STO Ships can easily be summarized as a tactical battle in space as the player as the ship’s captain. After seeing the gameplay, people made all kinds of comparison to Pirates of the Burning Sea’s ship combat, which is great that the ship combat in Star Trek Online did not just become some average common MMORPG play-style.
In Star Trek Online shields are in the front, the sides and the back. By balancing shields, the result is equal defence on all sides, however if the player decides to transfer more power to a specfic side then the defence for that side will increase at the cost of all the shields decreasing in defence power. Take down the shields and you will be vulnerable to attacks, just like the Star Trek TV series that most of us are familiar with.
So how do you get your hands on more ships? 3 factors: Ranking up, Starfleet Merits and Energy Credits.
You will rank up by simply getting skill points as you complete missions and defeat enemies. Then you will move up ranks, which consequently gives you access to more ships. To buy ships you will need starfleet merits, which is one of the two currencies used in Star Trek Online. Merits are essentially used to promote bridge officers and buy new ships.
