When I saw first pictures of that ship, I was in love

A visit in ISA:
I got her immediately to 58+ k dps, and it is realy fun to play with that ship

The build looked into agility, several space traits are for survival as I currently dislike the ship's 5 sec shutdown for repairs trait.

Did I already mention how BIG she is?

Join Mom for a 24 hour run (literally) across the STO universe to play ground missions, ground events, ground stfs and any and all things ground!

We'll team up on New Rom, Nimbus, Nukara, Defera, Zaria, Undine Infiltration, Infected Ground, The Big Dig... You name it, we'll play it.

TeamSpeak and Skype chat as well as chat box - and everyone is welcome to join in!

The Ground Grind kicks off at 6:00 pm (CST!) on Saturday, March 25 - details on the fleet event tab in your minimap.

See you there!

Mom

I put a lot of resources and work into this vessel, and yesterday morning she really gave me pride when a small group of players mastered the entire Badlands Battle Zone.

Many thanks to Ed and GTO for running all of the Tau Dewa patrols with me last night!

 Here is my T5U Vesta torpedo boat in all her glory. She focuses on shield-penetrating exotic damage, shield drains, and kinetic damage. When fighting the Tzenkethi, her Gravity Well can be replaced with Tractor Beam Repulsors and/or Photonic Shockwave. Unlike energy weapons, torpedoes do not lose potency over distance, so pushing targets out of the way has no effect on her combat performance.

Two-Piece sets and bonuses:

• Dyson Reputation (Torpedo + Proton Weapon) = +22.9% Photon Projectile Weapon Damage,+3% Critical Chance, Enables usage of Beam Array: Fire at Will with the Experimental Proton Weapon
  
• Delta Reputation (Torpedo + console) = +20% Cooldown Reduction to Neutronic Torpedo, +13.8% Radiation Damage
  
• Terran Reputation (Torpedo + console) = +13.3% Projectile Weapon Damage. Also, both items are independently awesome.
  
• Quantum Phase (Torpedo + beam) = Doubles potency of Quantum Phase Weapons shield drain
  
• Adapted MACO (impulse engines + shield) = +25% Torpedo Damage ,+8.9 Auxiliary Power Setting Regenerate, 3.5% of Maximum Hull every 6 seconds
  

The Obelisk warp core allows her auxiliary power to reach 135, to apply the greatest auxiliary power amplification of her exotic damage capabilities.

I'm considering upgrading her to the T6 "Palatine" chassis, in order to slot additional science abilities.

Since some people asked about it, I am posting the details.

   

Me:

Top:     Odyssey Long Jacket 
Badge:  Odyssey 1
Belt:     Jupiter Veteran
Legs:    Stockings
Skirt:    Starfleet Academy
Feet:    Starfleet Academy Heels

Female Boffs: 

Top:     Odyssey Long Jacket 
Badge:  Odyssey 1
Belt:     Jupiter: H1, I17, I17, H1
Legs:    Stockings
Skirt:    Starfleet Academy
Feet:    Starfleet Academy Heels

Male Boffs: 

Top:     Odyssey Long Jacket 
Badge:  Odyssey 1
Belt:     Jupiter: H1, I17, I17, H1
Pants:   Odyssey: G1
Feet:     Starfleet Academy Shoes

The 7th Anniverssary ship is one of the most beautiful free endgame ships I have ever seen.

1. With a KDF T6 Science Ship new kid on the sector block
   
2. and Multi Mission Vessels on the rise,
   
3. I had no choice.
   

Saur General Lizard is not level 50 yet, so some Mission/R&D/Rep consoles are not accessible yet. This is the current loadout and it runs smoothy. I also took the opportunity to play BOff abilities from the Undiscovered Lock Boxes:
Primary Space Magic Attack is Gravity Well-3 + Structural Analysis-2, Secondary SMA™ is (pully!) Tractor Beams Repulsors-2 + Timeline Stabilizer, peppered by Sensor Analysis (SA -Def, EPG, Drain Deteriorrating Deflector)

NX-666 U.S.S. Inferno

SCM - Infected [LR] (S) - [03:07] DMG(DPS) - Alt: 12.64M(70.36K) Jenora Kell: 10.79M(58.77K) M'ky: 7.92M(42.42K) Uselysses: 5.22M(29.13K) Ylr: 3.70M(22.51K) 

   
   

Preparation - the Intelligence Record

The Cryptic Intelligence Agency came up with a description of some Tzenkethi ships. The System Design Chapter gives us most.

Tzenkethi ships cuddling together are reported to be almost unsinkable.

I started looking for an agressive approach for my Science captains that does not rely on the common Gravity Well tactics. Step 1 is picking one or two science skills that hurt the foe, step 2 is looking on Duty Officers: for the right type in the Interwebs, for the right person in your roster and in the Exchange.

Tzenkethi are reported to be very tough, less tough on their front arc where they sport their overly heavy weapons.
I observed Tzenkethi ships using Trajector Lock to rip me apart with Tractor beams while passing my position. Play agille, try new tricks and have Polarize Hull in your skill setup. I found attacking shields, movement, energy household and damage resistance very interesting options. Command Specialists and Intel Specialist offer nice attack vectors too (e.g. Overwhelm Emitters, EMP Probe, Ionic Turbulence, maybe Transport Warhead).

Shooting Practice
Broln'Ta Cruisers act likeIconian Energy gateways. Blast them first, Shuk-din Frigates maybe second, then everything else. A Tactician's Tank ship probably  treats a Tzenkethi Big Thing like a Borg Cube.

Going to Battle
The Battle Zone requires Level 60.
Reputation Tier 1 at the Lukari Restoration Initiative gives you Transwarp to the Gon'Cra System. Swoosh, you are there.
Otherwise transwarp to the Fleet K13 Holding or to the Defera System, leave system and enjoy canonical space travel:

The Map and the Briefing
The Klingon Big Cheese gives you a briefing on the various actions. That makes sense as this is not just Undine BZ 3.0:

React on Counterattacks
Zones with dotted lines are umder attack. The Tzenkethi counter attacks are meant to win back.

• While the zone icon is Blue, NPC allies hold the line yet and a single player vessel may stop the counter attack.
  
• When the zone icon gets Gray, the zone is contested and needs full attention.
  
• When the zone icon is Orange, zone belongs to the Tzenkethi.

We have PIX!


Loadouts - Science & Tank
These Duty Officers and Starship Traits may be helpful for your Science trays:


My Bridges so far:

Loadouts - Tacticial Twist
My Tactical Beam Boat's attack move optimized for damage & survival:

My T6 Avenger Bridge:

QAPLA'!

Medoq was born to serve our Klingon Strike Group as KDF allied Romulan. While Catriona a year ago was less happy with the Morrigu, I did NOT want another Cruiser/Dreadnought ship with roaring broadsides. I wanted something agile I could handle and I also felt a bit experimental.


Never underestimate a ship just because it's flying an AEGIS set and a Christmas Singularity - the ship is a main char's ship. On missing items see the notes. She wrecks a Borg base in The Cure Found Advanced on her own, not letting Raptors or Spheres escape. 

Though not set up yet with her final space rep set, she does NOT explode on a regular basis from OSS-3 brown-outs. 2 seconds something offline are no deal for her