MMO BinA Geek's Look at Massively Multiplayer Online Games

In the early days of Star Trek, the ship to ship battles were about large ships, slowly moving, much like battleships in the sea, but as we move forward, it seems agility, speed, and other tactics have become much more prevalent in star ship design. Proof of this can be seen in the Oslo, a new ship that has been released for the upcoming Star Trek Online MMO.

Class Specifications

Overall Length: 371 meters
Overall Draft: 54 meters
Overall Beam: 228 meters
Displacement: 625,000 metric tons

Defensive Systems:

• Advanced Deflector Shield Generators
• Rodinium-Alloy Hull Plating

Offensive Systems

• Six Type XII Phaser Arrays
• Fore and Aft Torpedo Launchers

Velocity

• Cruising: Warp Factor 7
• Maximum: Warp Factor 9.75

The Oslo is a heavy escort class with modules and parts that are interchangeable with its counter-parts: the Akira and the Zephyr.

This ship, and most likely a few others that we will see in the Star Trek Online experience set up the user expectation that replacement parts and upgrades for the ships will be found and salvaged out on the frontier of exploration.

The modular design allows ship’s crews to be able to make more repairs in the field and enables salvaged components to be reused on a variety of ships.

What really interests me about these newer ships is the assault aspect of their design. The Oslo was created with limited defensive capabilities, set up more for hit and run attacks, missions against smaller targets, or in numbers to take down a larger foe.

The Oslo is favored by captains who prefer fast, maneuverable ships that can end a battle quickly. It does not have the armor plating and redundant shielding of starships designed for withstanding sustained attacks, but its state-of-the-art weaponry allows the Oslo to disable its foes with rapid-fire, hard-hitting assaults.

I think this is the perfect type of ship for the masses that are looking forward to taking advantage of Star Trek Online’s ship to ship combat system.

I am really enjoying all of the information being supplied to the fans of Star Trek Online, long before the game is released. It keeps me hooked to their site, continually checking back, but as of now, I think I found the ship I will want to use when the game begins. The Oslo class is my type of ship.