Science Builds

mordan8504

Fellow Science Captains,

I've been out of game for quite some time and I'm starting back up, but I'm not sure where to start. I have a 50 SCI captain, which was amazing before I left, but now seems a bit lackluster.

What is the strongest science-heavy build? I used to run a torpedo boat, with plasma torpedoes, and drop a Gravity Well III and torpedo spread everyone down. It seems this isn't the way to go anymore. Is there a particular science build that works over others or that is more often used than others?

Figured I'd check before wasting my time getting back up to the upper levels. Thank you.

noroblad

Im running tractor repulsors with the pulling special officer (pull instead of push) for damage. I also pull them thru a warp plasma 1. High part gens (over 300?) helps. The sci crafting trait is a must have. Im running torps and those are potent now, best they have beein in many years. Ive got the dual consoles from the lab for part gens / flow caps. Ive actually got both flow caps and pgens over 300 -- and my quantum phase torp can knock the shields off everything in a gw pile with a torp spread.

Gw is low damage, so I slot only a single gw1. Ive got the exploding gw trait though.
A few other neat items... grav anchor console, try exchange for that. 2nd deflector... adds radiation damage to attacks, more caps and gens for my build, etc ... choose carefully and it can be critical gear. Ive got the lobi torp console.

Intel seats for over-ride safeties and turbulence round out my build.

Did you get the anniversary ship?

Also theres a megathread on this subject over in the builds section.

lucho80

Slot 4 hybrid grav gens/part gens (higher grav) consoles from R&D lab. Get R&D grav/part sci console. Get R&D grav engie console. Slot anything that highly boosts grav. Deflectors should boost grav, and if they boost part even better. When you use that grav well 3, everything gets sucked in. Then let that TS3 with neut torpedoes fly into that mess of ships and watch the fireworks.

e30ernest

While there are a bunch of changes upcoming with the skill revamp, I don't expect the basics of different sci builds to change any time soon. A good place to start IMO is The Science Ship Build Thread. There are a lot of good builds there and a fair amount of exchanges in ideas. You might pick-up something useful there.