Events #1 - Data Mining (Alliance)

Data Mining can be rather annoying for an event, because it takes a long time to reach the nodes even if base is close to Augment space. In addition, research makes data mining even faster, so you are hitting OPC sooner.

When competing in the Data Mining event, it is key to have a Botany Bay (BB) ship with maxed out ship XP because that affects the mining rates. Sometimes players will be willing to rotate a node with you instead of attacking. It is most beneficial if you can rotate your own node with a 2nd BB.

The leader boards are bracketed, so you will only see players within a few levels on the same board. Some other players didn't max Ship XP, others don't complete research. If you want to compete in this event, you will need to do both, and mine like crazy.

Borg #10 - Borg Armada Targets

Warning: Timers are 5 minutes, so ships must already be in area to participate.

Only use a ViDar with:
1. Nine of Ten as captain then two other Borg Officers - this will eliminate the Borg Cube critical bonus
2. Eight of Ten as captain / Nine of Ten and Gorkon - this will likely bring Hull Breach increasing all critical damage for the whole armada
3. Eight of Ten as captain then Nine of Ten and Seven of Ten or two Borg officers to increase the chances of critical hits

If you don't have Borg officers, use Kirk/Spock and Carol Marcus or Kahn or best officer.

Collect and redeem Borg Tech Salvage parts to get Armada Directives or TransWarp Cells (different from the Probe Space areas).

Alliance redemption of TransWarp Cells cost a bit more, but give cells to the rest of the alliance as well.