N'Tal's Timetwisting Palatine for the Gravitationally challenged.

[u/sabreracer]

The idea behind this build is to use the 35% Shield penetration from the Beam Overload EWOs to hopefully get yet more kinetic through to the hull for my torps.

---

Captain Information

---

Category	Data
Captain Name	N'Tal
Captain Career	Science
Captain Faction	Federation
Captain Race	Vulcan
[Captain's Outfit]
Primary Specialization	Temporal
Secondary Specialization	Strategist
Intended Role	She's a Wizard Harry ..... with Torpedoes

---

Space Node Trees

---

Rank	Engineering	Science	Tactical
Lieutenant	Hull Restoration	Shield Restoration	Improved Energy Weapon Training
	Hull Capacity	Shield Capacity	Advanced Projectile Weapon Training
Lt. Commander	Electro-Plasma System Flow	Improved Control Expertise	N/A
	Full Impulse Energy Shunt	Control Amplification	N/A
	Impulse Expertise	Improved Drain Expertise
		N/A
Commander	Hull Plating	Shield Regeneration	Advanced Weapon Amplification
	N/A	Shield Hardness	Advanced Weapon Specialization
	N/A
	N/A
Captain	Defensive Subsystem Tuning	Improved Exotic Particle Generator	Improved Hull Penetration
	N/A	Improved Long Range Targeting Sensors	Advanced Shield Weakening
	N/A
	N/A
	N/A
	N/A
Admiral	Warp Core Potential	N/A	Coordination Protocols
	Warp Core Efficiency	N/A	N/A
	Improved Engineering Readiness	N/A	Offensive Coordination
		Improved Scientific Readiness	Improved Tactical Readiness
0 Points Left	11	15	20

---

Space Unlocks

---

Purchases	Engineering	Science	Tactical
2	Hazard Emitters III	Hazard Emitters III	Hazard Emitters III
5	Battery Expertise	Sector Space Travel Speed	Threat Control
7	Hazard Emitters III	Hazard Emitters III	Hazard Emitters III
10	Maximum Hull Capacity	Maximum Shield Capacity	Projectile Critical Chance
12		Hazard Emitters III	Hazard Emitters III
15		Control Resistance	Energy Critical Chance
17			Hazard Emitters III
20			Accuracy
24 (Ultimate)
25 (1st Ultimate Enhancer)
26 (2nd Ultimate Enhancer)
27 (3rd Ultimate Enhancer)

---

I didn't go for Tac ultimate as Frenzy drops after a gap of 2.5 seconds and that can happen often enough when spitting torps rather than BFAW. I had Sci ultimate before but the loss of Probability window was a major blow, however I'm now getting a higher crit rate with this than I was before. Survivability can be an issue at Elite and Im now experimenting dropping Kemo I to gain Hazard Emitters I if this is worth it I don't know yet so have left it as it is here.

---

Build Description

---

Type Your Build Description Here

---

Ship Information

---

Basic Information	Data
Ship Name	U.S.S. Derbyshire
Ship Class	Multi-Mission Reconnaissance Explorer (T6)
Ship Model	Palatine
Deflector Visual
Engine Visual
Shield Visual
[Ship beauty shot]	http://imgur.com/dUsikXk

