Featured Ship: The Caitian Atrox Carrier

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Caitian in design, the Atrox Carrier is available to Federation Vice Admirals. Read more about it and purchase it from the C-Store today.


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dontdrunkimshoot

promoted just in time for the fleet version to come available to fleets that have got through spire progression as fast as possible!

kyhas1

Genuinely had my hopes up the post was announcing changes or adding a unique console finally.

I am disappoint.

On the other hand its still pretty nice looking.

ashkrik23

Best tank in the game.

ltdata96

Have to say: Awsome work on this ship, great design and performance Though i have to ask: Why do i still have to pay a Fleet ship mod to upgrade it, i've already payed 2500 Zen, not that i'm unhappy with that, just saying that KDF Captains get with the Fleet Kar'Fi a ship with a Special Console, Awsome Frigate pets and it's still 500 Zen cheaper Fleeted...

Anyways, have to say it again, really nice ship (May we have some fed or cross-faction frigates pls? ;P )

futurepastnow

Still needs a frigate hangar, though.

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nikolunus

I love this ship and hope to have one by the time my fleet gets to the spire level to get the fleet version. Though I have to agree with some comments, It's a little underdone in some aspects to other ships out there now and could use a little new polish. She is a beautiful ship, though a bridge would be something awesome to see. Or a con that could play into the Caitians natural talents in science. Still regardless she is the next ship I will be buying.

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trekkerchick

I love the Atrox I]I'm a crazy cat lady, it was natural[/I. It's also the only non-canon design in STO I like other than the Daeinos.

I just wish that space pets weren't attracted to core breaches like moths to a flame.... Or at the very least, Intercept actually did was it says in writing , and keep pets on your ship focusing on enemy pets instead of zipping off into core breaches 10km away like every other command ._.

solidshatner

I thought this was on sale. IMO even if it was, I still don't think I'd buy it.

ATROX - 2500 ZEN
Hull:40,500
Standard Shields:6,270 (Mk X)
Shield Modifier:1.2
Weapons: 3 Fore 3 Aft
Can equip dual cannons.
Hangar Bays:2
Crew:3000
Bridge Officers: Lt Tact, Lt Cmdr Eng, Cmdr Sci, Lt Cmdr Sci
Device Slots:4
Consoles: 2 Tact 3 Eng 4 Sci
Turn Rate:5
Impulse Modifier:0.15
Inertia rating:20
Bonus Power:+5 shield power+10 auxiliary power
Abilities: Launch Caitian Stalker Fighters
Carrier Commands
Subsystem Targeting

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MIRROR VO'QUV - aprx 250,000 EC on exchange
Hull:42,000
Standard Shields:4,975 (Mk VIII)
Shield Modifier:1
Weapons: 3 Fore 3 Aft
Can equip dual cannons.
Hangar Bays:2
Crew:4,000
Bridge Officers: Lt Cmdr Tact, Cmdr Eng, Lt Eng, Cmdr Sci
Device Slots:4
Consoles: 2 Tact 4 Eng 3 Sci
Turn Rate:5
Impulse Modifier:0.15
Inertia rating:20
Bonus Power:+5 weapons power
+10 auxiliary power
Lock BoxAbilities: Launch To'Duj Fighters - but KILLS with Elite BoPs
Carrier Commands
Subsystem Targeting

killdozer9211

Turn the Tal'kyr into a debuffer science based frigate already.

aveimperator

Atrox needs some frigate pets to really be viable as anything other than a healbot. Bottom-tier carrier, sadly

omegaphallic

The Atrox is not a bottom tier carrier. There are no bottom tier carriers.

I will admit that the Atrox is a great healbot ship, with Commander Sci, Lt. Com sci, and Lt. Com enigeering, especially if one also uses Shield Repair Pets, but its also really tanky and you can use Scorpian fighters if you want more dps..

orangeitis

I shall purchase one. And name it... the U.S.S. Meow Mix. 8D

boweninugami

I had the Atrox for a long while. I loved it. Sadly with the appearance of the Recluse and the Obelisk..the Atrox was removed from my list. The Recluse with it's special Torp and Console and Commander Universal slot made it a more dangerous ship IMO. And the Obelisk with it's scary pets and all it's other stuff especially if you get the Lobi version caused me to cut down my ship lists and the Atrox got removed. I still recommend the Atrox is one doesn't have the Recluse or the Obelisk though, it's a good ship and I enjoyed my time playing mine.

doffingcomrade

f2pdrakron wrote: »

You want for me to mention were the Defiant was build?

Even in Sol you have San Fransisco Fleet Yards, I actually read the ship dedication plates you know ...

Woo, a DIFFERENT human shipyard. That's really going to change his point there, that all of Starfleet's ships appear to have been built by humans.

zeuxidemus001

Since my ferasan is a tactical if they reskin this for a ferasan ship I hope its somewhat tactical based or something different than vo'quv so it could be used more so for tactical officers since most ferasans out there are tacts at least from what I've seen personally.

angrytarg

This thing makes absolutely no sense

angrytarg

sophlogimo wrote: »

Actually, what would be cool would be a Tier 4 version of the vessel - the "non-updated" version from the Caitian shipyards. It could then have frigate pets, useable on both the T4 and the T5 vessel. :P

Interestingly, the Atrox, the Kumari, the D'Kyr... they are the rare exceptions where Starfleet shipbuilding contracts did not go to Utopia Planitia... one would expect in a truly federal Federation to have more diversity in ships. But of course, that human-centric "ship culture" is canon.

The weird thing is that Starfleet wouldn't "call on the federation memberworlds" to provide ship support. That doesn't make any sense. Virtually all of the memberworlds facilities have been absorbed into Starfleet, meaning that the shipyards still left for civilian production of non-starfleet vessels would never be able to "help" Starfleet in any way, especially considereing the Atrox is supposed to be a fairly large ship that'd require major facilities.

