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Re: Should I try out Star Trek Online?
Posted: 2015-03-05 04:26pm
by FaxModem1
They've made a memorial for Leonard Nimoy and Spock on Vulcan and New Romulus:
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Star Trek Online's Memorial For Leonard Nimoy Is Here And Perfect
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Star Trek Online's Memorial For Leonard Nimoy Is Here And Perfect
When Leonard Nimoy passed away last week, the internet was heaving with tributes for the Star Trek star. Now Nimoy has been immortalized in an official Star Trek product — the massively mulitiplayer role-playing game Star Trek Online.
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Two statues have been added to the long-running Star Trek MMO to commemorate the actor's passing. Nimoy provided voice work for the game not just as Spock, but as a narrator as well, providing a small description of a new region of space whenever a player entered it for the first time. Here's a short video released when the game first came out in 2010:
The two statues, which appeared in the game for the first time today, are placed on the planets of Vulcan and "New Romulus" (Star Trek Online is set in a post-Star Trek XI universe, where Romulus was destroyed in the events that created the parallel universe the JJ Abrams movies take place in).
Aside from Vulcan as an obvious choice — and to mark the pilgrimage many players of the game took to the planet shortly after Nimoy's passing — New Romulus was chosen to represent Spock's work with the Romulan people after the events of the original series.
Star Trek Online's Memorial For Leonard Nimoy Is Here And Perfect
As well as the statues, for the next week Cryptic Studios will also display black flags in the game's three main hub zones, Earth Space Dock, Qo'noS and New Romulus. There will also be permanent plaques installed in each marking the passing of Nimoy and his fellow original series co-workers Majel Barrett, James Doohan, DeForest Kelley, and Gene Roddenberry.
Re: Should I try out Star Trek Online?
Posted: 2015-03-09 04:16pm
by Elheru Aran
Well, this is interesting.
http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-t ... il/9080423
Starting April 2nd, you'll get an extra free character slot on your account. That character will get some bennies that standard accounts don't get.
Might be a chance for me to kick up a new Starfleet char and pick up a nice Sov...
Re: Should I try out Star Trek Online?
Posted: 2015-03-09 04:26pm
by The Romulan Republic
Nice. Maybe I'll create a Klingon character to go with my Romulan and Federation characters, though I haven't played this game for a while (that might be partly because I got into Empire: Total War for a while).
Re: Should I try out Star Trek Online?
Posted: 2015-03-09 08:49pm
by Lord Revan
I might make a Reman if I get them unlocked by then.
Re: Should I try out Star Trek Online?
Posted: 2015-03-09 08:53pm
by Skywalker_T-65
Not sure what I'll do yet. Getting back into the swing of things still (and finding out how horridly outclassed my good 'ole Sov is in DPS these days. Granted that may be my high-tier (from when I last played) gear is no longer high-tier...).
That, and trying to figure out a way to grind enough dilithium to at least get me partway to the Excelsior. I really want that thing.
Re: Should I try out Star Trek Online?
Posted: 2015-03-13 02:05pm
by Alferd Packer
Since all of my zen store ships are fed, I'd probably just stick with a new Fed, if anything. But man, doing that rep grind over again...I don't know. I like being in the top 1% of players right now.

Re: Should I try out Star Trek Online?
Posted: 2015-03-13 05:09pm
by Lord Revan
My "Price of Peace" Foundry mission is nearly done now, Just need to rework the final part so that there's no characters that were played by an actor in the TV-series (well technically Kahless isn't recognizeble as the actor under the Klingon make-up and he's a NPC in-game anyway but better safe then sorry) and I need to polish some of the earlier parts but that shouldn't take too long. Once it's published I'd love to hear what you guys think about it.
Though to be honest I'm probably not gonna publish that Project until I've gotten the first part of the 3 part companion story done as well.
Re: Should I try out Star Trek Online?
Posted: 2015-03-16 11:37pm
by The Romulan Republic
Okay, what all happened while I was away from this game? I was around DS9 right before I stopped playing, I think, and the area was full of Cardassian enemies. I come back, and its crawling with Terran Federation ships. Are they Mirror universe guys? When did the Mirror Universe invade?
Re: Should I try out Star Trek Online?
Posted: 2015-03-17 10:06am
by Elheru Aran
It's probably one of the random change-ups they pull every now and then. You do have a Mirror Universe set of episodes on DS9 that you have to deal with, so that may be it.
Re: Should I try out Star Trek Online?
Posted: 2015-03-17 01:20pm
by Lord Revan
The Romulan Republic wrote:Okay, what all happened while I was away from this game? I was around DS9 right before I stopped playing, I think, and the area was full of Cardassian enemies. I come back, and its crawling with Terran Federation ships. Are they Mirror universe guys? When did the Mirror Universe invade?
By the time you're finished with the Cardassian Struggle storyline you have fought the Cardies, the Dominion, the Undine and the Mirror Universe (though not in that order).
Re: Should I try out Star Trek Online?
Posted: 2015-03-17 05:43pm
by The Romulan Republic
Good God I hate that little motherfucker Drake. So he risks my crew's safety for his gorram test and has the gall to question my loyalty because I didn't make the decision he wanted me to make (i.e. trusting him even when I had no reason to) and make threats. I really wish the game gave me the option of locking his worthless ass in the brig after that. Fuck, I've taken on the Borg. I'm not too scarred of Section 31 cowards who would rather play at cloak and dagger than fight an honest fight.
Edit: My rage is somewhat soothed by the fact that that mission let my Federation character finally become an Admiral, though.

