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What ship if any, looks closest to the whitestar from bab 5?

buckstanzabuckstanza Member Posts: 24 Arc User
edited August 2023 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
I'm snowed in.. can' t go anywhere and bored..
so I'd thought i'd make another 'celebrity ship and crew."
Already have sg1, most of the star trek crews, joker, luthor.. kirito, gandalf etc..
so what's another one.
If anyone has input for the question, feel free to respond.
Post edited by baddmoonrizin on

Answers

  • darthoricidarthorici Member Posts: 195 Arc User
    there is 1 its Romulan ships that comes the closest to the white star from b5 and thats the Aelahl Light Warbird Battlecruiser.
  • ironman7#2509 ironman7
    ironman7#2509
         Member Posts: 38 Arc User
    I think STO's xindi-aquatic briostrys dreadnought carrier looks closely to BB5's whitestar.

    https://sto.gamepedia.com/Xindi-Aquatic_Briostrys_Dreadnought_Carrier

  • darthoricidarthorici Member Posts: 195 Arc User
    ironman7#2509 wrote: »
    I think STO's xindi-aquatic briostrys dreadnought carrier looks closely to BB5's whitestar.

    https://sto.gamepedia.com/Xindi-Aquatic_Briostrys_Dreadnought_Carrier

    if you look at the white star and the xindi-aquatic briostrys dreadnought carrier the dont look close.
    now the white star and the Aelahl Light Warbird Battlecruiser do look more alike.
  • alcyoneserenealcyoneserene Member Posts: 2,414 Arc User
    edited February 2021
    T5 Dyson Warbird Science Destroyers. I take no credit for recognizing the resemblance as I didn't know what the whitestar was and I never watched Babylon 5 until a fleet friend mentioned it, though I should hearing how good it is.

    It's one of my most favorite ships in the game by both looks and gameplay fun, been polishing mine again recently to make it a true sci/tac hybrid with some protonic tac consoles & energy weapons, but minus the 3-pack ship consoles as they are truly dated and not worth slotting. Only the Harpia is worth it IMO, the rest are for slight cosmetic options. Not powerful, but more than enough in either mode to handle elite patrols solo, but it's 'nightmare mode' to stay alive and tank too but very doable in skilled hands and proper build.
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  • questeriusquesterius Member Posts: 8,506 Arc User
    buckstanza wrote: »
    I'm snowed in.. can' t go anywhere and bored..
    so I'd thought i'd make another 'celebrity ship and crew."
    Already have sg1, most of the star trek crews, joker, luthor.. kirito, gandalf etc..
    so what's another one.
    If anyone has input for the question, feel free to respond.

    https://sto.gamepedia.com/Benthan_Assault_Cruiser
    No doubt about it.

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  • phoenixc#0738 phoenixc
    phoenixc#0738
         Member Posts: 5,892 Arc User
    edited February 2021
    westmetals wrote: »
    I think the closest I've seen is the Aelahl with the Jem'Hadar shield on it.

    For an added "Babylon 5" idea, the Vaadwaur Juggernaut does bear something of a resemblance to an EarthForce Omega-class, if the rotating section didn't rotate.

    The ones built with Shadow tech did not rotate, they had internal gravity generators. The Shadow tentacles could be done with Omega rep systems I think, and with a black vanity shield it would be a reasonably good analog.

    Another reasonable contender for the White Star would be the Vorgon Xyfius heavy escort, but since it is a T6 Phoenix store ship it is just barely short of impossible to get since the odds are worse than getting hit by lightning immediately followed by a meteor hit (yes that is an exaggeration, but not by much).
  • daboholicdaboholic Member Posts: 265 Arc User
    What about the Laeosa class Warbird? I reckon with the right vanity shield it could be a reasonable match.
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  • fallenkezef#4581 fallenkezef
    fallenkezef#4581
         Member Posts: 644 Arc User
    You could look at the Laeosa Research Warbird perhaps?

    https://sto.gamepedia.com/Laeosa_Research_Warbird
  • ulysses359#8595 ulysses359
    ulysses359#8595
         Member Posts: 22 Arc User
    I would say the Vorgon Ytijara Dreadnought looks like the white star, even the colours are similar.

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    So good luck with Phoenix box lotto.





  • ironman7#2509 ironman7
    ironman7#2509
         Member Posts: 38 Arc User
    darthorici wrote: »
    ironman7#2509 wrote: »
    I think STO's xindi-aquatic briostrys dreadnought carrier looks closely to BB5's whitestar.

    https://sto.gamepedia.com/Xindi-Aquatic_Briostrys_Dreadnought_Carrier

    if you look at the white star and the xindi-aquatic briostrys dreadnought carrier the dont look close.
    now the white star and the Aelahl Light Warbird Battlecruiser do look more alike.

    Thanks I wasn't aware of that warbird. that warbird looks really good (as both warbird itself and as whitestar lookalike). I'm going to add that to my shopping list. :)

    I am not expert on many playable ships in the STO. The STO wiki doesn't have visual guide for all ships in one or several images. It lists all playable ships and I wasn't interested to go and click each ship link to check its image especially when there are well over 150 or more ships on the list. That ship I mentioned in my earlier post was just happened to be the one I saw in a TFO earlier on.
  • sierra078sierra078 Member Posts: 335 Arc User
    The other question is do you want it to play like the Whitestar? The Whitestar tended to function more like a Defiant-class or Bird of prey with cannons.
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  • phoenixc#0738 phoenixc
    phoenixc#0738
         Member Posts: 5,892 Arc User
    An advantage of the Vorgon ships is that they have stripes quite similar to the Vorlon bioarmor sheathe the White Star class has.
  • shadowkoshshadowkosh Member Posts: 1,688 Arc User
    Vorgon
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  • tom61stotom61sto Member Posts: 3,676 Arc User
    sierra078 wrote: »
    The other question is do you want it to play like the Whitestar? The Whitestar tended to function more like a Defiant-class or Bird of prey with cannons.

    And if you want to flip around you need the console off the Hirogen Escort, but that will only fit on Escorts and Raptors, and I think the only Warbird that'd both look close and count would be the Ar'kif line.
  • kurtronkurtron Member Posts: 193 Arc User
    alcyoneserene wrote: »
    I never watched Babylon 5 until a fleet friend mentioned it, though I should hearing how good it is.

    The memory cheats. :wink:
    But seriously, B5 is just DS9 for Republicans.
    Yea, I went there!
  • rattler2rattler2 Member, Star Trek Online Moderator Posts: 58,696 Community Moderator
    Hey... I actually enjoyed B5 as well as DS9. Starfuries were awesome.
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