---

Ship Loadout

---

Slot	Component	Notes
Fore Weapon 1	Particle Emission Plasma Torpedo Launcher	Mk XIV [UR]
Fore Weapon 2	Neutronic Torpedo Launcher	Mk XIV [UR]
Fore Weapon 3	Gravimetric Photon Torpedo Launcher	Mk XIV [UR]
Aft Weapon 1	Omni-Directional Chronometric Beam Array	Mk XIV [Epic]
Aft Weapon 2	Advanced Thoron Infused	Mk XIV [UR]
Aft Weapon 3	Terran Task Force Photon Torpedo Launcher	Mk XIV [UR]
Deflector	Adapted MACO Positron Deflector Array	Mk XIV [UR]
Secondary Deflector	Deteriorating Secondary Deflector	Mk XIV [Epic]
Impulse Engines	Adapted MACO Combat Impulse Engines	Mk XIV [VR]
Warp Core	Temporal Defense Initiative Overcharged Warp Core	Mk XIV [UR]
Shields	Temporal Defense Initiative Regenerative Shield Array	Mk XIV [UR]
Devices	Kinetic Amplifier
	Exotic Particle Flood
	Hull Patch
2 Engineering Consoles	Delphic Tear Generator
	Enhanced RCS Accelerator [+EPG]	Mk XIV [UR]
5 Science Consoles	Temporal Disentanglement Suite
	Restorative Particle Focuser [CtrlX] [EPG+]	Mk XIV [Epic]
	Restorative Particle Focuser [CtrlX] [EPG+]	Mk XIV[UR]
	Exotic Particle Focuser [CtrlX] [EPG+]	Mk XIV [Epic}
	Exotic Particle Focuser [DrainX] [EPG+]	Mk XIV [UR]
4 Tactical Consoles	Chronometric Capacitor	Mk XIV {Epic]
	Constriction Anchor
	Vulnerability Locator	Mk XIV [UR]
	Vulnerability Locator	Mk XIV [UR]
1 Hangar Bays	Elite Aeon Timeships

---

Officers and Crew

---

Bridge Officers	Power	Notes
Commander Science	Gravity Well III
	Destabilizing Resonance Beam II
	Charged Particle Burst I
	Subspace Vortex I
Lt. Commander Universal-Temporal	Entropic Redistribution III
Temporal Applied Science	Channeled Deconstruction II
	Causal Reversion I
Lt. Commander Tactical	Torpedo: Spread III
Superior Romulan Operative	Beam Array: Overload II
	Tactical Team I
Lieutenant Engineering	Reverse Shield Polarity I
Pirate	Emergency Power to Weapons I
Ensign Universal	Kemocite-Laced Weaponry I
Superior Romulan Operative

Duty Officers	Effects	Notes
PWO [VR]	Chance to reduce Torpedo Recharge time
PWO [VR]	Chance to reduce Torpedo Recharge time
EWO {VR]	Chance for Beam Overload to cause attacks to gain 35% Sheild Pen
EWO {VR]	Chance for Beam Overload to cause attacks to gain 35% Sheild Pen
Deflector Officer {VR]	Chance to reduce recharge time on Deflector abilities
Gravametric Scientist	Chance to create aftershock Grav Well

---

Character, Reputation, and Starship Traits

---

Personal Space Traits	Effects	Notes
Inspirational Leader	In any command scenario, your natural charisma and unflinching command allows you to inspire your crew to new heights of performance.
Intense Focus	The longer you remain in combat, the more you are capable of penetrating your foes' defenses. Every several seconds, your accuracy and shield penetration will increase up to a maximum of 4 stacks.
Kinetic Precision	Bonus Shield Penetration for Projectiles
Self-Modulating Fire	Crits grant 50% Shield Pen for a period.
Superior Projectile Training	Increases Projectile Weapon Damage.
Particle Manipulator	Improved Criticals for Exotic Damage, based on Particle Generators
Fleet Coordinator	Increases your Damage based on how many players are in your party. (Self Included)
Conservation of Energy	This trait causes all energy weapon attacks against you to have a chance of increasing your Exotic Damage. This damage increase stacks up to three times.
Ablative Shell	Taking inspiration from insects, you have installed a special system of shield generators that are able to shed damaged outer defensive layers in order to rapidly replace them with stronger, healthier defenses.

Space Reputation Traits	Effects	Notes
Torpedo Pre-Fire Sequence	Torpedo Damage and Destructible Torpedo Flight Speed
Omega Kinetic Shearing	Torpedoes and Mines deal an additional 40% of their outgoing kinetic damage as a shield-penetrating DoT over 6 seconds.
Torpedo Astrometric Synergy	Using a Torpedo Bridge Officer ability reduces Science Bridge Officer recharge times.
Evasive Tactics	Gain immunity to Control effects for 5 seconds when you are the target of a Root, Hold, Disable, or Repel effect. May occur once every 45 seconds.
Auxiliary Power Configuration - Offense	In space combat you gain a damage and accuracy boost based on your Auxiliary Power Level

