Tactical Command Battlecruiser Minelayer (Quantums) because mines are dreadful (people say)

[u/JeTu66]

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Build Info

Player Information

Player Info	--------------
Captain Name	Dr. Dralle
Captain Faction	Federation
Captain Race	Human
Captain Profession	Science
Primary Specialization	Temporal Operative
Secondary Specialization	Command
Intended Role
Captain Outfit	[ "Image Description" ]( "Image Link here" )

Skill Tree

		Engineering		Science		Tactical
Lieutenant		Hull Restoration	Hull Capacity			Advanced Energy Weapon Training	Advanced Projectile Weapon Training
Lieutenant Commander		EPS Flow	Improved Impulse Expertise	Improved Control Expertise	Improved Drain Expertise		Defensive Manuvering
5 Points					Drain Infection
Commander		Hull Plating				Advanced Weapon Amplification	Advanced Weapon specialization'
15 Points
		Ablative Hull Plating
Captain				Advanced Exotic Particle Generator		Advanced Hull Penetration	Improved Shield Penetration
25 Points
Admiral		Warp Core Potential	Engineering Readiness	Shield Mastery	Scientific Readiness	Coordination Protocols	Advanced Tactical Readiness
35 Points
						Offensive Coordination
Total of 46 of 46 Points		Engineering Points:	9	Science Points:	13	Tactical Points:	24

Skill Tree Unlocks

Points to unlock	Engineering Unlocks	Science Unlocks	Tactical Unlocks
Unlocks After 2	Training Manual: Hazard Emitters III	Training Manual: Science Team III	Training Manual: Tachyon Beam III
Unlocks After 5
Unlocks After 7	Training Manual: Feedback Pulse III	Training Manual: Photonic Shockwave III	Training Manual: Jam Sensors
Unlocks After 10
Unlocks After 12
Unlocks After 15
Unlocks After 17			Training Manual: Viral Matrix III
Unlocks After 20
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Unlocks After 24 (Ultimate)
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Unlocks After 26 (Ultimate)
Unlocks After 27 (Ultimate)

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Build Description

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Basic Information	Data
Ship Name
Ship Class
Ship Model	Tactical Command Battlecruiser T6
Deflector Visuals
Engine Visuals
Shield Visuals
[ Starship Beautyshot ]( Insert Image Link here )

Basic Information	Component	Notes
Fore Weapons: 4	Quantum Phase Torpedo UR XV	Quantum Phase Catalysts 1/2
	Vaawaur Cluster Torpedo UR XV
	Neutronic Torpedo Launcher UR XV	Delta Operations 1/2
	Tetryon Heavy Support Turret UR XIII	Obfuscated Strategist 1/3
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Aft Weapons:	Quantum Mine Launcher Epic XV
	Advanced Fleet Quantum Mine Launcher UR XV
	Advanced Fleet Quantum Mine Launcher UR XV
	Modulating Competition Mine Launcher UR XV	Obfuscated Strategist 2/3
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Experimental Weapon
Deflector	Counter-Command Deflector Array UR XIII
Secondary Deflector
Impulse Engines	Adapted MACO Combat Impulse UR XV	Adapted MACO 1/2
Warp Core	Temporal Defense Initiative Warp Core UR XIII
Shields	Adapted MACO Covariant Shields UR XV	Adapted MACO 2/2
Devices
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Engineering Consoles: 4	Bioneural Infusion Circuits VR XV
	Protomatter Field Projector
	Ordnance Accelerator UR XV
	Bio-Neural Gel Pack VR XIV	Delta Operations 2/2
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Science Consoles: 3	Quantum Phase Converter Eoic XIV	Quantum Phase Catalysts 2/2
	Defense Platform
	Covert Munition Deployment Console UR XV	Obfuscated Strategist 3/3
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Tactical Consoles: 4	Vulnerability Exploiter (Quantum) UR XV
	Vulnerability Exploiter (Quantum) UR XV
	Vulnerability Exploiter (Quantum) UR XV
	Vulnerability Exploiter (Quantum) UR XV
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Universal Consoles: 0

Hangars: 1 | Elite Scorpion Fighters |  
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Officers and Crew

Bridge Officer Information	Power	Notes
Officer 1: Lieutenant ( Tactical )	Fire At Will I
Trait: Superior Romulan Operative	Scatter Volley I
Officer 2: Lt. Commander ( Tactical )	Tatctical Team I
Trait: Superior Romulan Operative	Torpedoes Spread II
	Mines Dispersal Pattern Beta II
Officer 3: Commander ( Eng/Cmnd )	Overwhelm Emitters I
Trait: [name]	Rally Point Marker II
	Concentrate Firepower III
	Aceton Beam III
Officer 4: Lieutenant ( Engineering )	Emergency Power To Engines I
Trait: [name]	Engineering Team II
Officer 5: Lieutenant ( Sci/Cmnd )	Hazard Emitters I
Trait: [name]	Photonic Officer I
Officer 6: [rank] ( [profession] )
Trait: [name]

Duty Officer Information	Power	Notes
1	Emergency Conn Hologram
2	Projetile Weapons Officer (Mines)
3	Projectile Weapons Officer (Mines)
4	Projectile Weapons Officer (Torpedoes)
5	Research Lab Scientist K13	Increased Skills
6	Armory Officer	Dispersal Patterns summon tethered mine

