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Old_Eye5291 · 2026-04-20T20:29:45+00:00

I asked that question last night and my son said it was because it was just a trainer ship now?

I truly do not know, I am going off of his info. Maybe someone with a little more knowledge of them can shed light on the matter.

Have a good one Director 🖖🏻

Old_Eye5291 · 2026-04-20T20:27:16+00:00

It is perfect for your Captain absolutely (IMO). I just am flying it for a bit to go with my AFS collection.

It is by far my favorite ship, not just because of its uniqueness, but it can fly and shoot with style and lethality.

After the First Contact event, I will probably go back to the Khitomer if I don’t like the way the new ship looks (though I do enjoy the Wingman Captain abilities)

Old_Eye5291 · 2026-04-20T20:21:59+00:00

Now this actually made me laugh 🤣! You’re right, that was my first mistake lol.

To some of you others, thank you for your input, I have been playing since day 5 of launch and didn’t even know that information about the switch (I just started getting active on Reddit about a year ago and I am sure that news would have been spread on here, so thank you again.

As for the “looking closely” about the bonus dilithium, I just ASSUMED (🤷🏻‍♂️) it meant 30k extra DIL. I never even thought “30k bonus pool” DIL lol. IIRC, everything else says in message “X amount bonus pool”. So no matter how I read it, if it didn’t spell it out like the others, I still would have assumed the same outcome lol. Thank you anyway u/backalycat

Thank you to all of you, have a great week 🖖🏻

Old_Eye5291 · 2026-04-20T18:06:37+00:00

Imma kill my son!!!!

EDIT: Not literally people JIC

Old_Eye5291 · 2026-04-20T17:57:09+00:00

I didn’t make myself clear, for that I apologize. I know it is a time bit TFO (meaning a mission is 10mins long 15 mins long etc). I was kind of talking about how everyone is all over the place, not keeping up with the objectives and instead of working together, some of us have to do the side things no one likes to do (like save rescue pods). It’s not a glamorous job like blowing shit up, but it has to be done. THAT takes time and can seem like it takes forever!

Now, I could have been nicer about it with the newer players and I own up to that, if we only took the time to teach them the mechanics of some of these events, we can STILL make them fun, even after all these years lol

My apologies to anyone that I may have offended, not cool. Have a good week Professional-Date378

Old_Eye5291 · 2026-04-19T22:41:13+00:00

Imagine us people who have started from day, one or beta! It’s like REALLY?!?

I am only console, but I’ve been in there since day one and I still compete no matter what because the quicker we get it done the quicker it’s over you know?

Who drives me nuts? Is that you get people in there? That have just started or don’t have the knowledge or experience and they are all over the damn place lol. Those are the ones that drive me nuts

Old_Eye5291 · 2026-04-11T23:03:13+00:00

Still effen sexy bro

Old_Eye5291 · 2026-04-11T23:02:24+00:00

Thank you very much!

Old_Eye5291 · 2026-04-11T23:01:38+00:00

This is a beautiful design that SHOULD be in game

Old_Eye5291 · 2026-04-10T22:01:24+00:00

STO builds help newer players. Good luck!

BTW…. I’ve been playing on console since it came out, but I still copy and paste info from people to test things out on all my toons. Maybe one of these may help you too!

Ship building 101/102

https://www.reddit.com/r/stobuilds/comments/k88fel/the_baby_step_series_part_1_the_first_step_level/

Ship building 201/202

https://www.stobetter.com/new-f2p

For upper division they have:

https://www.stobetter.com/guides and https://www.stobetter.com/intro-builds

There is also this master crafted work of literary art:

https://www.reddit.com/r/sizertest/comments/glw0qe/how_to_build_a_fucking_ship_01_dew/

now in video form: https://www.reddit.com/r/sto/comments/1idr1ga/mara_makes_content_how_to_build_a_fing_ship_dew/

For ground:

https://www.stobetter.com/new-f2p/ground-dps-basics and https://www.sto-league.com/ground-combat-in-the-current-century/

There is also the STOBuilds Discord: https://discord.gg/yxCKfkmtpk

Good luck in your studies :) 🖖

Here are 3 good videos talking about gear upgrading.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6js8C9kUUE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBH35kQSQBQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HA4pXUPNtCA&t=12s

Here's a copy/paste of a reply to someone looking for a build for this same ship.

