Notorious for their actions during the Temporal Cold War, the Sphere Builders are an extra-dimensional race best known for their creation of the Delphic Expanse. While the network of spheres which generated the Delphic Expanse was destroyed in the mid-22nd Century by Captain Jonathan Archer, the impact of the Sphere Builders can be seen in other eras, such as during the Battle of Procyon V.

Sphere Builder technology is highly unstable in our dimension, making it very difficult to recover and study. The temporal and dimensional anomalies present during the Battle of Procyon V gave the Federation of that era the perfect opportunity to preserve, stabilize, and repurpose their recovered devices. Some of these devices, including a handful of fully functional Sphere Builder ships, have made their way into the hands of the Lobi Crystal Consortium of the 25th Century. The Lobi Crystal Consortium is perfectly willing to sell this exotic technology to esteemed Captains within the Federation, Klingon Empire and Romulan Republic…for the right price.

We’re very excited to announce the stats for the Tier 6 Sphere Builder Edoulg Science Vessel, Sphere Builder Denuos Dreadnought Carrier and the Tier 5 Sphere Builder Arehbes Destroyer! These new ships will be available immediately upon the release of Agents of Yesterday: Artifacts on PC through the Sphere Builder Lockbox. Below are the stats for these 3 awesome new ships.

Starships

Sphere Builder Denuos Dreadnought Carrier [T6]

Like many vessels built for temporal conflicts, the Denuos is equipped with Molecular Reconstruction systems, giving it a wide number of tactical options in battle. It also features a Chroniton Fragmentation Warhead Launcher, a devastating weapon system of Sphere Builder design.

This starship features a Commander Tactical/Temporal Operative Bridge Officer seat and a Lieutenant Engineering/Command Bridge Officer seat.

Temporal Starships are capable of making subtle alterations on the molecular level through the use of Molecular Reconstruction. This technology allows the starship to assume 1 of three different Configurations: Defensive, Offensive and Support. Each Configuration has its own strengths and weaknesses. Each of the Configurations generates their own specific counter. Up to 6 Counters can be generated at a time. These Counters are used to fuel your Molecular Deconstruction Beam.

Defensive Configuration provides a boost to Maximum Hit Points and Threat Generation and reduces recharge time on Engineering Bridge Officer abilities, but comes at the cost of a small reduction to Flight Speed and Turn Rate. This configuration also generates 1 Defensive Counter every 10 seconds.

Offensive Configuration provides a boost to Flight Speed, Turn Rate and reduces recharge time on Tactical Bridge Officer abilities, but comes at the cost of reduced Maximum Hit Points. This configuration also generates 1 Offensive Counter every 10 seconds.

Support Configuration provides a boost to Hull Healing, Shield Healing, Exotic Damage and reduces recharge time on Science Bridge Officer abilities, but comes at the cost of reduced Weapons Damage. This configuration also generates 1 Support Counter every 10 seconds.

Molecular Deconstruction Beam inflicts Radiation Damage, reduces its target's damage resistance and disables the target briefly. Offensive Counters increase this ability's damage. Defensive Counters increase this ability's Damage Resistance Debuff. Support Counters increase the duration of this ability's Disable.

The Sphere Builder Denuos Dreadnought Carrier [T6] has a pair of hangar bays equipped with Sphere Builder Heavy Fighters. These durable small craft are equipped with Antiproton Beam Arrays, Chroniton Torpedoes and the Beam: Overload I and Channeled Deconstruction I abilities.

