I'm looking for an end game/ fleet ship for my Rom tac alt and am considering the Science variant of the T6 Scimitar Flagship line. I find most science ships don't have the hull strength of a cruiser and I like to tank. The Flambard because it has similar stats to the other two Dreadnaught variant but has cmdr. tac seating and lt. cmdr. science seating. Does anyone have experience flying a science ship with a tac character and recommend this choice?
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Other than that what @coldnapalm says is pretty sound advice.
I also prefer the Morrigu (Tier 6 Mogai) over the Scimitar, but you can't go wrong either way. The Flambard is one of the best ships in the entire game for a captain of any profession.
Add to that the quantum absorption power from the singularity and it's more sturdy than a tacship, just using shields more than hull.
If you want the full space magic experience, get a a real science ship.
I second and third this.
Honestly the Daemosh is an absolute monster of a science ship. Full sci suite of abilities, intel tricks, Lt. Cmdr. tactical boff seat, battlecloak, fast and maneuverable, high shield mod. It can do a hell of a lot of damage, either as full science or as a hybrid with energy weapons or torps.
Plus its trait is pretty nice too is you like tractor beams.
Sensor analysis, secondary deflector are things I consider nice extra and sci-ship exclusive anyway.
And no, the Flambard is not a science vessel lol
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Depending on what you are going for, you may not need either anyway. I've been flying my Eternal with no Tactical skills at all for months now, and I have never used a Tactical console on my Sci ships for years unless they were needed to complete a set I wanted to get.
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To the OP, the Eternal is a good cross-faction ship. If you do get the 31c Sci Ship, get the bundle. It's a really cheap set considering that the ships are cross-faction, and the traits and consoles are actually useful for a variety of builds. The Eternal is a very flexible sci ship and in the right hands, can tank really well.
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Shield Modifier: 1.25
Weapons: Fore 4 Aft 2
Commander science/intel, lt cmdr universal, lt. universal, lt. engineering/temporal, lt. tactical
4 science, 3 Engineering, 4 tac consoles
+10 power to shields and aux
Romulan battle cloak
"press button to execute single target" console
puts four elite Romulan Drones on the field (prefer them to the KT scorpions, myself).
Gather intel ability (instead of the science sensor/subsystem targeting)
It will science things to death quite handily
Or you could run with the Breen from the current event. Even though it's not a Sci ship (it's really a Tac) it has more than enough universal stations that you could, in theory, run it as a heavily-armed Sci.
However, neither ship is a Romulan ship so you don't get the benefit of the awesome singularity core.
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