Lafayette Recon Destroyer

Lafayette Recon Destroyer

Tier:

6

Type:

Destroyer

Hull:

Lvl 50:	31050
Lvl 55:	33525
Lvl 60:	36000
Lvl 65:	40500

Hull modifier:

0.9

Shield modifier:

1.2

Turn rate:

14

Impulse modifier:

0.18

Inertia rating:

60

Warp core:

Matter-Antimatter

Bonus Power:

+10 weapons power
+10 auxiliary power

Bridge Officers:

    

Weapons:

4 3
Can equip dual cannons.

Type-specific slot:

Experimental Weapon

Device slots:

3

Consoles:

4 2 4

Cost:

3,000

Abilities:

Hyper-focusing Trinary Arrays

Admiralty stats:

19 52 37

Released:

August 23, 2018

Release date: August 23, 2018

The Lafayette-class Recon Destroyer is a Tier 6 Destroyer which may be flown by Starfleet characters, including Federation-aligned Romulan Republic and Dominion characters. All faction restrictions of this starship can be removed by having a level 65 KDF character or by purchasing the Cross Faction Flying unlock from the Zen Store. This starship can be used from any level upon completion of the tutorial experience. As you level up, this ship gains additional hull, weapon slots, and console slots.

Players can obtain this starship from the Zen Store for 3,000  under the name Lafayette-class Recon Destroyer [T6]. This ship can be purchased individually, or as part of the Cross Faction Recon Bundle [T6] for 4,000 . It is also available as part of the following: All Faction Recon Bundle [T6] for 7,000 .

Purchasing this starship will unlock a Fleet Ship Module discount when purchasing the Fleet New Orleans Recon Destroyer.

Overview

In these trying times, constant conflict and ever-present hostility have made exploration and reconnaissance at the edges of the frontier an even more dangerous endeavor than normal. The Recon Destroyer has been designed in response to this galactic atmosphere, providing a distinct combat-focus to a ship that is otherwise dedicated to scientific study and intelligence gathering.

The Lafayette Recon Destroyer provides a middle ground between the toughness of a cruiser and the maneuverability and firepower of an escort.

Class variants

Class	Information
Lafayette-class	SKIN UNLOCK: Free with this starship The Lafeyette-class is a modern re-design of the classic New Orleans-class, which first came into service with Starfleet in the mid-2300s. The ship is 382.6 meters long.
New Orleans-class	SKIN UNLOCK: Free The New Orleans-class was one of the many “graveyard ships” seen in the wreckage of Wolf 359 in the TNG Episode “The Best of Both Worlds”. This skin also includes a "New Orleans Beta" hull type, which slightly narrows the secondary hull and rounds out the rear shuttlebay portion of the hull.

Starship Mastery

Starship Mastery DESTROYER
I II III IV V
Level	Name	Description
I	Precise Weapon Systems	+5 Accuracy Rating.
II	Enhanced Weapon Banks	+15% Critical Severity.
III	Devastating Weaponry	+2.5% Critical Chance.
IV	Enhanced Weapon Systems	+10% Kinetic Damage. +10% All Energy Damage.
V	Jubilant Cadence	While this trait is active, defeating enemies or healing allies will grant you one stack of Jubilant Cadence a maximum of once every 4 seconds, which last until you leave combat or are defeated. After reaching 5 stacks, you and your teammates will receive a large boost to speed and turn rate, while also having all bridge officer ability recharge timers reduced.
V
V
VI	Account-Wide Reclaim Unlock	Complete this tier of Starship Mastery to be allowed to claim this starship on any character on this account.
VI

Abilities

Universal consoles

The Lafayette Recon Destroyer comes with [Console - Universal - Hyper-focusing Trinary Arrays], which can be equipped on any starship:

• Hyper-focusing Trinary Arrays

Experimental Weapon

The Lafayette-class Recon Destroyer comes with an Experimental Weapon slot. This additional slot does not fit standard weapons. Unlike standard starship weapons, Experimental weapons are not affected by weapon firing modes, such as those granted by bridge officer abilities.

Specialization seating

The Lafayette-class Recon Destroyer features the following specialist seats:

• Lieutenant Commander Universal/Intelligence

Standard configuration

Federation starships come with standard equipment and weapons of the lowest mark available at the ship's minimum rank. The items provided are appropriate to the type of vessel and its related playing style.

