first vesta, from al's twitter
Got a working vesta costume yesterday. Started implimenting stats, items and powers today. Boy the canon really gives this ship everything.
pic-
https://twitter.com/STOJamesLee/status/254665067478540289/photo/1/largehttps://twitter.com/STOJamesLee/status/253653176681639937/photo/1/largehttps://twitter.com/i/#!/STOJamesLee/media/slideshow?url=pic.twitter.com%2FnXthMztN
i don't know, or like, the design very well, but the proportions look a bit off to me. now remember, we are almost certain this is gonna be a sci ship, with cannons, it will be interesting
1000 day ships revealed as well, blog about them next tuesday according to brian
now the klingon vet ship, the Peghqu'
kdf pics-
https://twitter.com/STOJamesLee/status/254683250440687617/photo/1/large
James just posted another shot of The Peghqu', showing off one of its modes -- the Sector Space Mode transformation, in this case:
http://twitter.com/STOJamesLee/status/254683250440687617/photo/1
the nacelles exposed themselves a bit, wonder what else it does
i like that common components are used here, the warp engines i think are exactly the same ones off of a lower tier raptor i think. like that the cannon harpoints looking like actual cannons, and not just from a spot on the hull. with the fleet somraw and fleet scorge finally giveing the kdf good escorts, another escort looking ship is a bonus, and hopefully as good, and not to gimmicky
only saw 1 of the fed vet ships, the chimera
fed pic-
https://twitter.com/STOJamesLee/status/254667025102811136/photo/1/large
its clearly almost exactly like one of those ent-f contest entries, the one that inspired the intrepid refit costume deflector.
Wait till you see her in-game. A still from a digital camera taking video doesn't do the Chimera justice. She is absolutely beautiful, and so is the KDF ship. Also, their transformations are incredible.
Wait till you see her Lotus power! The KDF ship (the Peghqu') has one too

I will not be saying anymore :cool: You'll have to turn into Priority One on Monday or the Blog on Tuesday for more details. Needless to say, EPICNESS is abound.
worried about to many gimmicks myself with these vet ships, hop they don't give anything up for gimmicks. oh who am i kidding, ships don't give anything up for an advantage anymore.
guessing the vesta as gonna have the same station setup as the regent, only sci in place of engineering. not sure on the vt ships, heard them refereed to as destroyers, so escorts, but the fed ship looks like a cruiser, not a tac heavy ship at all.
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It's a starcruiser 2.0.
Laaazy.
What have Vet rewards ever done for ground by the way? I know everyone thinks PvP is borked from creep/apathy/weak PvE but if that's the case then ground stuff has been Completely ignored...
Some nifty costum choices for ground.
It'll probably be the last Fed-side C-Store ship I buy (already have the Regent and Armitage), becoming the new ride of my Sci cappy in the Armitage. Cryptic would have to go beyond the impossible to really come up with an in-house model that wows me into buying another Fed ship. KDF side... eh, IDK, other than the Fleet Corsair Flight-Deck cruiser and Fleet Ning'Tao, there's not really a lot that appeal to me.
Here's a few links to Mr. Rademaker's renders of the ship.
http://www.ewe-squad.com/vestaclass.jpg
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1oTNGkUkHgM/TPtyg3jQBjI/AAAAAAAACDQ/bcckE47EMvM/s1600/aventine1.png
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1oTNGkUkHgM/TPt1vtYRupI/AAAAAAAACDk/t8WHY6GjNUc/s1600/aventine3.png
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1oTNGkUkHgM/TPt1p2MS-TI/AAAAAAAACDg/GPAK-1wL0I4/s1600/aventine2.png
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Just for giggles, that flat space at the back between the nacelles? Runabout launchpads. Along with a shuttle bay near the back of the saucer. Have a nice night.
Before the Atrox and Armitage, folks were talking about it being the Fed Carrier - the specs for it basically had it as a shuttlecarrier...
