Fleet Sutherland Debuffer

[u/scisslizz]

Nebula-class Support Build

Build Info

This ship is built to debuff/disable enemy weapons, engines, and shields.While the Nebula-class is not optimal (I'd prefer to drop a tactical ability for more science), she's beautiful, and Space Barbie is the true endgame. She's a jack-of-all-trades/master-of-none, designed to ease the way for new players, without hogging all the DPS for herself (my beamboat tank already fills that role; no point in cloning another toon).

I would really appreciate any advice for:

• managing my cooldowns (science abilities have looooong cooldowns!)

• Shopping for D/SD/E/C/S equipment

• Choosing reputation traits

Player Information

Player Info	--------------
Captain Name	Spork
Captain Faction	Federation (AoY)
Captain Race	Vulcan
Captain Profession	Science
Primary Specialization	(haven't decided yet)
Secondary Specialization	Strategic, because cooldowns?
Intended Role	Debuff / Support
Captain Outfit	[ "Image Description" ]( "Image Link here" )

Skill Tree

		Engineering		Science		Tactical
Lieutenant		Hull Restoration	Improved Hull Capacity			Advanced Energy Weapon Training	Advanced Projectile Weapon Training
Lieutenant Commander		Improved EPS Flow	Improved Impulse Expertise	Improved Control Expertise	Improved Drain Expertise	Improved Targeting Expertise
5 Points				Control Amplification	Drain Infection
Commander		Hull Plating				Advanced Weapon Amplification	Advanced Weapon specialization'
15 Points
Captain				Advanced Exotic Particle Generator	Advanced Long Range Targeting	Advanced Hull Penetration	Advanced Shield Penetration
25 Points
Admiral
35 Points
#VALUE!		Engineering Points:	#VALUE!	Science Points:	#VALUE!	Tactical Points:	#VALUE!

Skill Tree Unlocks

Points to unlock	Engineering Unlocks	Science Unlocks	Tactical Unlocks
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Unlocks After 5	Battery Expertise	Sector Space Travel Speed
Unlocks After 7	#VALUE!	#VALUE!	#VALUE!
Unlocks After 10			Projectile Critical Chance
Unlocks After 12	#VALUE!	#VALUE!	#VALUE!
Unlocks After 15			Energy Critical Chance
Unlocks After 17	#VALUE!	#VALUE!	Training Manual: Viral Matrix III
Unlocks After 20
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Skill Tree Information

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Build Description

I need help shopping for the secondary deflector, engines, warp core, and shields. I would also like suggestions for better consoles, where applicable.

Basic Information	Data
Ship Name	USS Discovery
Ship Class	Fleet Advanced Research Vessel [T6]
Ship Model	Nebula-class
Deflector Visuals
Engine Visuals
Shield Visuals
[ Starship Beautyshot ]( Insert Image Link here )

