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So...anyone heard anything about the andorian ship?

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I don't mean to be greedy, I am truly loving STO, coming from WoW...it is refreshing to get rewards for being a decent player I.e. Stfs and fleet actions. Not to mention how there are actual devs that reply to concerns and in some cases just for sh!ts and giggles; that is just phenomenal and I thank Cryptic for the gaming experince thus far. I digress now.

Escort players are finally getting a "new" ship to fly, well a ship that has been reskinned and having an ability (through a console) to use a brand spanking new ability...I love it.

But...there was talk of an andorian ship on the table that seemed to have lost all of its hype and interest, no one even knew what kind of ship this was going to be and from its specs, it could have been a contender to be the new escort.

Does anyone know anything about this ship? And I mean anything at all...escort?cruiser?what the special ability would be? (I'm guessing mine related)

and just some more food for thought....I know that a sci ship was just released, an escort ship is on the way and that would leave a spot for a cruiser. There is enough cruisers atm, as well as scis. Next ship should be another escort or a kdf one.

Also, we just got 1 fed and 4 kdf race ships added to the game, games are creatures of habit, more race ships are on the way and the only one we know of is the andorian...what does that say? Speculation time :D
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2011
    Yeah I keep begging for more info too

    http://forums.startrekonline.com/showthread.php?t=201351
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2011
    The new Engineering report has moved the Andorian ship from "In development" to "In Discussions"... that's about all the news.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2011
    its silver... thats all i know
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2011
    Probably has an awe-inspiring air conditioner.


    Z
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2011
    zordar wrote: »
    Probably has an awe-inspiring air conditioner.


    Z

    And HIGH CEILINGS so Antennas don't get brusied.... :p
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2011
    From what understand it was originally due out in feb and then march so hopefully soon.....
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2011
    zordar wrote: »
    Probably has an awe-inspiring air conditioner.


    Z

    I literally lol'd :D.

    Its all speculation so far, but based on the vessel's size and performance in Enterprise, I'd absolutely assume that it's an escort, or an engineering focused escort (I.e. Commander tactical, LTC eng). Which is sadly what we've all been screaming about for an Akira refit...*sigh*.

    The vessel in the show also used blue energy weapons, so...hoping for either retrofit phasers or tetryons to come standard. It definitely wasn't a pushover vessel, and its very cool looking. Luckily for me, my tactical captain is in fact Andorian, so he'll feel right at home in one!
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2011
    I love my new Andorian Tac, so now I'm drooling over the idea of this. I hope we can get a screenshot or something :D
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2011
    I wonder if they'll use a broad minded design or shackle it to strictly being unimaginative canon, which doesn't give many glimpses of it possible potential or reflection of teh Andorian culture?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    I think the issue is...it doesn't really have a whole lot of description as far as canon goes. The Andorians and the Vulcans in enterprise were more than a little secretive with their technology. They could go any way with it, I just hope they go the escort way and find a way to make it equally as awesome as the current tier 5 escorts.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    I hope they add it soon. I can't wait.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    Surely we can't be the only ones really wanting some leaked pics...

    I know Dan likes sharing ;)
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    Surely we can't be the only ones really wanting some leaked pics...

    I know Dan likes sharing ;)

    I'm hoping he'll leak us another ship pic this week. The Andorian ship would be nice.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    Id love a pic of either the Andorian ship or the Ambassador...weren't they both in the "in discussion" section of the last engineering report? Id say we're due for an update...
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    The Andorian ship may be the ship to get me out of my Prometheus, depending on how close it looks to the one seen in Enterprise and its stats.

    If anything, as long as its an Admiral Escort, ill be buying it as soon as it hits C-Store.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    Me too, depending on the stats. I've loved my advanced escort and she's been good to me...the only thing that would get me away from her is if the Andorian ship has something really good to offer.

    Speculations? I just hope they do a hybrid cruiser/escort type thing, so it gets a tiny bit less firepower and more survivability than the other escorts.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    Specualtion on what racial ability it may have?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    Roach wrote: »
    Specualtion on what racial ability it may have?

    That's the thing...the Andorian ship didn't really have a "special ability" or any kind, it was just a really good ship. Personally I'd like to get away from the special abilities in general, but this would be a good time to speculate on ideas for it if it really must have a special ability. What do the Andorians do best? Kick behind, that's my best guess.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    That's the thing...the Andorian ship didn't really have a "special ability" or any kind, it was just a really good ship. Personally I'd like to get away from the special abilities in general, but this would be a good time to speculate on ideas for it if it really must have a special ability. What do the Andorians do best? Kick behind, that's my best guess.

