List of all virus/plaguelike things in STO

legendarylycan · July 2019

so, this is probably the most unusual thread i've made, but...what are all the powers/consoles/traits/kit mods/doff powers in STO that have a virus or plaguelike effect to them? i already know about the following below, but i'm wondering if i've missed any (which i'm definitely sure i have)

Trait:
Nano-Infestation
Load Viral Torpedo
Nanoprobe Contagion
Invasive Control Programming

Powers:
Viral Matrix
Structural Analysis
Nanoprobe Infestation
Viral Impulse Burst
EPS Corruption
Entropic Cascade
Entropic Redistribution

Consoles:
Polymorphic Probe Array
Retrofitted Assimilator

Kit Mods:
Active Immunity Overload
Active Immunity Grenade
Active Immunity Mine Field
Virulent Dark Matter Cloud (note, this link has no info as of 7/8/2019)
Entropic Contagion
Spread Decay
Weaponized Dark Matter
Toxin Dart Launcher

Crawler Swarm
Doffs:
Systems Engineer - Viral matrix enhancement variant
Systems Engineer - Viral Matrix spread variant

Reputation Passives:
Viral Weapon Overload
Viral Engine Overload

Weapons:
Dark Matter Quantum Torpedo Launcher

Set-granted Abilities:
Enhanced Crawler Mine

EDIT: updated list with some things i found along with something someone pointed out to me ingame (virulent dark matter cloud)
EDIT2: added some more things and also updated every listing with links to the appropriate article on STO gamepedia so people can see what the hell all these things actually do, as well as where to get them
EDIT3: added EPS corruption
EDIT4: added entropic contagion, spread decay, entropic cascade & entropic redistribution
EDIT5: added weaponized dark matter
EDIT6: added invasive control programming
EDIT7: added toxin dart launcher, crawler swarm, enhanced crawler mine and retrofitted assimilator (and would have added disruptive topological matrix off the borg command juggernaut, but there is currently no page for it on the wiki)

spiritborn · July 2019

Could you please clarify what you mean by "plaguelike", I mean depening on your defination the "molecular deconstruction beam" from the temporal ships could be considered "plaguelike" since the debuff it causes lasts longer then the beam itself.

legendarylycan · July 2019

plaguelike = spreading from target to target and weakening it in some way - like structural analysis or nano-infestation/nanoprobe infestation or dealing AOE toxic damage from a biological source - like active immunity overload

spiritborn · July 2019

shadowfang240 wrote: »

plaguelike = spreading from target to target and weakening it in some way - like structural analysis or nano-infestation/nanoprobe infestation or dealing AOE toxic damage from a biological source - like active immunity overload

Hmm that second defination is quite broad as toxins of biological origin that are simple chemicals do exist and for example the bluebill acid blobs are acidic toxin rather then microbes or other pathogens.

legendarylycan · July 2019

i suppose the bluegill stuff could fit given my (rather poor, admittedly) definition, but none of it is available to players - and i probably should have mentioned it in the initial post, but i'm mainly looking for things players can use

warmaker001b · July 2019

I was going to add ESD or Beta Quadrant Zone Chat for this.

legendarylycan · July 2019

i can't equip either of those things on my ship or character....

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legendarylycan · July 2019

radiation i've kind of been bouncing back and forth on

maybe it would help if i actually provided context for why i wanted to assemble this list in the first place

i've got a character called Pestilence that i modeled after the horseman (along with the other 3 horsemen - don't judge, i was on a Supernatural kick at the time) and i'm looking to revamp his build, but obviously i want to use things that would fit said horseman's schtick, so was hoping to compile a list of things that exhibit a 'contagious' or 'disease-like' nature so i know what my options are when i go to actually redo the build - and also provide a handy list in case anyone else wants to do similar

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foppotee · July 2019

This doesn't add anything helpful, sorry, but this is a cool interesting thought-provoking thread.

spiritborn · July 2019

shadowfang240 wrote: »

radiation i've kind of been bouncing back and forth on

maybe it would help if i actually provided context for why i wanted to assemble this list in the first place

i've got a character called Pestilence that i modeled after the horseman (along with the other 3 horsemen - don't judge, i was on a Supernatural kick at the time) and i'm looking to revamp his build, but obviously i want to use things that would fit said horseman's schtick, so was hoping to compile a list of things that exhibit a 'contagious' or 'disease-like' nature so i know what my options are when i go to actually redo the build - and also provide a handy list in case anyone else wants to do similar

Honestly I think you're looking at things too narrowly for that inspiration, IIRC "Pestilence" is less disease or plague and more corruption thru decay and rot (should be noted that rider of the white horse can also be called conquest), I would say you should focus on abilities that rob the target of their strength or slowly "eat away" at the target regardless of origin.

