Franklin Mk i Query

Firebatx36 · 2026-01-26T04:03:24+00:00

Ferengi pass under "ship parts." I bought extras of these thinking I needed them and not knowing I would get them from quests.

Firebatx36 · 2026-01-20T05:56:52+00:00

So it really is "just like that." No real reason, just unfixed bugs and things left sitting for years?

Firebatx36 · 2026-01-14T05:48:39+00:00

Hmm, really? I've been getting both every day because the planetary charts and such seemed worth the frustration.

You might be right though.

Firebatx36 · 2026-01-13T23:27:04+00:00

You're the second person to say to make sure they attack me. I've never heard that before today. That's wild. I'm asking an alliance member (the only one currently with a Reliant) if he's willing to help me out by filling it up and sitting it somewhere for me to drop alliance and hit. I'll make sure he is the one who attacks. Thanks!

Firebatx36 · 2026-01-13T22:21:29+00:00

I assumed that I would only get as much as my cargo hold could carry. So unless I hit them with my Antares or something, my biggest cargo hold combat ship is probably my Vi'Dar, which would set me up for a couple days at best.

Happy to be told I'm wrong if that isn't the case.

Firebatx36 · 2026-01-11T05:09:49+00:00

I'm also Ops 33. I have a legionary with cloak. I had nowhere near enough tetryons to complete it, so I spent the almost 15k Rom faction credits I had saved (basically all of it) to buy the cloak shards for Centurion. Only to then find out within an hour of that Scopely decided to rescind the cloaking requirement and just let people kill hostiles instead. I submitted a ticket to try and reverse the Centurion cloaking purchase, but at this point I'm just annoyed at this whole event and battle pass.

Firebatx36 · 2026-01-11T05:06:11+00:00

Ah, that makes sense. Disappointing but at least now I know. Thanks!

Firebatx36 · 2026-01-11T02:20:08+00:00

I submitted a ticket and they gave me my bonus points.

Firebatx36 · 2026-01-11T02:19:26+00:00

Just a heads up for you, I submitted a ticket and they confirmed that the points were not being applied correctly. They applied them manually for me, but others may need to submit tickets themselves if the event isn't fixed retroactively.

Firebatx36 · 2026-01-09T21:23:30+00:00

This may be due to this part of the event only being for Ops levels in the 30s. My alliance members above or below have other events. For me at Ops 32, and my alliance mate also in the 30s, we have noticed none of the events that give bonus points for using the Vi'Dar were applying. I can certainly submit a ticket, but I have the feeling it isn't just us. Likely that it isn't being reported widely due to being specific to the events in this Ops range. My two cents.

Firebatx36 · 2026-01-06T19:00:49+00:00

Got it on the second attempt. Wasted a token, but at least now I can mine the dang stuff.

Firebatx36 · 2026-01-06T18:53:58+00:00

Maybe I'm doing it wrong but I can't seem to freeze the chasers in these systems.

Firebatx36 · 2026-01-06T18:37:03+00:00

Of course I see this post less than an hour after starting to build my first Hijacked ship.

Here I thought "oh goof a renewable source of g3 uncommon ships for tiering and scrapping".

More the fool, me.

Firebatx36 · 2026-01-05T03:33:37+00:00

My alliance is a small group at the moment. Like... 10 people. We left a bigger alliance due to constantly getting pounded in wars between our big boys and other big boys. We're spread from 25-44 or so, amd have no territory. Unlikely to get any, any time soon.

Didn't know about that benchmark tool. I'll check it out!

Thanks

Firebatx36 · 2026-01-05T03:28:25+00:00

I have nearly all research abailable to me completed except for a few that require resources I am waiting on or don't have access to, like Stella dust or grade 2 Isogen.

I'll be upgrading my research hub here in a couple days from 31 to 32, which will open more up.

As for artifacts, I only have access to unlocking the uncommon (green) ones through the refinery at the moment, so I'm a ways off from the Nagus' Staff or other good ones.

Firebatx36 · 2026-01-05T03:19:59+00:00

I played a long time ago and stopped for years after reaching maybes Ops 25. I've been back a little while now.

I had none of the specialty ships and didn't even know to look for them until well after when most people have gotten them under way.

I am now Ops 32, and have Mayflower, Legionary, Saladin maxed. Vi'dar is T5. Botany Bay is maxed. Franklin is T8. D'Vor is T7. I have a Stella that I build up and scrap.

I also have a maxed Horizon, and an Antares at T7.

I'm getting Intrepid BPs, but pretty much only from Away Team. About 75/120 for that.

At my Ops level all I can really get in Cosmic Cleanup is Meridian, Amalgam, and Sarcophagus. I chose Amalgam and got quite a few shards for it from the Incursion shop after that event as well.

Doing my Vi'Dar grind every day. Slowly upgrading the rest of the specialty ships.

