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Season 9 Upcoming Ships?

mustrumridcully0mustrumridcully0 Member Posts: 12,963 Arc User
edited April 2014 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
I am pretty sure that I saw this ship in the new Featured Episode's introduction. (It's not in the video, it's in the part where it changes to game engine rendering and you also see your own ship fly by):

http://www.suricatafx.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/main_concept_sto_excalibur1.jpg

Is it just a reused asset that was still lying around? Or will this ship be one of the upcoming Federation ships?

It's not exactly my favorite. Or rather, I really don't like it. But I remember it being asked for by other players that stumbled upon the old Perpetual designs.
A good overview is also here:
http://suricatasblog.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/peships.jpg


Did anyone else notice? What do you think?
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  • shpoksshpoks Member Posts: 6,967 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    We have actually been discussing this already in a couple of threads. :)
    Up until this FE, this ship model has been used only as destroyed space hulks in several maps in STO. This is the first time the 'Excalibur Concept' is seen flying and from what can be seen, it didn't quite look like the white/grey destoryed hulks that float around in other maps (in terms of skin textures). The fact that this ship is used instead one of the hundred complete Federation ships that are in game gives me basis to hope they're working on a C-Store model.

    I for one hope that this could mean that the Excalibur is comming to STO as a playable ship. It has a very unique look to it and has been a favourite of mine ever since I saw it in the old Perpetual promos.
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  • flash525flash525 Member Posts: 5,441 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    Can't say I'm a fan of this Excalibur. Looking at it from a side angle (first picture) it looks like the Galaxy without the aft of it's hull and nacelles. I do like the saucer, I admit, but I'm not a fan of the way the hull and nacelles work out.

    In the latter picture, I much prefer the two ships top-middle. Looks like they could both work together (customization options) too.
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  • purplegamerpurplegamer Member Posts: 1,015 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    Original thread here: http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=1089181
  • wolverine595959wolverine595959 Member Posts: 726
    edited April 2014
    looks like a dog dragging his butt across the carpet.
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  • mustrumridcully0mustrumridcully0 Member Posts: 12,963 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    purplegamer wrote: »
    Original thread here: http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=1089181

    Thank you. I totally missed this thread apparently. MAybe because I forgot the ship's name.
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  • altechachanaltechachan Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    For what's it worth, in a recent Podcast with Priority One Geko mentioned the following: new Fed ship a month after S9 launches, along with Fleet Gurumba and Negh'Var Refit, and the Constellation-class for most likely Captain Picard Day (which I think is June 16?)
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  • purplegamerpurplegamer Member Posts: 1,015 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    altechachan wrote: »
    For what's it worth, in a recent Podcast with Priority One Geko mentioned the following: new Fed ship a month after S9 launches, along with Fleet Gurumba and Negh'Var Refit, and the Constellation-class for most likely Captain Picard Day (which I think is June 16?)

    Yes, June 16th is Picard Day. I know because it's also my birthday. :)
  • shpoksshpoks Member Posts: 6,967 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    altechachan wrote: »
    For what's it worth, in a recent Podcast with Priority One Geko mentioned the following: new Fed ship a month after S9 launches, along with Fleet Gurumba and Negh'Var Refit, and the Constellation-class for most likely Captain Picard Day (which I think is June 16?)

    There's still a chance for the big guns Negh'var!?! :eek: I think I'm gonna' faint!

    P.S. Crossing my fingers that the new Fed. ship a month after S9 is the Excalibur!
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  • ddesjardinsddesjardins Member Posts: 3,056 Media Corps
    edited April 2014
    I'm sorry, but the Excalibur looks like a French Bulldog with worms.

    Seriously, all I can think of is - she needs to go to the vet today, and NO I will NOT wipe that up.
  • oldravenman3025oldravenman3025 Member Posts: 1,892 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    altechachan wrote: »
    For what's it worth, in a recent Podcast with Priority One Geko mentioned the following: new Fed ship a month after S9 launches, along with Fleet Gurumba and Negh'Var Refit, and the Constellation-class for most likely Captain Picard Day (which I think is June 16?)



    The news regarding the Negh'Var is good indeed. And I've been waiting for a Constellation forever and a day.



    As for the new Federation vessel, I hope like hell it's NOT Perpetual's Excalibur concept. It looks like a dog dragging it's TRIBBLE across the grass. It would be nice if the Typhoon or Jupiter, a couple of old stalwarts in the Fleet that people have been asking for, would get the Scimitar treatment (detailed/cleaned up) and make it into the game.



