Crew Experience

Crew experience is a powerful attribute given to the ship, cumulative with the bonuses of tech and leadership.

It enhances both Ship Attack and and Ship Defense cumulatively with Ship Leader and tech bonuses

Crew Experience is gained a number of ways.

Primarily a ship can gain experience when constructed at a colony that has invested infrastructure in the Ship Engineering special of Ship Support which gives Regular/Experienced/Veteran experience to ships built in that colony.

Any ship gains 1 point of Crew Experience every turn, and another +2 if you have built the Imperial Building: Empirical Space Academy which adds an additional +2 every turn to Crew Experience for a total of +3.

Leaders can also develop the Instructor Secondary skill which will add a fleetwide +1-3, depending on level of skill, per turn.