Enterprise Era (2151) Expansion or Season

gramuel1444

I was thinking... one of my favorite shows was Enterprise because I thought the ships and the combat of that era was really really well done. The interior of the ships were amazing as well as the destinations that the show took us in 4 seasons. I think that the amazing STO dev team should consider doing an Enterprise Era (2151) Expansion or Season and give us the same kind of story arc and ship options as they did this the Agents of Yesterday expansion.
I've always wanted to command ships from that era but right now, I'm stuck with a T1 NX class that gets pulverized in a couple of shots. A T1 through T6 tree of Enterprise Era ships with say 5 or 6 episodes would be really fun and I don't think I'd be able to stop myself from getting all the ships and playing through that story arc as much as I can. What do you guys think?

captainbmoney

NX Class Escort, NX Intrepid Class Cruiser. NX Delta class Science Vessel. All with visual upgrades and all the ground gear and whatnot from the show. I'd love that.

artan42

captainbmoney wrote: »

NX Class Escort, NX Intrepid Class Cruiser. NX Delta class Science Vessel. All with visual upgrades and all the ground gear and whatnot from the show. I'd love that.

And what of the Emmette, Sarajevo (NC Class), and Franklin?​​

thay8472

Why not tae us back to the Earth-Romulan War then let the player fly around in a NX, NY or whatever the Franklin is.

Of course doing so might make some Romulan players feel bad.

NON RELATED ANNOUCEMENT: @artan42 has ginger hair.

artan42

thay8472 wrote: »

Why not tae us back to the Earth-Romulan War then let the player fly around in a NX, NY or whatever the Franklin is.

Of course doing so might make some Romulan players feel bad.

NON RELATED ANNOUCEMENT: @artan42 has ginger hair.

Who cares about Romulan players? Cryptic doesn't, so the mission will play out like every other mission where Romulans would sound like Humans or Klingons, so Romulan players would happily go back in time to blow up their ancestors for the glory of the fledgling Federation.

Ginger? Really? Blond is a type of ginger? The more you Know!

Edit The Franklin is apparently a Starship Class

Though I think that's likely to be in the same boat as the Constitution Class where it's referred to as Starship Class on its dedication plaque but is contradicted by these.

It's more likely the Franklin would be a N something class (as the NX and NC Classes)​​

legendarylycan

artan42 wrote: »

thay8472 wrote: »

Why not tae us back to the Earth-Romulan War then let the player fly around in a NX, NY or whatever the Franklin is.

Of course doing so might make some Romulan players feel bad.

NON RELATED ANNOUCEMENT: @artan42 has ginger hair.

Who cares about Romulan players? Cryptic doesn't, so the mission will play out like every other mission where Romulans would sound like Humans or Klingons, so Romulan players would happily go back in time to blow up their ancestors for the glory of the fledgling Federation.

Ginger? Really? Blond is a type of ginger? The more you Know!

Edit The Franklin is apparently a Starship Class

Though I think that's likely to be in the same boat as the Constitution Class where it's referred to as Starship Class on its dedication plaque but is contradicted by these.

It's more likely the Franklin would be a N something class (as the NX and NC Classes)

i think they did that as a little TOS in-joke...the franklin's class will probably wind up something else just like the constitution did​​

fluffymoof

thay8472 wrote: »

Why not tae us back to the Earth-Romulan War then let the player fly around in a NX, NY or whatever the Franklin is.

That was supposed to be the next season of Enterprise had it not been cancelled. And since we're doing all temporal stuff anymore, it seems logical that large events like this would have to be shown, since it can change history big time if altered.

snoggymack22

Sounds like a lot of fun. And maybe a chance to get a Tellarite ship into the game.

commanderkassy

Guys I came in here with popcorn ready expecting a bunch of flames about how bad ENT was and how dumb the OP is for wanting 300 year old ships....

I'm seriously let down by your good manners and polite discussion. I thought I was on the STO forums, what's going on here? The world is just making a bit less sense for me now.

artan42

darthmeow504 wrote: »

Fly the Akira and pretend it's an NX refit. It's more than close enough.

The problem with Enterprise designs isn't that they're bad, it's that they look more advanced than the vessels they're supposedly the precursors to. The T'Varo? Looks like an UPDATE to the T'Liss, not an older less advanced version. The NX looks like an Akira which is TNG era. The list goes on.

It looks very little like the Akira. It shares the same silhouette and that's all. They're about as similar as the Ambassador and Galaxy.