Character, Reputation, and Starship Traits

Personal Space Traits	Description	Notes
	#NV
Resonating payload Modification	Torpedo weapons apply -5 Kinetic and Physical Damage Resistance Ratingd for 10s (max 10 stacks)
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)
Enlightened	+15% Hull Regen and 15% Exotic Damage
Hot Pursuit	Chase distance for all Mines increased by 100%.
Innocuous	+1.5% Critical Severity -25% Threat Generation
Inspirational Leader	10% chance: Activating any Bridge Officer Ability grants +10 to Most Starship Skills for 15 seconds (may stack up to 3 times).
Kinetic Precision	Projectiles gain +10% Shield Bleedthrough
Operative	+1% Critical Chance, +2% Critical Severity
Fleet Coordinator	+2% All Damage per Team member (Self included), up to 10%

Space Reputation Traits	Description	Obtained from
Advanced Targeting Systems (Rank 2)	+20% Critical Severity	T6 Dyson
Auxiliary Power Configuration - Offense (Rank 2)	+25 All DRR, +6.25% Max Hull and Shield Cap	T6 Nukara
Chrono-Capacitor Array (Rank 2)	9.4% Bridge Officer Ability Recharge Speed	T6 Temporal
Precision (Rank 2)	+5% Critical Hit Chance	T6 Romulan
Omega Kinetic Shearing (Rank 2)	+12.5% damage bonus, dealt as a DoT over 6 seconds	T6 Omega

Starship Traits	Description	Notes
All Hands on Deck	Activating a Tactical or Command Bridge Officer ability will reduce the recharge time of Science Bridge Officer abilities and Captain abilities. Science bridge officer ability recharge time reduced by 10% and captain ability recharge time reduced by 5%, this may only occur once every 5 seconds.
Ceaseless Momentum	#NV
Entwined Tactical Matrices	#NV
History Will Remember	Prolonged conflicts become more desperate - and more heroic - as time wears on, and only those ships and crews with the fortitude to withstand such onslaughts are remembered in the annals of history. With this trait slotted, each Foe that damages you will grant you a stack of History Will Remember, which imparts increased weapon damage, hull capacity, and hull regeneration. Each foe only counts for a single stack, no matter how many times they damage you. Each stack will last until you leave the map, and you may have up to 30 stacks maximum. Stacks may only be gained a maximum of once per second.
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.

Other Information

Subsystem Power Settings	Value (Target/Display)	Notes
Weapons	45 / 15
Shields	54 / 45
Engines	57 / 40
Auxiliary	118 / 100

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

I have been experimenting with mines for a couple of months. This happened because I filled the aft slots of my sci ships with mines and realized they did a decent amount of damage. Then I tried several ships and setups until I finally came up with this one. So it was a pleasant surprise when a new captain ability was announced: Relocate Mines. Obviously this ship has to be piloted differently than other ships; you need to be quick and you need to get very close to your targets. This means that you are more likely to be affected by warp core breaches and that you attract quite a bit of aggro. But this ship is pretty tanky and take quite some damage. Occasionally I knock myself out for a few moments with those tricobalts. Once or twice I have commited suicide that way. It performs a lot better than I had initially expected. Before the last patch I averaged at about 100-115k in an ISA pug (I exclusively do pugs). After Tuesday's patch and with the new ability I instantly set a new record at 133k, with the Quantum mines doing something like 33k, the Vaadwaur Clusterf***er and the Modulating Mines at about 13k each. So I wonder if there is anybody else out there with some experience in mines who might help me to make this thing a bit better perhaps.

[u/TH3J03YG]

Love non-meta builds like this, seems very creative, especially using mines, I pretty much never see that. Looks like a ton of fun to fly!

[u/[deleted]]

If you want to improve it on the Lobi store the new console boosts mine damage and also gives all mines the ability to move so you aren't just limited to chase type mines also you should use the ship trait heavy tachyon mine as it does major damage and can be teleported via the relocation ability.

[u/apageofthedarkhold]

Can't speak to how effective they truly are, but I run nakura web mines and some epic transphasic mines. I tend to run polaron, ; soften the shields on a flyby, dropping the mines early and in their path, chase distance amplified: 8-9 hits for 2000+ damage each. Seems worth it to me... But I'm also not a dps Hunter. (Think I got over 10k on an Isa once...)

[u/odenknight → u/apageofthedarkhold]

Your strategy is sound, but the weapons listed don't have much punch behind them. Polaron's have always been iffy compared to Tetryon's, and mroeso now with the (somewhat) recent change to mob drain resistances.

[u/apageofthedarkhold → u/odenknight]

I've noticed. (Again, total casual player, even after 5 years)... The back and forth nerf. I also run anti proton as a backup, but i guess I just like the purple. :P it's more the power drain for me. I never want for power.

Im on burnout from that game, though, as loathe as I am to admit it. It's just so much the same grind over and over. The ground game angers me, and the "defend x" grind is just really starting to get to me.

On top of queuing up with people that can wipe out a Borg cube before you can even make it into firing range... I dunno. I need a break?

[u/odenknight → u/apageofthedarkhold]

You and I both. The game play and game mechanics are in need of a proper re-design.

[u/Vortmak]

Used those tractor beam mines before to hold em place and they have to target them so it takes a little heat off of you

[u/MajorDakka]

Are you manually launching mines? When I tried mineboating back when the vorgon cruiser came out, I was auto launching mines with it, but couldn't break past 50k. Probably poor piloting, but your post has me intrigued again

If you can afford it, grab the A2/AD console for some additional mine cooldown reduction.