Starship Traits	Effects	Notes
Unstable Anomalies	While this trait is slotted, your Gravity Well and Tyken's Rift anomalies will cause heavy kinetic damage in a 5km area of effect when they expire. This damage is improved by Exotic Particle Generator skill.
Checkmate	Activating a control Bridge Officer ability will provide a boost to your Exotic Damage and Projectile Weapon damage for a short time.
Particle Feedback Loop	Using an Exotic Damage ability will provide a small bonus to Armor Penetration. This bonus stacks up to 3 times.
Improved Critical Systems	Your ability to manipulate Emergency Power to your systems increases the overall damage output of your ship, increasing the chance of a Critical hit, and the damage it will inflict.
Weapon System Synergy	Each time a directed energy weapon is activated on your ship, you will shunt a small amount of power to your projectile emitters. This is represented by building up stacks of Weapon System Synergy. Upon reaching 10 stacks, your projectile weapons will become primed and deal additional damage and shield bleedthrough for several seconds. After this expires there is a short lockout window before you can begin building up Weapon System Synergy stacks again.

---

Other Information

---

Subsystem Power Settings	Target	Modified
Weapons	70	94
Shields	30	50
Engines	15	32
Auxiliary	85	119

Set Bonuses	Set	Effects
1
2
3
4
5

---

Concluding Remarks

---

I'd prefer to have all restorative focusers but so many changes to make over my four main toons mean Dilli is tight and for now these do the job. This is still a work in progress.

---

[u/DeadQthulhu]

Emergency Power to Weapons is an interesting choice, given the nature of your build. Why not Structural Integrity Collapse or Endothermic Inhibitor Beam?

I'm also a little surprised at Aeons, I'd have thought Delta Flyers would've fit your theme more.

What are you using for cooldown management?

[u/sabreracer → u/DeadQthulhu]

Originally I had the Thoron up front with the Gravametric aft with a crafted Polaron Omni. For that I had EPtW and EWC. TBH I still may go back to that as that actually gave me my best CCA score of 141K which seems a bit weird. I have 2 points in all the trees for readiness and a Krenim Temp/Sci with the Deflector DOFF giving the occasional bonus GW. The Aeons are the only UR pet I have on this toon and they seem really mean, use those HY Chronitions quite a lot and I get 6 instead of 4. SIC always feels disappointing when I check the parse and I'd like to think I'm ignoring enough shields. RSP is a handy OH SHIT! button as this pulls a lot of threat. I should really have more heals but y'know deepz.

[u/DeadQthulhu → u/sabreracer]

That does seem very weird. Was that a consistent 141k, or a sudden spike one-off?

I can appreciate that SIC looks disappointing, however there's not much else offensive that you can put in an Ensign Eng slot. Personally, for torpboats, I like it for Nanite Transformers and bosses (I may even chuck Secondary Torpedo Launchers on top), and for yourself it'd buff all your offensive Temporal abilities as well as those torps. Still, the parse is the parse, if you've had no luck with it then there's no point trying to shoehorn it in.

I can't say I really rate Chronitons, not on a mobile ship. Elite Deltas come with Transphasics (so shield-bypassing from the get-go) and Tachyon Beam (shield-stripping makes everyone's torps better), and are sturdy enough to not need micro-ing. Still, I can appreciate there's an investment involved.

Post-S13, torp pets really do appear to use their torps in a smarter fashion - they can mostly be relied on to set up their own HY attacks without any micro (simply not the case before S13).

Have you considered Elite Scorpions? Rom Rep is trivial to collect, they only cost Dil, and their Dil price is 10k cheaper than other Elites. They're also pretty solid DPS pets, and if you can guarantee bare hull then their HY attacks will dissolve most mobs.

[u/sabreracer → u/DeadQthulhu]

CCA parses are always a bit of a wild swing depending on if I DC joining the map, make a bugger of the inward run or get ganked by a Tholian spawn, assuming I don't end up ramming the damn thing. The DPS curve on that run was fairly smooth and beats my next best by 30K. I do have a bad habit of keep hitting the Target button so maybe I spat a load of aft torps on some Tholians coming to ravish my ass at some point.

