I know that dark is the new 'future' lol but I enjoyed the 'feel good' at the end of each episode like with T'pol kissed tucker's (sim), as a single example from Enterprise. I found the first two seasons pretty good despite their many run-ins with violent species, after all, without the negative conflicts, there wouldn't be a show!

TNG had many moralistic 'lessons' as did ds9. Things to make you sit and think about it for a second after the episode is over, "what if people really did think like that?" or "what turn of events in our reality would cause our people to go in that direction?"

Albeit, I am excited to see if this new series kicks off- TUVOK is in many different roles throughout the franchise and I am happy to see he is back to his hold self in this trailer! :P:P:P

Chapter One - Escape

The noise from the bombardment had dissipated hours before. The light of the setting sun a recent memory. Destruction and death could not be avoided as I scrambled through the fields in the dark. The colony was utterly destroyed before it even had a chance to flourish. I came across a control box, the screen flickering but still in working order. I tapped in a code to activate a bio scan of the area. Within seconds the screen displayed a handful of life signs near my position. All but one were faint. The indicators flashed in patterns so the user could tell the current state of the life form. They were Romulan. Five blips on a screen in close proximity mine being the sixth. Four of the blips started to fade meaning those would most likely die. The fifth blip looked as if it was moving towards my location. I pulled out my scanner and did a quick scan in the area of the moving blip. I slowly started walking towards the life sign.

He was injured, but not badly. As we approached one another we started speaking at the same time. Realizing we would get no where fast that way I silenced my voice. He was taller than me, well most every other Romulan was as I was only 180 cm tall and he was well over 188 cm. He was handsome and rugged looking. Blood ran down the side of his face but had been dried for some time. Using the medical settings on my scanner I quickly scanned his head. He had already been fixed up by the readings on my scanner.

"Jolan Tru, I saw you on my scanner. There are 4 others around here, we should find them." He said.

We both started scanning the area. The last of the other life form blips faded. As we both completed the scanned we turned and looked at each other. Silently knowing that we were the last two alive in this settlement. A large and ominous ship hung in the darkened sky. Dim yellow lights running the length and in some places the width of the ship gave perception as to the monstrous size of the destructive vessel.

"We have to find a way off this planet and fast." I stated the obvious.

"I have just come from the east landing area, there is nothing there. I am hoping that there is a shuttle at least in the west area." He said quickly scanning me. "You're injured, let me help you before we move on."

He quickly scanned me and started fixing the wounds on the various parts of my body. Once completed we moved to the west end of the field. Suddenly he tackled me and drew a disruptor. Rolling over he fired at something. It was a drone. He missed it as it approached and fired. It missed us, barely, but his second shot landed. The drone spun out and crashed to the ground. We grabbed each other, jumped up and started running towards the west landing zone.

Honestly, you shouldn't have to lead the target if you're using a laser. >.>

Separate leveling from normal game.

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Is it level-agnostic or have it's own leveling and skill systems or something else? I mean, does everyone start out on an equal footing, without any regard for their "normal" level and skills, etc.?

I actually want to say it's only for endgame but I could be wrong.

agreed Z-Hawk absolutly. Plus its such a high complement to be put into the mission...

Is it level-agnostic or have it's own leveling and skill systems or something else? I mean, does everyone start out on an equal footing, without any regard for their "normal" level and skills, etc.?

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I replayed Eurrsk foundry mission "Operation Demon Storm". I stronly suggest replaying it or playing it for the first time... Plus you get to meet me in game if you find my eggs. LOL.

Listen to my review of the mission below:


Deck Eight 21: Have a Tholian While Aaron Sings
Brandon “BranFlakes” Felczer of Perfect World Returns.

In this episode of Deck Eight, our crew of hosts, Colin Higgins, Thomas Baddeley, Shervin Sabeghi, and Admiral Aaron, take you through the latest STO news including the PvP Boot Camp, Friday Screenshot clues, the Master Key sale and promotion, and Shervin and Aaron explore Eurrsk’s “Operation Demon Storm” in their Foundry review. Plus, Perfect World Community Manager Brandon “BranFlakes” Felczer joins us for another extensive Star Trek Online Q&A session


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Give the man a promotion, he's amazing at his duties and as an innovator.

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Yeah, that was me :D Had all 3 of the party poppers going after the in space parade :D

I died a lot lol, but I was trying the gunship. I'll the the other 2 classes tonight.