Equipment

• [Shield Array ∞]
  
• [Deflector Array ∞]
  
• [Impulse Engines ∞]
  
• [Matter Anti-Matter Warp Core ∞]
  

Fore Weapons

• [Phaser Dual Cannons ∞]
  
• [Phaser Beam Array ∞]
  
• [Photon Torpedo Launcher ∞]
  
• [Dual Phaser Beam Bank ∞]
  

Aft Weapons

• [Photon Torpedo Launcher ∞]
  
• [Photon Torpedo Launcher ∞]
  
• [Phaser Beam Array ∞]
  

Experimental Weapons

• [Experimental Hyperexcited Ion Stream Projector ∞]
  

Consoles

• [Console - Universal - Hyper-focusing Trinary Arrays]
  
  Console - Universal - Hyper-focusing Trinary Arrays

Scaling starship

This starship's equipment slots, base hull capacity and shield capacity scale as your level increases.

Equipment slots and seating

As you rank up every 10 levels, up to level 40, the ship's forward weapon slots, aft weapon slots, tactical console slots, engineering console slots, science console slots and available bridge officer (boff) abilities will slowly increase toward endgame capabilities:

Level						Boff seats
0-9	2	0	2	2	2
10-19	2	1	2	3	2
20-29	3	1	3	3	3
30-39	3	2	3	4	3
40+	4	2	4

Hull strength

This table shows how the ship's hull strength scales at each level. The base hull of all scaling starships is 10,000, which is then multiplied by the ship's hull modifier (0.9 for the Lafayette-class Recon Destroyer), and then multiplied by the scaling multiplier below at each level.

Hull scaling table

Level	Multiplier	Hull HP		Level	Multiplier	Hull HP		Level	Multiplier	Hull HP		Level	Multiplier	Hull HP
0	1	9000		20	2	18000		40	3	27000		60	4	36000
1	1.05	9450		21	2.05	18450		41	3.05	27450		61	4.1	36900
2	1.1	9900		22	2.1	18900		42	3.1	27900		62	4.2	37800
3	1.15	10350		23	2.15	19350		43	3.15	28350		63	4.3	38700
4	1.2	10800		24	2.2	19800		44	3.2	28800		64	4.4	39600
5	1.25	11250		25	2.25	20250		45	3.25	29250		65	4.5	40500
6	1.3	11700		26	2.3	20700		46	3.3	29700
7	1.35	12150		27	2.35	21150		47	3.35	30150
8	1.4	12600		28	2.4	21600		48	3.4	30600
9	1.45	13050		29	2.45	22050		49	3.45	31050
10	1.5	13500		30	2.5	22500		50	3.45	31050
11	1.55	13950		31	2.55	22950		51	3.505	31545
12	1.6	14400		32	2.6	23400		52	3.56	32040
13	1.65	14850		33	2.65	23850		53	3.615	32535
14	1.7	15300		34	2.7	24300		54	3.67	33030
15	1.75	15750		35	2.75	24750		55	3.725	33525
16	1.8	16200		36	2.8	25200		56	3.78	34020
17	1.85	16650		37	2.85	25650		57	3.835	34515
18	1.9	17100		38	2.9	26100		58	3.89	35010
19	1.95	17550		39	2.95	26550		59	3.945	35505

T6-X upgrade

By using an [Experimental Ship Upgrade Token], the Lafayette-class Recon Destroyer may be upgraded to T6-X, unlocking an extra ship device slot, universal console slot, and the ability to slot an extra starship trait.

Note that upgrading the Fleet New Orleans Recon Destroyer, the fleet version of the Lafayette Recon Destroyer, will not apply the upgrade to this starship.

Admiralty ship

Admiralty Ship
	19	52	37
	+10 SCI per TacShip

19

52

37

+10 SCI per TacShip

Notes

• The New Orleans-class variant received a revamp on December 18, 2020, utilizing parts from the recently revamped Galaxy-class model as well as the new Galaxy and legendary hull materials.

Gallery

• 

  Lafayette-class Recon Destroyer Profile

• 

  Lafayette-class rear

• 

  Lafayette-class using Hyper-focusing Trinary Arrays

• 

  New Orleans-class front

• 

  New Orleans-class back

• 

  New Orleans-class overview

External links

• Official Blog: Announcing the Recon Destroyer Bundle! (20 Aug, 2018)
• Official Blog: Recon Destroyer Bundle Stats! (21 Aug, 2018)

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