[Bridger]

FLEET T6 - EXCELSIOR CLASS[TOP]

History Of The Ship Class:


The Excelsior-class was initially constructed during the early 2280s at Starfleet's San Francisco Fleet Yards orbiting Earth.

Starfleet had high hopes for the first ship of this class, the prototype USS Excelsior, which was equipped with transwarp drive, and was regarded as that century's "Great Experiment."

Despite the failure of the "Great Experiment," Starfleet forged ahead with employing the Excelsior design. After remaining in the Earth Spacedock until at least 2287, the prototype Excelsior was subsequently recommissioned for active service by 2290.

In 2293, the fate of the Excelsior design was sealed when Starfleet passed on the name of a legacy. The launch of the USS Enterprise-B opened the door for the Excelsior-class to become one of the most widely used designs in all of Starfleet.

The Excelsior-class was present in several major Federation engagements, including the Borg invasion of 2366-2367, where it participated at the Battle of Wolf 359, as well as the engagement against the Borg sphere that entered the Sol system in 2378. They were also present in numerous Dominion War battles, seeing action during Operation Return, the First and Second Battles of Chin'toka, and the Battle of Cardassia. Many Excelsior-class vessels were stationed on the front lines near Deep Space 9 during the war.


Ship Specifications:

The ship is named after the Cherokee Tribe

Unlock	Bonus	Description
I	Absorptive Hull Plating	+25 Physical Damage Resistance +25 Kinetic Damage Resistance
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 +25 Radiation Damage Resistance
IV	Armored Hull	+10% Hull Hitpoints
V	Starship Trait	Improved Weaponized Emitters (Z-Store Ship)

The Build:

SHIP EQUIPMENT:	TAC\ENG - BUILD
FORE WEAPONS:	Terran Task Force Phaser Beam Array [CrtD/Dm] [Dmg]x3 [Proc] Prolonged Engagement Phaser Beam Array [CrtD/Dm]] 2x Phaser Beam Array [CrtD/Dm] [Dmg]x4
AFT WEAPONS:	3x Phaser Beam Array [CrtD/Dm] [Dmg]x4 Trilithium-Enhanced Omni-Directional Phaser Beam Array [Ac/Dm] [Acc] [Arc] [Dmg]x2
DEFLECTOR:	Elite Fleet Intervention Protomatter Deflector Array [ColCrit] [EPS] [HullCap] [Sh/HullCap] [ShCap]
IMPULSE ENGINE:	Prevailing Innervated Impulse Engines [SecSpd-2] [Spd]
WARP CORE:	Elite Fleet Plasma-Integrated Warp Core [AMP] [ECap] [Eff] [SSS] [W->A] [W->S]
SHIELDS:	Tilly's Review-Pending Modified Shield [Cap]x4 [Cp/Rg]
DEVICES:	Temporal Negotiator Subspace Field Modulator Energy Amplifier Reactive Armor Catalyst
ENGINEERING CONSOLES:	D.O.M.I.N.O. Dynamic Power Redistributor Module Point Defense Bombardment Warhead Reinforced Armaments Temporal Trajectory Shifter
SCIENCE CONSOLES:	Bioneural Infusion Circuits Protomatter Field Projector
TACTICAL CONSOLES:	2x Energetic Protomatter Matrix Infuser [Kinetic] [Phaser]] 2x Vulnerability Locator [+Pha]

Boff Abilities:

Com. Engineering Vanguard Jem'Hadar	Emergency Power to Engines I	Auxiliary to Battery I	Emergency Power to Weapons III	Directed Energy Modulation III
Lt. Com Engineering Nausicaan	Overwhelm Emitters I	Auxiliary to Battery I	Rally Point Marker II
Lt. Com Tactical Romulan	Tactical Team I	Attack Pattern Beta I	Beam Overload III
Lt. Science Vanguard Jem'Hadar	Polarize Hull I	Hazard Emitters II
Ens. Engineering Kentari	Engineering Team I

Skill Tree:

ENGINEERING:	SCIENCE:	TACTICAL:
Battery Expertise	Transwarp Cooldown Reductions	Hangar Weaponry
Maximum Hull Capacity		Projectile Critical Chance
		Energy Critical Chance
		Accuracy Rating
		Frenzied Assault
		Team Frenzy

Specialization:

PRIMARY:	SECONDARY:
Intelligence	Strategist

Traits:

Personal Traits: Tactical

Context is for Kings	A Good Day to Die	Anchored
Repair Crews	Beam Barrage	Superior Beam Training
Fleet Coordinator	Terran Targeting Systems	Self-Modulating Fire

Starship Traits:

Emergency Weapon Cycle

Superweapon Ingenuity

Calm Before the Storm

Cold-Hearted

Promise of Ferocity

Space Reputation:

Precision II

Advanced Targeting Systems II

Controlled Countermeasures II

Magnified Firepower II

Tyler's Duality II

Active Reputation:

Quantum Singularity Manipulation II

Refracting Tetryon Cascade II

Bio-Molecular Shield Generator II

Deploy Sensor Interference Platform II

Anti-Time Entanglement Singularity II

Doffs:

Doff Specialization:	Effect:
Energy Weapons Officer	Chance for stacking Crit Severity buff on firing Energy Weapons
Energy Weapons Officer	Chance for stacking Crit Severity buff on firing Energy Weapons
Conn Officer	Recharges Evasive Maneuvers when Emergency Power to Engines is activated
Technician	Reduce time for all bridge officer abilities to recharge when Auxiliary to Battery is used.
Technician	Reduce time for all bridge officer abilities to recharge when Auxiliary to Battery is used.
Technician	Reduce time for all bridge officer abilities to recharge when Auxiliary to Battery is used.