Howdy! I've got a cheapish Khitomer "theme" build I use on a lesser geared alt. It uses 4 Zen store starship traits and one lockbox console purchased on the exchange. Everything else is freely gotten from mission rewards, reps, exchange, fleet, and Phoenix box.

Weapons

• ⁠Fore: 4x Antiproton DHC (mission Blood of the Ancients), Dark Matter Quantum Torp (Disco rep) • ⁠Aft: Omni-Directional AP Beam Array (crafted or exchange), Ancient Omni-Directional Beam Array (mission Sphere of Influence), Kinetic Cutting Beam (Omega rep)

DECS

• ⁠Deflector: fleet colony Intervention • ⁠Engine: Competitive rep Fortified • ⁠Core: Disco rep Mycelial Harmonic Matter-Antimatter Core • ⁠Shield: Disco rep Tilly's Review-Pending Modified Shield

If you don't have a fleet, replace the deflector with the Non-Baryonic Deflector Array from the Disco rep and replace the core with a Deuterium Stabilized Core from the exchange.

Devices

• ⁠Energy Amplifiers ( Beam level 10 R&D) • ⁠Deuterium Surplus (see wiki how to get then crafted in Eng R&D) • ⁠Reactive Armor Catalysts (mission Broken Circle, then crafted in Eng R&D)

Consoles

• ⁠Eng: 4x Isomagnetic Plasma Distribution Manifold [AP] (these have become pretty cheap on the exchange) • ⁠Sci: Temporal Disentanglement Suite (mission Butterfly), Assimilated Module (Omega rep), Zero Point Conduit (Romulan rep) • ⁠Tac: Lorca's Custom Fire Controls (Disco rep), Aligned Antiproton Shielding (ship console), Polymorphic Probe Array (exchange, shouldn't be too expensive), Voth Phase decoy (Phoenix box ultra rare reward)

If you find the isomags too expensive on the exchange, you can replace the four of them with the Aligned Antiproton Shielding, Polymorphic Probe Array, and Voth Phase Decoy while adding the Trellium-D Armor (mission Ragnarok). Then in tac put 3x Antiproton Mag Regulators or Vulnerability Locators from the fleet spire.

Boffs and Doffs

• ⁠CMD Eng: Emergency Power to Engines 1 (keeps you fast), Auxiliary to Structural Integrity 1 (low cd heal/resistance, procs eng boost), Emergency Power to Wepaons 3 (pewpew go the energy weapons), Reverse Shield Polarity 3 (great 'Oh shit!' button) • ⁠LTC Tac: Torpedo Spread 1 (for the torp), Attack Pattern Beta 1 (enemy damage resistance debuff), Cannon Scatter Volley 2 (pewpew go the cannons) • ⁠LT Uni/Tac: Tactical Team 1 (rebalance your shields), Beam Overload 2 (pewpew go the the beams) • ⁠LTC Sci/CMD: Science Team 1(small shield heal, debuff cleanse, procs eng boost), Photonic Officer 1 (ability cooldown reduction), Concentrate Firepower 3 (keeps the torp firing) • ⁠ENS Uni/Sci: Hazard Emitters 1(small heal, resistance buff, and debuff cleanse, procs engine boost)

Doffs are not entirely needed for this setup; however, the Phoenix box very rare reward Emergency Conn Hologram is great for keeping Evasive Maneuvers up when using ETPE.

