Season 8's a'comin

Ok, I'm definitely getting some Stargate Universe flashbacks and this new carrier reminds me of an Ori ship. It's bridge reminds me of the Engineer ship in Prometheus. I can see some real potential for the 2 universal consoles on my Wells. Can't wait till it launches!

Obelisk Carrier


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This strange and powerful ship is from an ancient culture that has had limited contact with the Alpha Quadrant. Although the ship is not Elachi in design, it shares enough similarities with their technology to have a common origin.

Design Notes

The Obelisk Carrier is among the largest playable starships in Star Trek Online. It is an engineering-centric carrier with very high hull strength and an abundant amount of seating for engineering bridge officers and engineering consoles. This hulking carrier comes equipped with Obelisk Swarmer hangar pets in its two hangar bays.


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This ship can be earned by completing the “Sphere of Influence” feature episode before server maintenance starts on December 5, 2013. After this time, members of Fleets who have completed Tier 1 of the main track of the Fleet Spire Outpost will gain access to purchase the Obelisk Carrier.

Ship Details

Required Rank: 40: Rear Admiral, Lower Half (Fed); Brigadier General (KDF); Subadmiral I (Rom)
Faction: All
Availability: Featured Episode Reward (Limited-time); Tier 1 Fleet Spire Outpost
Hull Strength: 43,500
Shield Modifier: 1
Crew: 3,000
Weapons: 3 Fore; 3 Aft
Device Slots: 4
Base Turn Rate: 5 degrees per second
Impulse Modifier: .15
Inertia Rating: 20
Bridge Officer Stations: 1 Lieutenant Tactical, 1 Lieutenant Engineering, 1 Commander Engineering, 1 Lieutenant Commander Science, 1 Ensign Universal
Console Modifications: 2 Tactical, 4 Engineering, 3 Science
+10 Power to Shields
+10 Power to Auxiliary
Can Equip Dual Cannons
Hangar Bays: 2
2 Obelisk Swarmer Hangar Pets
Subsystem Targeting


Advanced Obelisk Carrier


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This starship will be available for purchase from the Lobi store for 800 Lobi Crystals. It receives a +10% bonus to its shields modifier and hull strength, an additional Engineering console modification, and has its Lieutenant Engineering bridge officer seat upgraded to a Lieutenant Universal bridge officer station. In addition, the Advanced Obelisk Carrier comes equipped with the Reactive Anti-Proton Cascade Emitter universal console.

Ship Details

Required Rank: 40: Rear Admiral, Lower Half (Fed); Brigadier General (KDF); Subadmiral I (Rom)
Faction: All
Availability: Lobi Crystal Store
Hull Strength: 47,850
Shield Modifier: 1.1
Crew: 3,000
Weapons: 3 Fore; 3 Aft
Device Slots: 4
Base Turn Rate: 5 degrees per second
Impulse Modifier: .15
Inertia Rating: 20
Bridge Officer Stations: 1 Lieutenant Tactical, 1 Commander Engineering, 1 Lieutenant Commander Science, 1 Ensign Universal, 1 Lieutenant Universal
Console Modifications: 2 Tactical, 5 Engineering, 3 Science
+10 Power to Shields
+10 Power to Auxiliary
Can Equip Dual Cannons
Hangar Bays: 2
2 Obelisk Swarmer Hangar Pets
Subsystem Targeting
Console – Universal – Reactive Antiproton Cascade Emitter


Obelisk Swarmers


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The Advanced Obelisk Carrier comes standard with 2 hangar bays of Obelisk Swarmers. Obelisk Swarmers are armed with Focused Antiproton Arrays, Antiproton Defense Arrays, Transphasic Torpedoes and can use Beam Array Overload. Antiproton Defense Arrays fire a beam every few seconds at the nearest enemy target. More Advanced Obelisk Swarmers are capable of firing this special beam array more often. While this weapon deals lower damage than a standard beam array, it has a significantly higher chance of hitting its target. These Obelisk Swarmers may only be used on the Obelisk Carrier and Advanced Obelisk Carrier.

