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whats happened to the typhoon class? (and other ships that seem to have been forgotten)
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does anyone remember this ship?
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apart from the gaping large deflector dish and the "Grill" styled naecells, i think this ship would be ok to fly in STO, maybe as a T6 vessel or as a future release, then again there is the T6 command trio ships that look very similar and do pretty much what the original typhoon class does.
did this ship get mothballed? was it never designed as part of the temporal cold war? or was it just too ugly to continue with? (yes some aspects of this ship are ugly)
so this is why i've posted this forum, to show all the ships that were forgotten or need an update for the game.
(NOTE: please don't spam or post hate messages, this is for pure fun and hypothesizing where STO is leading into the temporal cold war)
i'll start off with the typhoon itself and the steamrunner
the typhoon would need a visual update although you could argue the fact that the T6 command trio fills its roles already.
it would get some Boff stations and some consoles along with a fleet varient
commander engineering
lt commander science/command
lt tactical x2
lt uni/intel
consoles:
4xengineering
3xsci
3xtactical
the reason for this design is so that it matches the original specs of the tyhoon but in the end it think the typhoons mothballed.
the fleet varient would get an extra engineering slot
this design is also made in such a way so that science can deal control abilities and healing whilst the lt tacticals make it flexible enough for damage along with the uni slot
the steamrunner:
the steamrunner could be redesigned with a parallel sort of design so it basically has the deflector in the middle with 2 "spades" as it were on top and bottom with type 7 hull.
this would also be an update for the pack as the steamrunner pack seems to be outdated
boffs:
commander tact
lt commander tact/pilot
lt commander engi
lt engi
ensign science
consoles:
5x tactical
1x science
4x engineering
this would keep the original steamrunners design and flowing into T6 and if a fleet varients available it would get a 5th engineering slot
i will let you lot think of T5 traits as i couldn't think of any xD
again please no hate messages this is for pure fun
apart from the gaping large deflector dish and the "Grill" styled naecells, i think this ship would be ok to fly in STO, maybe as a T6 vessel or as a future release, then again there is the T6 command trio ships that look very similar and do pretty much what the original typhoon class does.
did this ship get mothballed? was it never designed as part of the temporal cold war? or was it just too ugly to continue with? (yes some aspects of this ship are ugly)
so this is why i've posted this forum, to show all the ships that were forgotten or need an update for the game.
(NOTE: please don't spam or post hate messages, this is for pure fun and hypothesizing where STO is leading into the temporal cold war)
i'll start off with the typhoon itself and the steamrunner
the typhoon would need a visual update although you could argue the fact that the T6 command trio fills its roles already.
it would get some Boff stations and some consoles along with a fleet varient
commander engineering
lt commander science/command
lt tactical x2
lt uni/intel
consoles:
4xengineering
3xsci
3xtactical
the reason for this design is so that it matches the original specs of the tyhoon but in the end it think the typhoons mothballed.
the fleet varient would get an extra engineering slot
this design is also made in such a way so that science can deal control abilities and healing whilst the lt tacticals make it flexible enough for damage along with the uni slot
the steamrunner:
the steamrunner could be redesigned with a parallel sort of design so it basically has the deflector in the middle with 2 "spades" as it were on top and bottom with type 7 hull.
this would also be an update for the pack as the steamrunner pack seems to be outdated
boffs:
commander tact
lt commander tact/pilot
lt commander engi
lt engi
ensign science
consoles:
5x tactical
1x science
4x engineering
this would keep the original steamrunners design and flowing into T6 and if a fleet varients available it would get a 5th engineering slot
i will let you lot think of T5 traits as i couldn't think of any xD
again please no hate messages this is for pure fun
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Norway and Yeager dammit... I still want my Typhoon and Jupiter though.
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Do I want to smear myself in marmite? Yes!
Here comes the U.S.S. Marmite...
Norway and Yeager dammit... I still want my Typhoon and Jupiter though.
JJ Trek The Kelvin Timeline is just Trek and it's fully canon... get over it. But I still prefer TAR.