It seems to be a lot like Tie Fighter and X-Wing to me, just remember when you're shooting at someone to lead the target at all times. Comparably try not to fly in a predictable flight path

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Oh wow, I haven't gotten back to this in forever! ^^; Really am grateful that you guys still play it! *huggies* B) It was fun being able to be recognized in your podcast. Much love and thanks!

I've already submitted the spotlight a while back, but haven't heard a word from it.

Ah well, it was fun doing it and having you in it! :)

I want to play it tonight. It has been a while.

Oh wow, I haven't gotten back to this in forever! ^^; Really am grateful that you guys still play it! *huggies* B) It was fun being able to be recognized in your podcast. Much love and thanks!

I've already submitted the spotlight a while back, but haven't heard a word from it.

Ah well, it was fun doing it and having you in it! :)

Definitely play the tutorial, it really helps. I wanted to during beta but it just wasnt working then. This reminds me of the old wing commander games, on a more simplistic level. When you mentioned the ships you missed that sometime in the next 2 months a bomber class will come out as well. Those are a heavy class with bomb bays. The bomb bays can contain drones, mines, or possibly other things. I like this and will be playing much more of it.

For subscribers at least.

I played a little bit with it yesterday and was wanting to gauge other people's opinions on it. It's definitely very different than the space flight mini-game, and it's very different than STO's space combat. STO was nice, slow, methodical. This is like a hyperactive STO space combat meets TRON. It's definitely different than anything I've played before, and it'll definitely take some getting used to.

I'm still trying to figure out all the mechanics, but I think I have the basics down at least. It'll probably help when I get back home to my usual gaming computer as opposed to my laptop I'm playing at the moment.

There is one tip I'd recommend for everyone: PLAY THE TUTORIAL! When you go to your hangar (the H button), you'll see a question mark (?) in the upper right of the screen. When you click that, it'll take you directly into the tutorial. It's not complete by any means, but it's better than getting dropped into a PVP match and having no clue what you're doing. The rest of the info comes from the pop-up screens and give some good information.

For those of you who are familiar with STO, the ships are in some ways very similar. You've got the 3 different speed/maneuverable classes: the fast and agile, the medium speced, and the slow tank. Each has basic attributes; for example, one deals a lot of damage but takes a while to warm up its weapons, another has it on demand at all times but deals less with each hit. Luckily you're able to try out each one at any time to really figure out your playing style.

Similar in some ways to STO as well is the officer system: you have a co-pilot and several other slots (damage, defense, etc.) where you can choose from one of your own companions (each having set specialties/abilities) or a provided crew. Note that you can only use the companions you have acquired so far, so if you're level 20, you may only have 1 or 2 to choose from other than the provided officers.

One thing that I noticed that wasn't fully obvious in the tutorials was how to target. You have two basic types of weapons that are similar to the space mini-game: lasers that shoot where your ship is pointing (left click) and cannons that lock on (right click). A big difference comes in where you aim for your lasers -- you aim at where the person is GOING not at the ship itself. You can see where they're going by the little dot and line in front of the enemy ship.

I hope this little bit will help some get started, I know I'm just starting out myself, and I'll post more as I figure it out.

i was hoping they'd be edible eggs, you know...

I replayed Eurrsk foundry mission "Operation Demon Storm". I stronly suggest replaying it or playing it for the first time... Plus you get to meet me in game if you find my eggs. LOL.

Listen to my review of the mission below:


Deck Eight 21: Have a Tholian While Aaron Sings
Brandon “BranFlakes” Felczer of Perfect World Returns.

In this episode of Deck Eight, our crew of hosts, Colin Higgins, Thomas Baddeley, Shervin Sabeghi, and Admiral Aaron, take you through the latest STO news including the PvP Boot Camp, Friday Screenshot clues, the Master Key sale and promotion, and Shervin and Aaron explore Eurrsk’s “Operation Demon Storm” in their Foundry review. Plus, Perfect World Community Manager Brandon “BranFlakes” Felczer joins us for another extensive Star Trek Online Q&A session


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Hi Nick,

Glad you are up in Chicago, for Thanksgiving, Have a good time...

I just want to draw your attention to the other people, apart from the Canadians?

Um, like the Welsh and the Scottish and the Irish and the Iranians, etc... lol.

We all love to chat! Hehe.

The tree and my boys.:-) Can you find the ornament that looks like a Tribble?:-P


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Some of u wonder how i switch btw two toons so seamless heres how...
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