    Yeah, it didn't really seem to have any truly unique abilities in ENT. It was shown to be better in all areas than the NX class, and it was said to be an equal to the Vulcan D'Kyr, but there was no one thing that was unique to the ship.

    Based on the size, shape, manueverability, and number of weapons seen on screen, it does seem to be an escort. Perhaps a science based escort, since it has excellent sensors.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    I really hope they don't make another ship with "special power" of summoning useless drones. What I could imagine, however, is a partially customizeable ship (someone mentioned thru consoles) - f.x. I'd love it to cloak :)
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    i agree that not every ship needs a special ability.sometimes they can force the issue too much bu adding abilities where none are needed. they also have the problem of reducing the quality of the ship to compensate for the ability, which there is no guarantee anyone wants that ability in the first place. id love to lose the tachyon grid on the nebula for another console slot.

    i like the suggestion made that special abilities are attached to consoles so you either have it equipped or take it off and get your console slot back.

    either way the ship was due for around feb so im hoping that means its due soonish.

    then again there a few ships due soon so i guess it just depends what ship has hat priority.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    I think they should use the ship designs from Among the Clans. Then we could have one Andorian ship for each career! :D
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    Somebody already mentioned that it got moved down in the last engineering report. The MVAM Prometheus got moved up at the same time to where the Andorian ship used to be, and there's been several twitter pics of that in development, and it seems fairly far along (Stahl posted a picture of it actually in action right before the first look at the reman shield effect).

    All that makes it look to me like MVAM will be the next "ship" release and not the Andorian ship.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    hevach wrote: »
    Somebody already mentioned that it got moved down in the last engineering report. The MVAM Prometheus got moved up at the same time to where the Andorian ship used to be, and there's been several twitter pics of that in development, and it seems fairly far along (Stahl posted a picture of it actually in action right before the first look at the reman shield effect).

    All that makes it look to me like MVAM will be the next "ship" release and not the Andorian ship.

    It'll either be the MVAM console or the craftable Fed and KDF fighters I think. The Oberth appears to be mostly done, so it'll probably be next after those. After that, I want the Andorian ship, then the Ambassador, then the T5 K'tinga/D7 that has been mentioned by the devs, then the Vesta (they need time to make sure the Vesta is done just right, many are counting on it to fill a certain missing gap among cruiser types).
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    What about universal consoles, 4/1/3? It also had good sensors so maybe it could be a Sci/Escort. It would make a great counter to the T5 D7 if they go that route.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    Id like to see it either engineering based or science based...and moreso than the FE or the AE. They each have another eng/sci officer, while the Defiant has another tac; but the Andorian ship should have either a LTC eng or sci officer, with a CDR tac slot. Then make it specialized with either a 3/2/4 or 2/3/4 console arrangement and no special ability. 1000 Atari Tokens, call her done. I'd buy it in a heartbeat!
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    Someone recently suggested that it be a science based ship with a LTC sci slot instead of an eng. Personally, I think both would be perfectly acceptable and very useful.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    That's the thing...the Andorian ship didn't really have a "special ability" or any kind, it was just a really good ship. Personally I'd like to get away from the special abilities in general, but this would be a good time to speculate on ideas for it if it really must have a special ability. What do the Andorians do best? Kick behind, that's my best guess.

    Its must have something in its design philosphy that is heavily influenced by the Andorian social structure and thought process. A peoples outlook on life often end up having a representation in thier designs.
    What is unique about the Andorians?
    Cold Dwelling durability
    External extended sense (attenae)

    What is it about the Andorian vessel thats different?
    Toughness? then how is that carried over into its design? heavy hull points? thicker armor? bonus hull resists?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    i know it will smell like yankee candle!
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    Roach wrote: »
    Specualtion on what racial ability it may have?

    Best special power would be no special power.

    Just great basic stats and a minimal change to the BOff layout (aka Ecxelsior) and voila it is a great ship.

    imho i would prefer to see a engineer improved tactical version. Either a Escort with a LCdr Eng BOff or maybe in a long haul a battelcruiser because after all it was a battelcruiser in the show.
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