Star Trek: Armada III begins with the first stirrings of the Dominion War and allows players to take command of five unique factions, the United Federation of Planets, the Klingon Empire, the Romulan Star Empire, the Cardassian Union/Dominion Alliance, and the Borg Collective. Explore strange new worlds, seek out new life and new civilizations, and boldly go where no one has gone before.
new Defiant-class model
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New Defiant model by Amargosa, more of his work at knightvision3d.com
Par le Neuf Enfers, that Defiant is toast! Malédiction!
"All those escape pods... So small"
I am glad Weyoun didn't order their destruction!
He was probably ordered by a Shaper not to destroy them. That was a brilliant strategic move, not to destroy them.
On the contrary, it was the dominions biggest blunder. Sisko lead that war, and among his crew were some of the best Starfleet had to offer.
They might have won had they decided to shoot.
Blunder, you say? Mwhahahaha. Your thinking is narrow. Victory would be won that day, but if the survivors were killed, it would only galvanize the crews not committed to that battle. On the other hand, allowing the escaped survivors live permitted them to tell that the were defeated by a superior force, which in turn lowered the morale of all crews on all ships. Wars are not only won through sheer display of might. Lowering morale also works in your favor, because if they attack again, they would know that they would lose again, and they would fight with less will, and if you attack them, they might even consider fleeing the battle to save their lives. Same is with strategy: a well-placed trap or ambush can go a long way to helping your cause. You said that Sisko's crew contained some of the Starfleet's finest? Yes, it did, but if the heroes fall, others would rise, and they would take their place. And they would be more than equal, because they would have the experience of previous heroes' death to learn from.
ain't that the truth...
Sorry to say I don't think this model is better than the old one. But then, no game ever gets the Defiant right. It's an odd shape and I imagine very difficult to model.