Sometimes you meet an old friend after years of separation. You can say something similar to the Romulan Shrike Class.
We all now this fast and deadly attack destroyer from the original Star Trek: Armada. It was one of the many good designes, which were made for the first Armada game.
Now, years later, you can meet it again in Fleet Operations. One of the new Avatar vessels in Beta3 will be the Shrike Class, and it will be as nasty as always . The Shrike got some makeup to fit the Fleet Operations style, but the popular design is of course the same.

[color=00FFCC]Shrike Class[/color]



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The Shrike Class is a very fast Romulan destroyer which was designed for all kinds of spionage and stealth tasks. It's cloaking device has perfectly been adjusted to it's energy signature, allowing a Shrike Class to pass through every enemy fleet without being seen. Of course Tachion Scans will still detect it's cloak signature.
The Shrike Class can be produced at the Staryard if you have chosen [color=00FFCC]General Mijural[/color] as your Avatar. It has quite impressive shieldings and armor for a vessel of it's size. The Dual Rapid Fire Pulsedisruptors installed in Shrike Class vessels can beat up most destroyes easily, but a good Shrike Commander will avoid direct conflict and try to continue it's mission stealthly. The [color=00FFCC]Tal'Shiar Agent[/color] special ability will allow you to send and intelligence operative onboard an enemy vessel or station and grant you complete line of view of the targetted unit.



Our Shrike Class is on a mission deep into enemy territory...


...suddendly a Monsoon Class engages out of the nearby nebula! Prepare for battle!

Note: The stats of this vessel may change until release

Optec

nice shot, takin this vessel

yep, the tal shiar agent will work the same as in armada1

yep, the tal shiar agent is nearly the same as the spy. we used a different name, cause the romulan intelligence center already has an ability called spy

Very cool.  I've always like the Strike class.  Nice to see some Romulan Avatars

hehe its Rhienn, not the river Rhein  

Yep there are many differences. The Shrike has different weapons from the Rhienn. The Shrike Pulse Disruptors are "Rapid Fire" Pulse disruptors, which means they will reload faster but deal less damage. The Shrike has faster movement speed, too.
The most significant difference is the weaponrange. The Shrike is short range, while the Rhienn is long Range. In Beta3 the characteristics of weaponranges have been increased. In other words the starships have a differenc charakter. The Shrike is a strong vessel with greate defensive capabilities, while the Rhienn has massive offensive firepower over a long distance but lack shieldings and hull strength.

Greetings,
Optec

well.. yea.. it´s a river in germany

but, umm, the shrike.. will it be like in A1? like the handling of the spy or movement, weaponstrengh or something similar? wanna know the specs of it, cause i cant say for now thats its worth the buildin or not... u know

i think it will be one of the main ships for everyone while playing on the romulan side... its fast enough, so it can sneak in and flee from attacks in seconds.. lil disruptors.. only possible damage against BoP´s and the like, but ok... and got enough hitpoints for lowering shields an get out stealthy

so most likely in A1... nice job