For example the Dark-matter torp from the discovery rep (or deconstruction beam I mentioned before) would fit here as they "rot" their target without an obvious origin point like a patch of fire. Any mind effecting ability would fit as well, while they wouldn't rot the body they'd rot the mind.

legendarylycan · July 2019

i was giving the dark matter torpedo consideration - both because i already have something else dark matter-themed on the list (Virulent Dark Matter Cloud) and because it's (currently) really damn potent, so having it would somewhat make up for making a themed build instead of a FOTM one

though, i should point out the definition of 'pestilence' as given by MW dictionary is 'a contagious or infectious epidemic disease that is virulent and devastating' or 'something that is destructive or pernicious' (and pernicious itself is defined as 'having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way'), so anything in STO that fits those definitions would be good candidates for the list

spiritborn · July 2019

shadowfang240 wrote: »

i was giving the dark matter torpedo consideration - both because i already have something else dark matter-themed on the list (Virulent Dark Matter Cloud) and because it's (currently) really damn potent, so having it would somewhat make up for making a themed build instead of a FOTM one

though, i should point out the definition of 'pestilence' as given by MW dictionary is 'a contagious or infectious epidemic disease that is virulent and devastating' or 'something that is destructive or pernicious' (and pernicious itself is defined as 'having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way'), so anything in STO that fits those definitions would be good candidates for the list

Well the thing to remember about the four horsemen is that they're symbolic so just looking the dictionary defination of their names won't give the full picture, for example Famine isn't just about lack of food but general lack of things important to life.

legendarylycan · July 2019

well, famine i'm designing mostly around the literal interpretation - and what is food to a starship? fuel - or in STO's case, power

so i made him a drain build

also, updated the OP a bit

spiritborn · July 2019

shadowfang240 wrote: »

well, famine i'm designing mostly around the literal interpretation - and what is food to a starship? fuel - or in STO's case, power

so i made him a drain build

also, updated the OP a bit

That's actually a good way to get the symbolic meaning as well (since starships don't eat food), so you're robbing them of something important they need to function (aka power in this case).

artan42 · July 2019

There's no set definition of the Horsemen as they exist in multiple mythologies and non-mythological fictions as well as the original myth. Even the originals are subject to variations between different translations and different sects.

legendarylycan · July 2019

i believe i mentioned Supernatural as my inspiration for creating the characters...so obviously how they were portrayed there is how i'm building the characters

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tyler002 · July 2019

Would the EPS Corruption Engineering Ultimate count? Especially after being fully upgraded.

A thread asking about virus/plague-like content in the game and no smart-TRIBBLE gives the catchall answer "The Discovery content"? You disappoint me forum, you've let me down.

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legendarylycan · July 2019

yeah...let's not be going there - i don't want the thread closed, so keep the disco hate for any of the other existing threads, people

and yes, EPS corruption would fit - not for me personally, because my character is science-heavy, not engineering-heavy, but maybe for someone else

i'll stick that in the OP

artan42 · July 2019

shadowfang240 wrote: »

yeah...let's not be going there - i don't want the thread closed, so keep the disco hate for any of the other existing threads, people

Or, even better, keep it quiet because it's pathetic.

thay8472 · July 2019

The airborne virus infected ESD preventing Starfleet from issuing me a Typhoon Class?

baddmoonrizin · July 2019

Please don't derail the thread. Thank you.

mustrumridcully0 · July 2019

There are a bunch of temporal powers that fit right into the theme:

Entropic Redistribution - Space
Entropic Cascade - Space
Spread Decay - Ground
Entropic Contagion - Ground

Entropic Redistribution and Entropic Cascade sound so similar that I was confused actually if they are really seperate powers. But it seems they actually are. And I have to recheck some of my builds to see which I actually slotted. I
think Redistribution is better than Cascade, because Redistribution deals instant damage, but for your theme, cascade and contagion might work better. Namewise, only the ground powers really have direct "Plaguelike" allusions, but they all fit the theme.

legendarylycan · July 2019

yeah...those work perfectly

and i'm less concerned with the naming scheme as i am with how the ability actually functions - that's why i have structural analysis, which doesn't evoke a sense of a being a contagion or virus-like power just by reading its name or the little technobabble description everything in STO has - but in effect, it weakens targets and can spread to other ones in close proximity and weaken THEM as well, like a contagious disease

and why i don't have isometric charge, which does spread from target to target, but it doesn't weaken them in any way - it just does straight up damage

wylonus · July 2019

there was dampening effect, leech effect, and syphon (drain effect), inert effect, and "erasure" virus.

legendarylycan · July 2019

i...don't know what any of that means

ekypyros · July 2019

Personal Space Skill Tree Drain Infection is missing !

burstorion · July 2019

DPSers

List of all virus/plaguelike things in STO

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