Fek’Ihri Fe’rang Dreadnought Carrier

(Screenshot by @radioactivitii)

Hello everyone,

here are our suggestions for the latest Event Ship, the mighty Farang Dreadnought Carrier! This time to publish it a bit faster in text/picture form. The Builds are focused on Cannons but could be easily adapted to utilize Beams as well.

Skilltree:

Boffs:

Here they are for Cannons:

For Beam Overload:

For Fire at Will + Torpedo:

In case of survivability issues, replace Eng Team 1 with Emergency Power to Weapons 1 and replace Emergency Power to Weapons 3 with Reverse Shield Polarity 2.

Doffs (for all builds):

• 3x Technician: Auxiliary to Battery CD Reduction (required, could be obtained via B’tran Cluster chain for free or via commendation ranks store)
• Energy Weapon Officer: Chance for CRTH (expensive, rare is usually good enough)
• Energy Weapon Officer: Chance for CRTD (expensive, rare is usually good enough)
• Emergency Conn Hologram: CD Reduction for Evasive Maneuvers (phoenix store, just get one!) and/or
• Shield Distribution Officer (Agent Nerul): Attack Pattern Beta restores hull when firing (delta operations pack, 12k zen pack. just use him when you have him) and/or
• Space Warfare Specialist: When activating Eng or Tac Boff Abilities, 20% Chance to get 10% of your outgoing damage as heal for the next 10 hits (if you don’t own Agent Nerul)
• Fabrication Engineer: Increase Duration of Reverse Shield Polarity (Only useful when using Reverse Shield Polarity!)
• Elder Malik’itan (Warfare Master, Gamma Recruit, ground slot): Increase damage vs All (if you have him, slot him!)
• Neal Falconer (Ground Warfare Specialist, Phoenix store, ground slot): Increase damage vs Borg (just get one, it’s not a mistake 😉 )

Personal Space Traits
Here’s a list with some useful traits. Which one you use depends a bit on the mission.

Recommended

• Fleet Coordinator (free)
• Superior Beam/Cannon Training – Basis version for free, superior version obtainable at K-13
• Inspirational Leader (exchange or Infinity Lockbox)
• Duelist’s Favor (exchange or Infinity Lockbox) – more interesting for cannon builds
• Into the Breach (exchange or Infinity Lockbox)
• Point Blank Shot (Episode: House Pegh)
• Terran Targeting Systems (exchange or Infinity Lockbox)
• Context is for Kings (exchange or Infinity Lockbox)

Recommended race/profession-specific

• A good day to die (Exchange or Infinity Lockbox) –  Great for Tacs
• EPS Overload (free) – Kinda must-have for Engs
• EPS Manifold Efficiency (free) – Very useful for Engs
• Photonic Reinforcement (exchange or Infinity Lockbox) – Great for Sci Captains
• Romulan Operative (free) – Only for Romulans
• Infiltrator – mandatory for Remans on Warbirds

Other helpful traits

• Fluidic Cocoon (Exchange or Infinity Lockbox) – Only if you got hit by torpedos
• Give Your All (Lvl 15 Engineering R&D School) – for fluffy captains
• Repair Crews (Exchange or Infinity Lockbox) – another anti-fluffy trait

Space Reputation 

• Advanced Targeting Systems (Dyson T2)  +16% CrtD on Rank I or +20% CrtD on Rank II
• Controlled Countermeasures (Temporal T4)  +addtional DMG against controlled targets => Only for A2B Builds
• Precision (Romulan T2)  +4% CrtH (I) or +5% CrtH (II)
• Tyler’s Duality (Discovery T4)  +CrtH depending on your hull capacity
• Tactical Advantage (Dyson T2) – more Armor Pen
• Magnified Firepower (Gamma T4)  +5% DMG (I) or +6,3% DMG (II)
• Enhanced Armor Penetration (Delta T2)  +5 Armor Pen (I) or + 6.3 Armor Pen (II)
• Energy Refrequencer (Iconian T2) – more heals

