The Tal Shiar Agent is a Romulan battleship hostile that patrols Romulan space between levels 43 and 47. It spawns only as a battleship, so an Interceptor is the ship you want against it. Kills drop 4-star Broken Battleship Parts along with Federation and Klingon reputation, while costing you standing with the Romulans. You find it at warp 110 in the Ovala system.
How to beat the Tal Shiar Agent
The Tal Shiar Agent only appears as a battleship, so bring an Interceptor. In Star Trek Fleet Command the hull types settle into a circle where Interceptors beat Battleships, Battleships beat Explorers, and Explorers beat Interceptors, and this hostile sits on the battleship point of that circle. It never switches hull across levels 43 to 47, so you can run the same Interceptor for the whole band without swapping ships.
For the crew, put a captain that raises weapon damage against hostiles in the chair, then fill the other seats with officers that add damage or shield mitigation. If you are still leveling into this range, the cadet crew of Cadet Kirk as captain with Cadet Spock and Cadet Uhura is a cheap and reliable start. For current top picks, check the Officer Tier List, since the best crews shift with each meta.
The threat here is all in the firing pattern, covered further down. A heavy kinetic shot lands every other round, so keep your hull repaired if a fight runs long. There is nothing to play around beyond raw damage, which makes this a clean target once your Interceptor out-damages it.
Where to find the Tal Shiar Agent
The Tal Shiar Agent clusters in one system rather than spreading across a region. Every level from 43 to 47 spawns in Ovala at warp 110, so once you can reach that system you have the whole band in one place.
| Level | Warp | Systems |
|---|---|---|
| 43–47 | 110 | Ovala |
Rewards and what it drops
Every kill pays out in ship parts and faction reputation. The parts feed battleship upgrades, and the reputation swing is the standard result of hitting a Romulan target: your Federation and Klingon standing rises while your Romulan standing falls. Each kill also grants ship XP that climbs with level, from about 1,875 at level 43 to 2,375 at level 47.
| Drop | What it is |
|---|---|
| 4-star Broken Battleship Parts | Components for building and upgrading 4-star battleships |
| Federation Points | Reputation with the Federation faction |
| Klingon Points | Reputation with the Klingon faction |
| Romulan Points | Romulan reputation, which this target lowers when you kill it |
Tal Shiar Agent stats
Stats climb steeply across the five levels, so a level 47 Agent hits far harder than a level 43 one. The anchor rows below show the low, middle, and top of the band.
| Level | Total strength | Hull HP | Shield HP | Attack | Defense | Ship XP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | 7,069,694 | 4,844,401 | 3,302,998 | 2,157,850 | 838,145 | 1,875 |
| 45 | 9,025,909 | 6,055,763 | 4,128,919 | 2,866,848 | 1,066,720 | 2,125 |
| 47 | 11,534,059 | 7,570,032 | 5,161,364 | 3,810,611 | 1,357,750 | 2,375 |
Tal Shiar Agent firing pattern
The Tal Shiar Agent carries two energy weapons and one kinetic weapon. The energy pair fires every round for steady pressure, while the single kinetic weapon hits about twice as hard but only fires every other round. Time your shield mitigation or repairs around that heavy kinetic swing, since it is the shot that can spike your hull damage.
| Weapon type | Count | Damage per shot | Fires | Crit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Energy | 2 | 132,942–162,486 | Every round | 10% (1.8x) |
| Kinetic | 1 | 318,026–388,702 | Every other round | 10% (1.8x) |
The Romulans in Star Trek
The Tal Shiar was the Romulan Star Empire’s intelligence service, its secret police and espionage arm rolled into one. Feared inside Romulan space as much as beyond it, the Tal Shiar ran covert operations, interrogations, and assassinations with little oversight and answered to almost no one. The Romulans themselves are a proud, secretive offshoot of the Vulcans who traded logic for cunning and ambition, ruling from the twin worlds of Romulus and Remus behind a habit of misdirection. A Tal Shiar agent fits that reputation: disciplined, dangerous, and rarely showing its full hand.
Is the Tal Shiar Agent worth grinding?
If you are building or upgrading a 4-star battleship, the Tal Shiar Agent is a solid stop for Broken Battleship Parts, and the ship XP is a useful bonus while you level a new hull. Weigh the Romulan reputation you lose against the Federation and Klingon standing you gain, because heavy grinding here will dent your Romulan relations. Match warp 110, bring an Interceptor, and work the level you can clear cleanly.