I have observed that some players, regardless of their career path, have the ability to levitate their opponents in mid-air. Can anyone tell me how this ability is achieved? Thanks

That's a personal device called ophidian cane (or pimp cane )

just type in

/wingardium leviosa

and that sould work for you

Yeah, Ophidian Cane is a device obtained from Klingon War/Federation War featured episodes. It was available only for limited time on mission release and on episode rerun.

Kind of a telekinetic hold...

Wouldn't that make a cool ground trait?

Unfortunately I can't offhand think of any normal (ie. not advanced) Star Trek races that had that ability.

Beings like Q and such don't count.

You know... I was hoping the telekinesis trait did have a hold ability and not just a "throwing purple balls" ability. I ended up deleting the character that I put it on because it didn't do what I wanted.

Granted, she was a species of my own creation with some genetic modification in her background, so she wasn't exactly a standard character. But the telekinesis power really should have more to it.

... or Amanda Huggenkiss either?

http://www.stowiki.org/Ophidian_Cane

The Pimp cane

/Cruciatus is a better hold/paralyze that also damages the target.