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David · Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 4:48 pm Post subject: Favorite race/ship

Do you have a favorite race and/or ship? Something that you fly particularly well or just find yourself using more?

I like the Fed CA of course, and there is something about the Fed DD that I like as well. But if I was to choose just one...well, it would have to be the Klingon D7 Battle Cruiser.

How about you...
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mjwest · Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 7:44 pm Post subject:

The Federation NCL.

I still love that little ship, even with its silly weaknesses. Its disadvantages are having only two batteries, a 4-6 breakdown rating, and only one drone rack. However, its advantages! It has 28 points of warp power and another 4 impulse. It can charge normal loads or hold overloads and (if phaser capacitors are full) run at speed 30. It is the ship every Fed wants, even if they don't know it.

Two caveats: The NCA is much more robust, and eliminates all of the NCL's weaknesses. However, it is bigger and costs more. (Plus, the NCA is ugly. Different sized warp engines always sets me on edge ...) The CS is a flat out superior ship. In fact, it borders on true munchkin. It is priced similar to the NCA. Because of the costs, I will usually still take the NCL as the price break outweighs eliminating weaknesses for me.

So, my favorite ship is the NCL. It was on the first battle I played, and has remained so since then.
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Nerroth · Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 9:22 pm Post subject:

Mike,

Since you're mentioning the Fed new cruisers, how do you find the NCF and NLF?
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mjwest · Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 11:25 pm Post subject:

Nerroth · Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 11:51 pm Post subject:

I think the NCF looks great too, particularly if you compare the Starline moni of it to many of its counterparts.

When it comes to the NLF, there is the matter of the use it may have strategically - which SFB ships would be beholden to as much as they would in terms of how they might handle in a given scenario. Having that fast ship moniker might not matter in terms of playing on the tabletop...

..but then, if you're in a campaign in which ship availability (or the location of a given battle) is partly influenced by what strategic speeds your ships can travel at, the NLF may have the advantage.

Plus, there's the option (well, workaround) available for repping an NLF on the tabletop; simply use the main hull of the NCF and not attach the third engine.

Which brings me to a point I wasn't too sure about - can a Fed player in a campaign (F&E or otherwise) upgrade an NLF to an NCF?
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SWO_Daddy · Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 6:18 pm Post subject:

Man, this is hard. I have different preferences in different size classes.

Favorite DN: Toss up...Klingon C8K or Fed DNG
Favorite BCH: Fed BCF, followed closely by the Klingon C7A
Favorite CA/CC: Hydran Dragoon or Iroquois (IRQ is underpriced a bit, but even with a higher BPV I'd love it)...The D7C is a close second, and there is nothing quite so enjoyable as a Fed CB
Favorite CW: D5K (even if you jacked the price up by 6-10 BPV, I'd still love it)... the WYN CW and Fed NCL are close seconds
Favorite DD/DW: Almost impossible to choose... Fed DDs (all of them), Hydran KN, Lyran DW, Kzinti DD, Tholian DD, Rom BH, Gorn BDD...can you tell I want to command a DD in real life? Cool

Favorite FF: Easy...Fed FFG. WYN FF is a close second, but that thing is darn near a light DD.
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Nerroth · Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2010 2:10 am Post subject:

I should note that my list is more to do with background preferences, rather than on-table use.

My favourite factions, background-wise, would be the ISC (in the Alpha Octant), a toss-up between the FRA, Iridani and Maesrons (in Omega), the Baduvai Imperium (in the Lesser Magellanic Cloud) and.. we'll see!

In terms of ships, it's hard to say.

If I were an Iridani captain, I might not mind flying a Clipper with a flex or survey module - or I might plump for my own Man-O-War battleship!

With the ISC, if they ever make an SRX, I might like one of those. The BBL will do fine in the meantime, though!

For the Aurorans, the prospect of flying the fabled Throne of Ozymondas itself is tempting, though I might like to try one of their regular fleet options, like the BC. (If/when more data is published about what Alpha drop-ins they also fly, that could be interesting.)

Not sure which Baduvai ship I'd like to fly most, though.

Also, I wouldn't toss aside the offer of a Fed GSX - not least if it happened to be one called Sakharov...
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Krellex · Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2010 7:59 am Post subject:

Any of the Romulan firehawk series ships. Actually I LOVE the Seahawk even more. But plasma empires frost my cupcake if you know what I mean.
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My favorite race is the Kzintis. Usually lots of different tactics you can apply.

Favorite ships:
Kzinti MCC: I discovered this ship in the old Commander's Edition, when each warp engine had 1 more box (3 more warp power total). It was a beast. I still like it a lot.

Kzinti DD: Great 'older' ship.

Kzinti SDF: Yeah, so the thing pretty much always gets targeted and destroyed in any game I've ever used it in. But 6 drone racks, double drone control AND sensors...

Kzinti SSCS: Never got to play with it, but it's on my list...

Non Kzinti favorite ship:

Hydran Apache: Fun ship to fly. Hellbores, fusions and gatlings (and no pesky fighters) with a great power curve.

Honorable Mention:

Fed CA: Still the most beautiful starship ever made.

MikeBurke · Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2010 9:11 pm Post subject:

The U.S.S. Mars. You have to remember I'm from the Crisis on Infinate Earths where what's conjectural is real. Including the D57- Friguiser! LOL!
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rulesjd · Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2010 3:18 pm Post subject:

Having played a number of years on the tournament circuit, I finally settled on the Gorn CA. The Fed photons missed too often and the Gorn weapon arcs always let me fight from behind more shields. Plus plasmas are at their best on a closed map.

For shear joy of flying though I don't think I've ever had more fun outside of a Klingon F5.
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MikeBurke · Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2010 3:42 pm Post subject:

I think I'm going to go hang out with my buddies the "Eneen" over in the cloud.
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droberts441 · Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2010 8:57 am Post subject: Re: Favorite race/ship