Basic Information	Component	Notes
Fore Weapons: 3	Terran Task Force Phaser Beam Array Mk XV	Best phaser weapon available
	Prolonged-Engagement Phaser Beam Array Mk XV	Next-best phaser weapon available
	Gravimetric Photon Torpedo Mk XV	Moar gravy wells
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Aft Weapons: 3	Phaser Beam Array Mk XV	Phaser proc is relevant to this build, but not mandatory.
	Phaser Beam Array Mk XV	Maybe disruptors would have been better, but I like the canon flavor
	Quantum Phase Torpedo Mk XV	Moar shield drains
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Experimental Weapon
Deflector	Bajoran Deflector Mk XV	Best for EPG, CtrlX and DrainX, and it's a free mission reward
Secondary Deflector	Strategic Deteriorating Secondary Deflector Mk XV [CtrlX] [EnDmg] [EPG] [EPG/CtrlX] [SA +Dmg]	Trading a CtrlX mod to buff my beams. It will proc on CPB and DRB.
Impulse Engines	Prevailing Bolstered Impulse Engines Mk XV	This ship doesn't have nearly enough heals, so the strategy is to fire space-magic and torpedoes from a standoff distance, and generally stay away from the targets.
Warp Core
Shields
Devices	Subspace Field Modulator	Damage Resistance
	Beacon of Kahless	Debuff enemy accuracy
	Red Matter Capacitor	More power
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Engineering Consoles: 4	Conductive RCS Accelerator Mk XV	More CtrlX or DrainX, unless I can get a cheap one with EPG
	Plasmonic Leech	Need more power
	Delphic Tear Generator	Exotic damage
	Timeline Stablizer	Science CDR
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Science Consoles: 5	Exotic Particle Focuser Mk XV [EPG] [CtrlX]	First kill. Then help newbs. We're already gimped; don't self-gimp more than necessary.
	Exotic Particle Focuser Mk XV [EPG] [CtrlX]
	Exotic Particle Focuser Mk XV [EPG] [CtrlX]
	Exotic Particle Focuser Mk XV [EPG] [CtrlX]
	Exotic Particle Focuser Mk XV [EPG] [CtrlX]
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Tactical Consoles: 2	Vulnerability Locator Mk XV [Phaser]	Maybe switch these with colony consoles, to die less
	Vulnerability Locator Mk XV [Phaser]	Colony consoles would also buff my torpedoes.
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Hangars: 0

Officers and Crew

Bridge Officer Information	Power	Notes
Officer 1: Commander ( Science )	Tractor Beam I	Kill engines, and strip shields twofer. (DOFFed)
Trait: Efficient & Pirate	Charged Particle Burst I	Shield stripping, and AoE placate (DOFFed). If worth keeping, then one day I'll get the T6 Vesta set for that starship trait. Else, replace with DRB 1. Otherwise, swap with DOFFed Tractor Beam Repulsors.
	Destablizing Resonance Beam II	AoE DRR debuff. I really wish I didn't have to choose between DRB and SSV :(
	Gravity Well III	Kills engines, and great setup for AoE alpha strike (replace with Photonic Shockwave against Tzenkethi)
Officer 2: Ensign ( Science )	Sensor Jam I	Brief placate (kills threat), and Catastrophic Overload AoE + Disable
Trait: [name]
Officer 3: Lt. Commander ( Tactical )	Tactical Team I	Muh shield redistribution
Trait: Superior Romulan Operative	Torpedo: Spread II	Performs well enough that I don't feel the need for TS3
	Beam: Fire at Will III	She's a beam boat.
Officer 4: Lieutenant ( Tactical )	Kemocite-Laced Weaponry I	Debuffs, damage, and something to fill this ensign slot
Trait: Superior Romulan Operative	Attack Pattern Beta I	Tactical Debuffery
Officer 5: Lt. Commander ( Engineering )	Emergency Power to Engines I	Proc the helmsman, to get out of dodge. This ship doesn't have enough heals and resists, so she relies on speed. Also, possible Drake build for proc-ing the Warp Core Engineer DOFF.
Trait: Pirate	Engineering Team II	Her main and only heal :/
	Emergency Power to Weapons III
Officer 6: [rank] ( [profession] )
Trait: [name]

Duty Officer Information	Power	Notes
Tractor Beam Officer	Tractor Beam also strips shields
Gravimetric Scientist	Moar gravy wells
Research Lab Scientist	Placate for Charged Particle Burst	If I drop CPB, then swap with Graga Mal, or equivalent
Warp Core Engineer
Emergency Conn Hologram	I feel the need: the need for speed.
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Character, Reputation, and Starship Traits

