R.R.W. Durendal

Notes

Aeizel who makes her first appearance on the site here is not much different than my other tactical captain Teryh. Here however there is slightly more focus on science orientated choices like full EPG, CtrlX, Control Amp and a DrainX point.

Power points here are chosen since she does primarily fly romulan ships, which are inherently gimped compared to the normal warp core ships having -40 inherent power (160 total vs 200). However I haven't spec too hard into this as I do still want the offensive bonuses from the tactical tree.

Starship Weapons

Notes

A break from my nominal phaser aspected builds, this focuses on disruptors. Spiral Waves are unique as they have hidden modifiers, an inherent 15% Cat1, with Dmgx2 baked on. However these come with the hard requirement of needing a cardassian ship unlocked to see them in the dilithium store for purchased.

There is some technical nit picky improvements that could be made. For example since this is a reroute reserves to weapons build, weapon power isn't—or rather shouldn't—be a deciding factor thus the inherent +10% extra critical severity from the dual heavy cannon type is going to be better for performance than the lower power cost on the nominal dual cannons. However this is a very small difference (and I don't feel like upgrading more spiral waves)

Coalition weapons are mostly relic items at this point, but this is a fine enough turret that can potentially buff the other weapons. In lieu replace with a crafted turret.

Tweaks and Notes:

• The Dynamic Power Redistributor Module was once very obtainable on Romulan captains coming from a non-fed box on the exchange for a few million. Now it is decidedly more difficult to get as these boxes are low in supply with no way to generate more. While not as expensive as an atlas itself, this will not always be the case. In that event, if you need durability the best two replacements are the Ablative Hazard Shielding or the Shield Absorptive Frequency Generator. Normally I would recommend both for the weapon power cost reduction but that isn't needed on this build.

• The Enhanced Induction Coils are here for power sources to feed RRtW as well as provide some more damage, this is easily replaceable with whatever console you chose or have access too.

• The Singularity Inverter is a non-replaceable item. Since it is from a dil ship however I don't count is as a hardship to obtain, and with its short 1m cooldown (affected by uncon) this allows singularity powers to come back very very quickly as well as providing some durability via +30 DRR and +30% shield resistance. This is a singularity ship capable ship, which means romulan only.

Notes

Not much to talk about here. Taking KLW2 is over TS2 is probably an eyesore but given how much haste you have with RRtW this is quite effective as a damage source, which can also be triggered from the torpedo as well. The remaining science powers are here for unconventional system triggers to help get universal consoles back quicker.

Meta-Focused Tweaks:

Singularity Specialist is probably the immediate candidate for replacement, since the build has access to other forms of singularity charge building. However, this is just another source and a trait I don't have to buy, so its not that bad to take here.

Budget Tweaks:

Projectile Training is a good alternative for anything missing above.

Notes:

Improved Critical systems is great, but not needed and could in theory be replaced by Universal Designs given the short cooldown on the consoles on this build. However, I don't have it, and don't want to buy it again, and ICS works fine here. Calm before the Storm and Emergency Weapon Cycle are also candidates here, but given how haste plays with this build I focused more on direct damage buffs, like Promise of Ferocity stacking damage buff and Strike from Shadows.

Five Magicks from the Hysperian Battlecruiser is a greet source of bonus disruptor damage and the occasional engine power buff (however this falls off quickly with EPS). At 135 Engine power this grants +34% bonus damage to the fire, cold, electrical, radiation, psionic, and disruptor.

Budget Tweaks:

Honestly this is pretty budget. Obviously Agent Ayal isn't as they come only from the Delta Rising: Operations Pack, however nothing here is too expensive. CrtH/CrtD doffs would be an improvement as would liberated borg duty officers. Agent Ayal unfortunately has no equivalents. As such and durability driven duty officer would be best to put here. Dal R'el is a close equivalent, but this is a chance at an effect rather than guaranteed like Nerul.

This is one of three ships in the game so far that have both a singularity core and a Cmdr Pilot seat. As such this is only really portable to the other two ships, however I would consider each to be imperfect for this build as they lack the ability to slot EPtW3. These are:

• Science Pilot Romulan Warbird - Has inherent Lt.C science seat but can only slot dual Lt. Engineering Seats

• Tactical Pilot Romulan Warbird - Has inherent Lt.C tactical seat but can only slot dual Lt. Engineering Seats

From here, if you care less about the funny singularity shenanigans, see EPH's RRtW build here.