STO mechanics / Short lessons
Auxiliary subsystem power
Check what uses it—and how.
Auxiliary power supports weapons and abilities specifically designed to scale with it. Many science abilities and exotic effects grow stronger with higher Auxiliary; check the individual effect.
Temporal Disruptors use Auxiliary both for their power-based weapon damage scaling and as their firing supply. Preserving Auxiliary while firing helps sustain their weapon damage.
An ability can scale with Auxiliary without consuming it when activated. Being a science ability or dealing exotic damage does not automatically establish Auxiliary scaling.
What to check: what uses Auxiliary, what scales with it, and what actually drains it?