STO....

Today saw the last of the dailies needed for me to claim the Elachi Qulash Frigate event ship.

My initial reaction was of being underwhelmed. I was also surprised to see it's default weapons were based around a cannons and turret build(I never copped that before). I did mull weather to go for a cannon build but I'm a beam boy at heart. Besides to do a proper cannon build with officers and abilities I'd need to rework my current ad-hoc cannon officers and that's too much work(for now).
So for the eight free XII level weapon box's I selected 4 of them as the dual beam banks.

I'd not thought about what build I'd use. I remember saying to myself that I must think up a fit; But that didn't happen.  My inventory is packed with bits to use so I was sure I'd cobble together something. The free weapons were a damage theme to build on. But in the end what I did put together doesn't work as well as I'd like but it does 'work'. It just 'feels' off, even after tinkering with it.

Testing it out, I survive in it, that's a bonus. The DPS on the other hand feels lacklustre and slow. So much so that it's looking like it could be a dry-dock contender or more likely a discharge choice. I had more practical use out of my recent Ferengi 'fun' build.

It does look good. It's nice to fly a ship that looks 'different'. The Lukari vanity shield was my choice for the colour scheme. I'll fly it for a bit and mess about some more with the fit but I'm very 'meh' about it. The summer event ship was a real high, maybe that has spoiled me. I really need to work on the fit a lot more.

The surprise for the end of the event is a worthy motivator to continue it. An escalation on bonus dilithium.... Way better than mining(in my view)! Patrols will be the order of those days.

This month ends this weekend with a Dilithium bonus for mining. Which I'll be ignoring.

Next month see's a bonus to doing item upgrades, if the new frigate survives till then I'll consider upgrading the fit then.

What I'm really looking forward to is the Kobayashi Maru. It's a good TFO that I really like. The rewards also usual offer up an account claimable module reward.... Always good.

Hearts and Minds at the end of next month is "O.K." but there's only so many times you can claim the duty officer.... Maybe one to do on my alts... Again.