You are right, as long as the Defiant ist not only a powerful Ship to attack the enemy, looking like a Defiant class, but also feels like a sneaky strong ship. Aand it could be, using special abilitys like cloak or amines (no matter of ST facts, that only the original Defiant has cloak).

You got the point. A1 feels good, even if it is not exactly based on ST facts.
I think, asking for 1:1-ST reconstruction is not always really a productive
feature request. I tried to keep this in mind when i made such many suggestions above. But i have to admit, that i got to much detailed with it.

When 3.0 comes out, I will try it out, and then i will make another Feature Request,
but getting to the most important points this time.

For now, I edit my post, marking the things, I really ask for.

BtW: I don´t want an exact date or progress of 3.0, but may I ask, Wich period of time will be probably a possible time for release:
-This Month
-Oct
-Nov/Dez
-Q1/2005
-or some day in 2005

my name is Optec, not optic
The new Newton Class is a native-optec design
For the release date: i think we can tend between this month or the next. but that's just guessed, there can always come something between which delays it (damn real life )

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its like other games... "when is it done?"-"next week/next month/next year".. few days before estimated time again "next week/month/year"... just let them do there thing, or u wanna get disappointed all the time.

it is is it? did you know the diffinent is a nova verrant? and that it has 4 phasers on each side of the saucer and it has 3 quantom torpedo bays and 1 rear photon bay?
hmnm did you know that I thought so.

It's designed as a science ship, has 11 type 9 phaser arrays and 2 photons, dunno where your quantums came up but thats official.

wha did you get that from daystrem instute my frend joe told me its specks and it is a cool ship I dont want it to go to waste if it can fight well!