Postures

Posture is your way of influencing the crews of the individual ships in your fleet. Posture is manipulated in the posture screen, accessible via the ship Command menu. There is also a quick access Posture Slider in the ship Info panel. Posture is adjusted on a scale of +4 defensive to +4 offensive.

All ships start a battle at the neutral position. Moving the Posture slider into a Defensive value will boost the strength of all defensive subsystems, at the expense of its Fire Control and Navigation. Conversely, moving the slider into an Offensive value will increase the ship’s Fire Control, to the detriment of its defensive and Navigation subsystems.

Hangar and CIC subsystems are not affected by any posture value.

Officers
In the single-player campaign, you have the ability to attach Colonial Fleet officers to your fleets. As these officers gain experience and are promoted, they will also gain Leadership, which increases the Posture Effect ability in the CIC subsystems of all ships in their fleet.

Posture Effect determines how many steps are present in the Posture Slider scale, e.g. a Posture Effect of 6 will allow you to adjust the Posture slider to values of +6 Defensive through to +6 Offensive.