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'Starfleet is not a military organisation. Its purpose is exploration.' Picard: Peak Performance
'This is clearly a military operation. Is that what we are now? Because I thought we were explorers!' Scotty: Into Darkness
'...The Federation. Starfleet. We're not a military agency.' Scotty: Beyond
'I'm not a soldier anymore. I'm an engineer.' Miles O'Brien: Empok Nor
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On a different note ... you get me the Typhoon Class ... and I will fly one called the U.S.S. / I.S.S. Marmite ...
I'll then go annoy @galatt to maing a coic strip about a dude called Sutherland who loves marmite!
Don't we already have a steamrunner skin for the fed heavy escort variants?
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No it doesn't. They don't look like Typhoons or act like Typhoons. The similarities begin and end at the number of nacelles. They do however drag the spirit of the old garbage scow Excelsior on into the 25th century where it's not welcome.
Norway and Yeager dammit... I still want my Typhoon and Jupiter though.
JJ Trek The Kelvin Timeline is just Trek and it's fully canon... get over it. But I still prefer TAR.
#TASforSTO
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'Starfleet is not a military organisation. Its purpose is exploration.' Picard: Peak Performance
'This is clearly a military operation. Is that what we are now? Because I thought we were explorers!' Scotty: Into Darkness
'...The Federation. Starfleet. We're not a military agency.' Scotty: Beyond
'I'm not a soldier anymore. I'm an engineer.' Miles O'Brien: Empok Nor
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yup I believe it is even a ship of its own, although getting one is tricky because it's a pat of steam starter pack or sth like that.... [so at steamshop]
Yup it is part of the steam only ship pack, but I think you only get a tier 2 and a tier 4/5 version of it. It would be nice if they released an updated T6 version of the steam runner. If you want it I suggest getting it when Steam is having a sale. There is one trick to getting it, you have to use the really old Star Trek online code redeem site to redeam the steam code for your account.
This one: https://my.perfectworld.com/sto/?going_to=/redeemkey/sto
Trekgons correct it is it's own varient (blockade runner escort retrofit)
the heavy escort has a similar skin but its very ugly compared to the simplicity of the actual steamrunner if you ask me
just found the centaur again XD
this would probably make a great frigate to launch from the jupiter
exactly
OMG idk where this ships come from but it looks REALLY REALLY awesome from first glances and looks similar to the enterprise J
the typhoon? maybe, but it would probably need to undergo the same type of revision that the jupiter did to get that as a t6 ship. probably take a while to do if cryptic have the time and resources for it.
as for the steamrunner, that is already on the game, found on steam in the steamrunner pack. classed as an escort, though im not sure why since its a cruiser.
Been around since Dec 2010 on STO and bought LTS in Apr 2013 for STO.
Yup, thanks for correcting me. I could have sworn that having the steamrunner also gave you the option to use it's skin on the other heavy escorts, oh well.
You and me will have to agree to disagree on that, but how about a compromise. Since the Typhoon was mostly just kit-bashed Sovereign variant parts (with four nacelles, and I think a different secondary hull?), how about when the T6 Sovereign comes out, it has the option for four nacelles and the T6 comes with the Typhoon secondary hull?
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dude i was saying we need a T6 steamrunner there is only T1 and T5 atm
That's from Perpetual. The original developers.
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probably would have for consoles:
4xengineering
4xscience
2xtactical
(fleet would get 5 sci)
commander science
lt commander engineering/Command
lt commander uni
lt tactical
ensign science
seems fitting if you ask me plus an updated T6 skin with the option to have either a disc or naecells like so:
ah thx dude
It's a cruiser? Given its size, I always thought it was a tugboat of sorts.
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Since no one really answered you.... The Typhoons were quietly replaced by command BC in game, almost all the instances you used to see one in game have been replaced with a command battlecruiser. I think the last time I saw one was in Fluid Dynamics, but iirc that eventually got patched out too
Also there in one when you arrive at the Krenim base before you attack the Dyson Sphere.
Whether you want to believe it or not is besides the point. The fact of the matter is that the Typhoons have been thoroughly replaced by Command Battlecruisers, which are for all intents and purposes, better versions of the battleship. The Command Battlecruiser NPC's also have most of the Typhoon's BOff powers, in addition to several others more befitting a battleship of their stature.
