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The Next Phase: TNG Episode

captyoung01captyoung01 Member Posts: 311 Arc User
I am making this thread solely for the purpose of introducing a Romulan Science Vessel as seen on the TNG episode "The Next Phase". On this episode the Enterprise encounters a distress call from a Romulan Science Vessel, apparently also leading to Ro's and Geordi's apparent death [Which wasn't the case].

Ship Shown here: http://www.coldnorth.com/owen/game/startrek/challenger/federation/scientia.htm

So it got me to thinking. . Why didn't this vessel appear on the game for those who are playing as Romulan Science Officers? Apart from the Cstore ships which may have Science versions, this ship could have been one of the obtainable by level/rank as a Science vessel for Romulan Science Officers. Here I am thinking that the team of STO was doing their home work on Romulans from episodes and films :confused:
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  • misterde3misterde3 Member Posts: 4,195 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    It's coming.
    There's a screenshot of it in the "Massive" interview with Geko.

    http://massively.joystiq.com/2013/07/08/captains-log-interview-with-star-trek-onlines-al-rivera-part/

    We don't know as what (the name of the image indicates it MIGHT just be a shuttle) but it's coming.
  • imadoctornotaimadoctornota Member Posts: 469 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    The ship is on the way. Pictures of it, the scout ship, and the veteran ship have already been shown.

    I agree that the ship should be used early on as another option in the early levels (in addition to retrofits), but we'll have to wait and see.

    Also, as a side point, you don't have to be a science officer to command a science ship, and don't believe those people that say your ship must match your clad to be effective because that is far from true.
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  • carasucia83carasucia83 Member Posts: 568 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    I hope it's smaller than the Ha'nom and gets a fleet version. We could do with at least one sci ship having a universal boff slot too as not a single one of the vast selection of rom sci ships we have to choose from currently do.
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  • starfish1701starfish1701 Member Posts: 782 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    I think I'm right in saying these are the 400 day Veteran Rewards, but with a swappable head and tail to make it either ship.

    The Scout variant is supposedly 89m and has 2 decks, so it should be about 3 times the size of a Runabout. I always thought that the Science variant was supposed to be much bigger.

    It would be nice to think that it's going to be more than a Sovereign Yacht or the DujHod Chariot, but I think that's the equivalents of the this ship, so it will probably be a Lieutenant grade shuttle, with 1 Ensign BOFF slot like they are. I hope I am wrong though, I want them to be much more.
  • misterde3misterde3 Member Posts: 4,195 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    I think I'm right in saying these are the 400 day Veteran Rewards, but with a swappable head and tail to make it either ship.

    The Scout variant is supposedly 89m and has 2 decks, so it should be about 3 times the size of a Runabout. I always thought that the Science variant was supposed to be much bigger.

    It would be nice to think that it's going to be more than a Sovereign Yacht or the DujHod Chariot, but I think that's the equivalents of the this ship, so it will probably be a Lieutenant grade shuttle, with 1 Ensign BOFF slot like they are. I hope I am wrong though, I want them to be much more.

    Well, I'm pretty sure I know where you got that number from but while Ex-Astris has a lot of good info, that size makes no sense given the windows on this thing...those would be as big as the heads at Mount Rushmore.;)
    While I can agree it's bigger than a shuttle, it's nowhere as big as a Bird of Prey (which it would be at that size).

    http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/4871/8lvx.jpg
    No, that makes no sense.

    The Science ship...there I can imagine such a size is plausible because there were over 70 Romulans still alive onboard after the explosion in "The Next Phase".
  • logicalspocklogicalspock Member Posts: 836 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    The model looks half-finished, so it might be a while, but I suspect (or at least hope) that it will be a standard science ship with singularity and battle cloak and available from the c-store instead of something like the Ambassador.
  • starfish1701starfish1701 Member Posts: 782 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    misterde3 wrote: »
    Well, I'm pretty sure I know where you got that number from but while Ex-Astris has a lot of good info, that size makes no sense given the windows on this thing...those would be as big as the heads at Mount Rushmore.;)
    While I can agree it's bigger than a shuttle, it's nowhere as big as a Bird of Prey (which it would be at that size).

    The Science ship...there I can imagine such a size is plausible because there were over 70 Romulans still alive onboard after the explosion in "The Next Phase".

    Yes, that's where I got my 'information' (he said in inverted commas). :)

    The Scout I could well image is really only the size of a runabout, (and I would be more than happy with that) but I forgot about the crew number on the Science variant. Yes, that should be much bigger.

    I guess we will have to wait and see, but however they implement them, I'm just really glad they are being added into the game.
  • captainrevo1captainrevo1 Member Posts: 3,948 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    I really want one to be a science ship but got a feeling they are both the same shuttle with different looks. we'll see.
  • zensoji1zensoji1 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    There's another Sci ship that was in Star Trek canon that i'd like to see: The Spectre Class from the New Frontier books.

    It had an ion glide cloaking system that made it 100% invisible to EVERYTHING.

    there were other things too but TBH i can't remember them XD
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  • misterde3misterde3 Member Posts: 4,195 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    zensoji1 wrote: »
    There's another Sci ship that was in Star Trek canon that i'd like to see: The Spectre Class from the New Frontier books.

    It had an ion glide cloaking system that made it 100% invisible to EVERYTHING.

    there were other things too but TBH i can't remember them XD

    While it sounds interesting, the question is how much Cryptic can do with a ship nobody has an actual image of. Same is true for the Ivarix class from "Serpents Among the Ruins" or the Klingon Vakk class from "The Art of the Impossible".

    There's not much besides a name to go along with the ship.;)
  • misterde3misterde3 Member Posts: 4,195 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    I really want one to be a science ship but got a feeling they are both the same shuttle with different looks. we'll see.

    I'm afraid of that as well.
    I think it would be a missed opportunity if they don't make them two seperate ships.
    In particular since there are so few science-oriented ships available to to Romulans right now.
  • starfish1701starfish1701 Member Posts: 782 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    I really want one to be a science ship but got a feeling they are both the same shuttle with different looks. we'll see.

    When you right click the images to save them, one defaults to the name shuttlejarok and the other shuttletalon. So I think you are right.

    It doesn't stop them releasing a larger version of the Science variant though. You know... just saying... in case any devs are reading this. :D
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