New vessel comes to Star Trek Online

Word has come down from Starfleet that there's a new kind of scientific vessel being spotted across the Alpha Quadrant for upcoming title Star Trek Online. Being used by the Kobheerians, Galadorans, Barolians and Coverians, the Type VII might look harmless, but captains are being warned not to judge a ship by its exterior.

Primarily a science vessel, Starfleet has noted that the Type VII can be retrofitted with impressive shields making it a formidable tactical challenge for any Captain who comes across it:

"Defenses on the Type VII are not designed to withstand a sustained attack. Because the Type VII is primarily used for civilian or commercial purposes, captains of the Type VII are more likely to run or send out a distress signal rather than fight an opponent alone. However, a handful of Type VII ships have been successfully retrofitted with multiphasic, paratrinic or metaphasic shield emitters. On Stardate 84072.55, the U.S.S Trieste recorded an incident where the S.S. Trialas, a Type VII vessel registered out of Galador II, successfully evaded a group of Nausicaan raiders by hiding in the corona of a star."