[STOPC] Command the T'Pau Scout Ship!

ambassadorkael

Participate in our anniversary events, and you can unlock the new Vulcan T'Pau Scout Ship!

https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/11073613

artan42

Fine. If I must.

finsches123

Nice!

Are we going to see a 12-ship scout mega bundle with an engi, sci, and tac variant for Federation, Klingons, Romulans, and Jem'Hadar? Maybe T6 Nova?

postagepaid

If its very squishy at least we can fly into battle humming "china in your hand" on the assumption the songs not about narcotics.

saber1973a

Ships that merge Tac and Sci… maybe the Megabundle will be something like T6 Dyson Sci-Destroyers? Or at least something that will work similar (and use console sets from T5 Dysons)?
Edit:
And I hope the Megabundle will be fully scalable too...

iamynaught

Another leveling ship? What are you trying to do, entice me to make even more alts?

Sunuva...

djf021

That trait looks interesting. Could be a good survival boon for science ships.
Looking forward to learning about a possible ship bundle.

rattler2

reyan01 wrote: »

No. Well, not a Nova anyway.

Nova is possible honestly. She's small enough to be considered for Scout Ship classification.

As for the ship... Looks good. Like the fact that its a leveling ship, which opens up options for new characters outside of what is already available.

I am, however, predicting calls of "NERF THAT INTO THE GROUND" on the console it comes with. Damage reflection is nice, but you KNOW the PvPers are gonna cry when they keep vaping themselves.

anodynes

reyan01 wrote: »

rattler2 wrote: »

reyan01 wrote: »

No. Well, not a Nova anyway.

Nova is possible honestly. She's small enough to be considered for Scout Ship classification.

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I don't see it.

Whilst am happy to be corrected, Megapacks have always been home-baked designed.

A couple of them at T6 have been home-baked designs based on canon or licensed ships. Romulan Flagships were all based on the Scimitar and Federation Multi-Mission Explorers were all based on the Vesta.

I doubt it will be Novas if the bundle are Scout ships, though, as that would be a decent departure from what the Nova line has been in past tiers.

marty123

Nice to see a Mirror Vulcan ship, even if it is discovery

boweninugami

Hmm...it looks nice, I'll say that. And scaling levels? That'd be nice for new alts. I have a Sci Alt I have yet to work on so that'd be good for that one.

And yes, the PVPers will be screaming 'PLZ NERF!'

postagepaid

Anything that discourages mindless pewpew should be welcomed.

avoozuul

I'm really not a fan of that design, I hope they add an alternate sleeker design which fits with the games timeline and the other Vulcan ship.

phoenixc

The ship looks totally ridiculous (which is about par for DSC), much more so than the Ytjara (or even the blue fish looking things with the scrub brush tails one of the ancient alien races have), but the stats look good and that is the most important part.

I liked the leveling Walker and I might even buy a new alt slot to try this one all the way up.

mithrosnomore

The trait is very nice.
The console I like in that it requires activation. I do not favor such effects as a passive ability.

The ship? Well....

Not a fan of the T'Pau class name. I am assuming that since the ship was modelled after one that appeared in Dis, that it is the same ship from that same time.

That means, that unless Dis has rewritten TOS continuity (not a thing that I know that they do (never seen a single episode) but something that I have seen people say that they are rather free with) then T'Pau is alive and well at this time.

Naming ships or ship classes after living people is a thing that seems like a very banana republic sort of thing to do and I am very much against that (I know, I know, the U.S. Navy does the same thing, and as a Navy vet I have always disliked it there, too).

This could be canon, though. If CBS commands then Cryptic must obey, but if Cryptic had any say-so then I would have preferred another name; Sehlat, Lirpa, Ahn-woon, Kolinahr… Plenty of Vulcan words to dig through to find one that would fit.

But overall it seems like a handy little ship. The only fixed slot is a science commander slot, but four universal slots, two of which are lieutenant commander slots, allow for the players to cover a lot of what they think they are missing.

And the admiralty card looks pretty good, too.



Edit: The abbreviation of the current Trek series is filtered. Changed those references into something not filtered.

duncanidaho11

reyan01 wrote: »

I don't see it.

Whilst am happy to be corrected, Megapacks have always been home-baked designed.

Except for the Vesta bundle which followed the 2017 anniversary, and the Scimitar bundle following the 2016 anniversary.

anodynes wrote: »

I doubt it will be Novas if the bundle are Scout ships, though, as that would be a decent departure from what the Nova line has been in past tiers.

The scout class science vessel didn't exist at launch (ie. when the Nova was first introduced to the game) and the Andorian pilot escort does show that Cryptic is quite comfortable shifting sub-classes if a ship fits a release.