    But if the Excalibur does come about, I won't complain as long as some players are happy with it. After all, catering to diverse tastes in ships is a part of the deal. Even if said ship looks like a dog dragging it's TRIBBLE across a rug. :P
  • shpoksshpoks Member Posts: 6,967 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    oldravenman3025 wrote: »
    But if the Excalibur does come about, I won't complain as long as some players are happy with it. After all, catering to diverse tastes in ships is a part of the deal. Even if said ship looks like a dog dragging it's TRIBBLE across a rug. :P

    Well, the beauty is in the eye of the beholder as they say. ;) I for one like the Excalibur very much, while to me the Jupiter looks like a bathtub. :P
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  • centersolacecentersolace Member Posts: 11,178 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    wolverine595959 wrote: »
    looks like a dog dragging his butt across the carpet.

    ^^^^^^^^^^
  • wildweasalwildweasal Member Posts: 1,053 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    wolverine595959 wrote: »
    looks like a dog dragging his butt across the carpet.

    hahahahahaha ty so much for making me spit my coffee across the room
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  • oldravenman3025oldravenman3025 Member Posts: 1,892 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    shpoks wrote: »
    Well, the beauty is in the eye of the beholder as they say. ;) I for one like the Excalibur very much, while to me the Jupiter looks like a bathtub. :P



    I dunno. I always thought the Jupiter looked like a big, flying crock pot. :D
  • berniestompaberniestompa Member Posts: 34 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    Can we please get this ship in game...

    http://www.suricatafx.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/scienceship1.jpg

    Dunno why but that ship does look very cool and I need a replacement for the Vesta :)
  • suprcheesesuprcheese Member Posts: 117 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    wolverine595959 wrote: »
    looks like a dog dragging his butt across the carpet.

    Cannot.... unsee....:eek:
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  • kapla1755kapla1755 Member Posts: 1,249
    edited April 2014
    The Jupitor reminds me of a cruise liner/colony type ship so men...... Typhoon I'd buy that.

    Personally still waiting on some ferengi salvaged S'ona ships, but that's just me. :D

    Edit: new feds ships are fine, but some others like Ferasan/Lethean/Reman ships would be appreciated also they have 3 ship designers now right?

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  • virusdancervirusdancer Member Posts: 18,687 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    altechachan wrote: »
    For what's it worth, in a recent Podcast with Priority One Geko mentioned the following: new Fed ship a month after S9 launches, along with Fleet Gurumba and Negh'Var Refit, and the Constellation-class for most likely Captain Picard Day (which I think is June 16?)

    Hrmmm, have to wonder if that Negh'Var Refit is the Assault Negh'Var Refit. If they ever put that ship in the game, well - it would be killing a rarely used meme, but killing one all the same. But it is curious that they talked about that coming out at the same time as another Fed ship. Wonder if the Feds will be getting another Battle Cruiser...

    The Fleet Guramba - still curious if that's going to follow the Fleet Patrol (since the Guramba was a pseudo mirror of the Patrol when it was the Fleet) or if they might go the 5x Tac for it (either way for me works, I'd slot a uni in the 5th Tac or 4th Eng either way).

    The talk about Expansion 2 and ships, though...

    http://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/schematics/delta_ships1.htm
    http://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/schematics/delta_ships2.htm
    http://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/schematics/delta_ships3.htm
    http://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/schematics/delta_ships4.htm
    http://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/schematics/unknown_ships2.htm
  • altechachanaltechachan Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    For those who want to listen to it, it's from this podcast: http://priorityonepodcast.com/po170/ The remarks about the ships start at the 59:50.

    Oh, they have three ship artists now and apparently the newest ship artist did the Constellation as their "breaking-in" project.

    He also talks about a broadside cruiser; the issue is that all cannon effects need to be adjusted and new nodes need to be adjusted for firing starboard and port.
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  • virusdancervirusdancer Member Posts: 18,687 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    altechachan wrote: »
    For those who want to listen to it, it's from this podcast: http://priorityonepodcast.com/po170/ The remarks about the ships start at the 59:50.

    Oh, they have three ship artists now and apparently the newest ship artist did the Constellation as their "breaking-in" project.

    He also talks about a broadside cruiser; the issue is that all cannon effects need to be adjusted and new nodes need to be adjusted for firing starboard and port.

    Yeah, the VFX for a broadsider would be a heinous undertaking without there being a significant number of ships with starboard/port hardpoints being added. Which leaves one to wonder if there would be any modifications to mounts on current vessels...
  • altechachanaltechachan Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    virusdancer wrote: »
    Yeah, the VFX for a broadsider would be a heinous undertaking without there being a significant number of ships with starboard/port hardpoints being added. Which leaves one to wonder if there would be any modifications to mounts on current vessels...

