Instead of abandoning the Omega particle system and leaving its remains on display in the R&D tab as a warning to other events, maybe it could become a doff mission, acquired by talking to your science officer in sector space. It would, of course, rely on science doffs with Logical/Efficient/Eidetic Memory, because science.
Common (white) assignment: 1 hour - 1-2 traces on success - 3-4 traces on critical
Uncommon (green) assignment: 2 hours - 1 sliver on success - 2 slivers and 3-4 traces on critical
Rare (blue) assignment - 8 hours - 1-2 slivers on success - 1-2 slivers and 1 shard on critical
Very rare (purple) assignment - 20 hours - 1-2 shards on success - 1-2 shards and 1 fragment on critical
Maybe, probably need to drop the rate of return, considering the dilithium expense that omega particles let you bypass. But otherwise it seems like a good way to keep the mechanic valid and in the front of people's minds until the next event occurs.
I managed to farm enough traces to keep all 4 of my alts busy processing them for at least a month, using 2 R&D slots each. But it would make sense to add a DOff component for the continued use of the UI.
Also, I would like to see some additional "Special Projects" available under that function, like energizing/crafting the alien artifacts into consoles. We'd get a clearer idea of what resources are needed to process those, and some additional use for the UI. :cool:
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Also, I would like to see some additional "Special Projects" available under that function, like energizing/crafting the alien artifacts into consoles. We'd get a clearer idea of what resources are needed to process those, and some additional use for the UI. :cool:
Savik - Vulcan Fed Temporal Sci
Dahar Masters Fleet: Alphal'Fa - Alien KDF Engineer Qun'pau - Rom/KDF Engineer D'nesh - Orion KDF Scientist Ghen'khan - Liberated KDF Tac
Welcome to StarBug Online - to boldly Bug where no bug has been before!
STO player since November 2013