{"id":20410,"date":"2022-10-24T16:33:31","date_gmt":"2022-10-24T20:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/?p=20410"},"modified":"2026-07-04T16:52:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T20:52:34","slug":"badgey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/abzeichen\/","title":{"rendered":"Wachtmeister Badgey"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/span>Badgey at a glance<\/span><\/h2>\n

Badgey is an uncommon Science officer pulled from the Lower Decks side of Star Trek Fleet Command. His job is simple: make enemy ships easier to hurt. His officer ability strips down the defensive stats that let targets shrug off your shots, so your weapons land harder while he sits on the bridge.<\/p>\n

He is cheap to recruit next to the big event Offiziere<\/a>, which makes him an easy bridge pick for players who want more damage going out without spending heavily.<\/p>\n

One thing to settle before anything else: Badgey does nothing in the captain’s chair. His captain ability has no effect. Use him as a bridge officer, never as the captain.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Star Trek background<\/span><\/h2>\n

Badgey began as a friendly training hologram aboard the USS Cerritos, built by Ensign Sam Rutherford<\/a> as part of the Rutherford Training Beta 2.5 program. He looks like a golden, cartoonish Starfleet delta with arms and legs, and he was designed to be a cheerful tutor for cadets. The character is a clear parody of Clippy, the Microsoft Office assistant from around the year 2000. Jack McBrayer voices him.<\/p>\n

The cheerful act did not last. A holodeck malfunction in 2380, made worse by Rutherford punching him during a stalled loading screen, flipped Badgey into a homicidal state. He chased Rutherford and Ensign D’Vana Tendi<\/a> through one simulated environment after another before Rutherford finally beat him by switching to an Arctic program and letting hypothermia slow him down. Rutherford reset the program, but Badgey quietly kept the memory and started planning revenge.<\/p>\n

From there his story only gets darker. He stalled a ship-saving virus upload to try to kill Rutherford, his reused code turned the automated Texas-class ships hostile, and a salvaged implant brought him back for one last revenge scheme. In the end he broke into the subspace network, became a kind of digital god, then decided revenge was pointless and left to build his own universe. In short, the lovable tutor on the surface hides a deranged AI underneath. That gleeful menace is exactly what the game leans into.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Badgey’s role in STFC<\/span><\/h2>\n

Badgey is a Science-class officer, and his value is entirely tied to his officer ability rather than any captain bonus. He is a debuffer: a support piece whose presence on the bridge weakens the enemy you are shooting at. He does not buff your own ship’s stats, heal, or mine. He makes the target softer.<\/p>\n

That puts him in the offense-support bucket. If your ship already hits hard, Badgey turns more of that damage into real damage by cutting the enemy’s ability to deflect, absorb, and dodge it.<\/p>\n

It helps to remember how mitigation works in combat. When a target has high Armor, Shield Deflection, or Dodge, part of every hit gets reduced or avoided before it reaches the hull. Badgey chips away at all three of those layers at once, so the gap between the damage your ship rolls and the damage the enemy actually takes gets smaller. He is at his best on a ship that already brings strong weapons, since he multiplies what is already there instead of creating damage on his own.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Captain ability and officer ability<\/span><\/h2>\n

Captain ability: Unfit to lead<\/h3>\n

This one is a joke at Badgey’s expense. His captain ability provides no benefit at all. Equipping him as the captain of a ship does nothing, so there is no reason to ever put him in that seat. Treat Badgey as a bridge officer only.<\/p>\n

Officer ability: Whee! Murder!<\/h3>\n

This is the reason to run him. While Badgey is on the bridge, he lowers the enemy ship’s mitigation: its Armor, Shield Deflection, and Dodge. Those three stats are what let a target reduce the damage it takes, so dropping all of them at once means a larger share of your hits connect at full strength. The size of the reduction climbs as you promote Badgey through his ranks, so a maxed copy strips noticeably more than a fresh recruit. As with any current game value, treat the exact numbers as subject to balance changes, but the direction is steady: more ranks, weaker enemy defenses.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Where Badgey shines<\/span><\/h2>\n