Re: Should I try out Star Trek Online?
Posted: 2015-03-17 05:54pm
by The Romulan Republic
Also, I'm starting to like the DS9 commander. He doesn't seem to be a fan of Section 31.
And back to Earth I go for a promotion and a new ship. But first, some war games.

Re: Should I try out Star Trek Online?
Posted: 2015-03-17 07:40pm
by Lord Revan
The Romulan Republic wrote:Good God I hate that little motherfucker Drake. So he risks my crew's safety for his gorram test and has the gall to question my loyalty because I didn't make the decision he wanted me to make (i.e. trusting him even when I had no reason to) and make threats. I really wish the game gave me the option of locking his worthless ass in the brig after that. Fuck, I've taken on the Borg. I'm not too scarred of Section 31 cowards who would rather play at cloak and dagger than fight an honest fight.
Edit: My rage is somewhat soothed by the fact that that mission let my Federation character finally become an Admiral, though.

Yeah Franklin Drake is lucky my Federation Engineer didn't slam him into wall so hard it would have broken every bone in his body, or made him I live his worst nightmares on constant playback inside his head. (My Fed engi is from an alien species that's both telephatic and telekinetic (actually orginally I intended her to be just telephatic but there's not active telephatic traits in the "alien" species selection so I added the TK attack to her traits)).
Re: Should I try out Star Trek Online?
Posted: 2015-03-18 06:47am
by RogueIce
The Romulan Republic wrote:Also, I'm starting to like the DS9 commander. He doesn't seem to be a fan of Section 31.
You'll stop liking him after "Boldly They Rode"
KURLAND HERE
Re: Should I try out Star Trek Online?
Posted: 2015-03-18 10:42am
by Lord Revan
RogueIce wrote:The Romulan Republic wrote:Also, I'm starting to like the DS9 commander. He doesn't seem to be a fan of Section 31.
You'll stop liking him after "Boldly They Rode"
KURLAND HERE
yeah that's kind of annoying but it never turned my opinion of Cap Kurtland into negative, it just made wish the was a "mute coms" button on my EV suit.
Re: Should I try out Star Trek Online?
Posted: 2015-03-18 12:28pm
by Elheru Aran
Man, I always forget how damn long it takes to patch once you've gotten back on after being away for awhile...
Re: Should I try out Star Trek Online?
Posted: 2015-03-18 05:45pm
by The Romulan Republic
Indeed. Good way to keep players playing regularly I guess.
Re: Should I try out Star Trek Online?
Posted: 2015-03-18 05:46pm
by Skywalker_T-65
On my end, I forgot how annoying it is to have to grind XP to get the next episode unlocked.
Re: Should I try out Star Trek Online?
Posted: 2015-03-19 10:57am
by Lord Revan
Skywalker_T-65 wrote:On my end, I forgot how annoying it is to have to grind XP to get the next episode unlocked.
that's why XP bonus weekends are nice I got my new sci char to lvl 53 and my new Engineer to lvl 52 so far and I'm not even close to DQ mission with them yet. By the time I reach Delta Quadrant story line I should be lvl 60 with both so no need for XP grind.
Re: Should I try out Star Trek Online?
Posted: 2015-03-21 10:20pm
by The Romulan Republic
Right now my characters are at level 40 (my Federation science officer) and a measly level 12 (my Romulan- haven't played with her in a while). Not sure what I'll do with the remaining slot. Maybe a Klingon science officer (its such an un-cliche career for a Klingon).
Re: Should I try out Star Trek Online?
Posted: 2015-03-21 11:12pm
by Steve
I haven't played since October, but I might come back for this "Delta Recruit" thing.
Re: Should I try out Star Trek Online?
Posted: 2015-03-21 11:19pm
by The Romulan Republic
I just had an unexpectedly awesome battle. Some Undine decided to turn the war games into an actual war, and it ended with an entire fleet going up against an Undine ship.
And now they've taken Deep Space 9. I made the decision to return to Earth to get a better ship before going to aid Deep Space 9.
Re: Should I try out Star Trek Online?
Posted: 2015-03-22 12:02am
by Steve
This is still all old content, unfortunately. The Cardassian Front missions are the only ones left from the game's launch. I haven't played the re-done Romulan missions, but the re-done missions for the other fronts are all better in presentation, using lessons learned from the various Featured Episode series' they have made.
Re: Should I try out Star Trek Online?
Posted: 2015-03-22 01:03am
by The Romulan Republic
I'm really looking forward to the Delta Quadrant stuff.
Re: Should I try out Star Trek Online?
Posted: 2015-03-22 02:13am
by The Romulan Republic
Apparently one shot from each of my phasers is just the right amount of firepower to blow up a B'rel now.