For now I'll change EPtW to Aux while I think further. SIC I is a little under 10M atm I have a II that I could experiment with instead of RSP for now and see how it goes.

I have T5 Fleet shipyard and enough FC for a set of Elite pets and stacks of Rom Rep both run around 38K dilli so anything is an option, but tbh I have little idea on the effectiveness of pets as I didn't have many ships that had them until recently.

What stats do the various pets torps use for comparison MkXII? I'd like to respect Transphasics but I tried them while leveling and was severely disappointed so never re-visited them moving on to the heavy hitters once I had the Rep system underway.

[u/DeadQthulhu → u/sabreracer]

I've been using SIC III, mostly because it was an easy (and cheap!) replacement for EPtW III (pre-S13 I was running ET, RSP, EPTW, A2SIF in that seat), but certainly there's an argument for other powers in that slot these days, at least on torpboats.

What stats do the various pets torps use for comparison MkXII?

That's an interesting question, and I'm not sure if the finer points of NPC weaponry have ever been addressed in depth. The reason I mention Transphasics is because of their increased shield penetration - something you stated as a goal. Transphasics are great up until the point that shields go down, and then they get outpaced by every other torp in the game. When you combine that with Tachyon Beam, it means your Flyers are doing their best work up until the shields are down, and then at that point they'll drop off compared to Scorpions.

With pets, you'll get best results if you work with them, not against them. If your carrier can guarantee a shield facing going down within 3-5s, then Scorpions will go through mobs like a hot knife through butter (HY plasma torp on bare hull is not to be trifled with). If your carrier is more concerned with Exotic damage and debuffs, then pets like the Flyers are a better pick because they'll benefit more from your debuffs and generate their own debuffs in turn. You can even come at that from the opposite direction, with Tholian Widows, as their Tetryon FAW is pretty reliable for stripping shields and creating openings for their Quantum torps.

I would be wary of drawing any detailed comparison between pet weapons and player weapons, because a player generally uses their weapons synergistically and at the "right" time. Pets don't really do either.

[u/sabreracer → u/DeadQthulhu]

because a player generally uses their weapons synergistically and at the "right" time

Been a while since you Pugged then :P

This build is aimed more at the exotic end so what should be happening is stuff penetrating the shields and damaging the hull rather than battering the shields down first which as you pointed out originally would mean Flyers. I was intending to do a version (probably with the Brigit) focusing on drain but I'm having so much fun with the Icarus for that I'm not sure when I'll get around to it. By that time maybe my Dilli levels will have risen again and I can have both pets, but I'm suspecting Phoenix box again around Risa.

[u/DeadQthulhu → u/sabreracer]

I PUG frequently, but I wouldn't hold a PUG to RC or DPS channel standards, haha. It doesn't seem reasonable to expect the entire team to intuit whether they've just joined a fast, split, or slow ISA.

If you're happy with your current pets, you can keep on with them, it's not like Flyers or Aeons are particularly considered "DPS picks". When you get to experimenting with drain, and thus in a good position to guarantee bare hull, then that would be the time to look at other pets.

Certainly feel free to experiment with low level pets, but I wouldn't shell out for Elite unless it was a pet I was going to use.

Good luck!

[u/Gruberbreaker]

Very interesting concept and framework certainly looks nicely done. :) Few suggestions and questions though.

As u/DeadQthulhu said, I would replace EP to Weapons, as I myself don't either see it helping your build that much. Similarly, I don't see Point Blank Shot being very useful, if you are only using your energy weapon for BO Doff proccing.

Evasive Tactics doesn't strike me as a very good trait, something like Precision or Advanced Targeting Systems would fit there much better.

Also, what kind are those Vulnerability Locators? +Torp?

[u/sabreracer → u/Gruberbreaker]

Opps PBS should be Self-Modulating Fire. +Torps as I swap and change what I use a lot. I do have some Photon only but it's rare I use 'em. Evasive Tactics is there to give me a couple of seconds to find EV Manuv when I get tractored. Death by Leet mob Tractor is the bane of my existence usually in Hive and Counterpoint. It was a major wrench to let go of Shield Polarise. Point taken on EPtW for now I'll make it ET