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The Star Trek MMO
Post by trog @ 06:09pm 28/07/08 | 23 Comments
Cryptic Studios have announced they're now working on Star Trek Online, the (always inevitable) MMO set in the famous Trekiverse. The press release contains barely any information other than the first trailer will be available on the 10th of August, but the about page on the newly launched official site has these details:
Adventure in the Final Frontier: Explore strange new worlds, seek out new life and new civilizations in an expanding vast universe. Make contact with alien races, discover resources and uncover mysteries that will change the future of the Star Trek universe.

You Are the Captain: Command your own starship as a Federation Captain or a Klingon Warrior. Outfit it with the systems that you need to make your mark in the galaxy. Customize your ship as you see fit. Recruit, train and mold your crew into an elite force for exploration and combat.

Surface, Shipboard and Deep Space Adventures: Command your vessel in thrilling space battles, or beam down to planets with your away team for face-to-face confrontations. Missions will take you and your friends into space, planetside and even inside starships!
It is apparently coming for both PC and consoles. A bunch of new screenshots are available as well.


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FraktuRe
Posted 06:11pm 28/7/08
Whatever happened to the firefly mmo?
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Shakle
Posted 06:20pm 28/7/08
Finally, an excuse to make Mr. Spock jokes online.
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neimad
Posted 06:43pm 28/7/08
Your request is not logical.

Meh, don't tease me Cryptic. Bad enough Perpetual made a massive hash of things. At least Cryptic has the City of Heroes/Villains franchise to back their achievements in MMO development, so it'll be worth a look.

Warp speed!
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Midda
Posted 07:53pm 28/7/08
Whatever happened to the firefly mmo?

It's quietly in development, but I'd be willing to bet money that it turns out to be s***.
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trog
Posted 08:35pm 28/7/08
Whatever happened to the firefly mmo?
Who cares? You can't really compare the two; Firefly is some seriously average television. While a solid Star Trek game probably couldn't put a dent in WoW numbers, it certainly has more of a chance than a lot of other brands out there, Firefly included.
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ham water
Posted 10:06pm 28/7/08
firefly average? i thought trog was cool.
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Midda
Posted 10:16pm 28/7/08
Firefly is some seriously average television.

Wow, I don't even know what to say to that.
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FraktuRe
Posted 10:22pm 28/7/08
Surely you jest trog?
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Le Infidel
Posted 10:27pm 28/7/08
I think im with trog on that one, firefly was like a D grade hunk of crap ... only reason i saw any of it cause my mate forced me to as he was so in love with it
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parabol
Posted 10:29pm 28/7/08
Firefly is average. Generally its fans are newbies who have never seen a good sci-fi series.

If you want to see good sci-fi, can't improve much on the epic-ness and multi-seasonal story arcs and insane character depth and development in Babylon 5. Even though it's well over 10 years old, it still owns.

No, not even BSG comes close ..
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Tollaz0r!
Posted 10:33pm 28/7/08
Babylon 5 is awesome, I've seen heaps of Sci-Fi. Firefly and great, I also like Farscape and Lex tho.
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Raider
Posted 11:08pm 28/7/08
red dwarf > all sci fi
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Creepy
Posted 12:00am 29/7/08
Firefly is average. Generally its fans are newbies who have never seen a good sci-fi series.


I wouldn't really call Firefly 'sci-fi' :)
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icewyrm
Posted 03:45am 29/7/08
So how does beaming down to planets work? You level up depending on how many ensign security officers get killed by aliens?
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Tim Tibbetts
Posted 07:14am 29/7/08
I've just started watching B5 again actually, OMFG season 1 was corny!
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Spook
Posted 08:10am 29/7/08
red dwarf > all sci fi


except for those god awful series they did at the end, which were horribly unfunny, had americans in them and should never have been made
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Pharcyde
Posted 08:28am 29/7/08
Firefly is some seriously average television.


Heh, wow.
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trog
Posted 09:32am 29/7/08
I know, normally if a show ends after one or two series it means it was really good, but in this case... bleeeeuuhhhhh. So much potential squandered making it into a western in space.

I'm not a Trek fan and obviously don't care about MMOs but I'm definitely intrigued to see how this one pans out.
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Tollaz0r!
Posted 09:35am 29/7/08
Hopefully they will learn the lessons of AoC and have plenty of quality mid to end game content.
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simul
Posted 01:35pm 29/7/08
I want a Andromeda MMO, now that would be awesome. Pay 30$ a month to hunt Kevin Sorbo...sold.
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icewyrm
Posted 02:22pm 29/7/08
Kevin Sorbo = hercules mmo, haha.
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kEEv3r
Posted 04:05pm 29/7/08
Thanks god Cryptic is on the case. I am pretty confident these guys will make a good MMO. Will it please the trekkies? Probably not.
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Wild Wizard
Posted 07:42pm 29/7/08
First problem ... solar panels on space stations?

All space stations in the ST universe are fusion powered.
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