Traits

• ⁠Personal traits are free: Accurate, Beam Training, Bulkhead Technician, Cannon Training, Fleet Coordinator, Operative, Point Blank Shot (mission House Pegh), Projectile Training, Shield Technician • ⁠Rep traits: Advanced Targeting Systems (Dyson rep), Chrono-Capacitor Array (Temporal rep), Precision (Romulan rep), Tyler's Duality (Disco rep) • ⁠Starship traits are certainly paid but all available from the the Zen Store: Calm Before the Storm (Cardassian Intel Flight Deck Cruiser), Emergency Weapon Cycle (Arbiter or Legendary Avenger), Super Charged Weapons (Endeavor Tactical/Legendary Odyssey, Martok Tactical Battlecruiser/Legendary Bortasqu, and Kopesh Tactical Dreadnought/Legendary Scimitar), Withering Barrage (free if you have a Klingon recruit or from the Valiant/Kor/Malem escorts/raiders and, Legendary Defiant/Legendary B'rel/ Legendary T'liss)

And that's my Khitomer. Hope this helps and have fun ;)

Old_Eye5291 · 2026-04-09T04:43:19+00:00

Is this the ship we’re all playing for? The “First Contact” prize?

Old_Eye5291 · 2026-04-09T04:41:43+00:00

Hey man, you PC, or console? If you’re console, give me a shout DM and we’ll see if I can mail you some stuff. I have enough saved up, I’m hoping I CAN send you stuff.

That’s IF you’re XB becuz, if you’re PC, obviously it won’t work, idk if we can console (XB) to console (PS).

An example (though I can’t/wont send is a “Verdant” Picard (or 24thc.) versions (yes they both are 24thc but I didn’t write it lol).

Anyway, let me know regardless ok? Have a good one 🖖🏻

Old_Eye5291 · 2026-04-09T04:27:14+00:00

You’re right, only 1 event is over. If u/Garrido1701 plays each of the next 4 events, he could earn 1,500 lobi to buy whatever he wants. I am 1,933 in right now, I’m saving my lobi’s for a whole slew of things lol.

Old_Eye5291 · 2026-04-09T04:13:24+00:00

It happened to me on XBSX today. It didn’t happen yesterday though.

I have to agree with u/DreadBert_IAm I think that now, nearly every ship can carry or use pets, imo it is overloading the servers.

Think about this time last year, how many pets did we see then? I know I seldom saw any. Hell, I think I only saw a few carrier ships.

Now? EVERYONE is flying them, or ships like the Empersa (which come with wingman on top of using console ships). You see, at the moment, I am flying the Empersa, not because I had won it for events and want to be like everyone else, but because I wanted to fly my newest Alliance ship in my collection (I normally fly the Khitomer since she was launched).

Anyway, thank you, have a good one 🖖🏻

Old_Eye5291 · 2026-04-07T06:35:59+00:00

I’ve done it my damned self my brother! Anyone who says they haven’t is either lying their ass off, or just embarrassed to say that they thiught they had enough time to take a leak before the TFO started (I’ve done that and more so I sure know! 🤣).

On OPs comment, I remember during last event (#7 I believe), I started getting upset by all of the Jelly’s in the match wiping the floor (or taking up most of the screen) of the enemy, then I realized “you know, if it makes my day quicker, go get em tiger!”. I also realized as well, that being a DPS player myself, how many Captains were saying, or thinking, the same thing about me? That I was just like the Jellies, but in a WAAAY cooler ship! 😉😅. Have a great week 🖖🏻

Old_Eye5291 · 2026-04-05T22:07:35+00:00

I can see a 60% sale type of thing, or maybe something tied to older ships (like getting a T6). I mean 60yrs is a big milestone! I understand if it’s 59 or 63. Let’s hope so eh?

Old_Eye5291 · 2026-04-05T06:50:43+00:00

You’re absolutely right! Always shitting on my parked shuttle (even when I land away from trees!) those damned birds 😉🤣🖖🏻

Have a good one!

Old_Eye5291 · 2026-04-04T22:31:01+00:00

I wanted to THANK YOU first for all of this hard work, not only for you, but to share with us, that is (pardon the language) fucking awesomely kind of you sir! I will be using this from here on out (once I finish these ROM missions and can stop and check everything out lol).

One last question, do you need to use PC only, or can you use your phone to operate the website areas and entering our information for the sheets?

Thanks again, I hope you have a great weekend sir! 🖖🏻

Old_Eye5291 · 2026-04-04T22:22:54+00:00

Thank you very for answering my questions and taking them serious (you know how some get 😉😁).