Latest ISA PUG Parse: Tactical

Final conclusion:

I know a lot of people are saying the ship is terrible and that she needs a Universal Boff Slot, to be honest it would not hurt but with or without it she gets the job done.

build updates:

Updated for 2019
Replaced Beam Fire at Will III with Beam Overload III
Replaced Auxiliary to Battery III with Directed Energy Modulation III
Replaced Rally Point Marker I with Auxiliary to Battery I
Replaced Directed Energy Modulation II with Rally Point Marker II
Replaced Redirecting Arrays with Superweapon Ingenuity
Replaced Strike from Shadows with Promise of Ferocity
Replaced Enhanced Armor Penetration II with Tyler's Duality II
Replaced the CrtH Doff with a 2nd CrtD Doff
Added a New ISA Record

[T'Tan]

Funny you are posting this. I was thinking to update my Excelsior build just yesterday.

This is a great build! Completely agree with your final conclusion. Over 140k is quite a statement.

In my case, I would change a few things to make it a tank:
1. Primary Specialisation: Miracle Worker
2. ZPEC -> RSC
3. Promise of Ferocity -> History will remember
4. Maybe doffed Tractor Beam Repulsors for Hazard Emitters

And for the looks rather than performance: Pulse Phasers!

Ok, you triggered me... I will pull out mine and try some stuff.

[Bridger]

Make it so!, and thanks.

[Scarlett]

I LOVE ALL THE THINGS!!

[Wallis]

Oooohh!....I mean,....I'm jealous. I think I'm going to have to give my main some attention, as I've been playing my Disco alt for the last few months and recently got him to 65, so I think it's about time I got my main some T6 rep gear and wipe the dust off the Lakota

On a side note though, my Disco alt is a Tactical and I'm using an Excelsior class with him so...this could be very handy indeed. Nice one Bridger.

Actually Bridger or anyone, forgive my ignorance, but would I still be able to get that 140kDPS if I was to use the same skill set for this build on my Engineer? The only reason I ask Is that on my main character, he has access to a Fleet Colony and I already own a deflector and protomater Tactical consoles and it would be much more accessible for him, rather than wait for quite some time with my Tactical Disco toon. He's currently in the UFP 2nd fleet and I think were a little ways off at the moment with the Colony.

[Bridger]

Actually Bridger or anyone, forgive my ignorance, but would I still be able to get that 140kDPS if I was to use the same skill set for this build on my Engineer? The only reason I ask Is that on my main character, he has access to a Fleet Colony and I already own a deflector and protomater Tactical consoles and it would be much more accessible for him, rather than wait for quite some time with my Tactical Disco toon. He's currently in the UFP 2nd fleet and I think were a little ways off at the moment with the Colony.

Unfortunately the answer to this would be no, Tacs are getting so much DPS pushing that it is really ridiculous and the Excelsior is by all means not build to do damage but something like close to 100K should be possible.

[T'Tan]

Make it so!, and thanks.

I made it so: Here is my version.
I am still missing the Terran beam, Gamma Omni, and all Rank 2 traits from T6 Reputation. Furthermore, I am planning a skill re-spec soon.

Nevertheless, it works very well as a main tank in ISA with up to 96% ATKS-In:
Attachment 9693

Of course, this is getting more interesting when tested in HSE, but I did not get to that yet.

Also DPS-wise I am quite happy with the results. Recent DPS record on this boat:
Attachment 9694

All my tests were done in PUGs, so I guess in a pre-made group close to 100k DPS or above should be possible as well.

AND It is an Excelsior! So thanks again for posting this and thereby getting me back into one of my favourite ships, Bridger.

[Bridger]

I am glad to hear that! We should do some runs together also you have some great numbers there.

[Scarlett]

And using the TMM?! Niiiice.

[Bridger]

And using the TMM?! Niiiice.

TMM?

[Heyallo]

And using the TMM?! Niiiice.

Yes, what is TMM, I was trying to figure that out myself

[Scarlett]

Tactical Maveuvering Matrix: included with the Resolute purchase.

[Mallasort]

Maybe "Tactical Maneuvering Matrix", but only guessing.

[T'Tan]

We should do some runs together

Definitely! Let‘s do all Excelsior fleet runs! I‘m sure we can find five Excelsior pilots!

Tactical Maveuvering Matrix: included with the Resolute purchase.

The clicky is very nice and the passive turn rate bonus doesn’t hurt either.

[Heyallo]

See I wanna get a T6 Miranda, but I'm torn between that and a T6 Excelsior. HALP!