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Cryptic Studios Releases New Star Trek Online Details, Trailer

Posted by Soulskill on from the it's-an-mmo-jim-but-not-as-we-know-it dept.

Two days ago, an AP interview with Cryptic Studios' Jack Emmert provided new details about Star Trek: Online, which was lost in developmental limbo for quite some time. Today, Cryptic released a game-play trailer and a forty-minute webcast discussing the game.

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  1. Marketing Pitch by Stickerboy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes, you, too can be the Anonymous Redshirt, for only $14.99 a month!

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    1. Re:Marketing Pitch by BPPG · · Score: 4, Funny

      No, you start as a Captain.

      Does it really count if you're the red-shirted captain for the redshirt vessel?

      Delivering a valuable cargo of freshly laundered red shirts?

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    2. Re:Marketing Pitch by thatskinnyguy · · Score: 3, Funny

      Kirk: I'll need 4 people on the away team. Me, Spock, Bones and Ensign Ricky.

      Redshirt in the corner: Oh crap!

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  2. Re:For the lazy.. by 0100010001010011 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Details from TFA:

    • Big galaxy, lot's of space, away missions on planets

    How many red shirts do you get per ship?

  3. The only problem in Star Trek games by FlyingSquidStudios · · Score: 5, Funny

    is that you never make an entire planet feel ashamed right after first contact for not adhering to your superior future moral code. I mean that's basically the point of Star Trek.

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    1. Re:The only problem in Star Trek games by MindlessAutomata · · Score: 5, Funny

      Hmmm... Star Trek takes place in a future where mankind has embraced socialism and lives in a utopia....

      Being contacted by smug socialists shaming you because you're not one? Yes, that's certainly new, certainly unheard of.

    2. Re:The only problem in Star Trek games by NNKK · · Score: 3, Funny

      Most of whom, exactly?

    3. Re:The only problem in Star Trek games by node+3 · · Score: 4, Funny

      If you think about it, it shouldn't be surprising that the people who prefer Kirk see themselves as the center of the universe.

    4. Re:The only problem in Star Trek games by AstrumPreliator · · Score: 5, Funny

      Ah yes, the original Star Trek. Where Captain Kirk would either
      A) Beat up the antagonist
      B) Have sex with the antagonist
      or C) Do both A and B

      It really went downhill after the original!

    5. Re:The only problem in Star Trek games by Joebert · · Score: 4, Funny

      How about this one ?

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  4. This isn't going to go well ... by Mike610544 · · Score: 5, Funny

    From what they haven't said about avoiding current MMO problems I picture it like this:

    NPC: Bring me 17 Tribble Scrotums.
    Player: Ok, here you go.
    NPC: Kill the renegade Klingon warlord.
    Player: Done.
    ... 49 levels later ...
    NPC: Invade the Borg ship and destroy it's power source.
    Player: Mission accomplished!
    NPC: uhh ... now just keep doing that again and again for increasingly diminishing rewards ....
    Player: but didn't I already ...
    NPC: SILENCE! Invade the Borg ship and ...

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    1. Re:This isn't going to go well ... by Adriax · · Score: 4, Funny

      PC: 50 man borg cube raid fleet starting, need 37 more!

      Fleet commander: %$#@!! Who aggroed the drone nest!?! That's Negative 50 BKP!!!

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    2. Re:This isn't going to go well ... by Caraig · · Score: 3, Funny

      Planet Killer train to zone!

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  5. Re:For the lazy.. by Baricom · · Score: 3, Funny

    The quote at the bottom of Slashdot's page right now is especially appropriate:

    You will be dead within a year.

  6. Re:For the lazy.. by Adriax · · Score: 4, Funny

    Instead of the standard HP or hit points, health will be gauged by RS, red shirts.

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  7. Platforms by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Emmert said "Star Trek Online" would definitely be available for Windows PC and perhaps Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3.

    Translation: your choice of Microsoft, Microsoft or rootkit-installing Sony.

    I'll pass on all 3 options, thanks.

  8. Re:Space combat + fps + rpg... by jandrese · · Score: 4, Funny

    If you want Star Wars there's no need to wait, just sign up for Star Wars Galaxies today. Warning: Gameplay may change suddenly.

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  9. Re:For the lazy.. by OldManAndTheC++ · · Score: 3, Funny

    You have docked with Starbase 23. Would you like to resupply? YES

    Starbase 23 has the following supplies:

    • Dilithium: 5 kilos
    • Photon torpedoes: 12
    • Anti-matter: 0.5 grams
    • Red Shirts: 87

    Please indicate the items and quantity needed...

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  10. I see this starting out like all MMORPGs by NeuroManson · · Score: 3, Funny

    You start the game with default clothing, basic black slacks and a red shirt. Then you spend half the game trying to earn a different color shirt. Just like all the others, except more desperately.

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