The idea of starship separation goes all the way back to the original series. When Roddenberry asked for a design of a starship for the show to be worked on, one of his requirements was that a saucer separation mechanic be included in the design. The saucer was to be a "Lifeboat" in the event of catastrophic warpcore collapse.
I think if they made this as a legendary, I'd love to see the cloaked barrage console from the legendary scimitar warbird be unlocked and put on something like this.
I WOULD BUY THAT IN A HEARTBEAT, even it it would mean only having water and bread for a month I loved the romulan campaign, it was literally on the level of playing super mario bros. And pokemon in terms of childhood memories. And the Ha’apax really stuck with me as a sick design.
Love the idea because I'm a huge fan of this ship. Only thing I do differently is I'd leave the secondary specialization seat as Command instead of changing it to Intel, keep it sort of related to the original Kara.
This needs to be sent everywhere and seriously be looked into by Cryptic👍. I've been wanting these mechanics for years.. i.e. modes mixed w/seperation. Great rundown! I love my 'Great Owl' and this would add so much replayability for that and other chr's.. Not to mention the mechanics for possible future/past ships🥰👍 Keep it up!
I don't know, the only thing I really got right about Legendary Akira was about it being a Command ship. They actually went really weird with that one, making it a Cruiser instead of a Strike Wing Escort like the previous T6 version, which I did not see coming at all.
It is lamentable that no Romulan design following the D'Deridex ever managed to reach or outdo its aesthetic elegance. A legendary Ha'apax would require an advanced redesign which i am very much for. Also still longing and pleading for a legendary D'Deridex command dreadnought carrier/ flight deck cruiser refit. Ship is predestined for that, just expand the hangar section at the bottom hull a little and you're golden. How about a theory craft for that? Also i very much like this concept of yours. But the universal console slots should remain untouched, so you can put those consoles there you always need.
I get the reasoning behind making the secondary specialization Intelligence, but I think in the spirit of making a fun Legendary Romulan ship, Pilot would be way cooler! A Lt.C Pilot seat gains access to: Lock Trajectory III, Pilot Team III, Clean Getaway II, Fly Her Apart II, Reinforcement Squadron II (which could tie into the trait for summoned pets!), and even Reroute Reserves to Weapons I. Honestly, we need a big, BIG ship with Pilot maneuvers... could we swap it to Pilot/Miracle Worker instead? xD
If you're gonna try to convince me that Pilot is the way to go, Lock Trajectory not the way to convince me. That ability is useless and I hate it with a fiery passion. That said, I did briefly consider Pilot for the secondary, but as I said in the video, I would really turn the Science mode. Bad enough I made it primary MW, but that plus Pilot would make Sci mode pointless. And there's no way I'd make this primary Pilot. Not only does it create the same problems for Sci mode, but there's no way they'd make a big Dreadnought like this into a Pilot ship. Pilot ships are small and fast. Dreadnoughts are literally the opposite of that.
@@Stu1701 I was more thinking for fun, which was the only reason LT was mentioned, but point taken: it is a useless ability. I feel like that would be the downfall of this design idea: science is so radically different from how you would play an escort or cruiser that it's hard to make something that can be all 3. Intel definitely does a decent job, TempOp would be better. What about TempOp + Intel? There aren't very many of those, and having the Adamant be a comparison wouldn't be a bad thing.
Because the Specialization also has to be somewhat thematic to the ship. More or less. But you're right, Temporal/Intel would probably be a better set up, as it would probably benefit all three mode the best, but MW felt more thematically appropriate. The other issue is, as I also said in the video, you dont want to make each section too good. You dont want to make sci mode better than mode existing sci ships, and while it does have some short comings, i did still give it a 4/2 layout and a hangar bay.
Would be a really cool ship design to fly. Also would love a storyline for it to replace the Lleiset. Perhaps the Romulan Flagship is damaged beyond repair or destroyed (with the player beaming the remaining crew off last second) one episode and this new ship is its replacement in the next. The changeover showing that the Republic is now fully its own nation with a flagship that is not based on a 40+ year old Imperial WMD design. The trait may give all pets bonuses based on your max hull and the power levels on your ship. That would allow the trait's benefits to change slightly based on which mode you were in.
