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T5-U appreciation thread

edxelledxell Member Posts: 48 Arc User
edited September 2023 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
T5 ships are obsolete. True, when upgraded to T5-U they can compete at endgame but they're missing specialialization seating, they have one less boff ability and they don't have their own starship traits. In any measurable sense a T6 ship is superior to a T5-U ship.

Does anyone else still fly one? For me it's the APU Cruiser. I loaded it up with turrets and pets so it could fight effectively at 360 degrees. It started as a fun build but now it can more or less hold its own in advanced content. I particularly like how I never see another one and sometimes people in STFs are surprised to see one. Obviously I've got other characters that fly T6 ships but there's still a special place in my heart for that little cruiser.

Does anybody else have a special T5 or T5-U ship they still fly?

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  • echattyechatty Member Posts: 5,924 Arc User
    Two of my sci toons fly the T5U Dyson. One is flying the T5U battlecruiser. Several others have the T5U Defiant, Galaxy class and Voyager when those were put in the giveaway when one reached lvl 65.

    I love flying T5Us cause they are fun and can still do content. My battlecruiser can even go through ISN and it only has two mastery levels completed.
    Now a LTS and loving it.
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  • avoozuulavoozuul Member Posts: 3,215 Arc User
    edited January 2020
    Even though you have to get both an upgrade and fleet module to get it at its best, the Tempest Patrol Escort is great, all it lacks is the ensign boff seat and you can't remove the tailgun.
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  • davefenestratordavefenestrator Member Posts: 10,799 Arc User
    I own so many T6 ships that currently the only T5-U I'm flying is the Kar'Fi since it's SCIENCE! and the Fe'rang is not.
  • michaelsdstmichaelsdst Member Posts: 108 Arc User
    My Sci flyes a Horizon sci ship. I like it.
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  • phoenixc#0738 phoenixc
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    I still fly the Kar'Fi, its handling and power is unusually good for a T-5U full carrier, and it is still one of the closest things to a science ship available to the KDF without spending extra. I have the Lukari flying saucer that I plan to fly with one of my toons when she gets to the right level too.

    Also I was using the Atrox until just recently, it is a decent ship, as is the Romulan transforming one that was from one of last year's anniversary freebies (but the name escapes me at the moment), though I did not have the funds to upgrade them so strictly speaking they were not T5u, just better than average T5.
  • annemarie30annemarie30 Member Posts: 2,714 Arc User
    Karfi, the temporal destroyer (the mirror version of the welles) even fly the vo'quv on my gorn
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  • lianthelialianthelia Member Posts: 7,910 Arc User
    The Vo'quv...still hoping to see a T6 version of it some day.
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  • seaofsorrowsseaofsorrows Member Posts: 10,919 Arc User
    I still break out my T5U Fleet Patrol Escort Refit from time to time.

    I don't run the Saturation Bomb anymore because due to powercreep it's now a woefully ineffective weapon but the rest of the ship is still pretty great.

    Still the best looking Escort they have ever made IMO, and honestly.. one of the coolest looking ships in the entire game. Pretty much the only ship left that I would consider a 'must have' should a T6 ever be released.
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  • smokebaileysmokebailey Member Posts: 4,668 Arc User
    Risian Luxury cruiser. :) My fav ship in game,
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  • alcyoneserenealcyoneserene Member Posts: 2,414 Arc User
    Harpia. Need T6 Dyson science warbirds and raptors.
    Narcine. Great carrier with good pets, T6 too overpriced or no stock.
    Atrox. It looks cool, nice standard skin color, don't care about phallic symbolism.
    R'mor & Wells.

    Waiting on a T6 Rhode Island, Ning'Tao, Voquv - don't care to get their fleet variants since it's too expensive and would rather save for a proper T6 of them.

    T5 Luna. Could use a T6 variant.

    Regent is a skin I'd choose over any Sovereign or Archon, but not buying it when there's so many other better T6F cruisers instead that also look good.


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  • sheldonlcoopersheldonlcooper Member Posts: 4,042 Arc User
    Yeah, I have the Wells. It's perfectly fine for science with it's gravity Wells. ha.
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  • questeriusquesterius Member Posts: 8,627 Arc User
    There are a few T-5U which i still use form time to time:
    - Tholian Mesh Weaver https://sto.gamepedia.com/Tholian_Meshweaver_Escort
    - Nebula Advanced Research Vessel Retrofit https://sto.gamepedia.com/Nebula_Advanced_Research_Vessel_Retrofit
    - https://sto.gamepedia.com/Obelisk_Carrier

    I'm planning to take the Nova out of storage, but have to think of a unique build i can use on it and not a mere copy/downgrade of builds on my T6 Science vessels.
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  • sheldonlcoopersheldonlcooper Member Posts: 4,042 Arc User
    Oh, I also use the xindi aquatic for my kitty. she likes to watch the fish.