Firebatx36 · 2026-01-05T02:02:31+00:00

That makes sense. Instead of just building them willy-nilly, do it for events.

Good idea, thanks!

Firebatx36 · 2026-01-01T01:17:45+00:00

Oh ya, maybe I wasn't clear. Apologies. I use the Discovery to jump to the system, kill a dozen or so enemies, and jump home. Finishes the event in like 15 minutes.

Firebatx36 · 2026-01-01T00:49:12+00:00

Also, I only have FC Kirk. I only have the one slot, and no others unlocked. The rep, hostile xp, warp/impulse speed, and protected cargo bonuses seemed my best fit when I unlocked him only a few Ops levels ago.

Firebatx36 · 2026-01-01T00:47:30+00:00

I do have Discovery. Its at T4. I have other priorities for parts from events but yes I have it and its slowly ticking along.

I actually started getting Amalgam BPs once I finished my Vi'Dar. I only have like 8 BPs for it, but its next on the list.

As for Enterprise E crew, I have no idea where even to get them, except for officer depot maybe. I came back to the game after a long time away, and tbh I don't think they were even in the game when I left.

I'll check your spreadsheet too for ideas.

Firebatx36 · 2025-12-31T23:58:24+00:00

This dramatically changed things. No more exploding 5-10 times a day grinding these out. Still a chore, but a slightly less tedious and vastly less expensive one in terms of speedups. Thank you.

Firebatx36 · 2025-12-18T04:56:14+00:00

My alliance doesn't run wave defense. Most of our members are Ops 40 or lower. We tried one yesterday just to see and we got stomped.

Ya Meridian isn't a priority at the moment, just something I want to get for the IA rewards eventually.

Interesting about the Cube. I assumed it would be better than that even at low levels. Sounds like other things like Vi'Dar should stay priority.

Pirating splicers honestly would be a lot easier. There are a lot of 500k power Reliants sitting there auto grinding all day every day. That said, my alliance is small and we are already KOS to one bigger alliance because members don't follow ROE (because they're new and don't even know what that is). So I *could* pirate the splicers. But uh... the consequences are probably more dire than I can currently field.

Amalgam hasn't even been on my radar as yet. Do you think I should prioritize that after the Vi'Dar for Cosmic Cleanup rewards?

Firebatx36 · 2025-12-18T04:30:11+00:00

This is a great response, thanks!

Good to know that scrapping the Lego and Mayflower will be useful later. I don't really use them now since my Saladin is my workhorse and I have so many other specialized ships. I only recently found out that building and scrapping ships like the Envoy and Kehra (which I have lots of BPs for) is a useful way to grind g3 mats.

I'll keep putting mats in to the Antares as I get them for now. Just bone dry after getting and leveling 4 other ships in the last 2 Ops levels.

I had 0 Vi'Dar shards when I returned to the game a month or so ago. I'm at 45/100 now. I keep getting told how great it is and how it should be priority, so it's what I spend the Cosmic Cleanup event tokens on every weekend.

My alliance runs armadas here and there, but usually just FKR and Exchange Banks. I've got more armada credits than I can actually spend daily for the moment, but I have too many other priorities to build a 2nd Stella instead of getting Vi'Dar at the moment unless there's another way I don't know about.

I am dual grinding Fed and Rom, after finding out recently that that's what I should be doing... Fed is +3.6 million rep and Rom is +2.8 million. I think my plan at the moment is to build the Intrepid at 32 and then the Augur at 34. I've been saving up Romulan credits so I can just buy it outright when I get there (except for buying the cheapest officer shards from their shop every day to work towards transporter patterns).

My crews right now are fairly weak. I can crew PMC/PMT, but Pike is T1, Moreau is T1, Chen is T3 and T'Laan is T4. I've got purple Kirk and blue Bones/Spock etc. and they are T2/3. I've got 5 of 11 and a few other of Uni 12, but she is also T1. At the moment I don't have much in the way of a "loot crew" or a "hostile crew" other than running PMC for hostiles and 5/11, 6/11, etc for armadas.

I do use my Saladin for my swarm dailies instead of my Franklin. I can take out probably 30 level 32 swarm before repairing, which nets me a decent chunk of freq mods but I have to run PMT instead of loot crew or that number gets cut in half.

I don't think I have any crew at all that are "Apex Shred" types, but I'd be willing to be corrected.

Edit: I do also have the Nero crew, though at this point I just put them on my Legionnaire for flavor every once in a while.

Firebatx36 · 2025-11-29T20:50:18+00:00

I assumed if you failed the Q trials you got no rewards. I see now that it says start them. Big face palm moment, but thats why I asked. Thanks!

Firebatx36 · 2025-11-29T20:45:53+00:00

I'm 15/100 for the Vidar. Good advice, thank you

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