Hi all,

Been gone a long time, but will probably be back soon. Happy to see the fleet is still here! When I saw they announced T6 updates for the flagships, I knew the time had come to return where no man has gone before. The Illustrious must fly again!

On the other hand, the Guardian class is a lovely ship, and potentially a worthy successor to the Illustrious.

Still not dead. I'll probably be back for Delta Rising, although they're not doing a great job of enticing me by making my beloved Odyssey obsolete. Respect the flagship class, Cryptic! T6 Odyssey!

See you soon. Probably!

Well, Season 9 didn't grip me as hard as I thought it would. I've wandered off to SWTOR and GW2 for a bit, til my Trek batteries refresh. I'll be on rarely, if at all, but I'll be back eventually. If I'm in danger of being kicked for inactivity, please reply here or send me a message to that effect....

Hey all, I'm alive, just been out of town and doing other stuff the last few days. I don't have much to do ingame til Season 9 starts, so I won't be on much, if at all. Been playing SWTOR a bit, and there's a Wildstar beta weekend coming up, so I'll probably be roaming around Nexus. I'll definitely ...

Thanks, Mara! My burning question: are the Undine planet killers in any way related to the Doomsday Machine, or are they a totally different kind of enemy? Also, will there be any advantage to having a Spire Mk XII kit as opposed to Mk XI for trade-in? I have two Mk XI's now that I swap between, do ...

Revised again, a more heavy offense version: http://skillplanner.stoacademy.com/?build=illustriousassault_5953 This significantly increases firepower and support without sacrificing much in defense. I tested it solo against multiple Voth battlegroups anchored by battleships in the Contested Zone, an...

Yeah, but that's without running the kind of defenses that I run, and DEM3 to boot. DEM1, for me, is a barely noticeable bump. I can't crater my Aux for A2B, because I need it for pretty much every support power. I might get the +duration to RSP DOff, which I've been trying to use more. I might also...

I'm moving more and more towards a full support build, since most of what I do in groups is fire support and heals for team ships. The current build is: http://skillplanner.stoacademy.com/?build=illustrioussupport_5953 I went down to one Tac officer, consolidating Tac Team and FAW into the Lt. posit...

The fine-tuning never ends! http://skillplanner.stoacademy.com/?build=illustrious3_5953 Replaced the CritD Tac consoles with CritH, added a Romulan BO with Superior Operative, and upped my Romulan rep for the extra crit: now sitting at 12.5 crit, which is quite solid for a tank cruiser. I finally to...