    I would get the T6 version but it's crazy expensive and is it really much of an upgrade?
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  • smokebaileysmokebailey Member Posts: 4,668 Arc User
    sheldonlcooper wrote: »
    Oh, I also use the xindi aquatic for my kitty. she likes to watch the fish.

    I would get the T6 version but it's crazy expensive and is it really much of an upgrade?

    Could not resist....
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  • salazarrazesalazarraze Member Posts: 3,794 Arc User
    Occasionally, I'll use the D'kora and the Kazon raider.
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  • acethepugacethepug Member Posts: 41 Arc User
    The T5-U Constellation, I love that ship.
  • axegaijin13axegaijin13 Member Posts: 58 Arc User
    I have several captains in T5-U ships but my favourite is probably the Steamrunner
    https://sto.gamepedia.com/Steamrunner_Blockade_Runner_Escort_Retrofit
  • dragon200052dragon200052 Member Posts: 44 Arc User
    Most of the characters that i play use T6 ships but even then I like to go back and play the T5-U Steamrunner that i got from the old steam starter pack. I really Hope that One day we get a T6 Steamrunner with a command spec so it can be a even better Torp Boat.
  • questeriusquesterius Member Posts: 8,627 Arc User
    dragon200052 wrote: »
    Most of the characters that i play use T6 ships but even then I like to go back and play the T5-U Steamrunner that i got from the old steam starter pack. I really Hope that One day we get a T6 Steamrunner with a command spec so it can be a even better Torp Boat.

    Very useful console on the T1 version:
    https://sto.gamepedia.com/Console_-_Universal_-_Resonance_Cascade_Modulator

    Sometimes when i do a RTFO and i see the team struggling with survival that console is often one of the consoles i quickly equip.
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  • thunderfoot#5163 thunderfoot
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         Member Posts: 4,545 Arc User
    Like the D'Kora enough I have one on each of my characters.

    As to T5-U ships being obsolete? I call male bovine biological byproduct. The only mandatory gear any ship requires is a competent player.
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  • michaelsdstmichaelsdst Member Posts: 108 Arc User
    axegaijin13 wrote: »
    I have several captains in T5-U ships but my favourite is probably the Steamrunner
    https://sto.gamepedia.com/Steamrunner_Blockade_Runner_Escort_Retrofit

    The Steamrunner is a nice one. I like it too!
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  • lordmerc22lordmerc22 Member Posts: 776 Arc User
    edited January 2020
    https://imgur.com/8bsbVEf

    https://sto.gamepedia.com/Advanced_Obelisk_Carrier

    This is one of my favourite carriers
  • echattyechatty Member Posts: 5,924 Arc User
    Oh yeah, my main sci-guy flies his Wells from time to time. His main ship is still a T6 Temporal MM Sci vessel though. His Wells will still kick butt though and it's his 'personal' ship that was a gift, so not getting rid of it. No.
    Now a LTS and loving it.
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  • questeriusquesterius Member Posts: 8,627 Arc User
    seaofsorrows wrote: »
    I still break out my T5U Fleet Patrol Escort Refit from time to time.

    I don't run the Saturation Bomb anymore because due to powercreep it's now a woefully ineffective weapon but the rest of the ship is still pretty great.

    Still the best looking Escort they have ever made IMO, and honestly.. one of the coolest looking ships in the entire game. Pretty much the only ship left that I would consider a 'must have' should a T6 ever be released.

    It's a shame that the bomb cannot be used on other vessels. Being EPG boosted it could potentially be very potent on science vessels.
    This program, though reasonably normal at times, seems to have a strong affinity to classes belonging to the Cat 2.0 program. Questerius 2.7 will break down on occasion, resulting in garbage and nonsense messages whenever it occurs. Usually a hard reboot or pulling the plug solves the problem when that happens.
  • lordmerc22lordmerc22 Member Posts: 776 Arc User
    I actually still got several -still active- T5Us with good equipment and fully upgraded. Apart from the Advanced Obelisk, I got the Dromias, the VoQuv, the Voth Bastion and the Kar'fi
  • hallek420staymad#8999 hallek420staymad
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         Member Posts: 93 Arc User
    edited January 2020
    Original char is my only fed, he's in a Fleet Tempest with Maelstrom skin, and will continue to be until perhaps there is some individually sold t6 in this 10th anniversary bundle. A warship 4/4 T6 Tempest with miracle worker and command seating.
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