Oh , okay , thank you ! !<| sep |> So do I , so do a bunch of other STOBuilds regulars , but what does that count for ? How does that even begin to address the difference between developing your own build , and trying to use someone else ' s without an understanding of the mechanics behind it ? Yes , broadly speaking a Drain build is A ship that drains . A lot but there ' s multiple ways to achieve that goal , same way there ' s multiple ways to achieve DPS , or alpha , or any other objective for a build . Any ship can be a drain build . Any of them . Science vessels will do it better than most , but I ' ve ran Drainscorts for fun and giggles . It ' s irrelevant that a Nautilus , or Edoulg , or Eternal , or even Annorax might be the best Sci vessel in the game you ' re a Drain boat . A Drain boat doesn ' t care about Temporal Rep , and barely cares about Intel it cares about Sci consoles , and BOff seats . If you feel that there ' s a single answer to What ' s the best drain ship ? then I have to tell you that you ' re working from a flawed premise . If you want to Make Drain Go then just buy a Nautilus . It at least can be adapted into almost any other build , so it ' s not like you ' re wasting resources on it .