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Can we get a Science Heavy Variant of the Haakona?
errab
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Greetings All,
When I 1st laid eyes on the Haakona I was 100% certain that it was going to be the Science Heavy plus one ship in the Legacy Pack since it looked like a Ha?Nom carrying around some type of auxiliary craft.
Needless to say I was pretty disappointed that there was no plus one Science Ship to be found in the Legacy Pack.
Granted I've come to see the stock Romulan HA'Nom has a respectable Science Vessel, I still want plus one endgame Science Vessel for Romulan players.
I would love to see a reworked Haakona variant that would have a Science Heavy load out.
Here is an example of how a Science Haakona Variant could possible look like:
Type: Warbird
Hull: 36000
Standard Shields: 6513
Shield Modifier: 1.2
Weapons 4 x 2
Crew 1,700
Bridge Officers: Ensign Science, Commander Science, Lt. Commander Tactical, Lt. Engineering, Lt. Commander Universal
Device Slots: 3
Consoles: 4 Science, 3 Tactical, 2 Engineering
Turn Rate: 7
Impulse Modifier: 0.15
Inertia rating: 35
Bonus Power: +10 Auxiliary, +5 Weapons
Abilities: Romulan Battle Cloak, Subsystems Targeting, Dual Vector Separation
I can't speak for anyone else but I know that I'd pay $20.00 for a ship like the above
Thanks for your time
When I 1st laid eyes on the Haakona I was 100% certain that it was going to be the Science Heavy plus one ship in the Legacy Pack since it looked like a Ha?Nom carrying around some type of auxiliary craft.
Needless to say I was pretty disappointed that there was no plus one Science Ship to be found in the Legacy Pack.
Granted I've come to see the stock Romulan HA'Nom has a respectable Science Vessel, I still want plus one endgame Science Vessel for Romulan players.
I would love to see a reworked Haakona variant that would have a Science Heavy load out.
Here is an example of how a Science Haakona Variant could possible look like:
Type: Warbird
Hull: 36000
Standard Shields: 6513
Shield Modifier: 1.2
Weapons 4 x 2
Crew 1,700
Bridge Officers: Ensign Science, Commander Science, Lt. Commander Tactical, Lt. Engineering, Lt. Commander Universal
Device Slots: 3
Consoles: 4 Science, 3 Tactical, 2 Engineering
Turn Rate: 7
Impulse Modifier: 0.15
Inertia rating: 35
Bonus Power: +10 Auxiliary, +5 Weapons
Abilities: Romulan Battle Cloak, Subsystems Targeting, Dual Vector Separation
I can't speak for anyone else but I know that I'd pay $20.00 for a ship like the above
Thanks for your time
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It does seem quite strange that the Romulans who have been touted has a very Technology advanced race, whose technology is openly coveted by both the KDF and the Federation can only muster up one viable option for a Science Captain at T5 or T4.5 has is the case with the Ha?Nom.
The Legacy Pack is awesome if you roll Romulan Tactical or Engineering Captains but not so much if you want to go with a Romulan Science Captain.
What's odd is both the Dhelan and Mogai (pre-VA variants) *do* favor science. And I agree, it seems only fitting Romulans *should* favor science.
Personally, I'd like to see a T5 science-heavy (and engineering-heavy) version of the D'deridex - maybe a D'ridthau Retrofit? Perhaps a tri-ship offering like the Andorian Kumari or Vesta packs would be nice. Nothing against the Haakona, but nothing is quite as iconic as the 'ole DD.
Also, seems kinda weird you get to VA and suddenly everything is more tactical-focused, even ships that previously were leaning towards the other career paths.
Short of that, guess I'll keep my fingers crossed Tactical Team doesn't get nerfed any time soon... otherwise having two dedicated tac stations on every VA Rommie ship is gonna feel pretty stupid.
Because the entire GAME is tactical focused. And Tactical Team SHOULD get nerfed. It never should have auto-balanced your shields for you in a manner WAY more effective than manual distribution. (isn't it always one of the guiding principles that anything automatic is less effective than doing it yourself? You're supposed to PAY somewhere for the convenience of having it done FOR you) Tactical seats are supposed to be about offense, not defense, and yet they've given one of the most powerful defensive tools as an Ensign-level Tac ability, thus further pushing the game towards a purely Tactical focus. Tactical Team NEVER should have been a defensive god-button like it is now.
The problem with a D'ridthau is that is a variant of the D'deridex. I would like to see the Science ship from TNG added ASAP. Maybe named Talvath/Apnex.
As for the Tacical Ensign slot, you could always slot Torpedo or Beam enhancement abilities.
It's only a "problem" if you don't want to see a T5 D'deridex with anything but the current consoles/stations/abilities offered.
While I'm certainly not opposed to adding a science ship taken from a brief appearance in TNG/VOY, if given the choice, I'd rather fly a DD better suited to my playstyle. A retrofit D'ridthau could provide that opportunity without necessitating radical changes to the existing D'deridex lineup.
Yeah, that's swell. But it really doesn't address the issue of wanting to slot Gravity Well 3 (AND Science Team, AND Scramble Sensors, AND Feedback Pulse, AND Hazard Emitters, etc.), does it? :P
A Science Heavy D'deridex would also be a welcomed addition. I'm hoping to get at least 2 more full Science ship options for the Romulan faction.
IMO just having one vanilla Science Heavy Warbird is not cutting it for the Romulans.
Someone mentioned it in the Scimitar thread, I know it wouldn't be a true science vessel but I think it would be cool if the Scimitar had the build like a Kar'fi