Priority One Supplemental - The Shipyard with Al Rivera

broodwyn · June 2012

Priority One Supplemental - The Shipyard with Al Rivera

29 June 2012 | Welcome Captains to a very special Supplemental broadcast of Priority One. Our discussion with Star Trek Online Lead Designer Al Rivera, was so full of fascinating STO knowledge that we decided to break it down into its component parts. This supplemental is a one on one interview between James and Al focused entirely on Ships, past present and future.

As usual, Al pulls no punches and delivers some of the most comprehensive answers in the STO Community. He touches on KDF, gets into Fleet Starbases, Tier 5 and beyond, and so much more! Take a seat and listen closely, because this is a veritable goldmine of information about what is to come in our beloved universe.

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th3gr4ndnagu5 · June 2012

Nice. Shall be listening soon

suricatta · June 2012

Listening now, seems ok so far :-)

Sympathetic Fermion Transceiver, btw, in the books they never actually say what it is, they just mention it before the Chroniton Integrator (the sesnor that reads a few seconds into the future). Fermions are a by-product of phase shifting right? So maybe its some type of item to phase the ship so it can pass though solid objects? Doesn't need to be a cloak either, might even have something to do with the slipstream drive so the ship can pass for particles without causing damage?

For the Ambassador class console, we saw one in the Battle of Wolf 359 to a pretty high speed turn (DS9 pilot episode), so the console could be something that increases the ships turnrate or something, or maybe an ability that does a rapid 180 begree turn or something :-)

Some insane awesome info in there, 45 new ships! Fleet ships! Extra console slots, weapons with 4 attributes, retrofits of almost all ships in game (bar tier 1,, not T5 Connie)! Really an ace podcast, probably the best one (for me atleast) in a very very very long time, Definatly a must to listen to.

hrci2907 · June 2012

great! good show!:D

th3gr4ndnagu5 · June 2012

suricatta wrote: »

Some insane awesome info in there, 45 new ships! Fleet ships! Extra console slots, weapons with 4 attributes, retrofits of almost all ships in game (bar tier 1,, not T5 Connie)! Really an ace podcast, probably the best one (for me atleast) in a very very very long time, Definatly a must to listen to.

So T4 connie then =P

captainrevo1 · June 2012

Some great stuff in this interview.

rrincy · June 2012

great news with the vesta

work faster law monkeys ! :cool:

azurianstar · June 2012

Did I hear correctly that Fleet ships will come with an extra console slot, but not the C-store Special Ship Console? Just doesn't seem right that Fleets get the best ships, so much potential problems within fleets.

With the Sovereign Refit, I don't like having to wait a few more months, but I waited this long. Just hope she looks good.

sosolidshoe · June 2012

Hmmm, any sign of those pictures being hinted at? I couldn't figure out if he was saying that the fleet ships would be getting an entirely new skin, or access to Type 6.

Thanks for asking both my questions by the by, bit disappointed about the Venture-Nebula but hey ho, maybe the lawyers will stop dragging their heels in order to pad their fees out and we'll see the Vesta ingame soon

eladaire · June 2012

sosolidshoe wrote: »

Hmmm, any sign of those pictures being hinted at? I couldn't figure out if he was saying that the fleet ships would be getting an entirely new skin, or access to Type 6.

From what I gathered fleets gets their own material and the type 6 stays as c-store exclusive of sort.

sosolidshoe · June 2012

eladaire wrote: »

From what I gathered fleets gets their own material and the type 6 stays as c-store exclusive of sort.

Awww dammit, just as I was getting my hopes up for a proper unified 2409 aesthetic for Starfleet

lilchibiclari · June 2012

suricatta wrote: »

Listening now, seems ok so far :-)

Sympathetic Fermion Transceiver, btw, in the books they never actually say what it is, they just mention it before the Chroniton Integrator (the sesnor that reads a few seconds into the future). Fermions are a by-product of phase shifting right? So maybe its some type of item to phase the ship so it can pass though solid objects? Doesn't need to be a cloak either, might even have something to do with the slipstream drive so the ship can pass for particles without causing damage?

A Fermion is any particle with half-integer spin that obeys the Pauli Exclusion Principle (the principle that says that two particles can not occupy the same location and energy state at the same time). Common Fermions include all protons, neutrons, and electrons.

sparhawk · June 2012

Anyone want to post a cliff notes version of this interview?

husnock1 · June 2012

sparhawk wrote: »

Anyone want to post a cliff notes version of this interview?

