Subspace Communique - Star Trek Online

New Star Trek Online Captain's Log For Your Gaming Pleasure

Crewman Becky — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 03:57:08 +0000

Terrilynn Shull is back with this week's installment of Captain's Log for Massively.com

There's lots going on in Star Trek Online's cyber~~quadrants~~space. With most of the press buzz about the game still revolving around the recent Romulan expansion, Terrilyn takes this week to talk about that and everything else going on in STO.

From the introduction of a new portal platform:

STO Players Have XP Weekend And Denise Crosby Surprise In The Near Future

Crewman Becky — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 03:13:18 +0000

Subspace Communique’s good friend, Terilynn Shull, over at Massively, has released a new Captain’s Log, today, and it’s chock full ‘o goodies.

For those of you who don’t know, Terilynn writes a new Captain’s Log once a week centered on Star Trek Online. This week’s release does not disappoint. She fills us in on all the exciting opportunities and upcoming game additions.

New Star Trek Online Captain’s Log Gives Ships Tips To New Players

Crewman Becky — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 03:25:03 +0000

Hey you guys, there’s a new Captain’s Log available from our pal over at Massively, Terilynn Shull . This time she has put together a bunch of great tips and info, specifically focused on low-tier ships, for all the new STO players.

New Trailer For Star Trek Online Feature Episodes “The 2800”

Crewman Becky — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:45:44 +0000

In honor of the new “The 2800” Feature Episodes, Star Trek Online has released a new trailer. For those who don’t know,“The 2800” will consist of five featured episodes being released on consecutive Saturdays, until the big conclusion of the story on Saturday, March 10th. The episodes include the following: Episode 1: "Second Wave" (February 11) , Episode 2: "Of Bajor" (February 18) , Episode 3: "Operation Gamma" (February 25) , Episode 4: "Facility 4028" (March 3) , & Episode 5: "Boldly They Rode" (March 10) .

Cryptic Wanted Star Trek Online To Be Free-To-Play From The Beginning

Captain Pyke — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 03:05:30 +0000

Cryptic's Star Trek Online was released nearly two years ago to good reviews and moderate fan acceptance. According to Executive Producer & Cheif Technical Officer Stephen D'Angelo, Cryptic intended to release STO as a free-to-play MMO from the begriming, but Atari wouldn't have it. He tells IGN; "We've always wanted the game to be free-to-play, in fact we tried to make it free-to-play at the original launch, but our publisher didn't want us doing that so we didn't do that."

Star Trek Online Executive Producer Dan Stahl Is Leaving Cryptic

Captain Pyke — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 04:45:16 +0000

Star Trek Online Executive Producer Dan Stahl has thrown in the proverbial towel over at Cryptic. In a long letter to the players and fans, Dan left by saying "This was a difficult decision but ultimately one that will start a new chapter for me and my family." With a little over a year under his belt Dan has overseen several changes in STO since replacing Craig Zinkievich in July 2010. The biggest news of late being the purchase of Cryptic by Perfect World as well as the new free-to-play model. On the former, Dan mentions that he's "confident that the future of Star Trek Online is secure with Perfect World."

Data Feed: TrekFleets Episode 7 Available For Download

Captain Pyke — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 02:20:25 +0000

A brand new episode of our favorite STO podcast (TrekFleets) just launched for your little pointed ears. A.J. Was kind enough to have me back on the show and this time we go through season 2 of Star Trek: The Next Generation to find which episodes would make great content for Star Trek Online. Aptly Named "STO or NO", we work our way through all 22 episodes. That's right, I said 22. Remember there was a writers strike going on at the time and with such turmoil comes turds like "Shades of Gray". Okay, so we probably just offended the lone solitary fan of Trek flashback episodes... Well Reginod, this one is for you.

Shuttle Bridges, An Uber Galaxy Map, And An Alien Of The Week Request For Star Trek Online In This Month's Ask Cryptic

Captain Pyke — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 02:03:35 +0000

It's been a little while since we've reported on Cryptic's Star Trek Online MMO. Not that we don't have love for STO, we just have been focusing on other areas. The game has seen a few updates lately including Season 4 and we figured it was high-time that we covered a new instance of the Star Trek Online monthly series "Ask Cryptic". As usual, STO Executive Producer Dan Stahl answers fan questions that include tons about season 4, plus a few questions that peeked our interest. For instance, will the Defiant's pulse cannons be a playable ship weapon? Or, will you be able visit the bridge on your shuttle or captain's yacht? Also thrown into the mix;will the Tarmarians and other well known/liked "Aliens of the Week" make an appearance sometime soon? The answer? Absolutely! In fact, CBS has requested the very same thing. Expect to see some familiar faces in upcoming Series. Rock! Check out more of the questions & answers below.

Q: KBFLordKrueg Now that we have a beautifully redone Qo’noS, can we hope for more Klingon missions soon as well?

STO Uplink: Here We Go Again! Cryptic Sold To Perfect World

Terilynn Shull — Tue, 31 May 2011 17:42:00 +0000

Here we go again! STO players are now screaming from the top of their lungs: “We’re all gonna DIE!” Okay, so maybe not quite so melodramatic, but pretty darn close!