Obelisk Swarmers are small, unmanned drones that quickly close with their target and harass them with powerful antiproton beam attacks and transphasic torpedoes at very close range. They can deal a tremendous amount of damage very quickly, but are highly vulnerable to area of effect attacks.

Swarmers have been sighted throughout the far reaches of the galaxy, most recently in the Gamma Quadrant.

Both versions of the Obelisk come equipped with standard Obelisk Swarmers. Advanced and Elite versions of these fighters, which can be equipped on any ship with a hangar bay, can be purchased by advancing your Spire Fleet Holding.



Ancient Obelisk Technology Item Set


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This special item set has three pieces: the Reactive Antiproton Cascade Emitter universal console, the Omni-Directional Antiproton Beam Array and the Obelisk Subspace Rift Warp Core. The console is standard on the Advanced Obelisk Carrier and the beam array and warp core are rewards for completing Sphere of Influence.

The console can only be equipped on the Obelisk Carrier and the Advanced Obelisk Carrier. The beam array can be equipped on any starship, and the warp core can be equipped on any starship with a matter/antimatter warp core.

Reactive Antiproton Cascade Emitter Console

The Advanced Obelisk Carrier comes standard with a Reactive Antiproton Cascade Emitter universal console. This console has two functions. When activated, it overrides the sensors of your target (and enemies near your target), forcing them to target your ship for a short period of time (only applicable in PvE). During this time, your ship gains a large damage resistance and shield hardening increase and after a short time you will counter enemy energy attacks with a potent defensive system that fires bursts of Antiproton energy at attacking vessels.
This console may only be equipped on the Obelisk Carrier and the Advanced Obelisk Carrier and comes standard on the Advanced Obelisk Carrier.
Omni-Directional Antiproton Beam Array

The Omni-Directional Antiproton Beam Array offers a 360-degree firing arc, in addition to being able to utilize the standard functions of Antiproton Beam Array weapons.
This space weapon may be equipped on any starship and is a reward for completing the Sphere of Influence featured episode.
Obelisk Subspace Rift Warp Core

The Obelisk Subspace Rift Warp Core is a type of advanced Warp Core initially discovered on the Obelisk Carrier. It has potent Slipstream technology, creating and utilizing rifts in subspace for rapid travel with a higher degree of maneuverability than standard Slipstream drives can offer. In addition, it significantly boosts your ship's maximum Auxiliary power output.
This level-less warp core is compatible with any starship that can equip a matter/antimatter warp core and is a reward for completing the Sphere of Influence featured episode.
Set Bonuses:

2-piece set bonus: Focused Antiproton Emitters
A starship that has two pieces of the Ancient Obelisk Technology Set equipped gains a 10 percent bonus to Antiproton damage.
3-piece set bonus: Enhanced Carrier Synergy
Activating any Emergency Power ability while having all three set pieces equipped causes your hangar pets to activate a weaker version of the same power.


NOTE: The above stats for both ships and items are subject to change.



Unique Bridge


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The Obelisk Carrier and Advanced Obelisk Carrier are equipped with a unique bridge. While visiting your bridge, you will also be able to access your Account Shared Bank, move into a Small Craft, and contact different ship departments for Duty Officer Assignments.



We hope you enjoy these extraordinary carriers and look forward to seeing you flying one in-game!

Phil "Gorngonzolla" Zeleski
Systems Designer
Star Trek Online

has anybody worked out why we're able to get 6 of yhe advanced swarmers yet? it seems very strange that they would allow this without a reason. they are character bound and only useable in the obelisk carrier...

I would love to have that carrier, but I'm never giving PWE any of my real world currency.

Also not to put too fine a point on it but you expect them to make the game host it for you and continue to update it but you never have any intent for paying for the service and seem upset at the concept of it.
By not paying you arent supporting PWE but your also not supporting STO and not supporting cryptic in making it better. Personally i think its a really terrible attitude to take with a game that we play a damm lot of and enjoy greatly.

