there's also one that cuts down transwarp cooldowns. a purple one with an ambassador in a T5 Excelsior would get the most of this one.

Yes. When doffs get injured, an assignment called Sickbay is created for them and they're automatically redirected from their assignment into that. The sickbay assignment doesn't count towards your 20, but it does give a bit of medical experience when it finishes.

There's a few other redirect assignments like this. They can be confined to quarters for misconduct, and in a couple instances a simple supply run to one of your colonies can get redirected into an 8 hour fight against raiders.

There used to be some good threads on the red alerts. Basic rundown:

Borg attack a sector, anyone in that sector gets a Red Alert notice. It's only open for a few minutes. If you join it, you're put in an instance with up to 4 others, and you get 15 minutes to destroy four Borg groups. If you complete that, you get a new 10 minute timer to destroy a Borg command ship.

Sometimes, particularly in the Sirius sector block, you'll get a red alert that leads into a finished map. Most likely what happened to you. The join window should close before its possible to finish one.


Colonists are doffs. Colonist and Prisoner are just civilian specializations with a separate roster space.

Ah, very cool! Thanks for the detailed response. I was wondering whether or not the DOffs offered any tangible benefits. I think I might give the DOFF system a shot now.

Very cool. Is there a chance that my doffs will die while on active duty?

I hope DOFFs don't die while on active ship duty. I had mine do a death roll a few times at Station 24. lol But it only adds to the feeling of lose I guess, if you do lose them in combat.