The Vorta Vor is a grade 4 Rare Romulan survey ship built for one job: pulling ore out of the ground fast. It unlocks at Shipyard level 41, mounts an experimental mining laser that raises your ore rate, and can defend itself on a node when a rival tries to jump you. If you mine Romulan space in the mid game, it earns its slot.
How to get the Vorta Vor
Building the Vorta Vor takes 150 blueprints and a Shipyard at level 41, plus a ship-specific research prerequisite before the hull unlocks. The build cost runs 17,500,000 Tritanium, 1,400,000 Dilithium, 6,000 4★ Common Refined Ore, and 2,100 4★ Common Refined Crystal, with a build time of 85 days. The data does not say where the blueprints come from, so plan on collecting them from whatever event or store rotation is offering them when you build.
Vorta Vor ability
The Vorta Vor’s always-on ability is the Ore Mining Laser, which raises your ore mining rate by 120% at ship level 1 and climbs to 500% at level 60. Along the way it passes 150% at level 10, 215% at level 25, and 300% at level 40 before reaching the cap. Because the bonus is tied to ship level, every level you put into the hull pays back directly in faster ore hauls, so leveling it is the main way to speed up its core job.
Vorta Vor active ability
Automated Defenses is a player-triggered ability, separate from the always-on mining laser. When the Vorta Vor is attached to a mining node, activating it increases the ship’s combat effectiveness so it can put up a real fight if another player attacks you mid-mine. It runs on a cooldown that shortens as the ship tiers up. Turn it on when you are mining contested space and expect company. A survey ship normally folds fast under attack, and this is what lets the Vorta Vor hold its ground long enough to matter.
Stats and tiers
Base values from the current game data; research, buffs and officers raise them in play.
| Tier | Warp (speed / range) | Impulse | Cargo (protected) | Shield HP | Hull HP | Health (displayed) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 | 3 / 75 | 68 | 800,000 (8,200) | 11,850 | 27,570 | 19,710 |
| Tier 6 | 3.8 / 125 | 68 | 1,140,000 (16,500) | 36,160 | 84,140 | 60,150 |
| Tier 12 | 4.8 / 230 | 68 | 1,750,000 (45,000) | 137,950 | 320,960 | 229,455 |
Weapons and firing pattern
Warm-up is the round a weapon first fires; cool-down is the number of rounds between shots after that.
| Weapon | Type | Shots | Warm-up | Cool-down | Damage | Crit chance | Crit damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weapon 1 | Kinetic | 1 | 1 | 1 | 33,004–40,338 | 10% | 150% |
This is a survey ship, so its single kinetic gun is light and meant for self-defense on a node, not for hunting other ships.
Crew slots and officer bonus
| Ship level | Officer slots |
|---|---|
| 5 | 1 |
| 10 | 2 |
| 20 | 3 |
| 35 | 4 |
| 55 | 5 |
The ship also boosts your officers’ stats, stepping up a ladder as it progresses. On the Vorta Vor the attack, defense and health bonuses are identical at each step, so one ladder covers all three.
| Amount | Bonus (attack / defense / health) |
|---|---|
| 600 | 35% |
| 1,200 | 70% |
| 1,950 | 105% |
| 2,700 | 140% |
| 3,600 | 175% |
| 4,800 | 210% |
| 6,600 | 245% |
| 9,000 | 280% |
| 12,000 | 315% |
| 18,000 | 350% |
Vorta Vor refits
The Vorta Vor has two refits, both unlocked with ship shards.
| Refit | What it does |
|---|---|
| Vorta Vor Refit | A general ship refit for the Vorta Vor. Costs 80 shards to unlock. |
| Vorta Auto Defense | Unlocks the Automated Defenses ability. When it is active, the survey gains drastically increased combat power against players while on a mining node. Costs 120 shards to unlock. |
A ship skin has also been offered for the Vorta Vor that shifts its mining focus toward crystal instead of ore, handy if crystal is your bottleneck rather than ore.
Crew for the Vorta Vor
Crewing a miner is about the cargo bay and the mining laser, not the guns. For the Vorta Vor, prioritize officers that increase mining speed and protected cargo so more of your haul survives a raid, and if you work contested space, add officers that raise the ship’s defense to buy time while Automated Defenses is up. Because the strongest mining officers change as new ones release, check the current Officer Tier List for who is best right now; crews shift with the meta.
The Vorta Vor in Star Trek
The Vorta Vor is a game-original ship designed for Star Trek Fleet Command, not a vessel from any Star Trek series or film. Its story lives entirely in the game: a Romulan survey hull fitted with an experimental X-72 mining laser and ionized dilithium impulse engines, built to extract materials fast and quietly while the Federation and the Klingon Empire fight over the same resource fields. The design fits the Romulan reputation for efficiency and working from the shadows rather than trading blows in the open.
Is the Vorta Vor worth it?
For a grade 4 Rare survey ship, the Vorta Vor is a solid mid-game ore miner, especially in Romulan space. Its mining bonus scales the whole way to level 60, and Automated Defenses gives it something most survey ships lack: a way to survive a hostile player on a node. It becomes scrappable at Operations level 53, so treat it as a mid-game workhorse for your ore needs rather than an endgame keeper. If you push Romulan mining, it is worth the build.