All this talk about sci ship. Never been one. An engine, two guns and one torp launcher flying in loose formation. That is a K'Vort.
In the shows it has always been described as cruiser. So yes, it should be a battlecruiser.
Imho, it should be a cruiser along the lines of the breen ship, just with eng LtCmdr instead of sci one.
Fleet version with 5 tac consoles pls, thank you. Oh, and the model should be based on the Hegh'ta, with a modified B'rel skin. Pivot point and all that. Turnrate of 15 degrees base.
In the end I don't care how it is classified. One can call it a cruiser, if inertia and turnrate are ok.
You may call it whatever you want. In the end I want an escort in everything but name. Raptors are cruisers with an escort boff layout. If you like to call it a raptor because of this, fine.
While there is a lack in science vessels on red side, the K'Vort is not the answer. And no, we don't have a "cruiser" that has a Cmdr tac slot. Only "cruiser" so far to offer this is the Chel Grett.
In short the boff layout of the Armitage combined with the Qin's consoles and 5th tac console on fleet version. Everything wrapped up in a hull without pivot point issues.
The Breen ship basically copies what KDF BC's have been doing for years, but for the Feds
There's nothing "cruiser" about the Breen ship.
*It has no Cmdr engineering station. All cruisers do, including Klingon Battlecruisers.
*It only has 3 engineering consoles. All tier 5 cruisers have at least 4, including Klingon Battlecruisers.
*It has a turn rate of 13. Higher than any cruiser. Including Klingon Battlecruisers.
The Breen ship is an escort with an extra rear weapons slot.
The D'Kora is the Feddie answer to Klingon Battlecruisers--they had to get it some time, right?. The Chel Grett is not a cruiser in any way, shape or form.
Well that's pretty much a given, seeing as how they've never given a free ship that they didn't turn around and sell to those who missed/were too lazy to participate in the event.
Giving a ship with Steamrunner's capability + battlecloak away to everyone who so much as lifts a finger to get it, for free, would be incredibly stupid.
Having played a Vorcha on one tac and a qin raptor on another tac, both running disruptors (DBB on Vorcha and DHC on qin) I recently tried the free Chel Grett Breen ship on both toons.
I am now in love with this ship!
Escortish weapon loadout, with cruiserish hull and an extra LtCom Sci skill (grav well for me on both to group everyone together to share the boom when the first ship goes down), plus 10 console slots! Apart from losing 1 LtCom tac boff skill (but you gain the sci one) you can easily use an escort/raptor boff layout and it's awesome.
My one issue... It's a BREEN ship!
Put all the Chel Grett goodies on a K'vort and you have a great destroyer. Not asking for Battlecloak, nor a unique console, just the layout, turn, hull, boff slots and weapon slots.
If anyone esle has flown the Chel Grett, what are your opinions?
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Jo Cox 22.6.1974 - 16.6.2016
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In the shows it has always been described as cruiser. So yes, it should be a battlecruiser.
Imho, it should be a cruiser along the lines of the breen ship, just with eng LtCmdr instead of sci one.
Fleet version with 5 tac consoles pls, thank you. Oh, and the model should be based on the Hegh'ta, with a modified B'rel skin. Pivot point and all that. Turnrate of 15 degrees base.
In the end I don't care how it is classified. One can call it a cruiser, if inertia and turnrate are ok.
While there is a lack in science vessels on red side, the K'Vort is not the answer. And no, we don't have a "cruiser" that has a Cmdr tac slot. Only "cruiser" so far to offer this is the Chel Grett.
In short the boff layout of the Armitage combined with the Qin's consoles and 5th tac console on fleet version. Everything wrapped up in a hull without pivot point issues.
There's nothing "cruiser" about the Breen ship.
*It has no Cmdr engineering station. All cruisers do, including Klingon Battlecruisers.
*It only has 3 engineering consoles. All tier 5 cruisers have at least 4, including Klingon Battlecruisers.
*It has a turn rate of 13. Higher than any cruiser. Including Klingon Battlecruisers.
The Breen ship is an escort with an extra rear weapons slot.
The D'Kora is the Feddie answer to Klingon Battlecruisers--they had to get it some time, right?. The Chel Grett is not a cruiser in any way, shape or form.
What if the K'Vort was the KDF equivalent of the Steamrunner, with less hull and shield but with a battle cloak and better turn rate.
Giving a ship with Steamrunner's capability + battlecloak away to everyone who so much as lifts a finger to get it, for free, would be incredibly stupid.
I am now in love with this ship!
Escortish weapon loadout, with cruiserish hull and an extra LtCom Sci skill (grav well for me on both to group everyone together to share the boom when the first ship goes down), plus 10 console slots! Apart from losing 1 LtCom tac boff skill (but you gain the sci one) you can easily use an escort/raptor boff layout and it's awesome.
My one issue... It's a BREEN ship!
Put all the Chel Grett goodies on a K'vort and you have a great destroyer. Not asking for Battlecloak, nor a unique console, just the layout, turn, hull, boff slots and weapon slots.
If anyone esle has flown the Chel Grett, what are your opinions?
Jo Cox 22.6.1974 - 16.6.2016