StarTrekOnline.com has posted several updates over the past few days. Included in the updates is a new installment to the Kobayashi Maru series, a new Meet the Team Post, and a brand new program annouced by Cryptic called the Special Envoy Program.  Check out the details below.

Cryptic Announces Special Envoy Program

Star Trek Online recent released three new updates inlcluding a new ship type, ask Cryptic Q&A, and a new addition to their Kobayashi Maru series.

Type VII Commercial Laboratory Update

StarTrekOnline.com, the site for the upcoming MMO by Cryptic Studios, released a new installment of 'Path to 2409': year 2387.  If you've read 'Star Trek: Countdown', then 2387 is a must read. This time we learn more about Grand Nagus Rom's plans to align Ferenginar with the federation, changes in the Orion Syndicate, and all about the incident surrounding the Hobus star.

Read the full installment here.

Cryptic Studios just released 3 brand new screenshots for the upcoming Star Trek Online MMO. The shots include a Federation Starship flying through asteroids near a planet, an alien landscape, and some sweet space destruction. Check them out below.

Star Trek Online was recently featured on MSNBC.com. ST:0's Executive Producer Craig Zinkievich talks about Star Trek Online's player experience as well as the overall game play. Included in the interview is some new video showing a giant starship battle between the Federation and The Borg. Watch the interview here.

Star Trek Online has updated it's on-going 'Path to 2409' storyline. In this installment ,'2386 Supplemental', We get a first hand account of the Klingon attack on the Gorn held Gila IV. The story is told in an interview format with David Steiner a former Starfleet conn officer and dominion war veteran. David was selling cargo on Gila IV when the Klingons Attacked.

3 new screenshots were posted for the forth coming Star Trek Online.  The shots include Vor'cha class Klingon Cruiser at impulse speeds, a federation science outpost, and an asteroid field loaded with debris.  The game is looking fantastic so far.  Finally something we can play that doesn't invlove half-elves or unicorns.  Klingons Baby! Qapla'!

Check them out after the jump

(Pics courtesy of Star Trek Online)

Star Trek Online has launched a brand new dev blog over at MMORPG.com. The first entry is from Christine "Kestrel" Thompson, a writer for Star Trek Online.

Christine talks about the fun of writing for ST:Online: "I get to play in the toybox that is the Star Trek Universe, and that's fabulous. It's one of the deepest and most detailed and most fun sci-fi settings ever, and I'm thrilled to be able to write Trek stories." She Continues, "But writing for STO isn't like writing a Trek novel or a script. There are a completely different set of questions to consider."

Star Trek Online, the forth coming MMO from Cryptic Studios, has updated the Path to 2409. This time with year 2386.

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