Like the other fleet vessels, the Romulan ships will require a combination of fleet credits and fleet modules (bought in the C-Store) to obtain.Īs a matter of fact, a change has already taken place with regard to ship accessibility by Romulan captains. One ship each for tiers 1 through 4 and two tier 5 ships will be available to Romulan captains from the fleet shipyards of their allied fleet starbases.

Six new Romulan fleet ships have also been announced. The name may rub some purists the wrong way, but all-in-all it's a small sacrifice in order to keep the confusing nomenclature to a minimum.įleet Ships and Tier 5 access to allied ships

As a matter of fact, all Romulan ships will be known as warbirds. So what we all once knew as a Romulan Bird-of-Prey will now be known as a T'Liss warbird. It was simply a lazy writing error (decades ago in The Original Series) that led to the use of the term for the ships for two different species, and the devs at STO really needed to keep the confusion level down, especially for players who aren't as familiar with the Trek universe as others might be. Although the Romulans were the first species in Star Trek canon to refer to one of their ships as a 'bird-of-prey' (especially since a large bird was actually painted on the bottom of the small craft), the developers at STO have (in my opinion) taken a wise step by dropping that moniker in order to avoid confusion with the Klingon Defense Force's use of the very same name for its escort-type vessels.

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