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Hybrid Starships?.....

ejsphcrispejsphcrisp Member Posts: 145 Arc User
edited July 2014 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
Since Roms have to choose a side (Fed/Kling), would it be a good idea to have hybrid ships, ships with the look and feel of the Fed/Kling sides, but decidedly Romulan? While not a suggestion, an example of this would be like the D'dreridex with a saucer section instead of the beak like forward section.
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  • feiqafeiqa Member Posts: 2,410 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    If both sides shared tech then sure. But it would not be Rom exclusive. If anything it would be for fleets to unlock with a nice expensive time gate. Then all players in the fleet can use the hybrid ships. SF/Rom or KDF/Rom.

    Originally Posted by pwlaughingtrendy
    Network engineers are not ship designers.
    Nor should they be. Their ships would look weird.
  • anazondaanazonda Member Posts: 8,399 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    Thats a nuts idea... The Warbird with the saucer that is...

    I can deffo see different fed and KDF ships using tech from romulans (singularity), however, i don't see that happening.
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  • peetapipmacpeetapipmac Member Posts: 2,131 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    ejsphcrisp wrote: »
    ...an example of this would be like the D'dreridex with a saucer section instead of the beak like forward section.

    That sounds like the fugliest ship I could imagine.
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  • ejsphcrispejsphcrisp Member Posts: 145 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    feiqa wrote: »
    If both sides shared tech then sure. But it would not be Rom exclusive. If anything it would be for fleets to unlock with a nice expensive time gate. Then all players in the fleet can use the hybrid ships. SF/Rom or KDF/Rom.

    A T1 fleet ship would be an idea, but like the Obelisk Carrier, let be claimable at Lv 40 as a free ship, then other versions at a cost.
  • ejsphcrispejsphcrisp Member Posts: 145 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    ejsphcrisp wrote: »
    .....an example of this would be like the D'dreridex with a saucer section instead of the beak like forward section.
    anazonda wrote: »
    Thats a nuts idea... The Warbird with the saucer that is...
    peetapipmac wrote: »
    That sounds like the fugliest ship I could imagine.

    lol, it was the only idea that I could think of.
  • anazondaanazonda Member Posts: 8,399 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    ejsphcrisp wrote: »
    lol, it was the only idea that I could think of.

    Yea... you should probably think Fed-hull with Rom tech instead... MAYBE swapping a nacelle or something...
    Don't look silly... Don't call it the "Z-Store/Zen Store"...
    pwebranflakes wrote: »
    Let me put the rumors to rest: it's definitely still the C-Store (Cryptic Store) It just takes ZEN.
    Like Duty Officers? Support effords to gather ideas
  • ejsphcrispejsphcrisp Member Posts: 145 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    anazonda wrote: »
    Yea... you should probably think Fed-hull with Rom tech instead... MAYBE swapping a nacelle or something...

    How about a Defiant, with a beak and wings?.....
  • anazondaanazonda Member Posts: 8,399 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    ejsphcrisp wrote: »
    How about a Defiant, with a beak and wings?.....

    Yea, no...
    Don't look silly... Don't call it the "Z-Store/Zen Store"...
    pwebranflakes wrote: »
    Let me put the rumors to rest: it's definitely still the C-Store (Cryptic Store) It just takes ZEN.
    Like Duty Officers? Support effords to gather ideas
  • mvp333mvp333 Member Posts: 509 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    ejsphcrisp wrote: »
    How about a Defiant, with a beak and wings?.....

    Meh, that's just a warbird. :P
  • feiqafeiqa Member Posts: 2,410 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    anazonda wrote: »
    Yea... you should probably think Fed-hull with Rom tech instead... MAYBE swapping a nacelle or something...

    Think a mogai with a nova or voyager style narrow saucer and enlarged warp nacelles.

    Think a galaxy with D'd nacelles.

    KDF

    Think a BoP with a mogai like head.

    And the Ktinga with the romulan decal. (hint hint.)

    Originally Posted by pwlaughingtrendy
    Network engineers are not ship designers.
    Nor should they be. Their ships would look weird.
  • aloishammeraloishammer Member Posts: 3,294 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    feiqa wrote: »
    Think a mogai with a nova or voyager style narrow saucer and enlarged warp nacelles.

    Think a galaxy with D'd nacelles.

    KDF

    Think a BoP with a mogai like head.

    And the Ktinga with the romulan decal. (hint hint.)

