Starship Engineering Skill Rank Up Guide

Starship Engineering is an Expert Tech skill in Starfield that allows ship systems to repair faster. Read on to learn the effects of the Starship Engineering skill, how to unlock and rank up the Starship Engineering skill, and the backgrounds that know it.

Starship Engineering How to Unlock and Overview

Starship Engineering Skill Overview

Starship Engineering Skill
	Skill Tree: Tech
	Tier: Expert
It takes skilled hands to not only make a ship's systems more resistant to damage, but to repair those systems efficiently when damage does occur.

How to Unlock Starship Engineering

Spend 8 Skill Points in the Tech Tree

As Starship Engineering is a higher-tier Expert skill, it is unlocked by spending a total of 8 skill points in the Tech skill tree before it can be learned.

How to Farm Skill Points Fast

Backgrounds with the Starship Engineering Skill

There are no backgrounds that start with the Starship Engineering skill.

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How to Rank Up Starship Engineering Skill

All Rank Challenges and Effects

Redo the UC Vanguard Piloting Simulator for Free Repairs

The fastest method to complete the Starship Engineering Rank Up Challenge is to repeat the UC Vanguard Piloting Exam. This exam is part of the UC Vanguard Faction Quest, Supra Et Ultra, and involves you destroying various digital ships within a simulation.

Each time you do the simulation, you'll get three free repairs that count towards the rank challenge. You can leave the cockpit when you run out of repairs by holding the E key on PC, or the B key on Xbox. Leave the simulation and go back to reset the simulation and the free repairs.

This ship combat simulation is repeatable and thus the best method to complete the challenge, which skips the trouble of finding and using Ship Parts to repair your ship.

How to Complete the Vanguard Simulation

How to Get Ship Parts

Buy Ship Parts from General Goods Vendors

Ship Parts can be bought from vendors that sell general goods. Shops such as Jemison Mercantile in New Atlantis, or Shepherd's General Store in Akila City will usually sell Ship Parts along with other miscellaneous items. Ship Parts can be seen in the Aid section of vendors.

Although the Trade Authority sells general goods, they do not seem to carry Ship Parts in their inventory.

Traders in various Civilian Outposts also sell Ship Parts and other supplies.

Vendors that Sell Ship Parts

Get Ship Parts from Ship Combat Encounters

Ship Parts can also be obtained from various combat situations you encounter while in space. After defeating them, many Ships will contain Ship Parts among their ship's debris.

Civilian ships can also reward you with Ship Parts after defending them from a pirate attack.

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Security	Targeting Control Systems	Energy Weapon Systems
Engine Systems	Payloads	Shield Systems
Missile Weapon Systems	Particle Beam Weapon Systems	Robotics
Starship Design	Starship Engineering	Automated Weapon Systems
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