    They did mention in the podcast with Geko that Cannon Scatter Volley on a Turret-armed Odyssey has some weird effects (comes from the center of the ship). So, they might fix that along with whatever work they are doing.
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  • amosov78amosov78 Member Posts: 1,495 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    It should be noted that Cryptic's version of the "Excalibur" ship was different to Perpetual's:

    Perpetual "Excalibur"

    Cryptic "Excalibur"

    Cryptic's has an extended secondary hull length, and the pylons are positioned above the secondary hull, and are angled up slightly. Other changes are the length of the nacelles; the saucer details; and the neck is different too, being somewhat more "upstanding" and different shaped.
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  • virusdancervirusdancer Member Posts: 18,687 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    amosov78 wrote: »
    It should be noted that Cryptic's version of the "Excalibur" ship was different to Perpetual's:

    Perpetual "Excalibur"

    Cryptic "Excalibur"

    Cryptic's has an extended secondary hull length, and the pylons are positioned above the secondary hull, and are angled up slightly. The neck is different too, being somewhat more "upstanding" and different shaped.

    Almost as if Cryptic realized the Perpetual design looked like a dog dragging its...
  • willamsheridanwillamsheridan Member Posts: 1,189 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    Isnt that design just a hybrid of the Envoy class and this ugly brick http://sto.gamepedia.com/File:Redacted_Exploration_Cruiser_Variant.jpg?version=1509565d1dbd0e6c367f72dd4cf50525 ?

    And i think i read somewhere hat they wanted to make a playable U.S.S. Dauntless (The fake federation ship from VOY) Could make sense since we are in the Delta Quadrant now.

    And broadside Cannons? For what? For cruisers? Cannons with a firing arc of 45° ona slow turning cruiser. Stupid. They could make Beam Arrays more powerful but not broadside cannons. And escorts dont need broadside cannons they have the Turnrate.

    We have never seen a ship firing a cannon broadside. BoP and Vor`Cha as well as the Defiant have Front cannons and for every other direction use Beams.
  • rgzarcherrgzarcher Member Posts: 320 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    I'm all for a Ferasan ship, that would be awesome ^ ^

    Reman have a ship though, remember they were part of the Romulan Star Empire so they had the same tech for the most part, but they did develop the Scimitar (possibly, its a grey area).

    The ship I would like to see MOST however has to be this little beauty:)

    http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Maquis_raider

    Make it a lock box ship if you have to Cryptic :)

    Though just to throw some gas on a fire, I wouldn't mind this making it into the game as well ;)

    http://api.ning.com/files/H4R-RGT-XY9ebowkkZqcs-2NpqaCM-q7grzAdABdRP9w8M4l*hFYaJUrDYSKVFws8D7X9jaywJfkvMXVImQ78lZNYP-rQlpo/Yeager_type_at_christies.jpg

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  • altechachanaltechachan Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    rgzarcher wrote: »
    The ship I would like to see MOST however has to be this little beauty:)

    http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Maquis_raider

    Isn't that the Peregrine Attack Fighter? http://sto.gamepedia.com/Peregrine
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  • rattler2rattler2 Member, Star Trek Online Moderator Posts: 58,701 Community Moderator
    edited April 2014
    Actually... the Peregrine and the Maquis Raider are two different ships.
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  • altechachanaltechachan Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    rattler2 wrote: »
    Actually... the Peregrine and the Maquis Raider are two different ships.

    Huh, confusing since both were used by the Marquis.
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  • shpoksshpoks Member Posts: 6,967 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    amosov78 wrote: »
    It should be noted that Cryptic's version of the "Excalibur" ship was different to Perpetual's:

    Perpetual "Excalibur"

    Cryptic "Excalibur"

    Cryptic's has an extended secondary hull length, and the pylons are positioned above the secondary hull, and are angled up slightly. Other changes are the length of the nacelles; the saucer details; and the neck is different too, being somewhat more "upstanding" and different shaped.

    Eh, close enough for me. Basically the same ship, the differences are minor. Plus, if they make it playable I think it's a safe bet that they'll allow customization that will enable to sweep the nacelles upward or downward similarily to the Avenger, so we'd basically be able to make almost the same look as Perpetual's one.
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  • dongemaharudongemaharu Member Posts: 544 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    I would not hesitate to drop some cash on this. Just wish Cryptic would use a fan design. So much better. I can't take another Cryptic Fed design.
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