Who L’Nar is
L’Nar is a Romulan-faction officer in Star Trek Fleet Command, slotted into the Romulan Patriots crew group. He’s an Uncommon Engineering pick whose officer ability hits Klingon ships hard, scaling sharply at the top ranks. Most players meet him early, ignore him through mid-game, then come back when they need a cheap counter to a Klingon-heavy server.
His captain ability is mild: a flat health bonus to the bridge officers. The real reason to bring L’Nar onto a ship is the officer slot. Klingon Pursue scales from 25% of the crew’s Attack at rank 1 to 500% at rank 5, all converted into bonus damage against Klingon ships. Against the right target, that’s a meaningful boost for an Uncommon.
This guide covers what he does, where he fits, how to get more shards, and the questions players actually search before deciding to rank him up.
Star Trek background
L’Nar isn’t a canon Star Trek character. He was created for STFC’s Romulan Patriots arc and doesn’t appear in any Trek series or film. The in-game lore casts him as a radical Romulan who blamed the Romulan Star Empire for its own decline and tried to take it down by destroying the Klingon High Council on Qo’noS. The plan was to deposit the last remnant of red matter inside the council chamber, trigger a singularity, and pin the resulting war on the Empire’s enemies.
To pull it off he allied with Section 31, the Federation black-ops cell familiar to Trek fans from Deep Space Nine, Into Darkness, and Discovery. Section 31 took the red matter and walked away. That’s the kind of “originated outside canon, leans on canon” framing STFC uses for a lot of its faction officers.
Red matter itself was introduced in the 2009 Star Trek film. It’s the substance Spock Prime used in his attempt to neutralize the Romulan supernova, and the substance Nero used to destroy Vulcan. Tying L’Nar’s story to it grounds the character in a known piece of Kelvin-timeline lore even though he never actually appears on screen.
Role in STFC
L’Nar is a niche combat officer. His two abilities point in different directions: the captain seat is a small generic survivability buff, and the officer seat is a target-specific damage buff. In practice, he’s used as an officer-slot piece on ships that hunt Klingon hostiles or fight Klingon-faction opponents in PvP. He also helps when you’re grinding Klingon faction reputation through hostile kills.
Class-wise he’s Engineering, which matters for crew composition. The Romulan Patriots group is one of STFC’s earliest themed crews, sitting alongside Decius, Mirek, Severus, Tal, Liviana Charvanek, and D’jaoki. None of those officers carry today’s PvP meta on their own, but the group is cheap to build out and works well as a Klingon-grinding crew during faction events.
Abilities
Captain ability: Romulan Health
When L’Nar sits in the captain chair, his ability gives the bridge officers a 20% Health bonus (rank 1 value, as of the latest data). That’s a small cushion that helps the crew stay active a little longer in a fight, especially against weapons that target officer health like burns and crew-attack effects. He isn’t a captain you build a ship around; the value here is incidental to what the rest of the crew is doing.
Officer ability: Klingon Pursue
This is the reason to use him. Sitting in an officer slot, L’Nar adds a percentage of the crew’s Attack stat as bonus Damage when the target is a Klingon ship. The percentage scales hard with promotion.
Per-rank values, current as of the latest game data:
| Rank | Klingon Pursue bonus |
|---|---|
| 1 | 25% of crew Attack |
| 2 | 35% of crew Attack |
| 3 | 75% of crew Attack |
| 4 | 175% of crew Attack |
| 5 | 500% of crew Attack |
The jump from rank 4 to rank 5 is what makes the difference in actual play. At the lower ranks, you get a noticeable but modest extra damage tick. At rank 5, you’re effectively multiplying your offensive throughput against Klingon targets.
Where he shines
Klingon faction grinding is the obvious fit. Players running missions and hostile farming in Klingon space want bonus damage against Klingon ships, and L’Nar slots straight into a faction-grinding crew without needing other rare officers. The damage bonus also helps in early to mid-game PvP against Klingon-faction players, particularly if your alliance hub borders Klingon territory.
A more situational use: finishing off Klingon hostiles a level above your ship’s normal kill range. The added damage can give you the cushion to clear a target your ship would otherwise grind out slowly.
He is not a useful pick for armadas, station defense, or generic PvE that isn’t Klingon-themed. The officer ability simply doesn’t fire against non-Klingon targets.
How to get L’Nar shards
L’Nar is an Uncommon officer, so shard packs that include the Uncommon pool can produce him. Community sources have called out the Premium Officer Chest, the Elite Romulan Chest, and the Crucible of War Officer Chest as sources at various points, but availability shifts with event rotations and pack contents change without warning. Check the current store and event rotations in-game before committing real spend.
Promotion cost in shards by rank: 10, 30, 70, 150, 300. Total to reach rank 5 is 560 shards. That sits higher than many comparable Uncommons, and the rank-5 payoff is what justifies the climb if you actually need a Klingon-killer.
Crew synergies
The Romulan Patriots crew group includes Decius, Mirek, Severus, Tal, Liviana Charvanek, D’jaoki, and L’Nar himself. As a captain, L’Nar’s class-synergy bonuses lean toward Command and Science (Command 20%, Science 20%, Engineering 10% as of the latest data), so pairing him in the captain seat with officers from those classes pulls extra crew stats. In practice, you’re more likely to put a different officer in the captain chair and keep L’Nar in an officer slot for the Klingon Pursue effect.
For ship-vs-Klingon work, common pairings include captains who buff weapon damage broadly or who add a triggered effect when fighting hostiles, with L’Nar in an officer slot to layer on the faction-specific multiplier. The strongest results come from matching him with a crew built around offense rather than defense; his ability amplifies an attack stat, so an attack-heavy bridge multiplies the effect.
Frequently asked questions
Is L’Nar worth ranking up?
He is worth taking to rank 4 if you regularly fight Klingons and don’t have a better option. The rank 5 jump from 175% to 500% is large enough that players grinding a Klingon arc often push for it. If you don’t fight Klingons, skip him and save shards for an officer whose ability fires for the targets you actually care about.
Where do you get L’Nar shards?
Shards turn up in officer chests in the in-game store. Specific chests have included Romulan-themed packs and crucible packs at different times, but contents rotate. Check the current store and event lineup rather than relying on outdated guides.
What ship is L’Nar best on?
Any ship you’re using to kill Klingons. The ability is target-specific, not ship-specific. Pick the best weapon platform you have for the level of Klingon hostile you’re hunting, and slot L’Nar into one of the officer chairs.
Is L’Nar good for PvP?
Only against Klingon-faction opponents. Against Federation or Romulan players the officer ability does nothing.
What’s L’Nar’s class and faction?
Engineering class, Romulan faction, Romulan Patriots crew group, Uncommon rarity.
Bottom line
L’Nar is a focused tool. If your daily play involves killing Klingon ships, his rank-5 bonus is one of the cheapest ways to add real damage to that work. If you don’t, the shard cost is better spent elsewhere.
