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Ships in Star Trek Online are as much aion kinah a part of your avatar as your captain or Bridge Officers. They're highly customizable, both cosmetically and functionally. Visiting a ship "tailor" will allow you to change the color of your ship, the nacelles, the neck and/or nacelle pylons, its saucer, its name, its registry number and so on.
And since ships have paper dolls and Bridge Officer stations, the decisions you make in how you outfit the ship's weaponry, impulse engines, shields, deflector dish and mods guarantee your game-play experience will be unique to other players, but at the same time still feel like Star Trek.
Players are awarded ships by Starfleet as they progress in rank and invest skill points in piloting the ships they'd like to fly.
Once players reach the rank of Lieutenant Commander, they're able to begin choosing from three separate types of ship: Science vessels, Escorts and Cruisers. These ships differ from each other in a number of ways:
Bridge Officer Station arrangement, Science vessels favor Science Officer Stations, Escorts favor Tactical Officer stations and Cruisers favor Engineering Officer Stations.