It depends on how you want to play mostly.

Each of those mentioned has good and bad sides.

Many love the Intrepid and its variants.

The Nebula I heard mixed comments about. Chris of the STOked podcast was a big Sci player. And never really liked the Nebula class.

The Oddysey itself is very much a Cruiser in any of its 3 forms and should be treated as such.

I would actually suggest saving up C Points towards the Oddysey Pack. Get all 3 versions. But wait for Cryptic to do a sale like they did for First Contact Day. 4,000C is a hell of a lot.
The advantage with getting all 3 though is that you get the "proper" Oddysey then. Using all 3 special Consoles on 1 ship gives you a buff to Turn Rate. It is still slow, but better. The Saucer Seperation for more agility and the Aquarius Escort.
And of course if you unlock all 3 then you have them across all future Alts as well.

Not to add more of a headache to your choices but you have one other very Tanky ship with a strong Sci leaning. The Atrox Carrier...
Now that is a very different beast. Huge and slow like the Oddysey but it does give you more of a Sci ability then the Oddysey itself...

TL:DR. How do you want to fly? Fast, agile and in the mix? Intrepid. Hanging back and supporting from range? Oddysey/Atrox.
Nebula: Doesn't seem as potent for the cost. D'Kyr: Unknown but falling out of favour in space it seems...

I can't wait to get my hands on this again! Going to hate Monday morning lol.

Episode 628 - Voyager - "Natural Law" - 05/02/2001

http://www.allstepisodes.com/megvid.php?n=4722

Seven and Chakotay are stranded on a planet with primitive humanoids.

Enjoy!

Grats Voleron for the excellent review!:cheer: It looks like a really cool mission and story. I think you covered all the bases really well and I look forward to giving it a try. :)

I can see that, but it seemed engaging to me all the same.

It's not really a game, is it? I mean, it's more like a presentation which requires the completion of uninteresting tasks to move on to the next slide. It had a lot of the same feel as a primitive 1970's science museum display in which there's a bit of text describing a concept, and then there's a card that reads "PRESS TO SEE ELECTRONS FLOW" and when you press it, a series of red LEDs embedded in the wall blink from one side to the other. One time.

I get what the author was going for, but this may not be the best medium for the message.

Episode 627 - Voyager - "Friendship One" - 04/25/2001

http://www.allstepisodes.com/megvid.php?n=4721

The crew is sent on its first mission by Starfleet in nearly seven years: to find a lost probe sent by Earth in the 21st century that has ended up in the Delta Quadrant.

Enjoy!

I kind of like the D'Kyr if only for its little healing pet.

Probably by forcing a name change, highlighting the inefficiency of making its name the only unique thing about your character.

Just played it today. Very good mission, but I wish there were alternate endings. I like choices, personally.

I kinda liked the LRSVs too--one of my ships, the USS Lilith's Brood, is a Discovery class LRSV. But I'm really loving my current ship, the USS Lathe of Heaven, which is a Polaris-class Reconn. And I'm loving it even more as I get a better understanding of which weapons and consoles work best with it. But now I'm starting to give the ARV a second glance, and in its retrofit it does look like a relatively good tank in comparison. So maybe I'll get that.

The ody is like flying a small moon, the sci recon is a far better ship. The Nebula I haven't used much, still I'm the biggest Intrepid booster here, it not big but fast, smart, and blow up damn near anything.

I would say the Nebula or Intrepid Class would be better for you.

Yeah, I've been wondering about some of the logistics behind everything. I've heard mention (probably rumor, can't remember where I've heard it) of having clusters of servers that connect with each other. I'd be surprised if they merged servers because how would you handle characters with the same names and legacy names?

Thanks for the update, kjmk. I am wondering if they mean by filling the servers to the brim they are planning on consolidating some of the low pop servers. As they have recently laid off a fairly large group of employees because of all the subscriber losses, I'm not sure how they expect to "raise the peak concurrent user cap above what it was at launch" when they couldn't fill the servers they started with and then opened the Oceanic servers which is what caused the population crashes to begin with. But I could be absolutely incorrect in my opinion on this which wouldn't surprise me in the least and I hope I am wrong because it will mean things are looking up! (except for the fact that server transfers aren't going to be free and they expect subscribers to pay even more money to fix a problem they didn't create) ;)

I think the following may answer your question. It's from the Community Q&A for May 25th.

Mallorik: What is your philosophy on cross server LFG tools? Are we getting a same server tool just to hold us over while you work on cross server tech or is this just a test to see if a same server tool will do the job?

Daniel: Although we’re certainly willing to entertain the idea of cross-server LFG tools if the need arises, it’s a last resort for us. We firmly believe for cooperative play it is important to have a community and social responsibility that you simply can’t have with players appearing and disappearing from your reality. Instead we are pushing hard on servers that are massive compared to the ones we launched with. Early tests show we’ll be able to raise the peak concurrent user cap above what it was at launch. Combining that with server transfers to enable players to move to these new servers and fill them to the brim, we should see some fantastic, vibrant communities develop where Group Finder will always be able to find someone for your content.

Excellent! :woohoo: Thanks Halish for fixing the issues. :cheer:

So should I save my Cryptic points for an Odyssey Science Cruiser, or a D'Kyr Science Vessel? I'm looking for my next purchase, mindful of how painfully often I get creamed by the Borg.

The OSC's hull rating is impressive, but its turn radius is less so. In comparison the D'Kyr is more nimble and has stronger shields. Both the OSC and D'Kyr have auxiliary vessels that provide repair and combat capabilities.

I'm leaning towards the D'Kyr, partially for aesthetics, but I'm willing to let an Odyssey fan talk me out of it. ;)

It works now--just like ltervlet described, warts and all. But I've created my character and will add my skills later. Thanks!

And yes, I agree that by and large what's considered masculine or feminine is socially constructed. There are, alas, commonalities that encourage the same dynamic--masculinity being favored over femininity.