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Recon Destroyer first thoughts
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I decided to slap together a tactical ship, using cannons, CSV1 BOL3, FAW 1 APB1 TS3 CRF3, with EP2S1, ST2 and TSS3, HE1 and ET2
without additional hull heals she is very fragile, far more fragile than Defiant, but then again I ahve not even completed the first level of ship mastery.
the Lafeyette is definitely a blast to fly, flexible, maneuverable and pretty kick butt in firepower. I think I'll lose the cannons, go strictly beams, and use the uni slot to beef up engineering. Oh, and for those who ask, yes the NO skin is avaliable.
without additional hull heals she is very fragile, far more fragile than Defiant, but then again I ahve not even completed the first level of ship mastery.
the Lafeyette is definitely a blast to fly, flexible, maneuverable and pretty kick butt in firepower. I think I'll lose the cannons, go strictly beams, and use the uni slot to beef up engineering. Oh, and for those who ask, yes the NO skin is avaliable.
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Totally disagree about her being fragile. I found her to be sturdy enough for an escort/destroyer, but I will get the Fleet version anyway. Even with 2 Armour consoles I had her Rez at 45%ish and HP about 67k with 18k shields from the Assimilated set, and that's before working the masteries. She's a wee beasty though with enough flexibility to suit any career.
The only thing I'd change would be to be able to have it with no mission pods - personally I like the ones on the top, but the one on the bottom just looks awkward to me. It's a tiny negative though, and I can't seriously argue it as it is canonically accurate.
my build was not optimal going into it. i have a few "immick" consoles, including the one that comes with the ship and the delphic tear console. I think going to a beam boat and engy/intell will give me a third hull heal. just can't decide on a beam array or a DBB
Followed that up by basically pushing as much Phaser damage as I could, having to sacrifice the armor consoles to do it and using my best phasers. So now I have the 2 piece Kelvin (Mining Laser and Proton Charge), Full Quantum Phase set (Quantum Torp/Beam Array/Console), and full Trilithium set (Omni/Console/Trico Torp), on top of the DOMINO and full load of Phaser Locators.
Japori Normal got rekt. Beta Thoridar put up a bit of a fight but also got rekt.
Haven't tried this build in Infected, but it does seem to perform pretty well in other areas. Using Intel Team in the Lt.Commander slot for the added defense to try and compensate for the lower hull rather than OSS, but I'm hitting things with Torp Spread 3, AP Beta, BFAW, and Kemosite 1.
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To me, there doesn’t really seem to be a whole lot of variation with T6 ships that force you to really change your flying style (not counting beams vs cannons) unless you’re comparing a defiant vs something like a D’Deridex. The middle ground seems to be very well populated and these ships are in that category. I like the ships and their designs, but I keep feeling that I want something that’s somewhat more unique that forces me to change the way I have to fly the ship. Does that make sense at all?
The middle ground can be a big ship with comp engines and eng boff abilities, and small ships can use damage resistance boosts, speed, disables and drain plus simple vaping to stay alive.
> How many of the parts available to the galaxy class does the Recon destroyer get access to? Also does it get access to some of the part designs of the Gal-x? Bought it though have not yet actually gotten to working with it just yet, but would be interesting if this had access to the Gal-x phaser spinal-lance thru some method.
The only parts that are interchangeable are that and the andromeda and you don’t have the option of getting rid of the “pen marker” parts.
By the way does anybody know what they are supposed to be for in Star Trek lore?
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Damn, well maybe they could open it up to be able to use more fo the Gal parts later on. I like some fo the other parts that the gal has access to.
Pretty sure he means the other saucer and nacelle options, Monarch class i think it was called?
Or is it going to be ;like the Sovereign where the canon version dosn't exist ingame after all the extra work they put into the model.
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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That is true of the Ga-x though does not mean there could not be other methods of powering the lance system, such as using the pods on the recon destroyer to house additional power systems that bolster the power output that would be needed to power the spinal cannon as an example, though that might only be one potential use of the pods as they could also be used for torp payloads, or additional sensor arrays too. Also the gal-x lance is not the only ship that uses lance weapons we have seen as the phantom uses a heavy phaser lance an does not have three nacelles.
I meant both as a destroyer most of all one developed from the galaxy would make some sense using a system like the lance weapon, which was implemented into the gal-x. Also with how much more maneuverable the New Orleans would be compared to even the gal or Gal-x a lance weapon could be used more efficiently in sto on it. Yet I was also hoping to see them open up more of the parts from the gal and Gal-x designs for use on the recon destroyer like the Monarch as it is terrible to see so many interesting an nice parts go to waste.
According to TNG's Conspiracy, the USS Thomas Paine was interpreted by Worf as a frigate. But no class name given. Only later in TNG's Redemption did an Okudagram list the USS Thomas Paine as a New Orleans-class. Hence, the assumption that the New Orleans-class was considered to be a frigate.
With that said the Andromeda pieces even it out and I can make a pretty cool looking ship with it
That's not true. Nacelles don't power things, they generate warp fields according to every piece of background information made by people closer associated with the show (i.e. technical manuals).
That is correct, and the ship's layout and function do reflect that. I just wonder why they simply couldn't go with "frigate" and call it "Recon destroyer" instead - does it destroy reconnaissance? That makes no sense. And apparently it's not even a destroyer in the traditional STO template.
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Ah oki, thank you.
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I think they did not want to overlap the frigate designation with the hanger-frigate pets, which I can understand kinda. I see it more that is a self contained vessel that both recons it's target, before it changes to destroying the target if it is found to be needed to be destroyed. Which with the pods would make some sense as they could hold additional sensor arrays for long range reconnaissance on a target, though they could also hold additional weapons systems too.
I really think with all the Galaxy Class type phaser strips this ship is aesthetically demanding a a beam array build, but I am afraid the 4/3 layout works better with a DBB or DHC build.
The Klingon Raptor version doesn't have that "problem", and you can just go ahead with DHCs or DCs.
none. wysiwyg. the only thinkg you can do is mix match the parts of the skin I posted and the lafayette parts
but we do not know if they Paine from Dytalix B was decommissioned or not. that it is the same ship is speculation, especially since we do not ever hear from Capt Scott again
I watched the livestream, and the reasoning for the nacelle mounted strips was so beams don't clip through anything. The mission pods kinda make using the saucer mounted strip for rear firing impossible without shooting THROUGH the ship, so they added the nacelle mounts to allow for a full broadside and even rear firing without clipping through the hull. I view it like how Galaxy class ships gained nacelle mounted strips during the Dominion War.
According to the Dev who helped make the New Orleans... he didn't have time to make anything other than the Galaxy and Andromeda parts, but may very well look into Venture parts in the future.
Not really. Its been speculated that they are like heavy photon launchers or even just generic mission pods like on the Nebula. The Devs DID play with the idea of some kind of Photon Launcher, but it wasn't visually appealing. This eventually lead to the current tri beam console thing.
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Photon Launchers would have been WAAAAAAAAAAY cooler!
they could have just made them similar to the one on the Armitage except they fired in a forward arc. Sorta like a triple torpedo spread or rapid fire torpedoes!