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Science Vessel (Federation)

From Star Trek Online Wiki

Overview

The Federation Science Vessel is a Lieutenant Commander(Tier 2) level Science Vessel. Its the first science type starship that players of the Federation get access to command. The Science Vessel is a good all-round ship compared to the Cruiser and Escort vessels on its tier. It has excellent shields, a good hull and nicely balanced weapon slots between the fore and aft sections of the ship. The ship itself is small and depending on the customization options players chose it can be half the size of a Cruiser and even smaller than the Escort line.

Statistics

To see which profession of Bridge Officers you can have hover your mouse over the numerical value in the Bridge Officer section of the table.

Rank	Hull	Shield	Weapons		Crew	Bridge Consoles			Officers				Turn Rate	Imp	Dev	Cost
			Fore	Aft		Tac	Eng	Sci	Ens	Lt.	Lt.C	Com
Lt. Cmdr	13,500	150%	2	2	100	1	1	2	3	1			11	0.15	3	20,550

Sub-types

Nova class

The Nova-class was a type of Federation starship designed for short-term planetary research missions. It was placed in service starting in the mid-to-late 24th century. It is not typically suitable for combat operations. In Star Trek canon, The Nova design has a maximum speed of warp 8 and approximately eighty crewmembers.

One unique feature of the Nova-class is its Waverider shuttle, which is located in a special docking port on the ventral side of the primary hull, similar to that of the Aeroshuttle on the Intrepid-class. This feature has been omitted from the game however. The Nova Class also shares a nacelle design in-game with the Oslo Class Heavy Escort.

Aurora class

Like its sister Nova class ships, the Aurora class vessels were designed for short-range scientific missions, as well as scouting during military operations. Its slim, aerodynamic design was intended to maximize the efficiency of its high-frequency warp envelope.

Quasar class

Performance

The Science Vessel performs well in the role of support. It can be used to knock out enemy systems using its built-in abilities. The extra science console and the Lieutenant Science Bridge Officer give the ship more effective control and debuff abilities, all of this culminating in an excellent ability for disrupting one or more enemy ships in combat.When used in conjuncture with Escort or Cruisers, these disruptions can allow ally ships with good firepower to quickly destroy them.

Abilities

Federation Science vessels come with built-in abilities. These abilities do not automatically rank up when acquiring higher tier Science starships and must be gained through Tactical Space Bridge officer abilities.

• Target Auxiliary Subsystems I
• Target Weapons Subsystems I
• Target Engines Subsystems I
• Target Shields Subsystems I

After activating the ability the user will have 30 seconds to attack an enemy ship with any form of beam weapon, the attack will lower power to that system, and have a small chance of completely taking the system offline. If the system is taken offline it renders all abilities that use that subsystem temporarily inert. For example, if you target the shields and subsequently take them offline, then all of the enemies shield facings will go down.

Images

Database Information	Nova Front View	Nova Rear View	Nova Side View
Nova Top View	Aurora Front View	Aurora Rear View	Aurora Side View
Aurora Top View	Quasar Front View	Quasar Rear View	Quasar Side View
Quasar Top View