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Things Feds are envious of...
staq16
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So, someone said to me the other day that the way to avoid being bitter is to list things to be grateful for. So I thought it might be instructive to list things that the KDF has which Feds don't get....
(1) Standalone Dynamic Power Redistributor console. Market watchers have noted the way that the price of 23C Dreadnoughts has climbed over time, currently sitting at around 450M EC for a ship that's essentially a 23C-skinned command cruiser. Cosmetics aside, this is being attributed to the included console, which gives both a strong heal and a massive damage boost. Klingons can obtain said console for a comparatively modest 18-20M EC on the exchange. It's the closest thing now to what the leech used to be.
(2) Kelvin Dreadnought Console and Trait. There were many howls Fedside when it was announced that in lieu of having to buy the Kelvin Timeline dreadnought, Klingons could get its console and trait separately at a much lower cost. Both are very worthwhile! The same is true for the NX Refit's console and trait, although these have not received the same attention by dint of being much more situational.
(3) The Fleet K't'inga. The 23C R&D Promo rerelease has once again unleashed the torrent of Trek fans lamenting the fact that they can't get the iconic 23C ship in a lower-powered, freely available form. Guess what.... Klingons can. The T5U Fleet K't'inga may not be a DPS powerhouse but it's a solid, usable ship (which is very appropriate really) that can skin as either the movie or TOS versions.
(4) Uniforms. There may not be a huge number of KDF uniforms, but they cover all bases (other than the near-feral 22C look) and are free. Other factions have to pay to put their characters in 23C uniforms or have entire crews in bikinis.
(5) Gorn and Orions. Don't do this myself, but many people love the idea of giant lizardmen and green skinned space babes in mass quantities.
IMO the T6 Kor also deserves an honourable mention, because its combination of Universal seating and EBC gives it a range of options as an exotic/torp stealth bomber that no other ship can replicate.
(1) Standalone Dynamic Power Redistributor console. Market watchers have noted the way that the price of 23C Dreadnoughts has climbed over time, currently sitting at around 450M EC for a ship that's essentially a 23C-skinned command cruiser. Cosmetics aside, this is being attributed to the included console, which gives both a strong heal and a massive damage boost. Klingons can obtain said console for a comparatively modest 18-20M EC on the exchange. It's the closest thing now to what the leech used to be.
(2) Kelvin Dreadnought Console and Trait. There were many howls Fedside when it was announced that in lieu of having to buy the Kelvin Timeline dreadnought, Klingons could get its console and trait separately at a much lower cost. Both are very worthwhile! The same is true for the NX Refit's console and trait, although these have not received the same attention by dint of being much more situational.
(3) The Fleet K't'inga. The 23C R&D Promo rerelease has once again unleashed the torrent of Trek fans lamenting the fact that they can't get the iconic 23C ship in a lower-powered, freely available form. Guess what.... Klingons can. The T5U Fleet K't'inga may not be a DPS powerhouse but it's a solid, usable ship (which is very appropriate really) that can skin as either the movie or TOS versions.
(4) Uniforms. There may not be a huge number of KDF uniforms, but they cover all bases (other than the near-feral 22C look) and are free. Other factions have to pay to put their characters in 23C uniforms or have entire crews in bikinis.
(5) Gorn and Orions. Don't do this myself, but many people love the idea of giant lizardmen and green skinned space babes in mass quantities.
IMO the T6 Kor also deserves an honourable mention, because its combination of Universal seating and EBC gives it a range of options as an exotic/torp stealth bomber that no other ship can replicate.
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Fleet K'tinga T5-U...definitely still a usable/playable ship. Good turn rate for a battlecruiser. Hull and shields still robust enough to be able to take a beating. 4 forward and 4 aft weapon layout. Decent/simple bridge officer layout. Not a bad vessel at all.
(Edited) Dynamic Power Redistributor console - I use this console! It is very effective.
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I know, but we are warriors, not prey, explorers or seekers of knowledge.
I have no idea what Cryptic was thinking when they made the first couple of "arcs" on the Fed side story.
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Unfortunately it cannot. Though the awful launch era model is probably the K't'inga, the option labelled as 'D7' is just a K't'inga without the raised patterns on the wings. It cannot use the actual D7 skin made for AoY, that is exclusive to the Temporal ship.
It can however use the unnamed 2409 ship labelled only as 'K't'inga Refit' as well as the Koro't'inga, both of which look amazing in the Type 3 refit material.
Not a single canon Klingon uniform can be replicated in STO with the sole exception of the KT robes. The TOS version is the most complete but as per usual, there are large parts of it exclusive to NPCs and it still lacks a few options from TOS and TAS. The TUC uniforms aren't even slightly in-game nor are the minor TOS film era variants like Klaa's sleeveless version. Only the very basics of the TNG uniforms are present, the AGT and Endgame variants are completely absent. Compare that to the Federation who are only completely missing maybe 3 uniforms and all the main ones can be near universally completed to on-screen specifications.
Norway and Yeager dammit... I still want my Typhoon and Jupiter though.
JJ Trek The Kelvin Timeline is just Trek and it's fully canon... get over it. But I still prefer TAR.
#TASforSTO
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'This is clearly a military operation. Is that what we are now? Because I thought we were explorers!' Scotty: Into Darkness
'...The Federation. Starfleet. We're not a military agency.' Scotty: Beyond
'I'm not a soldier anymore. I'm an engineer.' Miles O'Brien: Empok Nor
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Admiral Dananra Lekall - R.R.W. Teverresh, Deihu-class Warbird
General J'Kar son of K'tsulan - I.K.S. Dlahath, Vo'devwl-class Carrier
Nearly everything the SpoonFeds have which they really want was part of the Red Side first. We were stylin' an' profilin' and there were tons of threads on the old forums about carriers and cloaks and other stuff. How it was unfair KDF could launch fighters and cloak and SpoonFeds could not.
So they all drank the WantitAde and Gecko gave it all to them. Because in the end STO isn't about Star Trek at all.
It is about profits.