{"id":18994,"date":"2022-10-09T15:56:44","date_gmt":"2022-10-09T19:56:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/?p=18994"},"modified":"2026-07-18T09:48:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T13:48:57","slug":"nova","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/nova\/","title":{"rendered":"Nova Vermessungsschiff"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Nova is an Independent grade 5 survey ship in Star Trek Fleet Command, and its whole job is mining. Its Universal Mining Laser raises how fast it pulls 5-star gas, Erze<\/a>, and crystal, so one hull can work every high-tier raw material instead of you keeping a specialist for each. It unlocks at Shipyard level 52. For players deep into 5-star mining, it is a flexible workhorse, not a combat ship.<\/p>\n

<\/span>How to get the Nova<\/span><\/h2>\n

The Nova needs 150 blueprints and a Shipyard at level 52 before you can build it. The build cost is 72,125,000,000 Tritanium and 1,409,375,000 Dilithium<\/a>, and construction takes 85 days. The game Daten<\/a> lists the requirement and cost but not where the blueprints come from, so plan around the build itself and watch for the ship in whatever store or event cycle offers it while you collect prints. The 85-day build is long, so most players start the Nova as a background project once they reach Shipyard 52 and let it finish while they play. Blueprints tend to arrive in batches, so you will usually gather the 150 prints across several store or event cycles rather than all at once.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Nova ability<\/span><\/h2>\n

The Nova’s ship ability is the Universal Mining Laser. When it mines 5-star crystal, gas, or ore, its mining speed goes up, starting at 150% at ship level 1 and climbing to 600% at level 60. Like all ship abilities, it stays on without you doing anything. The payoff is that a single Nova handles all three 5-star raw materials, so you do not have to build and level a separate miner for each resource line. Mining speed matters most in 5-star systems, where nodes are large and slow to clear, so a higher-tier Nova finishes a haul faster and gets you more runs per session with less time exposed on a node. The bonus only applies to 5-star crystal, gas, and ore; on lower-tier resources the Nova mines at its plain base rate with no ship-ability boost.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Stats and tiers<\/span><\/h2>\n

These are base values from the current game data; research, buffs, and Offiziere<\/a> raise them in play. Base mining speed climbs from 26.5 at tier 1 to 63 at tier 12, which is the number that matters most on a survey hull. Protected cargo also rises, from 20,000 at tier 1 to 57,000 at tier 12; that is the slice of a haul an attacker cannot steal if your Nova is destroyed on a node, so tiering the ship up keeps more of each run safe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Ebene<\/th>\nWarp (speed \/ range)<\/th>\nImpulse<\/th>\nCargo (protected)<\/th>\nShield HP<\/th>\nHull HP<\/th>\nHealth (displayed)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\n4 \/ 245<\/td>\n100<\/td>\n3,500,000 (20,000)<\/td>\n605,977<\/td>\n765,763<\/td>\n685,870<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\n4.8 \/ 330<\/td>\n100<\/td>\n4,750,000 (32,000)<\/td>\n910,767<\/td>\n1,150,921<\/td>\n1,030,844<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\n5.8 \/ 495<\/td>\n100<\/td>\n6,250,000 (57,000)<\/td>\n1,463,789<\/td>\n1,849,767<\/td>\n1,656,778<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

<\/span>Weapons and firing pattern<\/span><\/h2>\n

Warm-up is the round a weapon first fires, and cool-down is how many rounds pass between shots after that. A survey ship is not built to fight, so treat this as what the Nova can do against the odd weak target, not as a combat loadout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Waffe<\/th>\nTyp<\/th>\nShots<\/th>\nWarm-up<\/th>\nCool-down<\/th>\nDamage<\/th>\nCrit chance<\/th>\nCrit damage<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Mining laser (energy)<\/td>\nEnergie<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n96,644\u2013118,120<\/td>\n10%<\/td>\n150%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

<\/span>Crew slots and officer bonus<\/span><\/h2>\n

Officer slots open up as the Nova levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Ship level<\/th>\nOfficer slots<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
30<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
45<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

The Nova also raises your officers’ stats through an officer bonus ladder. Attack, defense, and health all use the same steps, so the bonus below applies to all three at once.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Amount<\/th>\nBonus<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
1,000<\/td>\n40%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2,000<\/td>\n80%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3,250<\/td>\n120%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4,500<\/td>\n160%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6,000<\/td>\n200%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8,000<\/td>\n240%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11,000<\/td>\n280%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15,000<\/td>\n320%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20,000<\/td>\n360%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
30,000<\/td>\n400%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

<\/span>Nova refits<\/span><\/h2>\n

The Nova has three refits, each unlocked with 130 shards from a faction store. The game describes them by their shard source rather than a separate listed effect, so treat them as store-bought refits tied to each major faction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Nachr\u00fcstung<\/th>\nWhat it does<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Ephemeris<\/td>\nUnlocked with 130 shards from the F\u00f6deration<\/a> Fraktionsladen.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Puyjaq<\/td>\nUnlocked with 130 shards from the Klingonisch<\/a> Fraktionsladen.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Astrum<\/td>\nUnlocked with 130 shards from the Romulanisch<\/a> Fraktionsladen.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

<\/span>Crew for the Nova<\/span><\/h2>\n

Because the Nova is a miner, the bridge you want is a mining bridge: officers that raise mining speed and protect cargo, plus a little survivability if you mine in contested systems where you can be attacked. Combat officers do nothing for a hull whose job is sitting on a node. For the current best mining officers, check the Officer Tier List<\/a>, since the strongest picks shift with the meta and with which resources you are farming.<\/p>\n

<\/span>The Nova in Star Trek<\/span><\/h2>\n

In screen canon, the Nova-class was a small Starfleet Wissenschaft<\/a> vessel built for planetary survey and short-range research, most visible as the USS Equinox in Star Trek: Voyager. It was never a warship; its role was data-gathering on the frontier. Star Trek Fleet Command’s Nova is an Independent design rather than a Starfleet one, but it keeps that survey identity, trading combat strength for mining reach across gas, ore, and crystal. The in-game description sums it up as a versatile newcomer for captains expanding their mining Operationen<\/a>.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Is the Nova worth it?<\/span><\/h2>\n

The Nova earns its place as a grade 5 all-in-one miner. If you are far enough along to build 5-star mining, one Nova covering gas, ore, and crystal saves you from leveling three specialist ships, and its mining speed keeps climbing as you tier it up. It will not help you in combat, and the data lists no scrap level, so think of it as a working miner you keep rather than a feeder hull. Chase it if versatile 5-star mining fits how you play.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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