a solid early-to-mid game pick for players who farm hostiles. Code of Honor gives a reliable weapon-damage boost against non-player targets, which speeds up PvE. She is not built for player combat, so judge her by how much hostile grinding you actually do.
Where do you get Tasha Yar shards?
Shard availability changes with the game’s store and event schedule. Check the current faction store and event rotations in your game to see where she can be earned right now.
What ship and crew work with Tasha Yar?
Put her on a Federation hostile-farming ship with a strong damage captain, and lean on her Next Generation group, including officers like Data, Picard, and Worf, to pick up synergy bonuses.
Is Tasha Yar worth ranking up?
If you grind hostiles regularly, yes, because Code of Honor scales from 10% to 50% as you promote her. If you mostly play PvP, your shards are better spent on officers that affect player combat.
Is Tasha Yar worth chasing?
Tasha Yar is a clean, low-drama hostile-damage officer for Federation and TNG crews. If your day-to-day is clearing hostiles and missions, she pays back the shards quickly. If you are chasing PvP power, she is an easy officer to skip in favor of picks that change player combat.
