How to Say Barot, Crystallized

I don’t normally start with trivia, but this one’s too good to hold off until later. If you remember where Barot comes from in Star Trek lore, you deserve a medal. Or the Order of the Bat’leth.

Because that’s where Barot (pronounced BAH – wrott) comes from. Not the Original Series. Or the Kelvin universe. No, it’s so much more obscure than that.

Barot never appeared on screen at all. Rather, his son T’vis was given the Order of the Bat’leth by Gowron, and his name read aloud by the changeling Martok in the Deep Space Nine episode Apocolypse Rising. And that’s the only mention of him in the entirety of Star Trek.

And here it is…

It seems odd to me that the Klingon miner in the game isn’t Koth, the Rura Penthe warden from Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. Koth is in the game but is instead with the Klingon Patriots group. His character ran a mining facility. Koth seems like a natural to be a miner, but alas, it was not to be.

Barot’s Captain’s Maneuver

This is your primary crystal miner. Pair him with synergy or Ten of Ten, and put him on a K’Vort (if you have one) to finish your daily crystal mining in a hurry.

Officer Ability – “Deceptive Weakness”

Possibly the most useless one in the game, especially at higher levels. He gives you a defensive bonus if you’re being attacked. But at the higher levels, the warships are so much stronger than the mining ships that this will probably never do you any good.

Barot Below Decks

Barot is massively weighted towards attack.

Summing Him Barot

He’s a necessary tool in your tool belt, great for finishing your crystal mining dailies. But his officer ability is useless, and it’s not worth spending any badges on him. When compared to Stonn or T’Pring, who serve similar functions for ore and gas, and whose officer functions are extremely useful, Barot is really disappointing.