    Aaaaaand I just threw up in my mouth a little. Again. Seems to be happening with increasing frequency around here.
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  • questeriusquesterius Member Posts: 8,582 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    Romulan -federation or Romulan-Klingon hybrids?

    With the distinctly different styles i would prefer such hybrids never materialized.

    But as topics such as this always end up on this i will throw it out there: Battle cloak for all. FYI this statement does not reflect my personal opinion on the subject.
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  • vetteguy904vetteguy904 Member Posts: 3,963 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    I would love to see STO get the license for some of the old starfleet command ships. the rom ship in particular are sexy as hell

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  • annemarie30annemarie30 Member Posts: 2,705 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    feiqa wrote: »

    And the Ktinga with the romulan decal. (hint hint.)

    just in case you missed it.

    and the decal for the T'varo PLEASE
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  • mvp333mvp333 Member Posts: 509 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    ...And this is why you people aren't ship designers... A "Hybrid" design doesn't imply cruddy kitbashes of two different-factioned ships. It means something that actually merges elements of two factions. Something like a ship that looks somewhat like a Ha'___ but with Klingon-style less glowy nacelles, more pokey gun bits, and more angles and facets. Or a Mogai-lke ship, but with a more T'liss-like "saucer" in between the wings. Etc.
  • ddesjardinsddesjardins Member Posts: 3,056 Media Corps
    edited July 2014
    Kitbashing is a legitimate way to design a ship. It may not follow the design styles of the GBotG preferences, but it's something I'd pay $$$ for.

    Most if not all of the background ships in star trek at one point or another have benefited from it.

    Heck there was an entire industry of 'what-ifs' for decades before TNG.
  • captinwh0captinwh0 Member Posts: 783 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    Like The Gunship (talon) From Farscape!
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  • azurianstarazurianstar Member Posts: 6,985 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    I wouldn't rule out a hybrid starship when we start getting into 2411, but for now I honestly would like the Ship Team to focus on finishing adding the canonical Starships like we were promised when STO launched. Even the ugly ones. Even the K'Vort (hear me Geko?)

    anazonda wrote: »
    Thats a nuts idea... The Warbird with the saucer that is...

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  • policestate76policestate76 Member Posts: 1,424 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    No, its a terrible idea, because being a Romulan means both things, the asthetic of the ships and the power behind it.. change one thing, you dont have romulans anymore. :cool:
  • ejsphcrispejsphcrisp Member Posts: 145 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    questerius wrote: »
    .....Battle cloak for all......

    I don't really care if there is a cloak (battle or otherwise) on these hybrids,i'm not a very good play, and I sometime forget the Roms have them. lol
  • amosov78amosov78 Member Posts: 1,495 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    Production background wise we've already seen something similar; namely the Vor'cha-class. It was stated in the 'Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion' that the Vor'cha-class ship was meant to illustrate the marriage of Klingon and Federation technologies due to the ongoing d
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  • exa12exa12 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    feiqa wrote: »
    Think a mogai with a nova or voyager style narrow saucer and enlarged warp nacelles.


    so, the Yeager class?
    feiqa wrote: »
    And the Ktinga with the romulan decal. (hint hint.)

    This i can get behind, tbh, i dont see why most of the Romulan ships dont have it as an option

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  • vivenneanthonyvivenneanthony Member Posts: 1,278 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    anazonda wrote: »
    Yea... you should probably think Fed-hull with Rom tech instead... MAYBE swapping a nacelle or something...

    Do we have that already? Like seriously, not.

    Fed ship with set Romulan the and plasma weapons
    Tal Shiar ship with Borg set and with tetryon/plasma/or nanite distruptor weapons
    Klingon ship with Fed Set(8472) with phaser weapons.

    Isn't that hybrid ships?? Starts to look at original post again.
  • mirrorchaosmirrorchaos Member Posts: 9,844 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    ejsphcrisp wrote: »
    Since Roms have to choose a side (Fed/Kling), would it be a good idea to have hybrid ships, ships with the look and feel of the Fed/Kling sides, but decidedly Romulan? While not a suggestion, an example of this would be like the D'dreridex with a saucer section instead of the beak like forward section.

    as someone else put it a few days *threw up a little in my mouth*.

    i can just imagine it now the romulation starship romuprise.. i think its best to leave the starship designs the way they are, i wouldnt want the dd to get mutilated in such a fashion.
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  • talonxvtalonxv Member Posts: 4,257 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    No, just HELL NO.
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