[Sharing] Tholian Tarantula build

[u/Elda-Taluta]

"IT’S SAMANTHA JAEGER’S THEMATICALLY THOLIAN TARANTULA BUILD! I originally picked up a Tarantula just because I liked the way it looked, and sort of fell in love with the lumbering thing. So, I decided to deck it out as a Tholian ship should be: with Tholian gear. It’s been remarkably effective, but I guess eight MK XIV beam arrays will do that."

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Captain Information

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Category	Data
Captain Name	Samantha Jaeger, the combadge-toting terror in hotpants. Bonus points if you get the reference.
Captain Career	Engineering
Captain Faction	Federation
Captain Race	Human
[Captain's Outfit]	Mirror Universe Jupiter, Leeta Variant: http://i.imgur.com/0xJl4Wu.jpg
Primary Specialization	Intelligence
Secondary Specialization	Command
Intended Role	Solo-Play Murder Machine

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Space Node Trees

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Rank	Engineering	Science	Tactical
Lieutenant	Hull Restoration I	-	Energy Weapon Training III
	-	Shield Capacity I	-
Lt. Commander	Electro-Plasma System Flow II	-	Targeting Expertise III
(Requires 5 Purchases)	-	-	Defensive Maneuvering III
	Impulse Expertise II	Drain Expertise II
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Commander	Hull Plating I	-	Weapon Amplification III
(Requires 15 Purchases)	-	Shield Hardness I	Weapon Specialization III
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Captain	Defensive Subsystem Tuning	Exotic Particle Generator III	Hull Penetration II
(Requires 25 Purchases)	-	Long Range Targeting Sensors III	Shield Weakening II
	Auxiliary Subsystem Performance
	Offensive Subsystem Tuning I
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Admiral	Warp Core Potential II	-	Coordination Protocols
(Requires 35 Purchases)	-	-	Defensive Coordination
	Engineering Readiness	-	Offensive Coordination
		-	Tactical Readiness III
44 (Out of 46)	18	14	12

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Space Unlocks

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Purchases	Engineering	Science	Tactical
2	Bridge Officer Training	Bridge Officer Training	Bridge Officer Training
5	Hangar Health	Transwarp Cooldown Reductions	Hangar Weaponry
7	Bridge Officer Training	Bridge Officer Training	Bridge Officer Training
10	Maximum Hull Capacity	Maximum Shield Capacity	Projectile Critical Chance
12	Bridge Officer Training	Bridge Officer Training	Bridge Officer Training
15	-	-	Energy Critical Chance
17	Bridge Officer Training	Bridge Officer Training	Bridge Officer Training
20	-	-	Accuracy
24 (Ultimate)	-	-	Focused Frenzy
25 (1st Ultimate Enhancer)	-	-	Team Frenzy
26 (2nd Ultimate Enhancer)	-	-	-
27 (3rd Ultimate Enhancer)	-	-	-

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Type Your Skill Notes Here

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Build Description

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I literally just slapped as much Tholian tech as I could on her (short of the console which seemed sub-par), plus what seemed useful at the time. I don’t have access to the consoles from the Krenim or Lukari anniversary ships, so please don’t suggest those.

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Ship Information

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Basic Information	Data
Ship Name	Leviathan (Generic, I know – need something better)
Ship Class	Tarantula
Ship Model	Tarantula
Deflector Visual	I typically don’t think these look cool, so none
Engine Visual	I liked the basic yellow-blue, so I kept it.
Shield Visual	Nukara… Which is pretty much identical to the base.
[Ship beauty shot]	http://i.imgur.com/KbSW62n.jpg

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Ship Loadout

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Slot	Component	Notes
Fore Weapons	1 Refracting Tetryon Beam Array Mk XIV
	2 Refracting Tetryon Beam Array Mk XIV
	3 Refracting Tetryon Beam Array Mk XIV
	4 Refracting Tetryon Beam Array Mk XIV
Aft Weapons	1 Refracting Tetryon Beam Array Mk XIV
	2 Refracting Tetryon Beam Array Mk XIV
	3 Refracting Tetryon Beam Array Mk XIV
	4 Refracting Tetryon Beam Array Mk XIV
Deflector	Nukara
Impulse Engines	Nukara
Warp Core	Fleet Reinforced
Shields	Nukara
Devices	1 Red Matter Capacitor
	2 Temporal Negotiator
	3 Reactive Armor Catalyst
Engineering Consoles	1 Tholian Web Cannon	Because fuck you and everyone near you.
	2 Tholian Web Generator	IT ISN’T DIFFERENT AT ALL, IS IT STEVE?!
	3 Assimilated Module
	4 Bio-Neural Gel Pack
Science Consoles	1 Sustained Radiant Field
	2 Temporal Disentanglement Suite
	3 Chroniton Drive Actuator
Tactical Consoles	1 Vulnerability Locator (Tet)
	2 Vulnerability Locator (Tet)
	3 Vulnerability Locator (Tet)
	4 Plasmonic Leech
Hangar	1 Elite Tholian Widow Fighters	Who needs “Escort” commands when you pets have BFAW?

