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The D'Deridex is iconic. It is perhaps my favorite ship in science fiction, purely based on appearance.

During the tv shows, notably the Next Generation, where it was often pitted against the Galaxy class, it was often cited as more heavily armed than the Enterprise D, it's bulk should also be factored in as it was over twice the length of the Galaxy class. In shields they seemed equally matched and in maneuverability and speed, the warbird lagged behind it's counterpart.

The Attack Wing warbirds do not live up to this. What In-Faction cards/technology and crew can I give to the D'Ds to up their threat factor, whilst keeping them in a similar points range to a reasonably equipped faction capital ship of the other major powers, such as the Galaxy, Dominion cruiser or Vor'cha?

I think it needs is +2 attack and a rear firing arc. Shields, evade, hull, and dial I think are all spot on. I would even be happy with +1 attack, but 2 definitely put it in the place of what was seen on screen.

Yep. Plasma Torpedoes give you the two extra attack. But then you're paying 35 points just for the ship. A rear firing arc would be pretty sweet.

You want the Khazara, that'll get you to 4 attack. All forward disruptors can help too, but I go for plasma or photon torpedoes.

If you truly want the D'deridex to match it's onscreen portrayal, you need some sort of maneuver where you claim the center of the board, have a brief conversation with the Fed player, then flee off the board while shaking your fist.

How many points would that be?

Flagship resource is a lot of points but great for upping ship stats and buffing your fleet.

 crazyK wrote:
Flagship resource is a lot of points but great for upping ship stats and buffing your fleet.

Agreed. One warbird with flagship amd Khazara with advanced cloaking tech is a nice building block.

Is there a card that gives a rear firing arc in the romulan faction?

Unfortunately no.

The Romulans are the only one of the 5 major factions limited to nothing better than a 90 degree fire arc. It sucks