I've said many times over the years that I hate that the Lleiset is a Scimitar. It makes no sense that the fledgling Romulan Republic would have the resources to build such a ship, nor does it make sense that they'd want to use a weapon of mass destruction as their flagship (kinda kills any good will they might be trying to make with their neighbors). That said, with how long it's been, I doubt they'd make the change at this point.
@@Stu1701 I know, but if we are theory crafting we can all dream... Also seems lazy to use the Scimitar as the base for the Romulan flagship, they are the only non-tv cannon faction and still the only one to not have a fully STO original flagship.
I did a legendary Prometheus theory craft before we even got the Hydra. it was actually kinda close. Legendary Nebula is on my list. I want it to be a spearhead.
The roms need a proper sci ship badly. Singularity core and battle cloak would be amazing. They could have added them to the Rom flavour of the Verne, the Sui'Mor, but elected not to.
Wonder if it would work if the different modes had different CONSOLE slots. -1 Sci and Tac in Base mode. -1 Eng and Sci in Tac mode. -1 Eng and Tac in Sci mode.
I thought about it, but since the Science Destroyers don't change console slot with their mode change, I felt it best to assume they either can't or Cryptic doesn't want them to.
I know that this is about the romulans but for the love of Galron please make the naugh'var a legendary ship its a legendary ship in show the leader of the klingon empire had it as his flagship in ds9
The idea of starship separation goes all the way back to the original series. When Roddenberry asked for a design of a starship for the show to be worked on, one of his requirements was that a saucer separation mechanic be included in the design. The saucer was to be a "Lifeboat" in the event of catastrophic warpcore collapse.
I think if they made this as a legendary, I'd love to see the cloaked barrage console from the legendary scimitar warbird be unlocked and put on something like this.
I WOULD BUY THAT IN A HEARTBEAT, even it it would mean only having water and bread for a month
I loved the romulan campaign, it was literally on the level of playing super mario bros. And pokemon in terms of childhood memories. And the Ha’apax really stuck with me as a sick design.
Love the idea because I'm a huge fan of this ship. Only thing I do differently is I'd leave the secondary specialization seat as Command instead of changing it to Intel, keep it sort of related to the original Kara.
Thought about it, but I don't like MW/Command as a combo because neither spec has any Unconventional Systems triggers.
This needs to be sent everywhere and seriously be looked into by Cryptic👍. I've been wanting these mechanics for years.. i.e. modes mixed w/seperation. Great rundown! I love my 'Great Owl' and this would add so much replayability for that and other chr's.. Not to mention the mechanics for possible future/past ships🥰👍 Keep it up!
I bought the Kara recently because I love the Ha'apax design, so I'm with you on this 100%.
Given how you practically predicted the Ledendary Akira, I wouldn't be surprised if your theory becomes reality later on this year.
I don't know, the only thing I really got right about Legendary Akira was about it being a Command ship. They actually went really weird with that one, making it a Cruiser instead of a Strike Wing Escort like the previous T6 version, which I did not see coming at all.
i wonder if there is some kind of perfect builds out there like ones that squeeze out everything just for what your after?
Great video! Honestly, the worst part about it is now I want this ship to be real!
I just hope that someone from cryptic will see this because this is very interesting idea. I would love to try this ship in STO.
I am holding out for the Legendary Malon Battlecruiser!!!
Very interesting, I would enjoy flying this ship very much!
It is lamentable that no Romulan design following the D'Deridex ever managed to reach or outdo its aesthetic elegance. A legendary Ha'apax would require an advanced redesign which i am very much for.
Also still longing and pleading for a legendary D'Deridex command dreadnought carrier/ flight deck cruiser refit. Ship is predestined for that, just expand the hangar section at the bottom hull a little and you're golden. How about a theory craft for that?
Also i very much like this concept of yours. But the universal console slots should remain untouched, so you can put those consoles there you always need.
I get the reasoning behind making the secondary specialization Intelligence, but I think in the spirit of making a fun Legendary Romulan ship, Pilot would be way cooler! A Lt.C Pilot seat gains access to: Lock Trajectory III, Pilot Team III, Clean Getaway II, Fly Her Apart II, Reinforcement Squadron II (which could tie into the trait for summoned pets!), and even Reroute Reserves to Weapons I.