I'd personally be surprised if Cryptic opted for an original design or DSC ship, the Nova was designed as a planetary survey vessel and the scout designation would fit it quite well. The Nova is high on the list of remaining non-DSC canon ships to implement as T6 and the physical dimensions are reasonably close to the T'Pau (as shown). It's a prime window for it.

duasyn

Looks nice. I hope this is the start of the Vulcans getting some ship love.

vengefuldjinn

My time/dimensional travelin, xeno/exobiologist, science officer, Vulcan character thanks you for a T6 Vulcan science ship -

nommo

Not sure if I'm liking the design yet, but I do want to see it in motion so hopefully a video will pop up soon. All the stats seem good enough, reasonable, & the T'pau's trait & console seem nice. Nicely done & looking forward to the grind which it a bit shorter by what I read so thanks again Cryptic.

crm14916

I’ll grind a few minutes a day for the only T6 Vulcan ship this game will ever see... It’s what I’ve been waiting for, anyway... Even if the design overall is still wanting...

robeasom

The console and spec seem a must have for any science toon. Will use the ship just to gain those.

casualsto

No temporal bridge officer slots...

doublecha

Magnificence

woerligen

Read the article. Where do you guys get the hint of a coming mega-bundle? (Not that I'd be averse to that, he he).

Anyway, a real surprise that we get this ship. Looking forward to flying it, especially when I can hold the Eaglemoss model (called Solkar class, btw) of it while doing so. LLAP

saber1973a

It's tradition - Anniversary ships always were followed (after some months - true) by a Zen Store Megabundle.
The ships in Megabundle normally had set of consoles, which the console from anniversary ship was fourth one of.

Here is as it was before (names and order may be somewhat incorrect):

Solenae Dyson Sci Destroyer - T5 Dyson Sci Destroyers Meagbundle
Kobali Samsar Cruiser - Command Cruisers Megabundle
Krenim Science Vessel - T6 Flagship Megabundle
Lukari Ho'kum Science Vessel - Multimission Explorers Megabundle
Bajoran Interceptor - Allied Pilot Escorts Megabundle

Edit:
Now I know, that STO is not obliged to make a following Megabundle after this anniversary, but it would be weird if they would not release one...

geezerpunk

Am I the only one that visualized a bunch of emotionally bummed out Klingons, talking about the negative vibes, bad energies, and having to reform their ways and wishing for Ben and Jerry's to eat away the "bummers" and the negative space. Because everything is just "Too Heavy"!

This Starship comes equipped with a Console - Universal - Rebounding Resonant Frequencies. When activated, this console blasts the target with negative energy that lingers for a short duration, causing all of the damage they deal to be reflected back at themselves.

woerligen

saber1973a wrote: »

It's tradition - Anniversary ships always were followed (after some months - true) by a Zen Store Megabundle.
The ships in Megabundle normally had set of consoles, which the console from anniversary ship was fourth one of.

Here is as it was before (names and order may be somewhat incorrect):

Solenae Dyson Sci Destroyer - T5 Dyson Sci Destroyers Meagbundle
Kobali Samsar Cruiser - Command Cruisers Megabundle
Krenim Science Vessel - T6 Flagship Megabundle
Lukari Ho'kum Science Vessel - Multimission Explorers Megabundle
Bajoran Interceptor - Allied Pilot Escorts Megabundle

That's cool! Until now, I never noticed this pattern. A DSC-themed mega-bundle would be neat.

where2r1

These 9th Anniversary Prize Vouchers can be spent on an Event Reputation project to obtain the Tier 6 Vulcan T'Pau Scout Ship! This project requires 1000 9th Anniversary Prize Vouchers. 200 of these Prize Vouchers can be earned by completing the new episode “Para Pacem” for the first time, and an additional 200 can be earned by completing the new episode “Illusion of Communication” for the first time.

Are all of these missions going to be UNLOCKED for everyone?????
Because I am sick of dealing with who has what unlocked on which character thing...with this Mission Journal revamp.

burstorion

Not fond of the ships look (reminds me of an wrinkled space prune) but more ships are never a bad thing but I still prefer my Kor bops ebc over scout ships sec deflector (my fed scis bought the Dranuur boomerang with t6 fleet modules so I'm loathed to move him to the space prune)

The console and trait look pretty nice though, although I get the feeling the trait likely has a silly cd between heal activations or the peeveepeers will howl even more than over the console, lol

saber1973a

If this will be like other Featured Episodes, the new episodes will be unlocked for anyone - but only for the anniversary, after that it will be normal episode, which need to be unlocked normally (by going through earlier episodes).