Gathering
up loot is great, trying to figure out what all of
the Star Trek Online shorthand means isn’t. One of the first
things players
notice in the game is the bracketed gear bonuses that trail behind the
better
armor, weapons and kits. 

The
letters in the brackets sometimes make perfect sense. For example
“[HP]” is rather intuitive for longtime MMOG
players and can be recognized for improving health. Many others
aren’t so user friendly (can you guess what [CrtH] might be?
Answers are below).

Today
we provide some decryption for those gear codes
and discuss the best bonuses for different careers in the href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/sto/guides/gear_stats">Star
Trek Online: Guide to Gear Bonuses