I was still in my light cruiser, getting slapped around by Gorn in one of the patrol missions. I'd join a fight, and whammo - a shield gone with what was apparently a single salvo from a Gorn battleship. Turn hard, and whammo - another shield gone. Then some 3-5 seconds later - boom. 
All over but the crying and the respawn. I bailed on the mission and got promoted to LCDR with a beefy tank-ish Constitution-class cruiser. Okay, now I'll teach those nasty Gorn a thing or two. Get to the patrol area, enter a fight, and... wham - wham - boom. 
Anyway, if you see a battle-scarred (or -scared) cruiser USS Derry skippered by LCDR Rommie, wave hi and perhaps help a brother out. Though I've since learned that the "34" number those Gorn had were the number of levels above me that they were.
All over but the crying and the respawn. I bailed on the mission and got promoted to LCDR with a beefy tank-ish Constitution-class cruiser. Okay, now I'll teach those nasty Gorn a thing or two. Get to the patrol area, enter a fight, and... wham - wham - boom. Anyway, if you see a battle-scarred (or -scared) cruiser USS Derry skippered by LCDR Rommie, wave hi and perhaps help a brother out. Though I've since learned that the "34" number those Gorn had were the number of levels above me that they were.
I'm probably gonna level a science to Rear Admiral before quitting. I might also level either a tactical or a Klingon up as well but I'll find out later.
Fair enough. And yeah, I'd imagine when I create my third character (a science officer, this time) it'll help a lot if I can equip them with some good but still relatively entry-level stuff from the git-go.
