The Federation

posted on February 13th, 2009, 8:32 pm

Although it never existed outside of the imagination of the Kyrians, it would be an interesting addition IMO.

I respect your opinion, and of course I cant read the developers minds, but I think its very unlikely that we will ever see anything like that in fleet ops.

[Andre27]

posted on February 13th, 2009, 8:33 pm

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One can hope 

A maps which had several "alternative" timeline units and/or non canon units in it would be rather interesting.

Such a map could also harbor the warship voyager.

posted on February 14th, 2009, 3:54 pm

The Warship Voyager is a picture-perfect example of what a Terran Empire vessel should be like.

posted on February 14th, 2009, 9:01 pm

Yes, sure

But I think the Federation must have some Warships, not only the Defaint. 

posted on February 14th, 2009, 9:27 pm

But I think the Federation must have some Warships, not only the Defaint. 

Which is too weak on defense...

posted on February 14th, 2009, 11:35 pm

in comparison to what?

the defiant in game is fine.

posted on February 15th, 2009, 1:23 am

I use Defiant-class ships to take down Tavaras.  Critical Shot makes those little things gods on the battlefield.  Hard to survive a few Defiants when you can't shoot back.

posted on February 15th, 2009, 1:26 am

Starfleet has warships. What do you think the Akira, Descent & Miranda-II are?

posted on February 15th, 2009, 9:53 am

actually starfleet has 1 class warships and some ships that still count as normal science vessel but are way more developed in the direction combat ... so these are more or less warships. Tylers list was correct but u can add the steamrunner and the upgraded galaxy ships

posted on February 15th, 2009, 11:26 am

The Steamrunner would be nice to have as a buildable federation vessel. I was rather surprised that it was only available as a warp-in.

The saber and Steamrunner were both introduced at roughly the same time.

posted on February 15th, 2009, 11:35 am

I think the Steamrunner is a Warp-In mainly because of it's status, the artillery thing makes it lethal to any station if used right. If it was buildable, you'd have a fleet of ships equipt with the Tricobalt Triloader. That weapon allows one Steamrunner to do impressive damage to a Starbase's shields.

posted on February 15th, 2009, 11:47 am

But that is still thinking in the A1/A2 box where Steamrunners were artillery platforms.

Looking at the original function it is a light cruiser comparable to the newer Intrepid.

A Steamrunner with conventional weapons and a engine disable special could be quite useful in breaking up large scale assaults, separating the fast fighters from the big guns.

Especially paired with Sabers as it was originally intended. Steamrunners + Sabers as a quick reaction force before the almighty Defiant makes it's depute.

[Tyler]

posted on February 15th, 2009, 11:52 am

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I know that the Steamrunner would be more like the show with conventional weapons, I mentioned before that people on a2files complained about Armada 'ruining' it by making it an artillery ship, but that function has just stuck with it.

I suggested giving it a basic Phaser (the only canon weapon it has) and no-one on this site liked the idea.

posted on February 15th, 2009, 12:29 pm

Taking information from DITL (Steamrunner Class - Specs) there is a mention of the refit for the Steamrunner to take on border patrol duties.

Since FO is 20 years after the dominion war it is safe to assume such a refit would be standard.

So with this refit the Steamrunner would be a good early complement to the Saber

posted on February 15th, 2009, 12:37 pm

That site considers it to be something along the lines of a scout to light cruiser and not very strong, with a registry that suggests it is older than the Akira Class.

Unfortunatly, Memory Alpha has little on it.