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Wouldn't it be nice if every hangar pet would get a playable small craft version?

angrytargangrytarg Member Posts: 11,008 Arc User
in Star Trek Online General Discussion
Just, you know, because. Since small craft are severely underused, have no unique equipment and are basically just copies of each other they only have some sort of space barbie / sentimental value. and I'd love to use one of my hangar pets as a shuttle now and then, for example a Tellarite shuttle or a epoch fighter.​​
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  • yakodymyakodym Member Posts: 363 Arc User
    Sorry to say, but the small craft will probably remain an underused and underdeveloped side-branch of the game. The investment-to-reward ratio is most likely way better for the big ships, so that's what the devs will be focusing on, because it brings them the most $$$.
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  • angrytargangrytarg Member Posts: 11,008 Arc User
    Yes, but it still would be nice, wouldn't it? pig-3.gif​​
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    "A filthy, mangy beast, but in its bony breast beat the heart of a warrior" - "faithful" (...) "but ever-ready to follow the call of the wild." - Martok, about a Targ
    "That pig smelled horrid. A sweet-sour, extremely pungent odor. I showered and showered, and it took me a week to get rid of it!" - Robert Justman, appreciating Emmy-Lou
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  • baddmoonrizinbaddmoonrizin Member Posts: 11,017 Community Moderator
    edited May 2018
    For some time now, I've wanted owning hangar pets to unlock skins for a generic small craft shuttle/fighter.
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  • yakodymyakodym Member Posts: 363 Arc User
    The other thing that would be nice is to have some small craft with a 1-fore-1-aft configuration, which would open up the small craft to several other builds and space-sets. This wouldn't even require adding new craft, but maybe roundabouts could be modified this way. After all, those were the ships that laid down the self-replicating mines around DS9.
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  • angrytargangrytarg Member Posts: 11,008 Arc User
    yakodym wrote: »
    The other thing that would be nice is to have some small craft with a 1-fore-1-aft configuration, which would open up the small craft to several other builds and space-sets. This wouldn't even require adding new craft, but maybe roundabouts could be modified this way. After all, those were the ships that laid down the self-replicating mines around DS9.

    I agree. Runabouts are really in another weight class as regular shuttles. For instance, they should be able to take a few stray shots from a star ship which a shuttle really can't. They were designed to be heavy lifters and I imagined them being able to also slot a few heavier weapons with the right mission pod (for instance a torpedo launcher which other shuttles aren't supposed to have).

    I would like to see a whole array of "-S" gear for shuttles and some thought put into their layouts. The playable "small craft" should range from type-8 shuttles to Captain's yachts and maybe even a saucer module. One can dream.​​
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    ^ Memory Alpha.org is not canon. It's a open wiki with arbitrary rules. Only what can be cited from an episode is. ^
    "No. Men do not roar. Women roar. Then they hurl heavy objects... and claw at you." -Worf, son of Mogh
    "A filthy, mangy beast, but in its bony breast beat the heart of a warrior" - "faithful" (...) "but ever-ready to follow the call of the wild." - Martok, about a Targ
    "That pig smelled horrid. A sweet-sour, extremely pungent odor. I showered and showered, and it took me a week to get rid of it!" - Robert Justman, appreciating Emmy-Lou
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  • reiklingraiderreiklingraider Member Posts: 209 Arc User
    My KDF Tac uses her Voth Heavy Fighter from when she flew her Voth Bastion Flight Deck Cruiser, but it would be nice if more pets were flyable.
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  • rattler2rattler2 Member, Star Trek Online Moderator Posts: 58,671 Community Moderator
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    More options would be better!
    Especially when KDF have so few options for small craft in Admiralty compared to Feds and Fed-Romulans.
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  • lordgyorlordgyor Member Posts: 2,820 Arc User
    > @angrytarg said:
    > Just, you know, because. Since small craft are severely underused, have no unique equipment and are basically just copies of each other they only have some sort of space barbie / sentimental value. and I'd love to use one of my hangar pets as a shuttle now and then, for example a Tellarite shuttle or a epoch fighter.​​

    Hell yes!!!!!
  • seriousdaveseriousdave Member Posts: 2,777 Arc User
    Would be nice but probably not very useful.
    Shuttles barely serve any function outside of card games and unless they completely overhaul the shuttle mechanics and everything else I really don't have any reason to buy a new c-store or lobi shuttle.
    Not gonna lie though, an epoch fighter shuttle would probably make me spend my stipend.
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