According to canon, most Starbases are able to construct starships as well, so it's not only the few shipyards of Sol, though I'll admit others are rarely mentioned (but they are there).

EDIT: This was supposed to be an edit, I don't know what happened. Sorry ^^'

pwecangetlost

doffingcomrade wrote: »

Woo, a DIFFERENT human shipyard. That's really going to change his point there, that all of Starfleet's ships appear to have been built by humans.

Aren't Federation ships a culmination in the member world's technology and engineering skill?

killdozer9211 wrote: »

Turn the Tal'kyr into a debuffer science based frigate already.

This. This is a great idea.

ccmurphy

pwecangetlost wrote: »

Aren't Federation ships a culmination in the member world's technology and engineering skill?

Federation ship is a collection of member tech and engineering skill, but ships, no matter who designed them, fallow Starfleet designs. this is due to the original charter sighed by Archer. Witch the charter is still in effect today, even though this is the federation rather then the coalition.

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zeuxidemus001

All this talk about defense forces makes me wonder if its true what the rumor mill is that they are going to end the federation / Kdf war. What is the stance going to be on the orion, nausicaans, and gorn on the matter of where they stand vs the federation on how those groups operate(d) and part of the reason the federation came to be in the first place. Only thing I could see on Cryptics part if they wanted to make the 25th century the corner stone of how so many different alpha quadrant species were serving on the enterprise-j as well as those factions going to war against the sphere builders. Plus the matter of the caitian and ferasan with the slated reason for the atrox being pushed out for the fed sides first carrier being to combat the klingon empire so if there is no war what purpose will federation captains have in pushing these into service lol.

farmallm

The ship looks nice, just I never really thought of getting it.

Too bad this is the only carrier to choose from on the Feds. Other than getting a carrier that is neutral. I'm sure the Feds can build a nice carrier of their own.

cabezadetortuga

I love my Atrox carrier. I like playing a support role, and, in my opinion, the Atrox is one of the best ships for doing this. I can take almost any group, no matter how badly equipped, into an elite STF and make that group succeed. With my help, even the weakest of ships can tank like a beast. On top of that, my Atrox makes a great tank on its own. I have no problem taking on the Cubes in Khitomer Space Elite and handling the probes at the same time by myself. As for DPS, I know it is not the highest, but properly equipped, it can easily meet DPS requirements for elite play. There have been many times when fighting the tactical cubes in Khitomer or Infected that I was in a group comprised of tactical and engineering captains when I took the aggro and held it even though I have a threat reduction fleet mine console equipped.

In Khitomer space, give me a good Romulan captain in a Scimitar at my side and, together, we will wipe out our transwarp gate before the three players at the other gate have even started taking their gate down. I use one wing of Advanced Stalker fighters and one wing of ultra rare Scorpion fighters. The shield stripping abilities that I have given my Atrox, combined with the polaron sweep of my Stalker fighters, almost always create an opening for the high yield torpedoes from the Scorpion fighters to cause massive damage to an enemy.

I am very happy with my Atrox purchase.

angrytarg

sophlogimo wrote: »

The release text for the Atrox clearly implies that the Caitians use "non-updated" versions of this vessel (probably not called by the Latin word Atrox, but some Caitian name). So the Caitians probably have some kind of "system defense force", a smaller, Cait-focussed space military. In fact, the Andorians, the Vulcans and quite likely all the other member worlds who can afford it have a force of that kind, too.

I suspect: Earth does not have such a system defense fleet, because when the Federation was founded, Earth gave its "system defense fleet" to the Federation - Starfleet.

Memberworlds explicitly gave up their own militaries in favour of Starfleet, so they are not allowed to field "militaries" per se. That was an integral part of the founding of the UFP. Although I personally do think memberworlds hold a small scale planetary militia back I don't think that it would be capable of taking much influence beyond their own world. While memberworlds without a doubt still have and produce civilian vessels that, in Trekverse, are capable of defending themselves to a certain degree (the Vulcan Academy of Sciences for example used their own ships) I don't think there is much military power supposed top be left . The Andorian and Vulcan forces you refer to operated prior to the founding of the UFP. Afterwards, logic dictates that you don't scrap all ships immedeatly of course but use them to some degree but I really think in the 25th century that period of transition is over.

Letting Caitians build warships for Starfleet to use is just nonsense. Cait will most likely still have civilian/policing ships but Starfleet already incorporates Caitian engineering and military expertise.

johnsteward

Worst ship i ever got and putting a fleet in front wont make it better

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cabezadetortuga

angrytarg wrote: »

Memberworlds explicitly gave up their own militaries in favour of Starfleet, so they are not allowed to field "militaries" per se. That was an integral part of the founding of the UFP. Although I personally do think memberworlds hold a small scale planetary militia back I don't think that it would be capable of taking much influence beyond their own world. While memberworlds without a doubt still have and produce civilian vessels that, in Trekverse, are capable of defending themselves to a certain degree (the Vulcan Academy of Sciences for example used their own ships) I don't think there is much military power supposed top be left . The Andorian and Vulcan forces you refer to operated prior to the founding of the UFP. Afterwards, logic dictates that you don't scrap all ships immedeatly of course but use them to some degree but I really think in the 25th century that period of transition is over.

Letting Caitians build warships for Starfleet to use is just nonsense. Cait will most likely still have civilian/policing ships but Starfleet already incorporates Caitian engineering and military expertise.

None of what you said is specifically spelled out in the television programs or movies, so therefore your conclusions are purely unsupported conjecture. I do not recall any "period of transition" in any of the episodes or movies.