Yeah, that'd be kinda cool if anyone could be bothered to.

sovereignman · June 2012

Great interview. Thanks for just letting the info flow.

Uhh.. from what I remember.

They boosted the armi/fleet escort and mvam. Fleet escort is now the patrol escort. Fleet ships will be fleet something. Fleet science, fleet escort, will be the new stuff. But no buff for KDF because they're already beefy.

Minus Tier 1, all ships get a retrofit. So 41 variants are in. There's a normal retrofit and a fleet retrofit. No consoles on these. Normal retrofits are just another boost to hull and stuff. But what will happen if you do the upgrade to a fleet retrofit is that it unlocks another console slot and a new "skin" type variant. And these will also apply to the c-store ships. And there are no fleet versions of c-store ships. No fleet guramba.

And as for starbases, in terms of the rewards. What'll happen is that you will complete a project that will give you ex 10 charges. And those charges mean you can withdraw say 10 weapons or 10 ships and then you have to do another project to refill the stock.

And there's a new ultraviolet quality equipment. I guess these are the advanced fleet equipment. And they might have 4 bonuses. Ex [Dmg] [Dmg] [Random] [Special]. Ex of special is nanite health monitor proc.

And you'll want all this loot to get ready for the next set of content. And it'll take a long time to get to tier 5 shipyard and etc.

And in the future, starbases are just the beginning. Maybe you can make a colony or satellite or whatever using the same type of system.

That one dude who drew up the specs to do upgrade through equipment, its not happening because its easier to make new ships rather than redoing architecture. Something about the boff slots wouldn't carry over and what not.

Vesta is a coming, probably gonna be science. Spec talk about what'll come of it. Fermion generator and the other thing. Might have the oddy quantum slipstream or better.

Talks about the economies and how with the starbases, ECs and commodities will finally be worth something.

1000 day veteran reward will be an exclusive ship.

Talks about the Tuffli freighter and how they'd be a boon to Fleets since they can go gobble up data samples with their fancy transwarp to clusters. Plus their built in skills like exclusive doff missions etc.

And finally, the lockbox talk was, they took something that worked for PWE, but needs to be redone for STO which is what the doff officer pack is about. It's still a WIP but workin on it. Gots to make money, but gotta make it fun and getting value for it.

Yeah this wasn't proofread so hopefully makes sense and if I got anything wrong, send your hatemail to whoever's hating on the forums lately

See ya next time!

sparhawk · June 2012

sovereignman wrote: »

Great interview. Thanks for just letting the info flow.

Uhh.. from what I remember.

They boosted the armi/fleet escort and mvam. Fleet escort is now the patrol escort. Fleet ships will be fleet something. Fleet science, fleet escort, will be the new stuff. But no buff for KDF because they're already beefy.

Minus Tier 1, all ships get a retrofit. So 41 variants are in. There's a normal retrofit and a fleet retrofit. No consoles on these. Normal retrofits are just another boost to hull and stuff. But what will happen if you do the upgrade to a fleet retrofit is that it unlocks another console slot and a new "skin" type variant. And these will also apply to the c-store ships. And there are no fleet versions of c-store ships. No fleet guramba.

And as for starbases, in terms of the rewards. What'll happen is that you will complete a project that will give you ex 10 charges. And those charges mean you can withdraw say 10 weapons or 10 ships and then you have to do another project to refill the stock.

And there's a new ultraviolet quality equipment. I guess these are the advanced fleet equipment. And they might have 4 bonuses. Ex [Dmg] [Dmg] [Random] [Special]. Ex of special is nanite health monitor proc.

And you'll want all this loot to get ready for the next set of content. And it'll take a long time to get to tier 5 shipyard and etc.

And in the future, starbases are just the beginning. Maybe you can make a colony or satellite or whatever using the same type of system.

That one dude who drew up the specs to do upgrade through equipment, its not happening because its easier to make new ships rather than redoing architecture. Something about the boff slots wouldn't carry over and what not.

Vesta is a coming, probably gonna be science. Spec talk about what'll come of it. Fermion generator and the other thing. Might have the oddy quantum slipstream or better.