Ship Details

Faction: All

Availability: Sphere Builder Lockbox

Tier: 6

Required Rank: Rear Admiral, Sub Admiral I or Brigadier General

Hull Strength: 42,750 at level 40, 49,162 at level 50 and 57,000 at level 60

Shield Modifier: 1.15

Fore Weapons: 4

Aft Weapons: 3

Device Slots: 3

Bridge Officer Stations: 1 Commander Tactical/Temporal Operative, 1 Lieutenant Engineering/Command, 1 Ensign Science, 1 Lieutenant Commander Science, 1 Lieutenant Commander Universal

Console Modifications: 4 Tactical, 3 Engineering, 4 Science

Base Turn Rate: 8

Impulse Modifier: 0.15

Inertia: 0.35

+10 to Weapon Power and +10 to Shield Power

Console – Universal – Chroniton Fragmentation Warhead Launcher

Molecular Reconstruction

Subsystem Targeting

Hangar Bays: 2

Hangar Bays loaded with Sphere Builder Fighters

Starship Mastery Package (Tactical Carrier) Quick Deployment (-Hangar Pet Recharge Time) Armored Hull (+Max Hull HP) Enhanced Weapon Systems (+Weapon Damage) Advanced Shield Systems (+Max Shield HP) Delphic Shockwave (Starship Trait)



Sphere Builder Edoulg Science Vessel [T6]

The Edoulg Science Vessel uses an array of sophisticated tech in combat, including multi-purpose Molecular Reconstruction systems and a Quantum Deceleration Field Generator. Time itself becomes a tactical system to this ship, making it quite the formidable opponent in battle.

This starship features a Commander Science/Temporal Operative bridge officer station and a Lieutenant Engineering/Intel bridge officer station.

Temporal Starships are capable of making subtle alterations on the molecular level through the use of Molecular Reconstruction. This technology allows the starship to assume 1 of three different Configurations: Defensive, Offensive and Support. Each Configuration has its own strengths and weaknesses. Each of the Configurations generates their own specific counter. Up to 6 Counters can be generated at a time. These Counters are used to fuel your Molecular Deconstruction Beam.

Defensive Configuration provides a boost to Maximum Hit Points and Threat Generation and reduces recharge time on Engineering Bridge Officer abilities, but comes at the cost of a small reduction to Flight Speed and Turn Rate. This configuration also generates 1 Defensive Counter every 10 seconds.

Offensive Configuration provides a boost to Flight Speed, Turn Rate and reduces recharge time on Tactical Bridge Officer abilities, but comes at the cost of reduced Maximum Hit Points. This configuration also generates 1 Offensive Counter every 10 seconds.

Support Configuration provides a boost to Hull Healing, Shield Healing, Exotic Damage and reduces recharge time on Science Bridge Officer abilities, but comes at the cost of reduced Weapons Damage. This configuration also generates 1 Support Counter every 10 seconds.

Molecular Deconstruction Beam inflicts Radiation Damage, reduces its target's damage resistance and disables the target briefly. Offensive Counters increase this ability's damage. Defensive Counters increase this ability's Damage Resistance Debuff. Support Counters increase the duration of this ability's Disable.

The Sphere Builder Edoulg Science Vessel [T6] has a single hangar bay equipped with Sphere Builder Heavy Fighters. These durable small craft are equipped with Antiproton Beam Arrays, Chroniton Torpedoes and the Beam: Overload I and Channeled Deconstruction I abilities.

Ship Details

Faction: All

Availability: Lobi Store

Tier: 6

Required Rank: Rear Admiral, Sub Admiral I or Brigadier General

Hull Strength: 34,500 at level 40, 39,675 at level 50 and 46,000 at level 60

Shield Modifier: 1.45

Fore Weapons: 4

Aft Weapons: 2

Device Slots: 3

Bridge Officer Stations: 1 Lieutenant Commander Tactical, 1 Lieutenant Engineering/Intel, 1 Ensign Science, 1 Commander Science/Temporal Operative and 1 Lieutenant Commander Universal

Console Modifications: 4 Tactical, 2 Engineering, 5 Science

Base Turn Rate: 9

Impulse Modifier: 0.15

Inertia: 40

+5 to Weapon Power, +5 to Shield Power and +10 to Auxiliary Power

Console – Universal – Quantum Deceleration Field Generator

Molecular Reconstruction

Subsystem Targeting

Sensor Analysis

Hangar Bays: 1

Hangar Bays loaded with Sphere Builder Fighters

Starship Ability Package (Science) Enhanced Particle Generators (+Exotic Damage) Advanced Shield Systems (+Shield HP) Enhanced Restorative Circuitry (+Healing) Reactive Shield Technology (+Shield Regen/Hardness) Delphic Phasing (Starship Trait)



Sphere Builder Arehbes Destroyer

The Tier 5 Arehbes is the most common starship in the Sphere Builder fleet. This nimble craft was designed to rapidly engage their targets in and out of the Delphic Expanse. The Arehbes Destroyer has a balanced hull and shield strength and an average turn rate.