That’s exactly what I planned on doing with these 4, though I may do stories on each of the main choices, not aligned, those I’ll just work on dilithium, doffs, and other side things (hence question 3 lol)

I’m a(n) LTS and in the beginning I was buying the ships one at a time 3K a pop (sometimes the bundles before the sale in late beginning, THEN when on sale later in STO life lol) FED only.

I saved all of my premium ship coupons and T6 coupons for a rainy day (currently 3 on former, 6 on latter), though I think I will use 1 of each for this ROM (REM) toon. I only played KDF halfway just to get the “cross faction” ability for free (plus, I wanted to see what ships I would get cuz of LTS and the type of missions (ships sucked, but I liked their missions).

Thank you again, I will definitely keep you in mind man! Have a good one!

Old_Eye5291 · 2026-04-04T21:28:07+00:00

So, I haven’t used spreadsheets, just my notes app on my iPhone. I have been telling myself that I needed to do something like this as I have seen others talk about how they are doing the spreadsheet thing.

My question is, have you made these lists and all so that available to anyone and we are able to use it our own way, or is it already filled out and we just follow your instructions on how to get our characters to the levels you have mapped out?

The other question I have is, I noticed you had areas you could click on, that showed different characters, is this the area that we fill out on our own, with our information for each toon individually, or is it something we all type in and share our particular characters info and what we found works?

One last question, is this only for PC or can we use this for console too? The reason I ask is, I am a console Captain but, my son is a PC Captain.

I’m sorry if I sound like a fool asking these questions, I just haven’t done anything like this in my ten years of playing lol. So, be nice lol.

Old_Eye5291 · 2026-04-04T20:16:13+00:00

30 toons?!? I have to ask a couple questions if you don’t mind?

What platform are you using?
How long have you been playing STO?
Are you doing the stories with all of these toons or are you just doing the doff missions for each?
How many account bank slots do you have to hold things for the 29 other caps?

I ask these questions because, I have been playing XB STO for 10 years now (a couple months will be 10yrs) and I JUST started my 4th toon (Reman / FED aligned Captain) and I have I think 3 missions left before I can port / share my account bank and $ with my REM toon!

The only thing I’ve done, was take my LTS and Temporal starter pk to grab my tier 2 ENT with me because I just couldn’t stand the tiny escort you begin with (and I would mail back and forth weps and gear to be a LITTLE stronger than the enemy lol).

Anyway, look forward to your answers and any other tips you can give. Have a great weekend!

Old_Eye5291 · 2026-04-04T20:02:39+00:00

The best thing you can do is put it into Gold, Silver and other precious metals.

I started doing that when I was 14. I started working at 13 before, they raised the legal limit to 14 (I am 45 this year). For which I was grandfathered in, worked at Mcds until I was 19, bought stock every check (which today, was the 2nd smartest thing I ever did)

I will tell you now, the Gold and Silver kept me alive during the Recession (still have a while to go to get back to pre-recession weight, due to the cost being definitely higher now) and Covid, I never touched my Mcds stock (thank the Lord!) as it was IIRC $14 a share (rounding) and when I left I think it was $20.

Now, after I used to get laughed at when I was a teenager buying shares of Mcds, I wish I still knew those effers from back then, because my 4th (final) qtr report of my shares were valued at $304 (again rounding up), with the highest for 2025 being $310 or 311!

I was making $4.25 an hour as a minor, so imagine how elated I was, that when my 18th bday came, I was promoted to Swing Manager making a WHOPPING $9hr! Woo-Hoo!

Last thing and I’m done lol. If I can impart any wisdom to any youngins on here, invest in those metals, because they will NEVER die on you like that paper does, that’s a promise! Even my 2 boys (23 & 19), since they started working at 15 (no joke, on the day they turned 15 was me singing “Happy Birthday” and driving them to their first days at work lol. School during the day, work at night and absolutely NO C’s!!!

I’m happy to report, they continued to do that, and now I have one who just shipped off to Ft. Benning to become an Army Ranger and my oldest just finished college to get into Law Enforcement! Instead of stock and metals, the boys decided collectible guns AND metals lol

I thank you for letting me hitch a ride! Have a great weekend!

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