Echelon Intel Science Spearhead [T6]
Ship Details
Tier: 6
Faction: Federation or Federation-Aligned
Required Rank: Complete the Tutorial
Hull Modifier: 1.25
Shield Modifier: 1.35
Fore Weapons: 4
Aft Weapons: 3
Device Slots: 3
Bridge Officer Stations:
1x Lt Commander Tactical
1x Lt Commander Engineering / Command
1x Commander Science / Intel
1x Lieutenant Universal
1x Ensign Universal
Console Modifications (scales with level):
3 Tactical
3 Engineering
5 Science
Base Turn Rate: 11
Impulse Modifier: 0.19
Inertia: 60
Power Bonuses:
+5 Weapons Power
+10 Engine Power
+5 Auxiliary Power
Secondary Deflector
Can equip Dual Cannons
Subsystem Targeting
Sensor Analysis
"Gather Intel" Ship Mechanic
Warp Signature Masking
Cloaking Device
Console - Universal - Tracer Payloads Device
Starship Mastery Package (Science Vessel)
Enhanced Particle Generators (+Exotic Damage)
Advanced Shield Systems (+Shield Hit Points)
Enhanced Restorative Circuitry (+Healing)
Reactive Shield Technology (+Shield Regen/Hardness)
Persistence Hunters (Starship Trait)
Admiralty Stats:
Eng 35
Sci 54
Tac 37
Special +8 SCI per ANY SHIP
Console - Universal - Tracer Payloads Device
This console has 2 main effects triggered upon activation:
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Your Direct Energy Weapons will be enhanced for a short duration. Any foe you hit while under this effect will be marked with the Tracer Payloads Trail up to 15 times. Each consecutive hit will refresh the duration
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You and your allies within a 10km radius will get a special buff: While actively targeting a foe marked with the Tracer Payloads Trail debuff your critical chance will increase by 1% for each stack of Tracer Payloads Trail applied to the active target. The critical chance increase is not limited to attacks towards the active target.
This console also provides an increase in flying speed when leaving combat for 15 seconds or until combat is re-engaged.
Starship Trait - Persistence Hunters
After achieving level 5 in this vessel's Starship Mastery, you will unlock the "Persistence Hunters" Starship Trait. When humanity was young, one of its main advantages over other animals was the ability to hunt for long amounts of time, eventually draining its prey from stamina.
Using foe targeted Bridge Officer Abilities on a target within 10km will reduce their flight speed and damage resistance. This effect stacks up to 5 times. Upon reaching 5 stacks, this debuff will expire and in its place the target's impulse and shield subsystems will be offline for 5 seconds. The target will also become immune to the effects of this trait for 20 seconds.
It's also possible that "Nova Squadron" is just one of many (as Value Subtracted mentions herein) and that there are many other Nova Squadrons without any issues in the intermittent years between the incidents. It's possible that, like most things in the Star Trek universe, we only see the times when something interesting/dramatic occurs, not the boring day-to-day.
Said another way, just because you periodically have a rowdy graduating class from primary/secondary education, doesn't mean you stop having graduating students.