[Retsof]

I have to ask, is there any point whatsoever in buying a shuttle?  Also, is there a list of the available sets somewhere?

[TwentyPercentCooler]

I have to ask, is there any point whatsoever in buying a shuttle?  Also, is there a list of the available sets somewhere?

There's one mission in the 2800 series where you're required to use a small craft (shuttle or runabout), but other than that, as far as I can tell they're mostly for #$%^# and giggles, like, "Hey, let's do a 5-shuttle STF!"

As far as I know, the only sets are Borg, Breen, Jem'Hadar, Aegis, MACO, and Omega Force.

[BloodEagle]

Anyone else severely underwhelmed by the mining update?

[NGTM-1R]

I have to ask, is there any point whatsoever in buying a shuttle?  Also, is there a list of the available sets somewhere?

There are two missions, one in the Romulan and one in the 2800 arc, that require a shuttle. You can also troll with them in STFs, Fleet Actions, and Kerat.

There's also an Honor Guard set, but for your listing needs, There's a wiki for that.

Other useful resource: Google Docs duty officer chains spreadsheet kept updated by players.

[Commander Zane]

You can also troll with them in STFs, Fleet Actions, and Kerat.

I actually did this in a Mirror Universe FA to destroy the trios of Frigates that would kill Captain-rank players.
What I found out doing this was that an Advanced Escort 20 levels lower than me is pretty hairy in a shuttle.

[TrashMan]

I am now a proud owner of a Galaxy Dreadnought (Galaxy-X). That is all.

[crizza]

I cannot sign in...after reseting my password twice it still says, my username or password is invalid o.O

[TwentyPercentCooler]

I cannot sign in...after reseting my password twice it still says, my username or password is invalid o.O

Dumb question, but I have to ask: did you make sure the launcher is set to use the correct account (PW/Cryptic)?

[crizza]

Yeah, it works now, after retrieving IDs etc...but still strange^^

[Enzo03]

Almost abandoned this game, came back to find like 9 doff assignments finished, all successful.  Also grabbed the free EV suit.

[TrashMan]

Can't say I liek the balance approach to this.

A Galaxy has 0.9 shield modifier, Sovy has 1... Intrepid has 1.2?????  That's thing is half the size! By what abortion of logic does it have better shields than an assault cruiser???

Also: Phaser Lance - utterly unimpressive.

[NGTM-1R]

Science ships have a positive shield modifier.

And a negative hull modifier.

As my science ship friend says, if you're out of shields in a Luna, you're out of HP.

[TrashMan]

To me, that's wonky balance. Smaller vessels should have a defense bonus (on account on their speed and size), hence being more difficult to hit. They are already faster and nimbler.

Meh...

[Mongoose]

That stat actually makes a surprising amount of sense for Treknobabble.  Surface area increases as the square of the radius, so as your ship gets bigger, you have to pump out way more energy to maintain the same shield strength.

[TrashMan]

That stat actually makes a surprising amount of sense for Treknobabble.  Surface area increases as the square of the radius, so as your ship gets bigger, you have to pump out way more energy to maintain the same shield strength.

... don't bigger ships = more power?
and would that mean that shuttles have the strongest shields of all?

Allright..technobable..but you can hand-wave everything with technobabble 

[Scotty]

That stat actually makes a surprising amount of sense for Treknobabble.  Surface area increases as the square of the radius, so as your ship gets bigger, you have to pump out way more energy to maintain the same shield strength.

... don't bigger ships = more power?
and would that mean that shuttles have the strongest shields of all?

Allright..technobable..but you can hand-wave everything with technobabble 

Linearly increasing hull dimensions = quadratically increasing shield power requirments.  Add to this the fact that Science Vessels are built to do that kind of stuff and would have proportionally higher energy outputs, and also that you just can't fit a massive shield generator or powerplant on a shuttle means that it makes perfect sense.

[Liberator]

Makes sense to me, Cruisers can take far more punishment than a Science ship, but the idea behind Science ships was Voyager, and look at what they acomplished.  Stupid episodes or not, Voyager functioned at 90ish percent of a theoretical 100% for 7 years vs. everything from Telepathic Pitcher Plants to Macro-Viruses to the Borg to other things that would have made Kirk wet his pants.

[Mongoose]

I thought Kirk was more about making green alien women wet their pants.

[Liberator]

True enough, but you get the idea.

[TrashMan]

Linearly increasing hull dimensions = quadratically increasing shield power requirments.
Add to this the fact that Science Vessels are built to do that kind of stuff and would have proportionally higher energy outputs, and also that you just can't fit a massive shield generator or powerplant on a shuttle means that it makes perfect sense.

Shield science?
I wasn't aware we have that. Seriously lookign for sense here is pointless. It's ST.  They can technobbable anything.

And yes, according to their logic, small craft should be the strongest one. They friggin can replicate anything adn have a badge-sized portable holodeck, and shuttles have shield (and in case of VOY, redicolously powerful shields, given that it took more fire than the Enterprise-D)

Makes sense to me, Cruisers can take far more punishment than a Science ship, but the idea behind Science ships was Voyager, and look at what they acomplished.  Stupid episodes or not, Voyager functioned at 90ish percent of a theoretical 100% for 7 years vs. everything from Telepathic Pitcher Plants to Macro-Viruses to the Borg to other things that would have made Kirk wet his pants.

Voyager doesn't exist. That inconsistent abomination enver happened.
NEVER.