Upgrade Operations to Level 17 is a station mission in Star Trek Fleet Command with a single objective: bring your Operations building up to level 17. It starts and finishes at warp 1, the game lists a recommended level of 1, and no ship has to leave dock. The reward is 7,000 Tritanium and two 5 Minute Repair Speed Ups, and finishing it unlocks the R&D Department level 17 mission. It pays you for an upgrade you need anyway.
Upgrade Operations to Level 17 objectives
The mission’s story line describes Operations as the building that holds the command center and the station’s main computer. There is one objective and no choice split:
- Upgrade Operations to Level 17.
No system, hostile or donation is involved. The mission clears when Operations reaches level 17.
Where and what warp
Warp 1 to start, warp 1 to complete, and no pickup system. Everything happens on your station.
The recommended level is listed as 1. What actually decides when you finish is the Operations 17 upgrade, with its cost and building requirements.
What Operations 17 costs
Current game data lists the level 17 upgrade at 2,100 Tritanium, 114,240 Parsteel, 700 Dilithium, 200 2★ Common Refined Ore and 10 2★ Uncommon Refined Ore. The unboosted build time is 1 day 19 hours 24 minutes. It requires Shipyard 16 and Dilithium Vault 3.
The refined ore is the line to check first. Ten 2★ Uncommon Refined Ore and 200 2★ Common Refined Ore are easy to overlook next to the Parsteel, so make sure both are in stock before the upgrade is ready to queue.
The mission reward of 7,000 Tritanium is more than three times the Tritanium this upgrade asks for. Operations 18 costs 3,000 Tritanium, so the reward covers that too.
Upgrade Operations to Level 17 rewards
| Reward | Amount |
|---|---|
| Tritanium | 7,000 |
| 5 Minute Repair Speed Up | 2 |
Completing this mission unlocks Upgrade R&D Department to Level 17.
How Level 17 compares with nearby Operations missions
| Mission | Tritanium | Repair speed ups |
|---|---|---|
| Upgrade Operations to Level 16 | 6,000 | 2 × 5 Minute |
| Upgrade Operations to Level 17 | 7,000 | 2 × 5 Minute |
| Upgrade Operations to Level 18 | 8,000 | 2 × 5 Minute |
| Upgrade Operations to Level 19 | 9,000 | 2 × 5 Minute |
| Upgrade Operations to Level 20 | 35,000 | 2 × 10 Minute |
Levels 16 to 19 climb by a steady 1,000 Tritanium each and keep the same pair of 5 Minute speed ups. Level 20 breaks the pattern with a jump to 35,000 Tritanium and 10 Minute speed ups, so the late teens are the slow stretch before a bigger payout.
Tips
Line up Shipyard 16 and Dilithium Vault 3 first. The mission that comes before this one in the station sequence is Upgrade Shipyard: Level 16, so finishing that step also clears the Shipyard requirement for Operations 17.
Put the Tritanium toward Operations 18. The 7,000 reward more than covers the 3,000 Tritanium that step asks for.
Use the repair speed ups after hostile grinding rather than letting them pile up. Two 5 Minute ones are enough to clear light damage on a ship at this level.
Every other building mission is listed on the mission guide.
