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Captain Paris smiled. "Part of finding your way out there is to decide these things first. Humanity had to do it with Enterprise."
"You need to do it here."
~Morrigan "LaughingTrendy"
"You need to do it here."
~Morrigan "LaughingTrendy"
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I do wonder what the Lukari will choose - they're self-sufficient and somewhat insular, so maybe some sort of heavily shielded prospecting vessel (with guns, of course, this is STO)
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Hopefully they'll make it a Science Citadel Dreadnought Cruiser
As for the blog itself, to quote Archer: "Jefferson was right."
Nothing wrong with being heavily armed. Carrying a lot of guns on your ship doesn't mean you can't come in peace anymore... it just means that you're prepared in case the other party isn't interested in a friendly meeting or First Contact.
Having weapons available (and the ability to use them) doesn't necessarily make one aggressive.
Nice story.
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If it were me personally I'd rather go for a well armed/armoured military ship, yet with a specialized science/sensor suite. A bit like a cross between a heavy escort and a sci ship.
I see a science ship that morphs shape (like Transformers) into a tactical ship.
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"We said 'no' to Mr. Curiosity. We're not home. Curiosity is not welcome, it is not to be invited in. Curiosity...is bad. It gets you in trouble, it gets you killed, and more importantly...it makes you poor!"
Wasn't that basically what the Dyson Science Destroyer did?
Exploratory Science Dreadnought [T6]
Secondary Deflector slot (Exploration!)
Sensor Analysis (more exploration!)
+10 Aux, +10 Weapon power (compromise!)
5 Fore weapons, 2 aft (Even more compromise, the people that want 5 weapons get the front part, and the ones that want 2 get the rear part. Perfect!)
Console layout:
5 Science (You gotta have lots of those for 'exploration'!)
4 Tactical (It's dangerous out there!)
2 Engineering (Left overs.)
What? I didn't say anything about suggesting this be the Winter Event ship or other giveaway...
Bridge Officers:
Commander Science (Exploration!), Lt. Comm Universal/Temporal (don't know what you're getting into, it might even be time travel!), Lt. Comm Tac (Go boldly, and carry a big stick!) , Lt. Comm Eng (need to keep the ship together and/or enhancing your weapon power)
Shields: thick
Hull: decent
Turnrate: at least 8 (these three will be needed to be balanced somewhat, I don't feel like back-figuring from current T6s)
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My compliments to the writer(s).
For Great Bird's sake no more time travel.
I like your thinking.
Sounds like a Temporal Ship, or a Lifetime Destroyer.
Depends on the perspective of who you're meeting. Remember when the Xindi were surprised by the high resolution of Enterprise's sensor scans. Archer had to explain that despite the armament she was an exploration vessel.
I'm also fond of the Starfleet proverb on classifying Orion ships. "If you're unarmed it's a pirate ship, if you're armed it's a merchant ship."
That kid's been gold pressed latinum for a long time. He was a credit to the uniform from day one of the academy I tell ya.
Oh right, completely forgot. I fly that thing too, though primarily as a science ship.
Science ships have 3 aft.
Want to give them battle cloaking and cannon options while you're at it? Maybe a rewind mastery trait, that refreshes your cooldowns, gives you a hull and shield heal, and has a jump built in? Let's just mash too much good stuff into a ship for a race that's only just barely peeking out its own atmosphere. First step to Mary Sue status there....
Aw snap. I didn't even realize. I modify my suggestion to: a science ship that morphs into a large tactical mechanized humanoid body.
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i'm curious to see what will be made without the restrictions past 'new' ships had in terms of design theme.
On the Xbox/PS4 side, endless special event grinds one after another coming so fast it's crazy.
And since everyone seems to be chiming in with Lukari ship thoughts, I bet they may wind up building something that equates to our Exploration Cruisers or Star Cruisers. Something durable, decently armed, but ultimately, dedicated to peaceful research and discovery.
It'd be neat if we could maybe get a Lukari BOff of some sort. Maybe as part of a Cultural Exchange? Heh.
Then again, maybe the winter ship will be Breen science. A Breen secondary deflector could be quite interesting.
As for what ship they should build, they can have their cake and eat it too. All they need to do is make a regular sci ship with a secondary deflector. That can cause more than enough death and destruction to satisfy the war minded Lukari while supplying the best in exploration technology. Who needs warships when you have a good science ship.
I would love there to be a new Breen ship. Hell, I'd gladly love it even more if STO would allow us to acquire the older Breen ships. Those are some of my favorite ship designs.
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