Honestly, we need a big, BIG ship with Pilot maneuvers... could we swap it to Pilot/Miracle Worker instead? xD
If you're gonna try to convince me that Pilot is the way to go, Lock Trajectory not the way to convince me. That ability is useless and I hate it with a fiery passion.
That said, I did briefly consider Pilot for the secondary, but as I said in the video, I would really turn the Science mode. Bad enough I made it primary MW, but that plus Pilot would make Sci mode pointless.
And there's no way I'd make this primary Pilot. Not only does it create the same problems for Sci mode, but there's no way they'd make a big Dreadnought like this into a Pilot ship. Pilot ships are small and fast. Dreadnoughts are literally the opposite of that.
@@Stu1701 I was more thinking for fun, which was the only reason LT was mentioned, but point taken: it is a useless ability.
I feel like that would be the downfall of this design idea: science is so radically different from how you would play an escort or cruiser that it's hard to make something that can be all 3. Intel definitely does a decent job, TempOp would be better. What about TempOp + Intel? There aren't very many of those, and having the Adamant be a comparison wouldn't be a bad thing.
Because the Specialization also has to be somewhat thematic to the ship. More or less. But you're right, Temporal/Intel would probably be a better set up, as it would probably benefit all three mode the best, but MW felt more thematically appropriate.
The other issue is, as I also said in the video, you dont want to make each section too good. You dont want to make sci mode better than mode existing sci ships, and while it does have some short comings, i did still give it a 4/2 layout and a hangar bay.
Would be a really cool ship design to fly. Also would love a storyline for it to replace the Lleiset. Perhaps the Romulan Flagship is damaged beyond repair or destroyed (with the player beaming the remaining crew off last second) one episode and this new ship is its replacement in the next. The changeover showing that the Republic is now fully its own nation with a flagship that is not based on a 40+ year old Imperial WMD design.
The trait may give all pets bonuses based on your max hull and the power levels on your ship. That would allow the trait's benefits to change slightly based on which mode you were in.
I've said many times over the years that I hate that the Lleiset is a Scimitar. It makes no sense that the fledgling Romulan Republic would have the resources to build such a ship, nor does it make sense that they'd want to use a weapon of mass destruction as their flagship (kinda kills any good will they might be trying to make with their neighbors). That said, with how long it's been, I doubt they'd make the change at this point.
@@Stu1701 I know, but if we are theory crafting we can all dream...
Also seems lazy to use the Scimitar as the base for the Romulan flagship, they are the only non-tv cannon faction and still the only one to not have a fully STO original flagship.
vetry interesting I would like to see them do something like this for the promethous
Sorry Stu, I haven’t watched the Video yet but is this a ship that’s in STO or coming to STO or just on your wish list?
This is a theory craft video. So it's a wishlist item.
Great idea, I like it! But unless it is priced lower than the rest of the Legendary ships, it will be out of my budget :)
Legendary Nebula theorycraft, please. Same for Legendary Prometheus. :) Also, I love your content, keep it coming.
I did a legendary Prometheus theory craft before we even got the Hydra. it was actually kinda close.
Legendary Nebula is on my list. I want it to be a spearhead.
The roms need a proper sci ship badly. Singularity core and battle cloak would be amazing. They could have added them to the Rom flavour of the Verne, the Sui'Mor, but elected not to.
Wonder if it would work if the different modes had different CONSOLE slots. -1 Sci and Tac in Base mode. -1 Eng and Sci in Tac mode. -1 Eng and Tac in Sci mode.
I thought about it, but since the Science Destroyers don't change console slot with their mode change, I felt it best to assume they either can't or Cryptic doesn't want them to.
hey Stu, check out STO's news, the details about the coming PC event was released and the prizes are already more than enough to do the event
already on it, news video will be up tomorrow
Make a video about Proton. Make a Dyson ship where you get the highest possible Proton output.
I don't wanna 😭
Yes
I know that this is about the romulans but for the love of Galron please make the naugh'var a legendary ship its a legendary ship in show the leader of the klingon empire had it as his flagship in ds9
My least favorite Romulan ship from Cryptic. But if it had a plasma counterpart to the Immolating Lance, I'd buy it right now.
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You lost me at "ships with hangar bays are more fun".
what? you don't like fun?
@@Stu1701 lot of us do not care too much for carriers
this is a dreadnought, not a carrier. very different. and even then, there are a few different kinds of carriers.