Star Trek Online: Vesta Class Arrives

Some of you should remember the Vesta class multi-missions science vessels from Destiny trilogy of Star Trek novels. Vesta line was first designed by Mark Rademaker as a combination of a big vessel like a cruiser with escort-like cannons and advanced technology and sensors like a science vessel. Does it all sound over-powered? You bet it is. That's exactly why you should continue reading and see how STO developers adjusted its attributes in order to not break the game forever.

Vesta-class unlocked in Star Trek Online

Vesta class is one of the most powerful vessels I know from Star Trek novels. It was mainly introduced in the Destiny trilogy. Vesta vessel was originally designed by Mark Rademaker and according to the latest blog post by Star Trek Online designer Al Rivera, the design team over at Cryptic has been working night and day to make Vesta-line as close to Rademaker's design in terms of looks and power.

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Make no mistake, this is still an MMO game that needs a lot of balancing and to be honest I never thought I would see Vesta-class in the MMO. Developers knew that it would be over-powered too, hence they've made some changes.

...the Vesta is a technological marvel with every factory option known to Starfleet. It even has Intrepid-style landing gear! In game terms, the ship is a little over-powered.

That being said, we will most definitely see a very decent vessel but it will be far from Vesta's original power in the Destiny trilogy.

The technology the Vesta has differentiates it from the rest of the vessels and Crypric developers made the right decision to design Vesta as a Science Vessel in the MMO. (The novels classify the ship as a Multi-Mission Explorer.)

Let's take a look at Vesta's technology. In the Destiny, Vesta had Slipstream Drive which is not that special in Star Trek Online so the developers not only included the drive but they made it even better for Vesta line in STO. Some of the technologies Vesta had were; Multidimensional Wave-Function Analysis Module, a Quantum Field Focus Controller, a Chroniton Integrator, and a Sympathetic Fermion Transceiver.

STO developers thought this would be just too much to place in one ship. This could potentially break the game as well. So, for balance purposes, they have designed three vessels as a part of Vesta Class. The the Multi-Mission Surveillance Explorer: Vesta Class (a science model), Multi-Mission Reconnaissance Explorer: Aventine Class (a tactical model); and the Multi-Mission Strategic Explorer: Rademaker Class (an engineering model). With different costumes and different modules, each of these three ships will feel differently in game. 

Finally, the base stats of a Vesta class vessel:

Base Stats (for all Multi-Mission Science Vessels):

Rank Required: Vice Admiral
Hull Strength: 27,800
Shield Modifier: 1.35
Crew: 750
Weapons: 3 Fore, 3 Aft
Device Slots: 3
Bridge Officer Stations: 1 Lieutenant Tactical, 1 Lieutenant Engineering, 1 Commander Science, 1 Ensign Universal, 1 Lieutenant Commander Universal
Base Turn Rate: 13 degrees per second
Impulse Modifier: 0.16
Sensor Analysis
Subsystem Targeting
Can Equip Cannons
Aux Phaser Dual Heavy Cannons Mk XII [Acc] [Dmg]x2
1 Hangar Bay – with 1 wing of Danube Runabouts

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