{"id":6122,"date":"2022-07-13T01:41:12","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T05:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/?p=6122"},"modified":"2026-09-28T20:59:47","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T00:59:47","slug":"gaila","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/gaila\/","title":{"rendered":"Offizier Gaila"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gaila is a Common Federation Engineering<\/a> officer in Star Trek Fleet Command, based on the green-skinned Orion cadet from the 2009 Star Trek film. As captain, her Parsteel Hunter maneuver adds 25% to Parsteel rewards from Hostiles. On the bridge, Critical Avoidance cuts the critical damage you take from Hostiles of level 70 and under by 10% at rank 1, rising to 50% at rank 5.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Gaila at a glance<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Detail<\/th>\nGaila<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Rarit\u00e4t<\/td>\nGemeinsame<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fraktion<\/td>\nF\u00f6deration<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Klasse<\/td>\nEngineering<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Synergy group<\/td>\nSternenflotten-Akademie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Captain ability<\/td>\nParsteel Hunter: +25% Parsteel rewards from Hostiles<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Officer ability<\/td>\nCritical Avoidance: -10% to -50% critical damage from Hostiles of level 70 and under<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Below-decks ability<\/td>\nKeine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shards to rank 5<\/td>\n240<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

<\/span>Why Gaila matters in STFC<\/span><\/h2>\n

Gaila is a Common-rarity Federation officer in Star Trek Fleet Command, part of the Starfleet Academy group. She is most useful for two very different jobs: a low-cost Parsteel-farming captain in the early game, and a niche bridge officer who softens critical hits from Hostiles. Her Officer Ability, Critical Avoidance, is the reason she keeps a spot in some crews long after most other Common Offiziere<\/a> are retired.<\/p>\n

If you are new to the game, Gaila is worth ranking up because she is cheap and her Captain Maneuver gives you a real Parsteel<\/a> boost while hunting Hostiles. Later, she still finds use in a specific Rogue Armada setup focused on canceling critical damage.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Gaila in Star Trek: background<\/span><\/h2>\n

The STFC version of Gaila uses the alternate-reality (Kelvin timeline) identity introduced in the 2009 film Star Trek. She is an Orion cadet at Starfleet Academy, played on screen by Rachel Nichols. In the film, Gaila is Cadet Nyota Uhura’s roommate, and her scene with Cadet Kirk<\/a> in the dorm room is the moment that connects Kirk’s academy life to the long-range sensor lab that triggers his promotion arc.<\/p>\n

This Gaila should not be confused with the Ferengi character of the same name from Deep Space Nine, who is Quark’s cousin. The in-game flavor text and art match the Orion cadet from the 2009 film, including the reference to Orion pheromones working better on non-human crew, which is consistent with how the canon film depicts her species.<\/p>\n

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

Gaila is an Engineering-class officer in the Starfleet Academy synergy group. Her two abilities point her at PvE Hostile content rather than PvP or station defense. The Captain Maneuver adds a flat Parsteel reward bonus to Hostile kills, which is most valuable when you are still climbing the early Parsteel cost curve for station upgrades. The Officer Ability sits on the bridge of any ship and reduces incoming critical hit damage from Hostiles, with a stated cap of Hostile level 70 and under.<\/p>\n

She is a Common officer, so the rank-up cost is low and you can often pull her shards out of Starfleet Academy recruitment rather than chasing event currency. That makes her one of the few Commons that are still worth bringing to higher Operations levels for a specific job.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Captain-F\u00e4higkeit und Offiziersf\u00e4higkeit<\/span><\/h2>\n

Captain Maneuver: Parsteel Hunter<\/h3>\n

When Gaila is the ship’s captain, she increases Parsteel rewards from defeating Hostiles by 25% (as of the latest data). Parsteel is the bulk station-building resource you need at almost every step of the early and mid game, so an extra 25% on Hostile drops compounds quickly during a focused farming session. She is one of the simplest Parsteel-farming captains in the game because there is nothing conditional to manage; you just kill Hostiles and bank more.<\/p>\n

The Captain Maneuver does not scale up cleanly across her own ranks, so the rank-1 value is the safe number to plan around. If you are building a Parsteel run, ranking her up further does not change the bonus much; what matters more is keeping her in the captain seat on the right ship for the Hostile grade you are farming.<\/p>\n

Officer ability: Critical Avoidance<\/h3>\n

Critical Avoidance triggers when Gaila is assigned to the bridge of a ship and the opponent is a Hostile. It reduces the damage that the Hostile deals on its critical hits. The bonus is gated to Hostiles of level 70 and under, so it stops working against higher-level hostiles and against armada targets above that band. Lower-level armadas at level 70 and under still count.<\/p>\n

The per-rank scaling on Critical Avoidance is straightforward and has been steady across multiple references. Current as of the latest update:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Rang<\/th>\nKritische Vermeidungen<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
1<\/td>\n10%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\n20%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\n30%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\n40%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\n50%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

At rank 5, Gaila takes 50% off the critical damage of every critical hit a qualifying Hostile lands on her ship. That is large enough to matter in fights where critical damage is the main thing chewing through your hull, which is exactly the situation a coordinated Rogue Armada team is built to exploit.<\/p>\n

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

There are three situations where Gaila earns her spot:<\/p>\n