The ENT ships are precursors to the Kelvin era ships and look exactly as advanced as you'd expect (in universe obviously) out of universe they look like perfect predecessors to the TWoK era ships and not to the TOS ships thankfully.

It's not exclusive to ENT. The TUC Enterprise and excelsior look far more advanced than the TNG S1 Galaxy despite predating it.

And the Akira is DS9 era not TNG era, that era is the Galaxy, Nebula, and Olympic etc. before the Defiant kicked off the next era.​​

thay8472

Starfleet started to create all kinds of crazy monstrosities during the Dominion War.

evilmark444

"Cause I've got faith, of the heart"

fluffymoof

evilmark444 wrote: »

"Cause I've got faith, of the heart"

Dear god, if they play that TRIBBLE in-game, there will be riots everywhere in this game. EVERYWHERE!!!

artan42

@thay8472 all but the Yeager are all TMP are designs that just first showed up in DS9.

mas134gluck123

make it so? can you open Poll?

i like the idea that nx is next expansion

officerbatman81

No.

theotherscotty

I'd like the NX-refit (with the secondary hull and bigger deflector added) from the 5th season of ENT that was canceled. AKA the Columbia-class.

ezicstar

Get ready for an awesome T6 NX retrofit available as a rare drop from a special edition Enterprise lockbox available inside some special purple R&D boxes dropped occasionally from a 50th Anniversary lockbox available inside special edition...

theotherscotty

^ Don't give them any ideas! lol

whamhammer1

In response to the registry prefix talk, I always liked FASA and Starfleet Battles working of the registry, where they worked in the type of vessel a ship was in the registry.

NCC - Command Cruiser/Heavy Cruiser
NCL - Light Cruiser
NBB - Battleship
NFG - Guided missile frigate

Etc...

As far as pre TOS content, I would love to see more of it, and more TOS as well, maybe tack on a new episode or two every month or two.

gbw2318

So besides the NX-class, United Earth ships like:

Intrepid-type


Ganges-type



Sarajevo-type



Daedalus-type



Then the Enterprise-era alien ships like:

Vissian Starship


Tandaran Patrol Ship


Malurian Starship



Arkonian Destroyer


Axanar Combat Vessel



Kreetassan Starship


Xyrillian Starship

discojer

I think the problem is that almost no one watched Enterprise. If anything, there is too much of that in the game.

gbw2318

discojer wrote: »

I think the problem is that almost no one watched Enterprise. If anything, there is too much of that in the game.

Which is why they didn't put Xindi ship lock boxes into the game, or have a Xindi delegate show up at conferences ever since the 8472 Task Force was launched, or have references to the show in the person of Daniels and the references to the episode "Future Tense" in the latest season? Enterprise has been forgiven a lot over the past decade and more, due to rewatching on streaming services and the complete lack of new Star Trek on TV. Hell, it was even heavily referenced during Star Trek Beyond.

Personally, I think there's a perfect candidate for a temporal agent from the 22nd Century that Daniels likely recruited, like Chekov was recruited from the 23rd Century: Charles Tucker III, or Trip, the chief engineer of the Enterprise NX-01. His situation could be a lot like a 23rd Century Captain character, dying famously (or infamously, rather) and being recruited. In the universe of the Star Trek novels, he ended up having his death faked by Section 31. In STO, I could see Daniels grabbing him and healing him with 31st Century technology where Phlox's 22nd Century tech and menagerie of alien creatures couldn't. Plus, it would be another way to make up for that infamously bad Enterprise series finale "These are the Voyages..." which was voted worst episode of all of the Star Trek series by the fans at this year's Las Vegas convention.

kodachikuno

yeah I can just picture the upgraded t6 class now Cryptic will name it the KY class, throw it in an R&D box and TROLOLOL to the bank

theraven2378

I'm surprised that the Earth-Romulan war has not appeared ingame yet with the temporal stuff. What better way of defeating the Federation by aiding the Romulans in the past to ensure the Federation is never founded?

psycoticvulcan

As much as I would love to see this happen, I highly doubt it will because ENT is simply not popular enough. Agents of Yesterday worked because everyone knows TOS, and it was the anniversary to boot.

That said, I would absolutely welcome the chance for some 22nd-century Starfleet ships in the game. Ganges, Intrepid, the ENT-era Daedalus, and of course a T6 NX-class.

iconians

If AoY made me feel "Meh" about STO (except for the addition of the Kelvin Timeline and premium-grade trolling by Cryptic these last few weeks), then an ENT-era expansion would probably make me vomit compulsively until all my teeth are eroded into nubs and I pray for the sweet release of death to spare me from more exposure to that atrocious television series.​​