“Oh my god. It’s real.”

-Alexander Dane

By Grabthar’s Hammer, what a ship! The NSEA Protector has arrived, and as the centerpiece of the Galaxy Quest crossover month it comes with many exciting features that are guaranteed to thrill all Questarians! The ship itself is designed for Commanders of levels 40 and up, is of the Explorer type, and has a maximum level of 75 (Tier 15). As the NSEA Protector is itself not of this universe, it is uniquely equipped to deal with the challenges of the Mirror Universe, and its abilities are largely focused on overcoming those challenges. Here is an explanation of the abilities that the NSEA Protector has:

Quantum Flux

Increases damage to Mirror Universe hostiles.

Trellium Chompers

Increases mining speed of raw Trellium. The NSEA Protector can be used to mine raw Trellium, and it can become more effective at it than any survey!

Magnetic Minefield Immunity

Provides immunity to the new Magnetic Minefield hazard. This hazard features prominently in the new Mirror Universe systems that have been added this month as part of the NSEA Protector upgrade loop.

Omega-13

The secret power of the NSEA Protector, the power to rewind time by 13 seconds. It’s not much, but it is enough to undo one mistake! The Omega-13 is an active ship ability that can target the NSEA Protector itself, or any other ships in the system. While active, that ship will be able to avoid being destroyed by rewinding time to make a different choice. The result of the combat will not change for the other ship involved, but the Omega-13 will ensure that the affected ship will not have been destroyed. No cargo will be lost, and the ship will be “rewound” to a set percentage of its HP. This percentage can be improved with research and with the K’ragk-Vort’t refit.

Due to the instantaneous destruction caused by the Borg Cutting Beam, the Omega-13 cannot prevent destruction by that means. It also cannot prevent destruction from hazards. 13 seconds just isn’t enough time to avoid getting into range of the cutting beam, or to avoid even flying into the system with the hazard.

How to improve the NSEA Protector:

In order to upgrade your NSEA Protector, you will need Beryllium Spheres. To get those, you need to start by getting some Raw Omega Trellium. As with the previously seen Raw Trellium-A and Raw Trellium-D, you will have to venture into the Mirror Universe to get it. Several new systems have been added to the Mirror Universe with new hostiles that drop Raw Omega Trellium, and you can get to them through Mirror Nausicaa. Mirror Nausicaa can be reached through a new rift that can be found in Mirror Axanar. Mirror Axanar is directly on the other side of the entry rift found in Mirror Alpha Centauri, so if you choose Mirror Alpha Centauri as your entry point, it won’t take long to get to the new systems. Beware though, once you get past Mirror Nausicaa, all these systems are extremely hazardous! The new Magnetic Minefield hazard is particularly potent in these systems, and will quickly destroy any ship that enters that is not the NSEA Protector.

Once you have Raw Omega-Trellium, it can be refined in the Mirror Universe refinery, producing Liquid Omega Trellium and Omega Mirror Dust, the latter of which is used to research the new nodes that have been added to the Mirror Research Tree. Several of these nodes specifically enhance the NSEA Protector, so be sure to check them out!

Liquid Omega Trellium can be exchanged in the refinery in a manner similar to Liquid Trellium-D, and it is there that you can acquire the Beryllium Spheres necessary to upgrade the NSEA Protector. Several other exciting options are available in the Liquid Omega Trellium exchange, such as Mirror Dust, sourcing for certain Prime particles and even a refit for the NSEA Protector!

The Sarris Invasion poses a serious threat to our universe, but remember, Commanders! As long as there is injustice, whenever a Targathian baby cries out, wherever a distress signal sounds among the stars, you’ll be there, with this fine ship! Never give up, never surrender!

LLAP

The Star Trek Team