Starship Traits
Highly recommended

• Emergency Weapon Cycle (Arbiter/Morrigu(crossfaction)/Kurak)
• Withering Barrage for Cannons (Valiant/Malem(crossfaction)/Kor)
  OR
• Redirecting Arrays for Beams (Tucker/Tebok(crossfaction)/Klothos)
  OR
• Entwined Tactical Matrices for Beams and/or Torps (Gagarin / Qugh)
  OR
• Superweapon Ingenuity for Beam Overload (Xindi-Primate Ateleth Dreadnought Cruiser – Lobi)

and then choose 3 of them:

• Weapon Emitter Overdrive (Vaadwaur Juggernaut)
• Cold-Hearted – Must have for A2B (Breen Plesh Tral Heavy Raider Winter 2017/18)
• Superior Area Denial – If you don’t have A2B or the raider or as an addition (Mirror Universe Engle-class Strike Wing Escort/Infinity Pack: Starship Trait)
• Vaulting Ambition (Styx Terran Dreadnought Cruiser)
• Promise of Ferocity (Thozyn/Vandros/Xechas)
• Calm Before the Storm (Cardassian Intel Flight-Deck Cruiser)
• Strike from Shadows (Shran Escort)
• Improved Critical Systems (AoY Event)
• Super Charged Weapons – if you’re using a torpedo (Kopesh Tactical Dreadnought Warbird, crossfaction or one of the other Tactical Flagships)
• History Will Remember (Support Cruiser T6)
• Improved Unconventional Tactics (Strategist Spec, Discount version if you don’t have anything else to use)
• Superior Command Frequency (Command Spec, Discount version if you don’t have anything else to use)

Gear:

Weapon mods as always, crtd or dmg, epic mod: crtd/dm. Pen is good too if you’re using crafted weapons.

Cannons:

Weapons used Advanced Piezo Polaron Plasma Cannon, Altamid Plasma DHC/DC, Altamid 3 piece and Biomatter Turret (Lobi).

Weapons used are Terran Task Force DHC, Spiral Wave DHC/DC, Targeting Linked Omni+Turrets.

Instead of Competitive Engine and Discovery 2 piece you could use a Combat Impulse Engine [Spd]x4, a Deuterium Stabilized Core (both crafting) and the Crystal Matrix Shield (Episode: Para Pacem) or a regenerative or resilient elite fleet shield. In addition, Locator Consoles could be used instead of Colony Consoles or even for the first start normal Polaron Phase Modulator consoles. Cannons are from Lukari Rep, 2x Dominion DC (reward from 2600er story arc), Morphogenic Set from Gamma Quadrant Arc, Turrets from Gamma Rep and All Gear used for this ship is from episodes/reputation/fleet holdings so far. Should give you a decent idea on how to start building your ship. All gear could be used on a lower Mk, but it is highly suggested to upgrade at least your weapons to Mk XV, Ur/Epic is not needed. Eng Console Slots could be used for other good consoles too, check our Plasma and Disruptor Build for some inspiration (dynamic power redistributor => especially for KDF aligned and Romulans, DOMINO if available, Altamid Console (Lobi), Bioneural Infusion Circuit (Lobi), Assimilated Module (Omega Rep), Zero Point Module (Romulan Rep)).

Beams with Torp:

A sample build with Phaser Beams and a Dark Matter Torpedo and matching DBB for the 3-part Lorca set. Advanced Phasers are quite expensive, sensor- or targeting linked will also work fine. Using an Omni could also be a good idea. Instead of the Tachyo console you may use the cheap and decent Approaching Agony. The Swarmer Matrix buffs torps and your pets. It’s quite good for a carrier.

Beams:

A plain Vanilla Disruptor beam build. Advanced Disruptors / Spiral Wave / Sensor-Linked are the obvious choices for this damage type. The 2-piece Martok set really makes sense on this build. 

Using dual beams isn’t the best option when flying a slow turning dreadnought. But it’s still easier than cannons. For this sample build we stick with Spiral Wave DBBs, Sensor-Linked Omni, 2-part Martok set and the Terran Taskforce beam. It sucks to have it in a rear slot, you could also use it in the front and add a Kinetic Cutting Beam. 

The ships can be used for any faction and profession.

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