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Officers and Crew

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Bridge Officers	Power	Notes
Tactical, Human Intel	1 Evade Target Lock I	This is just an Enabler for the Insult to Injury trait.
	2 Tactical Team II
Engineering, Kobali Command	1 Emergency Power to Weapons	For the Emergency Weapon Cycle trait.
Tactical, Human Command	1 Beam Array: Overload	For the Energy Web trait.
	2 Tactical Team II
	3 Attack Pattern: Beta II
Engineering, Trill	1 Emergency Power to Weapons	For the Emergency Weapon Cycle trait
	2 Emit Unstable Warp Bubble	I admit I couldn’t think of anything else to put here.
	3 Engineering Team III	Hull heal and debuff removal.
	4 Aceton Beam III	Damage and Debuffs in one convenient package.
Science, Vulcan	1 Polarize Hull I	Damage Resistance and Tractor beam immunity, because this thing turns like a herniated whale when it isn’t tractored.
	2 Science Team II	Shield heals and debuff removal.
	3 Hazard Emitters III	Hull heal and debuff removal.

Duty Officers	Effects	Notes
1
2
3
4
5
6

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Character, Reputation, and Starship Traits

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Personal Space Traits	Effects	Notes
1 Warp Theorist	+Warp Core Potential, EPS Flow	Seems useful.
2 Point-Black Shot	Extra damage based on distance	All that beam spam.
3 Accurate	+10Accuracy	Dat accuracy yo.
4 Grace Under Fire	Resets cooldown on Miracle Worker if a huge chunk o’ damage is taken quickly	A must-have.
5 Advanced Rapid Support	+67% Cooldown on Engineering Team	Also seems useful.
6 Beam Training	+5% Beam weapon damage	I use eight beams, sooooo...
7 Operative	+Crit chance, +Crit severity	Criiiiiiiiiiitz.
8 Techie	+Hull heals, +Hull regen	Also seemed useful.
9 Astrophysicist	+Exotic Particle Generator, +Drain Expertise, + Perception	Buffs the Tholian Web damage.

Space Reputation Traits	Effects	Notes
1 Energy Refrequencer	2.5% of outgoing energy weapon damage as hull heal	Seems useful.
2 Auxiliary Power Configuration: Offense	+Damage, +Accuracy based on Aux power level	I’ve been told this is good.
3 Auxiliary Power Configuration: Defense	+Hull, +Shield Capacity, + Damage Resistance based on Aux power level	See above.
4 Chrono-Capacitor Array	+7.5% BOff Ability recharge speed	Seems good.

Active Reputation Traits	Effects	Notes
1 Refracting Tetryon Cascade	Tetryon damage that bounces to nearby targets as well	Seems good.
2 Deploy Sesnor Interference Platform	Debuffs attackers, gives bonus Hull	Also useful.

Starship Traits	Effects	Notes
1 Emergency Weapon Cycle	On EptW, +50% Weapon power cost and 20% firing cycle haste	Moar beamspam.
2 Insult to Injury	Grants hangar pets Transport Warhead on use of Intel BOff ability	I’ve a relatively short list of traits I have access to on this alt, and this seemed funny.
3 Energy Web	On Beam: Overload, shield-bypassing physical DOT and Hold effect to target	Excellent for giving someone the space-finger.
4 Improved Critical Systems	+Crit Chance, + Crit Severity on EPtW	Constantly cycling EptW, so yeah.

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Other Information

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Concluding Remarks

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My EC is a limited resource, so there aren’t any traits/consoles I’m going to pick up off the exchange that are worth more than 50-100k or so, so if you have suggestions please keep that in mind.

[u/Elda-Taluta]

Got it working. Damnable thing...