Remember last week I told you that Atari had decided to divest itself of Star Trek Online’s production company, Cryptic Studios? Yeah, I talked about the rumors flying around the forums and the podcasts and the blogs – all of which seemed to take a “wait and see” attitude, hoping that a company who actually might love STO and Cryptic’s other products would be their knight in shining armor.

There was conjecture about almost every company – Blizzard, CBS, Microsoft – we even thought that maybe King Abdullah of Jordan might be interested…

Boy were we wrong.

STO Uplink: Atari Selling Cryptic And Other News

Terilynn Shull — Fri, 27 May 2011 23:32:44 +0000

OK OK OK – it’s been awhile I admit. I’m not going to ramble on about my excuses for being so long, so I will just jump right into it!

Not a lot really happened with Star Trek Online between my last (first) post at Subspace Communique and last week.

We had a “Featured Episode Re-Run” – which was the players opportunity to grab a special reward that was offered during the episodes’ initial run and the C-Store was stocked with Oberth class ships and Section 31 uniforms … fun yes, but not something that warranted an article unto themselves.

STO Uplink: Greeting Readers Of Subspace Communiqué!

Terilynn Shull — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 00:29:50 +0000

(Intro from Captain Pyke -- Subspace Communique would like to give a warm welcome to blogger & columnist Terilynn Shull and introduce you to a new article series focused solely on Star Trek Online called "STO: Uplink". This new series will be written from a player perspective and cover the latest news and happenings in the STO universe. Be sure to leave comments below welcoming Terilynn to the site. We're sure glad she's here.)

New Star Trek Online Costume Packs, Vulcan & Federation Ships, & Melee Weapons à la Amok Time

Captain Pyke — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 03:33:24 +0000

Cryptic studios recently added more player purchasable items to the Star Trek Online C-store. New items include Multi-Vector Advanced Escort (i.e. USS Prometheus form Voyager), a new federation costume pack that gives you an open jacket option (like Picard's captain's variant uniform from TNG), new melee weapons, and finally Vulcan science vessels and support craft. We're especially excited about the melee weapons pack because it includes the Vulcan Lirpa from the TOS episode "Amok Time". Ya know, dah dah daaah daaah daaah daah dah dah dah.... anyway, you get the idea. Now we can only hope that appropriate music plays when wielding the lirpa. Oh, and, that our character's shirt gets slashed at the midriff. Check out the new C-store updates below.

Federation Multi-Vector Advanced Escort
(1200 Atari Tokens)

Porthos, Hirogen, V'ger, & Jupiter Station. Oh, My! Star Trek Online "Ask Cryptic" For March 2011

Captain Pyke — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 04:09:39 +0000

Have you ever wanted to visit Jupiter Station? Or maybe Utopia Planetia Shipyards? I know that we have and if you're a Star Trek Online player, this could be a distinct possibility in the near future. Executive producer Dan Stahl answers questions about this plus playable Hirogen, more pets (like Porthos), and a visit from V'ger in this month's round of "Ask Cryptic". When asked, "Is there a chance to see something like V'ger from The Motion Picture?" Dan answered, "Someday, oh yes. There is a reason my forum avatar is V’ger." Not only V'ger, but also that whale lovin' probe from Star Trek IV. Pretty awesome!

We've gathered a sampling of questions below, but you can check out the full Q&A session here on StarTrekOnline.com

Fractal_Eye - Q: When will we get Porthos pets?

Star Trek Online Releases Feature Episodes Centered Around The Romulan Star Empire

Captain Pyke — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 03:29:06 +0000

A brand new series of Star Trek Online Feature Episodes is in full swing, this time centering around the Romulan Star Empire. The new series called "Cloaked Intentions" started February 5th with episode 1: The Vault, were the crew find themselves in a tight situation when they are ordered to investigate an energy surge on an abandoned Romulan starbase. Next up for February 12th is episode 2: Mine Enemy, where the crew investigate claims of illegal weapon use on Hfihar only to uncover evidence of greater atrocities.

Unfamiliar with STO feature episodes? They are weekly released gameplay story arcs that are available on Saturdays at 11am Pacific and are indefinitely playable for any character of any level in either faction. In addition to the standard mission rewards players will receive at the end of each episode, there is a special reward available for completing a Series during its initial release schedule.

Star Trek Online Turns One With Special Message, New C-Store Items & Sale

Captain Pyke — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 04:02:29 +0000

Cryptic's award winning Star Trek Online turned one yesterday and celebrates by awarding players with a special sale and some new items in the game's C-Store. From now until February 4th at 10am PST, (act quickly folks...that's tomorrow morning) players can take 20% off all of the store's listed prices on select items. Also included in the new C-Store update are the addition of a brand new Delta Flyer (from Voyager fame) and timed skill point boosts. These point boosts provide the player with a 20 percent increase in the amount of skill points and bridge officer skill points gained during play for your choice of 1 or 8 hours. Check out the full details below.