Originally Posted by TheWackyWombat

Assault Cruiser : U.S.S. Athabaskan

Fore:
4x Disruptor Beam Array MkXII [Borg]

Aft:
4x Disruptor Beam Array MkXII [Borg]

Tac consoles:
3x Disruptor Consoles

Engineer consoles:
1x EPS flow
1x Neutronium Alloy
1x Assimilated
1x SIF Gen

Science console:
Field emitter very rare MK XI
Shield Emitter amplifier rare MK XI

MACO Shield Array Mk XI
Assimilated Deflector Array
Assimilated Impulse Engines

Tac boffs:
Ensign: FAW 1
Lt : FAW1, APB1

Eng boffs:
Com: EPtW1, EPtS2, EngTeam3, SIF3
LtCom: EPtW1, EPtS2, Boarding Party 2

Sci Boffs:
Lt: HE1, TSS2


As an engineer I've been able to build my ship as a straight up tank for elite STFs. When all the heals are cycling properly the ship has a pretty high resistance/heal tank which is sustainable against Tac cubes, and if/when someone else grabs aggro most of the healing can be redirected.

The ship is capable of decent sustained DPS, more so than some other tanks, but the tac skills are more for aggro sustain and debuff purposes so the escorts can burn targets down faster.

Normally I'd be running two engineering teams, but when I maxed Engineering CXP I took enough maintenance engineers to lower one to the global cool down.

The LtCom engineering skill is really open to anything, I'm using BP2 because I have Kel slotted and when 6 shuttles land on a Tac, they can do a number on it's systems.

Originally Posted by Aldo-Raine

Not bad, ditch the boarding part and grab an extends, unless you hate your teammates then keep using boarding party.

Originally Posted by wiipe

With plasma, you can kill your enemies without that much touching their shields at all, it may be slow... but what's the hurry. Regarding PvP one could argue that despite the cruisers supportive rather than dps-dealing role, every dps counts.. but let's allow me to keep my happiness from this nice spring day and not make this an discussion about that.

I'll take your advice about Flow Regulators though, thanks.

But yeah, you're right. Replying to your post was more difficult than my project management exam earlien today at school. Huh. The bottom line is that plasma isn't the best choice. I still like it more than the mentality about getting the job done as fast as possible. I play to play, it means having fun and plasma is the most fun damage type in the game. Like I said in the beginning of my reply, shields mean nothing against plasma, nor does time againts freedom. Plasma is a way of life!