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playable thoilan ship don't have red shields nor does the nukara shields
khan1000
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M'kay, I looked. Was there supposed to be something up there?
Well, for me it is a white ceiling so, I suppose the OP could have something here.
Praetor of the -RTS- Romulan Tal Shiar fleet!
I don't know.....I looked....and mine is kinda' red-ish.
oh.... I'm outside.
You're right, STO Phaser Guy is not a Tholian.
thought he was 'Handsome Phaser Guy'
*shrug*
To the OP, (someone has to be on topic in this thread!)
The Tholian shields were from an older content, the likelyhood of fixing/updating old content is not very, guess we should be glad its just a cosmetic thing :P
(im assuming)
When a tholian NPC is hit, the shield graphics have a shade of red, where playable characters when attacked have a more white/grey shield bubble of sorts
Either way, having a Tier 6 Tholian Tarantula ship would likely force me out of my Recluse.
Tholains are, for all sense and purpose, crystalline arachnids that can only exist in extremely hot temperatures that would essentially MELT other living things. Their ships would have atmosphere controls defaults to maintain these temperatures. Their consoles would be built for a multi-appendage entity, not a bipedal one. In order to make a Tholian ship even remotely useable by non Tholians it would have to be stripped down and basically rebuilt from scratch
So I dont think whether or not its shields are red is really an issue .
It is surprising how little of the Tholian Bridge is actually usable. There are actually no walls or ceilings on that bridge. What some people consider to be a wall or ceiling is actually a floor or door that is only usable by Tholians.
Tholian ships have a red shield impact effect when they get hit.. similiar to the Elachi having a green hexagon/honeycomb shield effect when they get hit(which you CAN get via either the Elachi ships or Counter-Command Shields, IIRC).
I think it would be neat if they added it to the Nukara shields. That said, I'd rather see them add Warp/Sing Cores if they're revisiting the old sets.
Yeah... the Breen Bridge is pretty much the same, just the polar opposite. A LOT of open, useless space and the AC cranked to 11....
I've seen videos that show off the Tholian bridge. It's interesting and all, but given the above explanation, I'm surprised that it doesn't show any of the obviously-necessary refitting (for example, having seats added). That said, yes, the unique visual effect would be a logical thing to add to the NST shield.