[Scarlett]

Man, shush you!

[Generator]

Hey, I got as much right to be here as anybody. You can't...

(Bur'ar comes up behind Gen with stun pistol, ends the conversation)

[Deleted]

Oooooo'.. Excelsior Class.

[Bar'ol]

"Never trust a Captain that doesn't have a torpedo launcher on their ship."

-Someone wise, I just can't remember who right now...

What if they are the torp boat without a beam can they still be trusted?

[Generator]

Sure, that's all good!

(That line stems from a little "shop talk" Scar and I had a few years back. Scarlett said it to me in the course of trying to decide whether to drop the torpedo launcher from the Solaris.)

[Scarlett]

[Mack]

Update: I was able to re-engineer the Pulse Phaser Omni and the weaker Pulse Phaser Array. Now that I have my feet wet with the system, I have a spare Pulse Phaser BA that needs some love. I plan to *gulp* replace the Terran Beam with it, then switch the Tactical Consoles to [+Pha].

OR ... *gulp* Replace the Terran Beam with a Wide Angle Quantum Torp to get a little closer to canon. This is the "cheaper" path.

Still in decision mode.

Could go with Dyson gravimetric torpedos. They look like canon photon torpedos and are very good in damage.

Good ship over-all!

[Generator]

Yeah, what Mack said. Gravimetrics are fun. On the VoKor'At, she's sometimes a Terran torp, sometimes a Gravimetric, and sometimes both.

[Scarlett]

Thank you for the feedback!

Frankly, Gravimeteric is my go to torp for this ship. Yet, once I got the wide angle torp, I really appreciate it's fire arc ...

But I do loves me some orange-red ball of DOOOOOM!

[Generator]

The caveat here, Scarlett, is if you ever use Concentrate Firepower using your CMD slots, the HY Grav is a big slow destructible fella. Be forewarned.

[Mack]

The caveat here, Scarlett, is if you ever use Concentrate Firepower using your CMD slots, the HY Grav is a big slow destructible fella. Be forewarned.

I'm not a fan of Command skills - but I ensure to use that specific skill on my LT spec seat for Tzenkethi Battlefront Advanced. It's really effective.

[Generator]

Over time I've come around on Rally Point Marker if I need more survivability, but it's not must-have. Overwhelm Emitters sometimes, but hardly universally. Concentrate Firepower, however, is just so damn fun that I use the tier-3 version on every ship that 1) has a LCDR/Command seat to spare, and 2) is using a torpedo for which HY isn't a baaaaaad idea. One of Ghorrin's alternate rides is a Martok flaghip decked out with AP weaponry, the Crystalline Torpedo with CF3, that's a damn good time right there.

[Scarlett]

UPDATE! So, I did more research and am following my own advice from long ago - use a torpedo. Also, I asked Bridger if I may use his template (without images because ... work).

Below is the ship as it is today ...

T6 - FLEET ADVANCED HEAVY CRUISER REFIT – RESOLUTE CLASS – USS SOLARIS, NCC-74588

Ship Specifications:

Unlock	Bonus	Description
I	Absorptive Hull Plating	+25 Physical Damage Resistance Rating +25 Kinetic Damage Resistance Rating
II	Rapid Repairs	Regnerates 1.25% of your maximum hull every 3 seconds in Space. Twice the amount is regenerated out of combat
III	Enhanced Hull Plating	+25 All Energy Damage Resistance Rating +25 Radiation Damage Resistance Rating
IV	Armored Hull	+10% Hull Hitpoints
V	Starship Trait	Improved Weaponized Emitters

The Build:

SHIP EQUIPMENT:	SUPPORT BUILD
FORE WEAPONS:	3x Phaser Beam Array [CrtD]x3 [Dmg] 1x Gravimetric Photon Torpedo Launcher [CrtH]x3
AFT WEAPONS:	2x Phaser Beam Array [CrtD]x3 [Dmg] Omni-Directional Pulse Phaser Beam Array [Arc][CrtD]x3 Trilithium-Enhanced Omni-Directional Beam Array [Arc][Acc][Dmg]x2
DEFLECTOR:	Elite Fleet Intervention Protomatter Deflector Array [ColCrit] [DrainX]x2 [EPS] [Sh/HullCap]
IMPULSE ENGINE:	Prevailing Fortified Impulse Engines [SecSpd-2] [Spd]
WARP CORE:	Elite Fleet Plasma-Integrated Warp Core [AMP] [Acap] [A->W] [Eff] [Trans] [W->S]
SHIELDS:	Prevailing Innervated Resilient Shield Array [Cp/Rg] [Reg]
DEVICES:	Red Matter Capacitor Subspace Field Modulator Energy Amplifier Reactive Armor Catalyst *Nimbus Pirate Distress Call *Delta Alliance Reinforcements Beacon
ENGINEERING CONSOLES:	Reinforced Armaments Dynamic Power Redistributor Module Secondary Shield Projector Proton Particle Stabilizer Quantum Phase Catalyst
SCIENCE CONSOLES:	Temporal Disentanglement Suite Bioneural Infusion Circuits
TACTICAL CONSOLES:	3x Vulnerability Locator [+Pha] Plasmonic Leech

