May I suggest a new Prey of Bird B'rel-class T6 with Intelligence seat since it was always called "scout ship" as used in espionage, skirmishes and raid even it can be interchangeable seats in tactical, Engineering, science mission. Of course some of us would like see K'Vort-class as light cruiser too.
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I read that and thought "keep dreaming". Filling out the intel stuff that the RR/KDF never got in the delta pack would be nice though.
I think not.
But 'Those that don't ask, never get.'
That said... it would be nice if they filled out the missing Intel ships on the Romulan and KDF side. Maybe they could do it with a unique faction-specific flair... Intel Carrier instead of a Science Vessel (maybe with some new form of stealth-capable surveillance drone pet (and also being able to slot the BOP Frigate, which also have innate cloaking), and Intel BOP instead of Escort?
No matter what internal considerations Cryptic uses - a ship with Sensor Analysis and Secondary Deflector but no ability to slot a Commander Science ship will never be a Science Vessel.
The ability to have full access to a Commander Science Bridge Officers skils is the most important thing that determines if something can be a science vessel or not.
And in the beginning of Star Trek Online, that was pretty much all there was to Science Vessels. That, and subsystem targeting, which was never of any significant use to Science Vessels, and just an extra add-on that is usually left forgotten. That's why Bird of Preys could very well fill the role of Science Vessels, and they were even more dangerous, because they could battle cloak, had 4 front weapon slots (including the ability to use DHCs) and insane turn rates.
--Red Annorax
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