Talks about the economies and how with the starbases, ECs and commodities will finally be worth something.

1000 day veteran reward will be an exclusive ship.

Talks about the Tuffli freighter and how they'd be a boon to Fleets since they can go gobble up data samples with their fancy transwarp to clusters. Plus their built in skills like exclusive doff missions etc.

And finally, the lockbox talk was, they took something that worked for PWE, but needs to be redone for STO which is what the doff officer pack is about. It's still a WIP but workin on it. Gots to make money, but gotta make it fun and getting value for it.

Yeah this wasn't proofread so hopefully makes sense and if I got anything wrong, send your hatemail to whoever's hating on the forums lately

See ya next time!

Thanks for the summary.

psiameese · June 2012

I'm listening to this now. If I understand the litmus for which ships qualify for Fleet version, the Koro't'inga might have made the list? I'm hopeful to apply the K't'inga skin at T5.

jexsamx · June 2012

This interview makes me happy.

capnbludd · June 2012

sovereignman wrote: »

Great interview. Thanks for just letting the info flow.

Uhh.. from what I remember.

SNIP
See ya next time!

Thanks a lot for the cliff notes, much appreciated

blitzy4 · June 2012

No Atrox update =>.<=

Perhaps at least make it cross faction then, please.

th3gr4ndnagu5 · June 2012

This was an excellent interview; tons of info

blitzy4 · June 2012

true, somewhat disappointing though.

daveyny · June 2012

blitzy4 wrote: »

No Atrox update =>.<=

Perhaps at least make it cross faction then, please.

I was kinda thinking that also...

Why wouldn't the Ferasans have their own version of the ship... ? ...

blitzy4 · June 2012

still have about 40 minutes to listen too.

mandrake45 · June 2012

azurianstar wrote: »

Did I hear correctly that Fleet ships will come with an extra console slot, but not the C-store Special Ship Console? Just doesn't seem right that Fleets get the best ships, so much potential problems within fleets.

With the Sovereign Refit, I don't like having to wait a few more months, but I waited this long. Just hope she looks good.

I get the impression that given the requisitions come in bulk lots, there will be a surplus of ships in some fleets, particularly smaller ones.

Smaller fleets could perhaps co-ordinate to share requisitions with some temporary fleet hopping, depending on how it works.

leviathan99 · June 2012

Regarding the Tier 6 fleet ships:

Are there concerns with the lack of upgradeability for the Garumba, Galaxy-X, Excelsior, and lockbox ships, all of which represent significant investment on the part of many owners?

Maybe just having an extra console slot and hull upgrade for these ships for people who own one? Maybe for fleet marks or dilithium, if not an automatic upgrade?

Other point:

Cannons. Al seems very dead set on canon ships with cannons having their canon cannons in game.

The Galor. It used cannons on screen. Spiral wave cannons. Also a pulse weapon that looks like quad cannons. If the D'Kora can use them, why not the Galor?

bigbebberino · June 2012

Now that they talked about it I suspect we will see some stats on them in the foreseeable future

th3gr4ndnagu5 · June 2012

bigbebberino wrote: »

Now that they talked about it I suspect we will see some stats on them in the foreseeable future

I would say that is quite likely =P

blitzy4 · June 2012

Ok a quick list of other interesting things.

nothing new on the andorian (escort or battle cruiser) Although the battle cruiser sounds cool
Ambassador will probably be fleet store.
some sort of KDF ship at the 1000 day vet reward, but its confusing there, and they don't sell klingon ships so not many other then fleet ships. although there will be a fleet k't'inga
sovereign won't come out till after season 6, and it will be a high tier upgrade. Probable C-store before fleet version
energy credits are gonna be more important?! I have enough problems getting those.
A guy won 17 d'kora :eek:

raj011 · June 2012

just to get this right, so a fleet version of a ship lets say sovereign refit will be better than the c-store version of the same ship?

leviathan99 · June 2012

Regarding the 1,000 day vet reward... If you do ONE ship, I think it should be an Odyssey +1 style take on a Bird of Prey.

Gray duranium hull. Odyssey-style nacelles. Choice of Fed or KDF vet hulls. Omega Force decals. (Ie. MACO/Klingon Honor Guard insignia.)

Priority One Supplemental - The Shipyard with Al Rivera

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