Tier: 5

Faction: All

Rank Requirement: Rear Admiral, Sub Admiral I or Brigadier General

Hull Strength: 28,500

Shield Modifier: 0.95

Fore Weapons: 4

Aft Weapons: 3

Device Slots: 2

Bridge Officer Stations: 1 Lieutenant Tactical, 1 Commander Tactical, 1 Lieutenant Engineering, 1 Ensign Science, 1 Lieutenant Commander Science

Console Modifications: 4 Tactical, 1 Engineering, 4 Science

Base Turn Rate: 16.5 degrees/second

Impulse Modifier: 0.2

Inertia: 65

+15 to Weapon Power

Can Load Dual Cannons

When the Sphere Builder Arehbes Destroyer is upgraded to T5-U with a Starship Upgrade Requisition it gains the following improvements:

Hull Strength: 32,775 at level 50 and 38,000 at level 60

+1 Tactical Console Slot

Starship Ability Package (Destroyer) Precise Weapon Systems (+Accuracy) Enhanced Weapon Banks (+Weapon Damage) Devastating Weaponry (+Crit Chance) Enhanced Weapon Systems (+Critical Hit Chance)



Additionally, owning both a Sphere Builder Arehbes Destroyer and either the Sphere Builder Edoulg Science Vessel [T6] or the Sphere Builder Dreadnought Carrier [T6] will unlock the ability to purchase Sphere Builder Arehbes Frigate hangar pets. There’s more on this in the Hangar Pets section of this blog.

New Bridge: All three Sphere Builder starships feature a new unique Sphere Builder bridge!

Starship Consoles

Console – Universal – Chroniton Fragmentation Warhead Launcher

The Sphere Builder Denuos Dreadnought Carrier comes equipped with the Chroniton Fragmentation Warhead Launcher. When this ability is activated, your starship will launch a projectile that will detonate, in a large area-of-effect, shortly before hitting your target. Foes hit by this explosion will be bombarded by Chroniton Warhead fragments which will cause heavy kinetic damage and have their turn rate and flight speed drastically reduced. After a short countdown, these fragments will explode inflicting shield penetrating heavy kinetic damage. This explosion also knocks a random sub-system offline.

This console also provides a passive bonus to the Critical Hit Chance and Turn Rate.

This console may be equipped in any console slot, but may only be equipped on Sphere Builder starships.

Console - Universal - Quantum Deceleration Field Generator

The Sphere Builder Edoulg Science Vessel comes equipped with the Quantum Deceleration Field Generator universal console. When this ability is activated, you will generate a large field around your starship that will gradually slow the flow of time for enemies within its radius. Affected enemies will suffer damage over time that will increase the longer they remain in the field. In addition, foes within the field will suffer from a reduction to flight speed, which increases over time. After remaining in the field for 5 seconds, they will become held for a short time. Targets that remain in the field for the entirety of its 10 second duration will suffer instant heavy Physical damage.

This console also provides a passive bonus to the Particle Generators skill and the Science Readiness skill.

This console may be equipped in any console slot, but may only be equipped on Sphere Builder starships.

Item Set Bonuses

Delphic Particle Accelerators Item Set

This two piece set includes the consoles from the Sphere Builder Edoulg Science Vessel [T6] and the Sphere Builder Denuos Dreadnought Carrier [T6]. Below are the two universal consoles in this set:

Items in set:

Console - Universal - Quantum Deceleration Field Generator Found on the Sphere Builder Edoulg Science Vessel [T6]

Console - Universal - Chroniton Fragmentation Warhead Launcher Found on the Sphere Builder Denuos Dreadnought Carrier [T6]



Set Bonuses

Delphic Particle Accelerators (2 piece) – Passive +Exotic Damage



Starship Traits

Delphic Shockwave

After reaching level 5 in your Sphere Builder Denuos Dreadnought Carrier, you will unlock the Delphic Shockwave starship trait. While this trait is slotted, your Photonic Shockwave Science Bridge Officer ability will leave behind a localized anomaly that mimics the effects of the Delphic Expanse. Enemies that enter this hazard will suffer radiation damage over time and have their damage resistance reduced.

