Ships plays an important role in STO. A lot is expected to occur in the board and the players are their own master of the ship. Prior to the release of the official game guide senior technical officer on the ship.

Given that ships are expected to play a big part in the game(STO powerleveling), a lot of customization, upgrades and so on and so forth is something players look forward to. As the complexity of handling each ship that you may require the use of a ship guide.

In order for players to obtain their ships, first they would need to reach the Lieutenant Commander rank. Then the ships players can choose from are as follows:
- Cruiser Ship: This ship is the fastest to repair and focues mainly on fire power and weaponry with heaps of weapon(star trek gold) slots in contrast to other ships.
- Escort Ship: This is probably the fastest ship with extra fire power and the ability for players to equip cannons.
- Science Ship: These can be considered as support ships with enhanced buffing and debuffing with cloaking and heavy armor as core features.