Who Vemet is in Star Trek Fleet Command
Vemet is a Rare Science officer in Star Trek Fleet Command, one of the Romulans who crewed the mining ship Narada under Nero. His captain ability can pull a ship back from destruction once per battle, and his officer ability turns an enemy’s Burning status into shield damage.
That gives him two separate jobs. In the captain chair he is a survivability pick. On the bridge he is a combat officer for crews built around the Burning effect. As a Rare officer he costs a manageable 558 shards to take to maximum rank, so mid-game Romulan players can reach him without a long grind.
This guide covers Vemet’s place in Star Trek lore, what both of his abilities do, where he earns a crew slot, how to rank him up, and which officers share his synergy.
Vemet’s Star Trek background
Vemet belongs to the Romulan side of the 2009 Star Trek film, the Kelvin-timeline reboot. In that story the Narada is a Romulan mining vessel commanded by Nero. Nero and his crew were civilian miners rather than Starfleet or military. After their homeworld of Romulus was destroyed by a supernova, the survivors traveled back in time, set on revenge.
Vemet himself is the game’s own addition to that story. He has no named role on screen in the film, so the game expands the idea of Nero’s crew into individual officers. Its lore describes Vemet as a long-serving friend of Nero, a steady voice of caution who urged planning over rage even as Nero pushed the crew toward revenge. He gave his service anyway.
Vemet’s role in STFC
Vemet is a combat-support officer, and his Science class points him toward crews that lean on ability effects rather than raw hull. He carries two abilities that work in very different ways.
The captain seat is about staying alive. The bridge ability is about punishing an enemy that is already on fire. Neither does anything outside its specific condition, so Vemet rewards a crew built with a plan and gives little when dropped into a random lineup.
Captain ability and officer ability
Captain ability: Romulan Tenacity
When Vemet captains a ship, Romulan Tenacity gives that ship one comeback per battle. If the ship loses its shields and is then destroyed later in the same fight, the engagement still counts as a loss, but the ship is not destroyed. It survives and heals a slice of its hull health instead. As of the latest data that heal is 5% of hull health, and it fires only once per battle.
One caveat matters for crew planning. Romulan Tenacity takes precedence over the NSEA Protector’s Omega-13 ship ability and does not stack with it, so flying that ship does not give you two separate revives.
Officer ability: Feel the Heat
Feel the Heat works from the bridge. At the start of every round, if the enemy ship is Burning, Vemet cuts that ship’s Shield Health. The size of the cut is tied to the total Health of all officers seated on Vemet’s ship, so a crew with more officer health strips more shield.
The strip is modest at low ranks and climbs steeply with each promotion, reaching a large multiple of your officer health once Vemet is fully ranked. The catch is the trigger: the ability does nothing unless the target is Burning, so Vemet needs a ship or crew that applies the Burning status reliably before Feel the Heat earns its seat.
Where Vemet shines
A few situations make Vemet worth a crew slot.
The first is a Burning-focused crew. If your ship or your other officers apply the Burning status every fight, Feel the Heat adds shield-stripping pressure each round. Dropping an enemy’s shields faster opens it up to hull damage sooner, which speeds the whole kill.
The second is the captain chair on a ship you cannot afford to lose. In demanding hostile fights, armadas, or close player-versus-player battles, Romulan Tenacity buys one save and keeps the ship in play. Keep in mind that it will not stack with the NSEA Protector’s Omega-13.
The third is mid-game Romulan progression. At 558 shards to max rank, Vemet is one of the more reachable Rare officers. A player working through Romulan space can pick him up and rank him without the grind a rare or epic recruit usually demands.
How to get Vemet
Vemet is a Rare officer in Nero’s Crew, the Romulan group tied to the Nero storyline. Rare officers like him generally move through recruitment, faction store rotations, and in-game events rather than one fixed source. Shard availability shifts as the game cycles content, so check the current store and event rotations in your game to see where Vemet shards are showing up.
Ranking Vemet runs through five ranks, and the shard cost climbs with each promotion:
| Rank | Shards to promote |
|---|---|
| 1 | 36 |
| 2 | 54 |
| 3 | 108 |
| 4 | 144 |
| 5 | 216 |
That adds up to 558 shards from recruitment through rank 5. The higher promotions also draw on Romulan faction credits and officer experience, and the top two ranks call for Science Badges, so budget those resources alongside the shards when you plan an upgrade.
Vemet’s synergies
Vemet carries a class synergy bonus that depends on the classes of the officers seated with him. It reads as 5% tied to Command officers, 5% tied to Engineering officers, and 2% tied to Science officers. When you build around him, Command and Engineering seats pull a little more from that bonus than Science ones.
He also has a named set of synergy officers, every one of them from Nero’s Crew. Seating Vemet next to these officers activates their synergy bonuses:
A crew drawn from Nero’s Romulans is the natural home for Vemet, since every seat there can trigger synergy. Outside that group, judge Feel the Heat on its own and pair Vemet with whatever Burning crew you are running.
Frequently asked questions
Is Vemet good in STFC?
Vemet is a specialist, not a general-purpose officer. In a crew built around the Burning status he adds real shield-stripping pressure, and in the captain chair he gives a ship one save per battle. Outside those two uses he does little, so judge him by whether you run Burning crews.
What does Vemet’s officer ability do?
Feel the Heat cuts Shield Health from an enemy ship at the start of each round, but only while that ship is Burning. The size of the cut scales with the total officer health on Vemet’s ship and grows with every promotion.
Where do you get Vemet shards?
Vemet is a Rare Nero’s Crew officer. His shards move through recruitment and event or faction store rotations rather than one permanent source, so check current availability in your game.
Is Vemet worth ranking up?
At 558 shards to max he is one of the cheaper Rare officers. If you run a Burning crew, ranking him up sharply increases the shield strip, so the promotions pay for themselves. If you do not, the rank-ups matter far less.
What ship is Vemet best on?
There is no single answer. As a bridge officer he belongs on whatever ship your Burning crew flies. As a captain, put him on a ship you cannot afford to lose, and remember the revive will not stack with the NSEA Protector.
Vemet is a specialist who rewards a clear plan. If you build a crew around the Burning effect, or you want a survival net in the captain chair, he earns his place while staying cheap to rank. Skip both uses and he can wait on the bench until your roster has room for a niche pick.
