[Jestersmith]

Celebrate the deep lineage of another of Star Trek’s famous ship classes, with the upcoming Ship of the Line Bundle, this time featuring the Steamrunner Class! This bundle features ships from this class that currently appear at multiple tiers in Star Trek Online’s existing vast ship catalogue, as well as a brand new Tier-6 variant that will soon be swelling its familial ranks.

The Ships of the Line: Blockade Runner Bundle will appear on the in-game Zen Store as “Blockade Runner Bundle” and will feature the following contents:

1 Ship Upgrade Token (T5-U)
2 Experimental Ship Upgrade Tokens
T1 Blockade Runner Escort
T5 Blockade Runner Escort Retrofit
**NEW** T6 Appalachia Blockade Runner Escort

The bundle will become available on 10/1/21 on PC, at a price of 5,000 Zen. Introductory sales pricing will apply through 10/8/21, reducing the price by 35%!

The T6 Appalachia will also be available as a separate purchase in the Zen Store.

Anyone who already owns the T5 Steamrunner may have noticed a recent update to its appearance in-game, which served as a prelude to this release. If you already own the T5 Blockade Runner Escort and wish to see this update, ready the ship and then visit the Ship Customization Interface and apply the Steamrunner template to see the new design. The canon Steamrunner update is free for anyone who has the T5 or T6 Blockade Runner Escort.



Appalachia Blockade Runner Escort [T6]

This well-rounded escort is durable, agile and outfitted with an excessive amount of weapon mounts, by Starfleet standards. Redundant power couplings run along the length of nearly every subsystem, cross-linking them with the ship's various energy and torpedo emitters, ensuring that all weapon systems remain operational for as long as possible in any conflict, regardless of the damage the ship may receive in return.

This ship features a Lt. Commander Tactical / Command Bridge Officer specialist seat, and a Lieutenant Universal / Intel Bridge Officer specialist seat.
Stats

Tier: 6
Faction: Federation or Federation-Aligned
Required Rank: Must complete the Tutorial
Hull Modifier: 1.15
Shield Modifier: 1
Fore Weapons: 4 (scales with level)
Aft Weapons: 3 (scales with level)
Device Slots: 2
Bridge Officer Stations: 1 Commander Tactical, 1 Lieutenant Commander Tactical/Command, 1 Lieutenant Commander Engineering, 1 Ensign Science, 1 Lieutenant Universal/Intel
Console Modifications: 5 Tactical, 4 Engineering, 2 Science (scales with level)
Base Turn Rate: 16 degrees per second
Impulse Modifier: 0.21
Inertia: 60
+15 Power to Weapons, +5 Power to Engines
Can Load Dual Cannons
Console - Universal - Tricobalt Tear Launcher
Experimental Weapon Slot, equipped with Hull Spike Battery
Starship Mastery Package (Escort)
Precise Weapon Systems (+Accuracy)
Tactical Maneuvering (+Defense)
Enhanced Weapon Systems (+All Damage)
Devastating Weaponry (+Crit Chance)
Piercing Projectiles (Starship Trait)


Admiralty Stats

ENG: 37
SCI: 18
TAC: 62
SPECIAL: +35 TAC when ALONE



Console – Universal – Tricobalt Tear Launcher

A starship equipped with this console is capable of firing a barrage of high yield tricobalt warheads at a distant target. Upon reaching their target destination these warheads will detonate causing massive damage to any starships unfortunate to be caught in the blasts. These detonations cause a large subspace tear to appear and damage and disable nearby enemy starships.

This console also provides a passive boost to Shield Penetration and Projectile Weapon Damage.



Experimental Weapon: Hull Spike Battery

This experimental piece of weaponry was designed to deal catastrophic damage to a target starship's hull by bypassing its shields entirely and then drilling through the starship's armoring directly into the vulnerable starship components. This translates as a large spike of immediate damage, followed by an ongoing damage-over-time effect.
Starship Trait: Piercing Projectiles

While this trait is slotted, activating a Torpedo or Mine firing mode Bridge Officer ability will grant a large Shield Penetration and Hull Penetration bonus for a short time.

For 15 seconds, when activating Torpedo or Mine Firing Modes:
+200 Starship Hull Penetration Skill
+200 Starship Shield Penetration Skill

** All details, stats, and features subject to change.








Command Intel Seating




Exp Weapon



Trait


Console

[MrNeal]

Liking the console, nod to Star Trek Armada.

[darthnovawave]

Nice looking ship...but do we really need more torp buffing stuff? It isn't like torp builds are underpowered....

All the shield pen from the trait and console on a "cheap" T6 makes it at least a budget build if not a new meta buy. Will be interesting to see how it pans out.

[BravoKiloOne]

i dont hate it, think the hull looks better than the original one...

[timetofail]

Oh boy! Although, in my opinion, the nacelles kind of look ugly...

[Sorotia]

Seems like a interesting ship...and the first standard c store ship that has two specializations

[Sul-Matuul]

Nice looking ship...but do we really need more torp buffing stuff? It isn't like torp builds are underpowered....

All the shield pen from the trait and console on a "cheap" T6 makes it at least a budget build if not a new meta buy. Will be interesting to see how it pans out.

YES.

I want all the torp buffing stuff!!

[Brunocsf]

I liked the ship visuals and the console sounds very interesting.

[Petrarch]

Nice design, but the bussard collectors are far too dull. They actually look like the texture is missing from the model in those shots.

[trekchu]

GAHHHH
And I was going to get the DSC Enterprise from the Event campaign for my Main. Now I'm looking at this beauty again instead.

#firstworldgamerproblems

[Jestersmith]

GAHHHH
And I was going to get the DSC Enterprise from the Event campaign for my Main. Now I'm looking at this beauty again instead.

#firstworldgamerproblems

This ones zen store if you have T6 Ship coupon they give away you can probably get with that if not they normally go for 250-300m EC on the trade channels if you dont have the Zen to get with that

[trekchu]

I might look into that. Now, if only tri-cobalt weapons weren't so useless in STO... I do remember the Armada 1 days when I had like a dozen Steamrunners with some Akiras for escort and then yeeted their torpedoes into the enemy base at near max distance... good times.

[Jestersmith]

I might look into that. Now, if only tri-cobalt weapons weren't so useless in STO... I do remember the Armada 1 days when I had like a dozen Steamrunners with some Akiras for escort and then yeeted their torpedoes into the enemy base at near max distance... good times.

Oh the console one looks very potent i suspect a nerf will be inbound soon if it hits the store in the demonstrated state

[Noram]

Nice design, but the bussard collectors are far too dull. They actually look like the texture is missing from the model in those shots.

That seems to be the style for ships with red bussard collectors now. The ones on the ships that were updated recently have the same look
https://twitter.com/thomasthecat/sta...089346/photo/1

[Jestersmith]

Nice design, but the bussard collectors are far too dull. They actually look like the texture is missing from the model in those shots.

The looked better on stream and they stood out nice dependent on vanity shield was used of what a vanity shield dil sink
has been hinted at returning the same day