I'll get round to flying these sometime next year >.>
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Of course the Seating also depends on how effective it will be.. as well as the turn rate. So looking foward to Monday/Tuesday.
Think about this:
American Football has been in open beta for 144 years. ~Kotaku
according to some tweets they are insisting that this will be vets only. surprised by that too
i wouldnt doubt it.
itll be a free 9 console slot, non universal ship thats slightly different from a shortly released cstore ship with all the bells and whistles.
On the bright side, this is actually progress.
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lol
It's like a 12-step program for devs!
Step one: Admit you have a problem!
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bort has made it to step 1!
http://sto.perfectworld.com/blog/?p=706571
Chimera Heavy Destroyer
Minimum Rank: Vice Admiral
Hull Strength: 34,500
Shield Modifier: 0.9
Crew: 750
Weapons: 4 Fore, 3 Aft
Device Slots: 3
Bridge Officer Stations: 1 Commander Tactical, 1 Lieutenant Engineering, 1 Lieutenant Science, 1 Universal Ensign, 1 Universal Lieutenant Commander
Console Modifications: 4 Tactical, 3 Engineering, 2 Science
Base Turn Rate: 14 degrees per second
Impulse Modifier: 0.22
Can equip Cannons
Regenerative Mode (Innate): +5 Auxiliary Power, +30 Starship Shield Systems
Console ? Universal ? Dynamic Tactical System: Tactical Mode (Disables Regenerative Mode, +5 Weapon power, +30 Starship Targeting Systems), Tachyon Inversion Beam (Requires Regenerative Mode), Phaser Lotus (Requires Tactical Mode)
Advanced Quantum Slipstream Drive
what we have here is another kirk dream ship for sure. its got the same station setup as the odyssey, only it has a tactical commander. how much you wanna bet the vesta is going to have this setup, only with a commander science station?
couple of negatives, only 9 consoles plus a special console that shifts it from defensive to offensive mode, and 14 turn rate is well below quite a few other escorts. also they have special phaser or disrupter weapons, so you would be silly to use any other weapon type on these ships if you want your tactical consoles effecting both your weapons and the special. i know i'll have to grind all new sets of weapons.
this destroyers are basically klingon battle cruiser with the TRIBBLE turned up past the fleet ktinga and vorchas's 11, all the way up to 15. think of them this way, they arent really escorts. id be real interested to see its inertia score. the kdf version is basically a stat clone, except...
Peghqu' Heavy Destroyer
Minimum Rank: Lieutenant General
Hull Strength: 34,500
Shield Modifier: 0.833
Crew: 750
Weapons: 4 Fore, 3 Aft
Device Slots: 3
Bridge Officer Stations: 1 Commander Tactical, 1 Lieutenant Engineering, 1 Lieutenant Science, 1 Universal Ensign, 1 Universal Lieutenant Commander
Console Modifications: 4 Tactical, 3 Engineering, 2 Science
Base Turn Rate: 14 degrees per second
Impulse Modifier: 0.22
Can equip Cannons
Regenerative Mode (Innate): +5 Auxiliary Power, +30 Starship Shield Systems
Console ? Universal ? Dynamic Tactical System: Tactical Mode (Disables Regenerative Mode, +5 Weapon power, +30 Starship Targeting Systems), Tachyon Inversion Beam (Requires Regenerative Mode), Disruptor Lotus (Requires Tactical Mode)
Advanced Quantum Slipstream Drive
Battle Cloak
well, now that sure does look like fun, being able to battle cloak it up! i think every cloak in game should be a battle cloak, so i approve!
that raptor shield mod has got to go though...
