Apparently my new thing is asking a question and answering it in the same article title.  Well, now that I've addressed it, it won't happen again.  Isn't that the first step to recovery? Admitting you have a problem?  Anyway, we reported back in October that Cryptic Studios could run ST:O and Champions Online on modern consoles.

Mutliplayer Online Game Directory recently sat down with Star Trek Online Executive Producer Craig Zinkievich to talk Season One: Common Ground.  Some of the more interesting topics in the interview were the coming of a possible death penalty in the game and how Cryptic is dealing with the negative reviews and subscriber reactions.

Check out an excerpt from the interview.

MPOGD: What has been the development team's reaction to how the fans and critics have responded to Star Trek Online since it launched? Has reading those pros and cons given you new things to thrive for or change?

Cryptic studios just launched Star Trek Online Season One: Common Ground items and lots of lifetime subsriber perks.  Check out the list below for more details.

Lifetime Subscriber Perks (listed below is what's available now):

The following perks are ready for you to enjoy immediately:

A brand new update is headed our way for Star Trek Online.  Included in Season One: Common Ground are new Klingon ships, Federation PVP, off duty uniforms, new fleet actions, and you can now buy a Pakled from the C-Store.  Can you make our ship go?  We look for things.

There are several other features that are included in this new update, but we thought it interesting the Cryptic is offering up one of the most annoying species in all of Trekdom.  I wonder if there will be variations to the mono-brow.  Heck I might just buy one to name him Reginod.

Check out all the details for Season One: Common Ground below.

We've been playing Star Trek Online like a tribble eats quadrotriticale.  While we were eating everything and reproducing, Cryptic has been busy putting together a new series of raids called, "Special Task Force".  This first installment, entitled infected, involves our favorite space zombies, the Borg. Check out the details and screenshot below.

In "Infected," you'll travel to the Sibiran system to investigate Starbase 82, a Federation space station that has ceased communicating with Starfleet. As you arrive, you're in for a true nightmare scenario: The Borg have taken Starbase 82, and are in the process of assimilating the people aboard!

We reported last week on the upcoming addon content for the super popular Star Trek Online.  For those who missed it, cryptic is planning all new content ,for those lucky enough to make it into the higher ranks, centered around the Borg.  Here's a quick refresher of what's planned.

Star Trek Online is approaching it's first week since the official launch and has just reached over 1 million accounts.  On the heels of that news, the fine folks at Cryptic have lots more in store for us STO fanatics.  Apparently there's an entire Borg themed adventure that's coming down the pike.  Not only are the Borg coming in force, but it looks like we'll get a visit from our favorite omnipotent being, Q.

TrekFleets is a brand new site featuring tons of Star Trek Online info.  You can find information ranging from class breakdowns to ship information and it's growing daily.  Along with the new site, TrekFleets has launched a weekly Star Trek Online podcast with the first episode available for download.  Since it is their first show, there were a few technical difficulties that I'm sure will be ironed out over the coming weeks.  Be sure to check it out.

Star Trek Online's official head Start begain today with tremendous response from the community.  We were there at 10:00 AM PST and had a tough time logging in and we weren't the only ones.  Many reports around the twitterverse were complaining of the same issue.  Finally, at a little after 10:30 we got our first response from the login server.

Another key problem right off the bat, was the availability of the "Lifetime Subscription" liberated Borg.  Many users were reporting that the Borg wasn't listed as a character option

Cryptic did release a quick update letting fans know that they are on top of the issues.