And frankly, no, they share a few more similarities than just nacelle count. They have similar profiles and hull arrangements, too. Also, in case you hadn't noticed, the 25th Century version of the Excelsior is the Resolute class, which is another fact that you seemed content to ignore.
Again, your belief of this matters not. Those are the facts.
The Omega Task Force generally feels a bit like a "old-idea" graveyard for STO.
I think the concept of Transwarp Gates has also been pretty much abandoned and replaced either with ship-internal Transwarp or Iconian Gateways.
It seems Cryptic has pretty much decided to get rid of the old Jupiter and Typhoon skins and has no intention of making the playable. Players have asked for both ships basically since the game existed, at minimum since Cryptic started selling ships in the C-Store.
A T6 Steamrunner - If i had to gues: Making a Tier 6 version probably would require some new deal between Perfect World and Valve. The ship is a Steam exclusive and Cryptic probably can't make it a regular C-Store (or lockbox/event) ship without Steam's agreement. Maybe Cryptic could release a Tier 6 version, but it would still need to be an exclusive, and that might not make it a good investment for Cryptic.
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I know they've been replaced, I'm upset not delusional.
Look closely at the words I used, you'll see them relating to the fact that the Command Cruisers do not look like Typhoons, not that they haven't replaced them.
So go have a look at them again and try point out anywhere they look similar.
Look at the shape of the secondary hull, see the way it doesn't step on the Typhoon but does on all three CCs (in the same way as the Excelsior), take a look at the neck, see how the Typhoon lacks one but notice the Excelsior style accordion of a neck on the CCs. Now move along to the deflector and see the large oval shape filling the full front of the secondary hull on the Typhoon, what's that like on the CCs? Oh, a tiny little Excelsior style dot on a Excelsior shaped secondary hull. Saucer? Any of the CCs saucers similar? The Concorde comes the closest, so a similarity there. Where do the pylons start? Well on the Typhoon they start almost at the end of the secondary hull, on the CCs they start on the neck, directly after the saucer. Nacelles? Not even the same shape, fins, panels etc.? missing on the CCs. Where's the large prominent Bussard collectors on the Typhoon?
Oh the Resolute is the 25th century Excelsior eh? Well I suppose that invalidates the fact that the CCs use so many designs parts from them. I guess nobody can compare the design language of the Galaxy compared to the Nebula, New Orleans, or Springfield without you assuming that they think the Galaxy is the same ship as the Springfield?
The CCs do not resemble the Typhoon, they resemble the Excelsior. They are not refits of the Typhoon nor the Excelsior. They resemble the Resolute as well.
Is that clear enough for you or are you going to try and prove factual comparisons of the design language of the ships as 'opinion' still? Do I have to get orthographic shots of the CCs to go with my ortho of the Typhoon for you?
As for their role, the Typhoon had a lovely gimmick of shock and awe, samming tractors and a high yield quantum torpedo spread, the CCs are boring in comparison and far more versatile and more Starfleety like. In other words generic cruisers and not the one off lovely hunk of ugly the amazing Typhoon was.
Now, just to make it easy for you, that last bit was my opinion, my view on the Typhoon and CCs roles, the bit above is fact, the CCs and Typhoon share no more features than the Galaxy and Sovereign.
Norway and Yeager dammit... I still want my Typhoon and Jupiter though.
JJ Trek The Kelvin Timeline is just Trek and it's fully canon... get over it. But I still prefer TAR.
#TASforSTO
'...I can tell you that we're not in the military and that we intend no harm to the whales.' Kirk: The Voyage Home
'Starfleet is not a military organisation. Its purpose is exploration.' Picard: Peak Performance
'This is clearly a military operation. Is that what we are now? Because I thought we were explorers!' Scotty: Into Darkness
'...The Federation. Starfleet. We're not a military agency.' Scotty: Beyond
'I'm not a soldier anymore. I'm an engineer.' Miles O'Brien: Empok Nor
'...Starfleet could use you... It's a peacekeeping and humanitarian armada...' Admiral Pike: Star Trek
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and what difference would a t6 steam runner make? just adjust the t5 steam runner so it can be made as t5u, problem solved.
Been around since Dec 2010 on STO and bought LTS in Apr 2013 for STO.