Idea for Federation-Member and Ships!!

posted on October 27th, 2011, 6:58 pm

I have an idea!
All the time we made ​​sure, that the ships of the Federation are Federation classes!
But to the Federation includes other races!
(Vulcans, Tellarites, Andorian, Ktarian usw.)
Would it be possible to create any ship for this races and add to the United Federation of Planets??

Ktarian-Ship:


Vulkan, Tellarit and Andorian Ships:



PS: Sorry for my bad english!

posted on October 27th, 2011, 7:26 pm

I would love to see some other races ships warp in, but unfortunately I doubt the devs will go for it.

posted on October 27th, 2011, 9:13 pm

I doubt it will be added to FO. However, all of the ships you've posted are available and can be modded in, if you want them!

posted on October 27th, 2011, 9:29 pm

The Ktarian ship I can see being added as a map unit or merc in the future, but the Vulcan, Tellarite and Andorian ships would be ancient by the timeframe of FlOps. Also, these ships were from a time when these races had independant navies. Once Starfleet was formed and an integrated fleet was built, using the best of each race's technology and designs, then there would be no "national fleet"s, IMO.

posted on October 28th, 2011, 10:44 am

We don't know if members of the federation have warships. You see transports but that is all...

Especially during the dominion war... you would guess that those members would offer their ships in combat. so i am guessing they haven't got the capabilities as the fed ships

[Shril]

posted on October 28th, 2011, 2:05 pm

Last edited by Shril on October 28th, 2011, 2:10 pm, edited 1 time in total.

As far as I know the Federation "standard" vessels all include the technology of all the races. They shall represent the unity of all races and thus appear in a similar shape for unique identification.

On the other hand I have to admit that I find this way of identity representation very boring. The Federation is also a matter of variety and creativity.
Looking at those many standard Federation vessels to find them always the same in a way bores the shit out of me. Everytime someone come up with a "new" Federation vessel design the one thing you can be sure of to read is " Oh, look at this beautiful saucer section! It's like the one from the Intrepid Class with some hull features from the Galaxy Class!" - How boring! Really! The last time I felt that was in a restaurant where the served at least 10 meals but all tasted the same because for each meal they used the same compounds just in different combinations.

That is the total opposite of the idea of Star Trek. And it is self-restricting!!! Where is the freedom?


It makes it easier for model design, that is right, but after a while you come to a point where you'd really like to enjoy a real different sensation but one that still incooperates a sense of Federation. Which comes through stories where particular styles of ship models earn their reputation. And this again lies in the power of the authors of Star Trek or the value a game developer sets into the ship while adding it to the game concept. Fleet Ops offers this opportunity and it remains to be seen what the dev team feels about such an idea.

As far as I know they like this idea but more from a secondary value perspective and not as core element. That means if we are going to see stuff like that, we will see it as NPC concept or secondary tech tree option. EDIT: Which is sad imo, because this means we wont see it for a very long time as its also secondary to develop.

posted on October 28th, 2011, 3:57 pm

Starfleet is all composed from what you call "Federation ships". Ships built by planets (like Vulcan ships) are either retired or used strictly for police duties within the planetary system. They do not participate in Starfleet operations at all.

posted on October 28th, 2011, 9:36 pm

If you're interested in Tellarite and Vulcan ships, one of my projects is a ENT era modification and part from having them as fully playable races, some of their ships are part of the Earth Warp-in. The mod is still heavily in development and so no releases yet but I am doing it all myself. Currently I am working on my TMP mod Yesteryears and swap between each of them as my interest wavers.

I do agree with Atlantis, they would be outdated and ancient in the FO timeline and I can't see the Dev's adding them in.

posted on October 28th, 2011, 9:59 pm

I do agree with Atlantis, they would be outdated and ancient in the FO timeline and I can't see the Dev's adding them in.

The Ktarian ship I can see being added as a map unit or merc in the future, but the Vulcan, Tellarite and Andorian ships would be ancient by the timeframe of FlOps. Also, these ships were from a time when these races had independant navies. Once Starfleet was formed and an integrated fleet was built, using the best of each race's technology and designs, then there would be no "national fleet"s, IMO.

This. That's what mods are for