http://logicker.net/tour/tour.html A further breakdown of routes. Aside from Diplomatic Immunity and Raiding Party, a full Vesta console set will help with maneuvering while under slipstream.
http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/9000603-extralife-charity-livestream-event you talking about this one right? Spoiler alert: Check the date.
I've always assumed that it was due to the oncoming Earth-Romulan war that they didn't have the time to uninstall the original deflector dish AND install the secondary hull. Cause, you know, manpower shortage?
lolololololololololololololololololololol......doing it the hard way dude, shoulda sold them keys and buy it with the EC you could have earned, but nope!
Personal theory: Transphasic projectiles. I mean, we have them in game as torpedoes and mines so miniaturizing them to a 200-300 grain bullet shouldn't be that hard.
Chimera/Manticore and Dyson ships (all of them). Ugly as hell, utterly useless things and in the case of the Dysons, very short shelf life. Wasn't more than a few months that they were phased out plus the Dyson story was crushed by Delta Rising, then T6 happened and...yeah...