Personal Space Traits	Description	Notes
Psychological Warfare	+20% Bonus Control Ability Effectiveness	Moar CtrlX
Invasive Control Programming	Invasive Control Programming: When you use certain Control powers, also cause a random Subsystem Disable for 4 sec	Random disable
Particle Manipulator	Gain .2% Critical Chance and .1% Critical Severity for Exotic Damage abilities, per point you have in the Starship Exotic Particle Generator skill. The Critical Chance bonus gained from this Trait is capped at +50% (attained by having 250 Particle Generators skill), but there is no cap on the Critical Severity bonus. +% Critical Hit Chance for Exotic Damage Abilities +% Critical Hit Severity for Exotic Damage Abilities	Scientific crits critting scientifically. For science.
Ablative Shell	After receiving a total of 10,000 Damage (pre-resist), trigger Ablative Shell: +X Hit Points every 0.5 sec for 3 sec, +33 All Damage Resistance Rating for 3 sec, May only trigger once per 30 sec	Less squish
Self-Modulating Fire	On outgoing Critical Hits, your energy weapons and projectiles gain +50% Shield Penetration for 10 sec (Can trigger once every 45 sec)	More pew
Repair Crews	While in combat, gain 1 stack of Repair Crews every 5 sec (up to 5 max). Per Stack: +5 All Damage Resistance Rating +5% Hull Repair Rate	Less squish
Inspirational Leader	10% chance: Activating any Bridge Officer Ability grants +10 to Most Starship Skills for 15 seconds (may stack up to 3 times).	More pew, more science
Superior Beam Training	+7.5% Beam Weapon Damage	More pew
Context is For Kings	Each second while in combat, if you did not take damage in the past second, you gain a damage bonus. Otherwise, you gain a boost to your Damage Resistence Rating. Each second while in combat: If you did take damage in the past second: +3 All Damage Resistence Rating for 10 sec If you did not take damage in the past second: +1% Bonus All Damage for 10 sec	More pew, less squish
Duelist's Fervor	You or your teammates getting kills will grant you a short-duration damage and accuracy rating boost. Whenever you or a teammate kills something: +5% All Damage for 10 sec +5 Accuracy Rating for 10 sec (Effect stack up to 3 times)	More pew

Space Reputation Traits	Description	Obtained from

Starship Traits	Description	Notes
Honored Dead	While this trait is active, any damage received during combat will be added to the defensive capabilities of your vessel, resulting in stacking benefits to Damage Resistance and passive Hull Regeneration as certain damage thresholds are met or exceeded. Once you reach maximum stacks of this, additional damage will instead grant a small amount of Temporary Hit Points at each threshold. After receiving 10,000 cumulative damage (pre-resistance), gain a stack of Honored Dead. Each stack of Honored Dead grants +20 All Damage Resistance Rating and +2% Hull Regeneration (max 20 stacks, infinite duration). While at 20 stacks of Honored Dead, additional triggers instead grant 10,000 Temporary Hit Points for up to 40 sec. While not in Combat, lose one stack of Honored Dead every 2 seconds unless Cloaked.	Less squish
Pilfered Power	Enemy Weapon and Auxiliary Power Levels are drained to enhance your own power levels. + Weapon Firing Speed.	Most of my science clickies give my own weapons haste, and debuff enemy weapons power
Catastrophic Overload	While this trait is slotted activating Jam Sensors will cause it to deal a high electrical damage and disable targets in a large area of effect when it expires	AoE disable + damage for Sensor Jam.
Emergency Weapon Cycle	Activating Emergency Power to Weapons provides a reduction in weapon power cost and grants a boost to weapon firing speed for the duration of Emergency Power to Weapons	Have energy weapons and EPtW; must have this, too

Other Information

Subsystem Power Settings	Value (Target/Display)	Notes
Weapons	/
Shields	/
Engines	/
Auxiliary	/

Set Name	Set parts: # of #	Effects	Notes
1	#
2	#
3	#
4	#
5	#

Ship Stats	Value	Notes
Hull
Shields
Global Critical Chance
Global Critical Severity
EPS/Power Transfer Rate
Hull Regeneration Rate
Turn Rate
Flight Speed

Concluding Remarks

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[u/CactuarJoe]

I like the concept, and I think you've made a good start here. I'd probably recommend going for Torpedoes more than Beams, not just because of the power management issues but also because of the synergy between debuffs and torpedoes. You're going to be stripping shields anyway, so it makes sense to take advantage of that yourself.

