Ship Type: Science

Overview: These ships specialise in exotic abilities, generating gravitic anomalies and bathing hapless foes in destructive radiation – if you love unconventional tactics, science ships may be your thing. Characteristics: These ships generally have strong shields but a weak hull, so shield bypassing exotic damage will probably be both your weakness and your strength. They also possess medium manoeuvrability, and you’ll find your survivability increasing if you quickly move out of hazards and crossfires. Science ships only have six weapon slots, making them the least heavily armed ship class. As such, relying on energy weapon volleys can be a poor … Continue reading Ship Type: Science

Guide: Exotic Damage

Overview: Unconventional use of the deflector coupled with showy phenomena characterise those who focus on exotic damage in combat – if that sounds like fun, read on to learn about the varying ways you can twist space-time… Exotic Particles: All damaging science and engineering bridge officer powers fall into this category, as do many console, set and trait powers – and probably most important of all, radiation damage from the secondary deflector of a science ship. Simply put, this magnifies the amount of exotic damage you deal, and thus is the core of most dedicated science builds. This stat is … Continue reading Guide: Exotic Damage