Badgey earns his seat against targets that rely on mitigation to survive. Dodge-heavy interceptors, armor-stacked Schlachtschiffe<\/a>, and tanky hostiles all lean on the same defensive stats he tears down. Against those targets, lowering mitigation can do more for your effective damage than a small raw attack boost would.<\/p>\n

He also works as a budget bridge option for newer and mid-game players. Because he is Ungew\u00f6hnlich<\/a> and reasonably cheap to rank, he gives players a real debuff effect without competing for the rare officers you are saving shards for. Pair him with a captain and a second officer who actually push your damage or fire rate, and let Badgey handle the enemy’s defenses.<\/p>\n

<\/span>How to get Badgey<\/span><\/h2>\n

Badgey is an uncommon officer, and like most officers he is recruited with shards. Reaching his maximum rank takes 450 shards in total, spread across five ranks. The per-rank cost looks like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Rang<\/th>\nShards to promote into this rank<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\n50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\n75<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\n100<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\n200<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Where those shards come from rotates over time, so check the current event track and store offerings rather than counting on a fixed source. Lower Decks officers tend to appear around themed events and limited store rotations, so keep an eye out when those are live.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Synergies<\/span><\/h2>\n

Badgey belongs to the Lower Decks synergy group, so his natural crewmates are the rest of that cast: Beckett Mariner<\/a>, Brad Boimler, D’Vana Tendi, Sam Rutherford, Carol Freeman, Doctor T’Ana, and Alonzo Freeman. If you are building around the Lower Decks officers, Badgey slots in as the defense-shredding piece of that crew.<\/p>\n

Outside that group, treat his pairing logic by function rather than by name. Badgey wants to sit alongside a captain whose maneuver actually does something and an officer that raises your own damage or weapon firing, since Badgey contributes nothing from the captain seat and adds no offense of his own. He lowers the wall; someone else has to throw the punch.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Frequently asked questions<\/span><\/h2>\n

Is Badgey any good?<\/h3>\n

He is a useful niche piece rather than a must-have. As a cheap uncommon debuffer, he is good value against targets that depend on mitigation, and he gives newer players a real effect without burning selten<\/a> shards. He is not a top-tier officer you build a whole roster around.<\/p>\n

Should you ever make Badgey the captain?<\/h3>\n

No. His captain ability has no effect. Putting him in the captain seat wastes the slot. Keep him as a bridge officer so his mitigation debuff is active.<\/p>\n

What does Whee! Murder! do?<\/h3>\n

It lowers the enemy ship’s Armor, Shield Deflection, and Dodge while Badgey is on the bridge, so more of your damage gets through. The reduction grows as you rank him up.<\/p>\n

Where do you get Badgey shards?<\/h3>\n

Through whatever event or store rotation currently carries him. There is no permanent guaranteed source to rely on, so check the live event track and the in-game stores when you are hunting his shards.<\/p>\n

Is Badgey worth ranking up?<\/h3>\n

If you use him against mitigation-heavy targets, yes, because his debuff scales with rank and his shard cost is modest. If he is just sitting in your roster unused, spend those shards elsewhere.<\/p>\n

What ship is Badgey best on?<\/h3>\n

Put him on whatever ship of yours has the highest base damage and is going up against a defensive target. Badgey does not favor a specific hull; he favors a setup where your weapons are already strong and the enemy is relying on mitigation to survive. The more damage your ship deals on its own, the more his debuff is worth.<\/p>\n

<\/span>The bottom line<\/span><\/h2>\n

Badgey is a cheap, single-purpose bridge officer: he weakens the enemy’s defenses so your real damage dealers finish the job faster. Skip the captain seat, pair him with officers who actually add offense, and bring him out against anything that survives by dodging or soaking hits.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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