*Can be used from your inventory

Boff Abilities:

Com. Engineering (Krenim)	Emergency Power to Shields I	Reverse Shield Polarity I	Emergency Power to Weapons III	Auxiliary Power to Structural Integrity Field III
Lt. Com Tactical (Romulan)	Tactical Team I	Attack Pattern Beta I	Beam Fire at Will III
Lt. Com Engineering (Krenim)	Concentrate Firepower I	Overwhelm Emitters II	Aceton Beam I
Lt. Science (Hierarchy)	Transfer Shield Strength I	Hazard Emitters II
Ens. Engineering (Krenim)	Engineering Team I

Specialization:

PRIMARY:	SECONDARY:
Intelligence	Temporal

Traits:

Personal Traits: Tactical

Inspirational Leader	Duelist’s Fervor	Operative
Repair Crews	Superior Beam Training	Ablative Shell
Fleet Coordinator	Self-Modulating Fire	Point Blank Shot

Starship Traits:

Emergency Weapon Cycle

Specialists Knowledge

Improved Weaponized Emitters

Honored Dead

Majority / Minority

Space Reputation:

Precision

Advanced Targeting Systems

Chrono-Capacitor Array

Auxiliary Power Configuration - Offense

Enhanced Shield Penetration

Active Reputation:

Quantum Singularity Manipulation

Refracting Tetryon Cascade

Bio-Molecular Shield Generator

Deploy Sensor Interference Platform

LOCKED

Doffs:

Doff Specialization:	Effect:
Energy Weapons Officer	Chance to reduce the time to recharge when using beam special attacks
Energy Weapons Officer	Chance for stacking Crit Severity buff on firing Energy Weapons
Conn Officer	Recharge time reduced for Tactical Team and buff
Damage Control Engineer	Chance to reduce the recharge time for Emergency Power to subsystem ability
Warp Core Engineer	Chance to remove all debuffs on use of any Emergency Power ability
Maintenance Engineer	Recharge time reduced for Engineering Team and buff

Some thoughts:

This is not a finished build, per se. It also uses the Kraken Build doctrine. This is an idea I was toying with in order to bring CD to their bottom without knowing the idea had a name. Although I only have Improved Engineering Readiness, with three Krenim Engineering BOffs I am certainly seeing their abilities available more often. I'm not impressed with my DOffs, yet I also don't feel like I'm "needing" them with the current build (relative to A2B builds).

I think my dedication to the ship's Trait may be holding back some firepower as it necessitates using not only Overwhelm Emitters and Aceton Beam, but dedicating some EPG into the build to stretch those abilities further.

My skill tree can be seen earlier in the thread. I will add it to this format later.

Thank you for looking!

[Bridger]

I think the key thing I would change is to switch to an A2B Build, also the Torpedo is not that useful on the Excelsior another Beam might be the better choice.

[Scarlett]

I think the key thing I would change is to switch to an A2B Build, also the Torpedo is not that useful on the Excelsior another Beam might be the better choice.

Thank you for looking!

The torp was a recent return to the build and modeled from the Walker build. I'm not settled on it, admittedly, even if it has the lovely orange ball. Believe me: using another beam fits my lazy "watch-as-I-play" style. As much as I'd rather not, I would bring back my Prolonged Phaser.

SO, I'd have to drop Concentrate Firepower to replace it with ...

* another copy of Overwhelm Emitters - I've done this previously and keeps the ability available 100%. This would certainly mean I keep my current EPG levels with the IWE Trait. Frankly, one BOff would have all the Radiation powers and there's a fun symmetry there

* swap Overwhelm Emitters from the LT slot into Ensign, then add Rally Point Marker - I've tried this and it's certainly an awesome heal. Yet, the Engines proc depends on a heal for added maneuverability ... which is pointless in a static marker. Maybe if I used the Anchored Trait, then RPM would really get some use, but then I'd likely slot OUT the Prevailing Engines for ... something else that increases damage output (Romulan likely).

* EPtE - this would help with some of the DOff activations while adding maneuverability ... which is easily available from the Prevailing Engines. This ability has seen a resurgence lately in build meta and I have not discerned why, especially because of the Prevailing Engine proc. My ship currently has four heals available and ...

Zomg ... is it the Engines that needs getting moved around?!?!