Morgan Shackelfordsparrow794Tactical - Vice Admiral
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re: Mini-Faction DOOM
 by sparrow794 on 04/04/13 15:19
http://sto.perfectworld.com/news/?p=854201
| Quote: | Just like the other two factions, Romulans have exclusive species, costumes, and starships that cannot be used by the other factions. When creating a Romulan in STO, captains will start at level 1 and progress through the Romulan Republic Fleet for the rest of their career. They’ll report back to Fleet HQ or their exclusive new zone being added to New Romulus depending on where they are in the story. While these citizens will start out in old ships they’ve managed to come by, they’ll eventually gain access to new Republic ship designs and, when they’ve achieved proper rank in the Fleet, famous Romulan Warbirds such as the D’Deridex. By the time they complete their unique story and finish the Romulan Feature Episode series, they will have achieved a major victory against the Tal Shiar and will gain access to even more powerful ships in the future.
So to answer the original question, when a Romulan Republic captain makes an alliance with one of the other two factions, they are accepting the aid from the faction they chose. This opens up the ability for the other faction to arm the Romulan Republic as they attempt to overthrow the Empress and restore their government. D’Tan and the Republic are attempting to establish a planet in contested space and the Federation and Klingons agree on many conditions. These allies are willing to equip the New Romulans so that they can defend themselves against the Tal Shiar, but they want different things in return. The Federation wants to pursue reunification, peace, and trade in technology. The Klingon Empire view this as an opportunity to arm rebels and destabilize the Tal Shiar further, given them the opportunity to scoop up territory in Romulan space.
In game this takes shape when the other factions ask for a foothold on New Romulus were they open up an Embassy to share technology and gear. They also ask for help in constructing and defend their Starbases on the war front, but let’s get one thing clear – The Romulan Republic isn’t about to start taking orders from other factions. Yes, they are in a delicate situation, and they may end up having to kill a few Federation or Klingons along the way, but their goal remains to restore the Legacy of Romulus. These allies not only have the means to help protect the Republic and New Romulus, but they may each have more intel on the Tal Shiar than D’Tan does. Thus Romulan captains are acting liaisons between the Republic and the intelligence community of the ally.
Thus, Romulans continue to report to their Fleet and gain ranks as a Romulan Republic captain even after choosing the aid of an ally. Romulan captains aren’t going to get a call from Admiral Quinn asking to go save the S.S. Azura nor will they be asked to join Kahless in fighting the Fek’ihri. You’re not all of a sudden a Federation cadet or Klingon warrior. Whether you’re a FED, ROM, or KDF captain, the tutorial and backstory for your faction will remain exclusive.
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This is what I've been trying to tell you guys since details first started coming out.
First, it is a character decision. Which means it's your choice as a player; it is unlikely the Fleet will try and force this choice on you. In fact, it's been said that a solid Romulan fleet will want captains of both allegiances.
Second, you don't magically transfer out of the Romulan faction. Romulans have their own exclusive social area, similar to SB1 or Q'onos. You do not join the 7th Fleet, or the 7th ITS. There will not be Romulans walking around Starfleet academy. The 7th legion retains autonomy all the way to max level.
Who you choose to ally with as a player will simply give one set of options versus another. It's no different than deciding if you want to pursue that MACO set or the Omege Force set (though admittedly, you could have both; in this case, picking one will exclude you from the other option).
It's not a mini faction - at least not the way all the doomsayers have been shouting about. Whether or not it will have unique content on a level with the KDF remains to be seen.
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re: Mini-Faction DOOM
by sparrow794 on 04/04/13 15:27
| Quote: | [Terilynn] Can you clarify how ships will be able to be used? Will Federation/KDF players be able to fly Romulan vessels? Will Romulan players be able to fly KDF or Starfleet ships?
[dStahl] This is where Romulan Republic captains have an advantage. Not only can they pilot their exclusive Warbird class ships with singularity cores, but they also gain the ability to command ships of their ally, much like Kira Nerys would command the Defiant while still wearing her Bajoran Militia uniform.
Romulans also gain access to the Fleet Ships of their chosen ally as well as any Romulan Republic only Fleet ships. They can also fly any limited edition lock box ship as well.
One potential disadvantage to commanding an allies' ship is that Romulan Captains have a unique species space trait called subterfuge which provides a bonus to cloak and decloak ambush damage. If a Romulan is flying a ship without cloak, they are not getting the most out of their trait.
To clarify, this alliance does not extend in reverse. FED and KDF captains will not be allowed to command Warbirds. The deal that D’Tan makes with these factions when New Romulus is established is for Romulan technology (via the Reputation System) but that doesn’t extend to Republic ships. |
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re: Mini-Faction DOOM
by Anton Mercer on 04/04/13 15:54
Yeah it kind of didn't make sense when they first posted about it. It made it sould like it was just going to be you against space until u made max level then you chose what side you wanted... Anyways I'll still be one of the first to have a Rom character when it first comes out!!
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re: Mini-Faction DOOM
by Edward Hau on 04/04/13 17:51
So we still get to make the 7th legion right? 
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re: Mini-Faction DOOM
by sparrow794 on 04/04/13 19:01
| Edward Hau wrote: | | So we still get to make the 7th legion right? |
That's the plan 
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Ha!, all you dam naysayers... 
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