Targeting Control Systems Skill Rank Up Guide

Targeting Control Systems is a Novice Tech skill that improves your ship's targeting control in Starfield. Read on to learn the effects of the Targeting Control Systems skill, how to unlock and rank up the Targeting Control Systems skill, and the backgrounds that know it.

Targeting Control Systems How to Unlock and Overview

Targeting Control Systems Skill Overview

Targeting Control Systems Skill
	Skill Tree: Tech
	Tier: Novice
Missile weapons are favored because they can lock onto an enemy ship, but an intimate knowledge of tracking systems can make them even more effective.

How to Unlock Targeting Control Systems

Spend a Skill Point to Unlock Skill

As Targeting Control Systems is a Novice skill, it can be learned without having to spend skill points on other skills in the Tech skill tree. You just need to spend a skill point on Targeting Control Systems to learn it.

Backgrounds with the Targeting Control Systems Skill

The Targeting Control Systems skill is automatically learned by the following backgrounds:

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How to Rank Up Targeting Control Systems Skill

All Rank Challenges and Effects

Use the Ship Targeting Function to Complete the Challenge

Ship Targeting is a new function you unlock for your ship for having the Targeting Control Systems Skill. This skill allows you to slow down time and aim a specific part of an enemy ship to target your weapons to.

Lock-on to Enemy Ships to Engage Ship Targeting

To start the Ship Targeting function, you must be locked onto an enemy ship first. When you lock on to an enemy ship, there would be a "Target Lock" prompt. Entering that prompt engages the Ship Targeting function.

Target Individual Ship Parts to Disable Them

Once you've engaged Ship Targeting, you can switch between the different parts of the enemy ship to target your weapons to. After targeting a ship part, those parts will be highlighted on your HUD, and all your weapons will be targeted toward that part.

If a target is selected, you can fire your weapons as usual without aiming them to destroy those parts of the targeted ship.

Fight Digital Enemy Ships in the UC Piloting Simulator

The fastest method to complete the Targeting Control Systems Rank Up Challenge is to farm the UC Vanguard Piloting Exam. This exam is part of the UC Vanguard Faction Quest Supra Et Ultra. This exam involves you destroying various digital ships within the simulation. Destroy these ships while in Ship Targeting mode complete the skill challenge.

To complete the Vanguard Simulation, you must complete the first three tiers of enemies. You can stand up and reset the simulation at any time by holding the E key to stand up from the cockpit seat and then leaving the simulation room.

This ship combat simulation is repeatable and thus the best method to complete the challenge, which skips the trouble of finding hostile ships to destroy.

How to Complete the Vanguard Simulation

Starfield Related Guides

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List of Tech Skills

Ballistic Weapon Systems	Boost Pack Training	Piloting
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
Boost Assault Training	EM Weapon Systems