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Also not to put too fine a point on it but you expect them to make the game host it for you and continue to update it but you never have any intent for paying for the service and seem upset at the concept of it.

Although I see your point, I do look at it the opposite way round. Players expect Cryptic (PWE or whatever) to make a game, host the server and continue to update it without paying because that's how it's sold to the player base at large.

You can't advertise your game as being entirely free-to-play and then say somebody has a terrible attitude for choosing not to pay.

A lot of people like STO, will play STO, and enjoy their time with STO but won't support PWE because of what it seems are money-driven design choices forced on Cryptic and the player base. You can't support STO and/or Cryptic without supporting PWE and thus you have no choice but to keep your wallet firmly closed.

Everyone should be able to make that choice because that's how the game is advertised.

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I just watched Brandon live stream some Season 8 content and I've got to say I'm kinda looking forward to the 20 man ground map. Capture and hold PvE looks like it could be a lot of fun.

The revamped reputation system seems much easier too.

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I would love to have that carrier, but I'm never giving PWE any of my real world currency.

The non lobi ship is a free ship.

Figured that out last night when I went to play the mission and felt dumb. :p

*** WARNING SPOILERS ***

Video Preview of Community Manager Brandon "BranFlakes" Felczer's Season 8 livestream

http://www.twitch.tv/perfectworld_community/b/475601587

Client has started patching 2.4 GBs...so maybe this week??? :laugh:

Found these here hangar pets, look like they will be used for one of them fancy Voth ships.

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Client has started patching 2.4 GBs...so maybe this week??? :laugh:

My client (at the office) just started patching 5.5 gigs >.

Next Tuesday I believe. I think Brandon said it was being released on the 12th.

New update on the Spire's tactical consoles!!

http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showpost.php?p=13281931&postcount=50

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New update on the Spire's tactical consoles!!

http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showpost.php?p=13281931&postcount=50

Knew this had to be in the works. The consoles were worse than useless in their previous config.
So now just to wait for a weapons power modifier above 125.

Revamped interiors, anyone?


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Lobi/C-store/lockbox, probably.

The bridge is pretty, but is still infeasibly, impractically and stupidly large.

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Nearly the entire Next Gen bridge set could fit inside of that oval in the centre. Literally the entire TOS bridge set could fit inside of that oval.

All ingame bridges are purposefully bigger than they would be or they would be serious camera issues when on them.
Also it is a free update if you had read the article :P

I didn't read the article, I saw no link to one with the pictures.

But I don't buy the camera issue nonsense they've been spouting. If it did, then every area would be that big. There are plenty of mission environments tighter than that where I experience 0 (zero) camera problems. An example is the temporal ambassador mission where I just loved to fill up those little utility rooms with balloons. I've never had a problem with my camera, there, and I've done the mission at least once per toon (and I have a lot of toons).
I also never had camera problems inside the little huts on the new Risa.

In short the propaganda they spread about camera issues are hokum. It may be a cheap lie, but that doesn't mean you have to buy it.

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Another example showing the filthiness of their lie are the ready rooms. They, too are ridiculously large for a ready room, but far smaller than any bridge. They are also smaller than the TNG bridge set. No camera problems in there.

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Still another example is the Romulan bridge environment. FAR smaller than the Starfleet bridges, closer to the size of the TNG bridge set, possibly smaller (haven't visited my Rommie bridge in a while).

Whilst everyone is wanting better interiors for their Fed ships my Romulan ships need their functionality fixed on their interiors. There are 0 places to put up either wall OR floor trophies and I wish I'd known that befor going to thie effort of getting the 'Piles of Latinum' floor trophy ;( Romulan shi interiors are amongst some of the best in game and are yet functionally incomplete. Like you can't even talk to the Chef in the galley to do doff missions etc.

I love that the Romulan, erm... galley? Pub? Looks so much like ten forward from the USS Enterprise.

With the time crunch on when this is set to launch (T - 17hours + Patch) I figured I would steal this one away from Jacien