Delphic Phasing

After reaching level 5 in your Sphere Builder Edoulg Science Vessel, you will unlock the Delphic Phasing starship trait. While this trait is slotted, you will gain a stack of Partial Delphic Phasing each time you score a critical hit. You may only generate 1 stack every 2 seconds. Each stack of Partial Delphic Phasing provides an increase to All Energy Damage resistance rating and lasts for a short duration. At 10 stacks of Delphic Phasing, you become immune to Energy Damage for a short time. After this effect wears off, you will be unable to generate stacks of Delphic Phasing for a period of time.

Hangar Pets

Sphere Builder Heavy Fighters

These are launched two at a time and each hangar bay can support up to 4 Heavy Fighters at a time.

Sphere Builder Heavy Fighters (Blue)

Availability: Default, EC Hangar Pet Store

Weapons:

1x Delphic Antiproton Beam Array (Fore)

1x Chroniton Torpedo (Fore)

1x Delphic Antiproton Beam Array (Aft)

Powers:

Beam: Overload I

Channeled Deconstruction I



Advanced Sphere Builder Heavy Fighters (Purple)

Availability: Dilithium Hangar Pet Store

Weapons:

1x Delphic Antiproton Beam Array (Fore)

1x Chroniton Torpedo (Fore)

1x Delphic Antiproton Beam Array (Aft)

Powers:

Beam: Overload II

Torpedo: High Yield I

Channeled Deconstruction I



Elite Sphere Builder Heavy Fighters (Ultraviolet)

Availability: Fleet Hangar Pet Store

Weapons:

1x Delphic Antiproton Beam Array (Fore)

1x Chroniton Torpedo (Fore)

1x Delphic Antiproton Beam Array (Aft)

Powers:

Beam: Overload II

Torpedo: High Yield II

Channeled Deconstruction I



Sphere Builder Arehbes Frigate

These are launched one at a time and each hangar bay can support up to 2 Arehbes Frigates at a time.

Sphere Builders Arehbes Frigate (Blue)

Availability: EC Hangar Pet Store, Requires Possession of Arehbes Destroyer starship

Weapons:

1x Delphic Antiproton Beam Array (Fore)

1x Delphic Antiproton Dual Beam Bank (Fore)

1x Chroniton Torpedo (Fore)

1x Delphic Antiproton Beam Array (Aft)

Powers:

Rapid Decay I

Channeled Deconstruction I

Torpedo Spread I



Advanced Sphere Builders Arehbes Frigate (Purple)

Availability: Dilithium Hangar Pet Store, Requires Possession of Arehbes Destroyer starship

Weapons:

1x Delphic Antiproton Beam Array (Fore)

1x Delphic Antiproton Dual Beam Bank (Fore)

1x Chroniton Torpedo (Fore)

1x Delphic Antiproton Beam Array (Aft)

Powers:

Rapid Decay I

Channeled Deconstruction I

Torpedo Spread II

Beam: Fire At Will I



Elite Sphere Builders Arehbes Frigate (Ultraviolet)

Availability: Fleet Hangar Pet Store, Requires Possession of Arehbes Destroyer starship

Weapons:

1x Delphic Antiproton Beam Array (Fore)

1x Delphic Antiproton Dual Beam Bank (Fore)

1x Chroniton Torpedo (Fore)

1x Delphic Antiproton Beam Array (Aft)

Powers:

Rapid Decay I

Channeled Deconstruction I

Torpedo Spread II

Beam: Fire At Will II

NOTE: The above stats for all ships are subject to change.

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