Faction: Federation
Minimum Rank: Vice Admiral
Hull Strength: 34,500
Shield Modifier: 0.9
Crew: 750
Weapons: 4 Fore, 3 Aft
Device Slots: 3
Bridge Officer Stations: 1 Commander Tactical, 1 Lieutenant Engineering, 1 Lieutenant Science, 1 Universal Ensign, 1 Universal Lieutenant Commander
Console Modifications: 4 Tactical, 3 Engineering, 2 Science
Base Turn Rate: 14 degrees per second
Impulse Modifier: 0.22
Can equip Cannons
Regenerative Mode (Innate): +5 Auxiliary Power, +30 Starship Shield Systems
Console ? Universal ? Dynamic Tactical System: Tactical Mode (Disables Regenerative Mode, +5 Weapon power, +30 Starship Targeting Systems), Tachyon Inversion Beam (Requires Regenerative Mode), Phaser Lotus (Requires Tactical Mode)
Advanced Quantum Slipstream Drive
Faction: Klingon
Minimum Rank: Lieutenant General
Hull Strength: 34,500
Shield Modifier: 0.833
Crew: 750
Weapons: 4 Fore, 3 Aft
Device Slots: 3
Bridge Officer Stations: 1 Commander Tactical, 1 Lieutenant Engineering, 1 Lieutenant Science, 1 Universal Ensign, 1 Universal Lieutenant Commander
Console Modifications: 4 Tactical, 3 Engineering, 2 Science
Base Turn Rate: 14 degrees per second
Impulse Modifier: 0.22
Can equip Cannons
Regenerative Mode (Innate): +5 Auxiliary Power, +30 Starship Shield Systems
Console ? Universal ? Dynamic Tactical System: Tactical Mode (Disables Regenerative Mode, +5 Weapon power, +30 Starship Targeting Systems), Tachyon Inversion Beam (Requires Regenerative Mode), Disruptor Lotus (Requires Tactical Mode)
Advanced Quantum Slipstream Drive
Battle Cloak
Quote of the week:
looks kinda like a lance +faw, and the tachyon faw will surely be an anti shield weapon. how effective will it be with insulators though? likely not very
think i'll set mine up like this to start
damage control and BFI doffs, 4 DHC
TT1, CRF1, APO1, CRF3
EPtS1, RSP1, EWP1
EPtW1, A2S1
TB1, HE2
and ether TT1 or TSS1
Which reminds me, if this is the over 1000 ship award, can anyone imagine what the "IT'S OVER 9000!" day vet award will be like?
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
But it all hinges on what is meant by 'siphon shields from multiple targets'
How much drained? what is the return? Skill resistable? Skill buffable? etc.
In terms of the raw stats though, probably the most balanced ship they have released since the Rhode Island. Probably because it's free though.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
*gasp
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
oh cryptic, i KNEW it was to good to be true. vet ships for all! as long as you pony up for lifetime. i knew these ships would just HAVE to have huge dollar signs attached to them to justify all the work they put into them
Battle Cloak
That screeching sound you hear is my brain suddenly pulling to a halt..scrolling back up and re-reading it to make SURE I hadn't missed something EXTREMELY Important.. And I was right.. THAT will make that ship definitely fun to fly. So what if it's got a 14 Turn rate base? Though I will admit the Consoles in my opinion should have been different for each.. The Fed one should have 4 Tac, 3 Sci, 2 Engi. And the KDF one should be 4 Tac, 3 Engi, 2 Sci. But that's my opinion on it. Would be sweet if they would have introduced a new console slot: Universal :P So then you could have 5 Tac consoles. But that's a Dream for another day. :P
Think about this:
American Football has been in open beta for 144 years. ~Kotaku
Ya know.. something like that would make me mad normally.. But actually, I kinda like that.. I mean sure it makes my up and coming 1,000 days feel a little less important, but it is a nice way to give some one something back for buying a life time sub. Edit: Whoops I don't know how to read.. lol
And you don't have to pony up the money, you can just wait till your 1,000 days of normal sub time, DDIS. That is just an incentive to go life time instead.
Think about this:
American Football has been in open beta for 144 years. ~Kotaku
Unbelievable. ABSOLUTELY Unbelievable.......
Talk about kicking your most loyal customers in the $%%#*& teeth. :mad:
Wow... Just... Wow.