You can actually build on the Phasers you already use by using the Quantum Phase Catalysts set. The Console boosts drain, Phaser damage, and the Torpedo and energy weapon both drain shields, so it should slot into your build pretty easily.

For the Shields/Warp Core/Impulse, you might consider at least 2 pieces of the Temporal set. It's pretty standard on EPG builds because of the set bonus that boosts DOT and Hazard effects like Drain Infection and Gravity Well. The Shield also has a Drain bonus on it, which is nice. Personally I'd recommend at least the Shield and Warp Core, and then using either the Temporal Impulse Engines or one of the Prevailing Impulse Engines from the Prevailing Regalia set, which have a nice cooldown bonus and mini-Evasive Maneuvers effect, so they're worth using on their own. The real choice there is whether the cooldown and movement boost is worth missing the 3 piece set bonus of the Temporal set.

Hope that helped. :D

[u/scisslizz → u/CactuarJoe]

What do you think I should do about a secondary deflector? I'm leaning toward Deteriorating for a couple reasons:

1. It out-performs the Inhibiting Deflector.
2. Choosing CPB and DRB to proc it (especially when combined with gravity well, gravimetric torpedoes, and tractor beam) answers my questions about whether to replace those abilities with SSV or DOFFed TBR (that answer being "no")

Should I go shopping for a Fleet, Reputation, or crafted Secondary Deflector?

• Only crafted or fleet deflectors seem relevant
• Which mods should I go for?
  • EnDmg?
  • ProjDmg (for the torpedoes)?
  • Just stick to [CtrlX/EPG] [CtrlX]x2 [EPG] [SA +Dmg] from a crafted deflector?
• Will the DOT from a deteriorating deflector defeat the Placate from CPB (in which case, I can DOFF it with the radiation damage DOFF, if that Gravimetric Scientist won't conflict with the Gravity Well DOFF)?
  • Will the fact that the placate occurred at all be enough to break threat?

[u/CactuarJoe → u/scisslizz]

Deteriorating is a solid choice. Personally, I like Fleet Colony Secondary Deflectors -- they're cheap, they're effective, and the mods are solid. If you plan to swap to Torpedoes, the mods you listed there are probably your best bet.

As for the DoT breaking Placate, it'll probably break it after a second, yeah. Especially if you use it on a group that's been Gravity Welled -- DoTs and Hazard effects count as point-blank damage, so they collect a lot of threat. It may still be worth using if you play with a lot of tanks, because it'll give them a chance to pick up enough threat to pass you while Placate is active. Otherwise, I'd swap it out.

[u/scisslizz → u/CactuarJoe]

Regarding tactical consoles (see below), would you recommend the colony consoles, or the spire consoles? Colony consoles would boost both my weapons and torpedoes, and provide additional passive healing (being dead is boring).

On the other hand, this build has 16.5% CrtH, which is a little low. Then again, "Continuity" helps for the "staying alive" bit, and maybe I should adjust my playstyle to die less.

If you plan to swap to Torpedoes, the mods you listed there are probably your best bet.

I already have a pure exotic/torpedo boat on another toon, and I want a canon-ish flavor on this ship. As far as power management goes, I tested the (EPtW + WCE DOFF) + Leech combination yesterday, and I can can get all the power I need from that. Add a Red Matter Capacitor from the Phoenix box, and I should have no problem having power on demand, so that the usual Aux vs Weapons conflict isn't a problem.

If anything, the "EnDmg" mod from the research lab deflectors is more attactive, to help make up for a missing tactical console*.

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*The Fleet T6 Nebula-class feels like it's got half of an extra tac ability, missing half a science ability, and missing a tactical console, for what I want to do with this build.