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 oriented 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'd too hard into this as I do still want the offensive bonuses from the tactical tree.

Starship Weapons

Notes

There is some technical nitpicky 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 can likely be ignored.

Tweaks and Notes:

• The blend of Spire Locators and Exploiters isn't significant here, mix and match as needed

• 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

EPtE3 is slotted here over EPtW3 for the power bonus. There is a +20 engine power gain here, is what enables the build to operate with maxed weapon power setting but also be able to sustain both RRtW and the Dragonsblood. This might not be enough without more EPS on lower EPS core builds.

Other than that its a pretty standard layout, KLW/TS/APB for weapon debuffs and RRtW for the primary firing mode for energy weapons. Tractor Beam, Clean Getaway and Scramble for unconventional systems, with Photonic Officer being our primary cooldown reduction method

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 it's not that bad to take here. Because this is a midrange build technically that extra trait is too expensive, so I have left it blank to simulate that unlock not being present. I am leaving a personal trait empty here because the build pushes the zen limit to where I can't fit the elite captain token, which for most people isn't a consideration so if you have it, there is EC budget left for something like Breen Shield Tunneling.

Notes:

Five Magicks from the Hysperian Battlecruiser is a greet source of bonus disruptor damage but also Psionic, which pairs excellently with the Gol-Type resonator experimental weapon

I find myself using the Non-Baryonic Asteroid more and more on other characters so you might find use in swapping the Tetryon Cascade for it. This ship is fast and mobile and the Asteroid lags behind but having the option to group up targets and move them to where you need is handy.

This is one of three (OK the Legendary Romulan Ship exists now, THERE ARE FOUR SHIPS) 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

• Legendary Dhelan Pilot Warbird - Newly introduced, waiting for a better sale because when I have it this build is going on that with lots of bells and whistles!

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