Star Trek Online News

[h3]General[/h3]

• Devil's Heart TFO has been re-enabled.
• Fixed a restriction issue on the Aetherian Harmony that could result in an unusable version of this ship ending up in your inventory, if the reward pack was opened by a Klingon faction player without cross-faction flying.
  • Players should be able to “Use” these items to claim the ship, if they have them in their inventory.  
• Anniversary Bundle EV Suit: Fixed being able to upgrade the EV suit before level 60, locking players out from using it until they reach the appropriate level. 
• Endeavors requiring you to defeat Borg will now give credit for all Borg factions for both Space and Ground (Prime, Mirror, Control, Aetherian, Chimeran). Endeavors requiring you to complete Borg TFOs now also give credit for Royal Flush, Devil's Heart, and Belly of the Beast, in addition to the existing list of TFOs.  
• Fixed a bug that was causing "Belly of the Beast" to be a valid matchmaking option when selecting the "Random TFO" option (TFOs participating in the currently-running appointment event are always meant to be excluded from Randoms, for the sake of variety). 
• Resolved an issue on the Drexler where using Type 2 windows would cause floating windows.  
• Fixed a restriction issue on the Aetherian Harmony that could result in an unusable version of this ship ending up in your inventory, if the reward pack was opened by a Klingon faction player without cross-faction flying.

[h3]Empersa Lance Update[/h3]

• Overcharged Antiproton Lance: Fixed a bug with the way we calculated the damage that was giving players max starting damage before applying bonuses and buffs.   
• Overcharged Antiproton Lance: Starting damage will rely more on Max HP. This caps at 640,000 HP.  
• Overcharged Antiproton Lance: Final damage will be affected less by damage buffs (Approximately 1/4 of the effect)   
• Overcharged Antiproton Lance: Damage will not Crit, not Reflect and will not benefit from flanking.  
• Overcharged Antiproton Lance: Ability is now affected by cooldown reductions from Spirit of Sacrifice and Eclectic Collector of Armaments.  
• Overcharged Antiproton Lance: Self-damage resistance has been changed from Half-Resistance (Approximately 50% of the effect) to Weak-Resistance. (Approximately 10% of the effect) Designer’s Note: Self-damage is not affected by damage bonuses.
• Check out more details in the blog post: https://www.playstartrekonline.com/en/news/article/11580666

[h3]Noble Variant Remaster[/h3]
The Noble variant of the Assault Cruiser family has been totally remastered! Its model has been rebuilt to Star Trek Online's current visual standard. Additionally, all ships in the Assault Cruiser family now have access to the Type 0a hull material option. As with all remasters, this update is free for every Assault Cruiser variant. Simply ready a ship in the Assault Cruiser family and apply the Noble template in the ship customization interface to see the changes!

It's time to once again celebrate our first step into the stars. Happy First Contact Day!

Star Trek Online is pleased to once again invite you to join us for the First Contact Day Celebration starting on April 7th at 8am PT and continuing until May 7th at 12pm PT.

Join the festivities by competing with four other players to build and launch your very own Phoenix Rocket, travelling back to April 4th, 2063 to thwart the Borg’s efforts to prevent the historic event, or participating in a recreation of the Synth attack on Mars! Once per day, any activity will grant Daily Progress toward the Grand Prize. This year, we’re celebrating the history of Star Trek Online by giving you all a special prize: a new version of one of the first ships to ever be a part of our game, the Noble Intel Battlecruiser [T6]!


Keep reading to reveal what activities and prizes await those who join us to celebrate “First Contact Day.”


[h3]Manufacturing Dissent[/h3]

Synth Wave returns! The Synths working on Mars have rebelled! Fight in orbit above the red planet, working with a team of fellow Captains to do as much good as possible before you are overrun in the Synth Wave TFO. The fate of Utopia Planitia hung in the balance, perhaps your insight will help us tip the scales if we are tested again someday.

[h3]Battle of Wolf 359[/h3]

The Battle of Wolf 359 is now eligible for First Contact Day Progress! Experience one of the most disastrous battles in Starfleet history, the first fleet battle against the Borg at Wolf 359.


[h3]Visit Historical Bozeman![/h3]

The Borg continue their implacable advance, only this time the battlefield is across time, not space. Temporal abnormalities have prompted Daniels to slap together an away team to go back to mid-21st century Earth where the Borg have altered the timeline to ensure that they succeed in their previously foiled plan to stop First Contact between Earth and Vulcan.

Team up with Seven of Nine and discover what the Borg has done to alter the timeline, and then do everything you can to correct it. Just make sure not to do more damage to the timelines than the Borg already have.


[h3]Modelling Rocketry[/h3]

Alternatively, if battling robot-zombies isn’t your cup of Earl Grey, you can participate in the good ‘ole Phoenix Rocket Launch competition. We hope you enjoy the friendly rivalry as you scramble to gather parts and assemble the best rocket under the watchful eye of enormous marble of Dr. Cochrane himself.


[h3]Event Rewards[/h3]

Completing any of these participating activities once per day, per account, will earn you a First Contact Day Badge Box. Opening this box will grant players the opportunity to choose between 17 Comm Badges as account-wide unlocks. Once unlocked, these immediately become accessible from any Tailor for any Federation character on your entire account.

Daily Progress is also earned once per day, per account, for the first completion of either participating activity. Keep earning Progress to earn your way toward the completion of the First Contact Day Event. Upon reaching 20 days of Progress, you will become eligible to claim the Grand Prize! This includes the following items:


[h3]Special Requisition Pack - Noble Intel Battlecruiser [T6][/h3]

This special ship is a brand new Battlecruiser Sovereign, and comes with a beautiful remaster of the Noble Class from Star Trek Online’s launch. Read this ship blog for more details on this reward!


First Contact Day Bundle – contains all of the following:

• 1x Captain Specialization Point (cannot reclaim)
  
• 25,000 Dilithium Ore (cannot reclaim)
  
• “Launch Toy Rocket” Social Device (Account Unlock)
  
• Holo-Emitter – Phoenix Shuttle (Account Unlock)
  

[h3]Launch Toy Rocket[/h3]

Celebrate the historic launch of the Phoenix year round with this special device! Upon activation, it places a model of the Phoenix in front of you, which quickly launches in the sky.


[h3]Holo Emitter - Phoenix Shuttle[/h3]

A special Holo-emitter for your shuttles and fighters that will make your ship look like the Phoenix. This device has an unlimited duration, unlike those provided by the Ferengi.

[h3]Bonus Dilithium Rewards[/h3]

Earning the Grand Prize from this event for every character on your account is as simple as participating in any of the eligible activities over the course of its run. But remember that completing the 20-day requirement isn’t necessarily the end of the rewards you can earn! Additional Daily Progress also grants you scaling Dilithium Ore bonus rewards, after you have claimed the Grand Prize. You'll receive 8,000 Dilithium Ore for each bonus completion.

[h3]Buyout[/h3]

Players unable to find the time to complete the Event, or interested in rushing to complete their progress, will have the opportunity to purchase the remainder of their Daily Progress using Zen at any time. The initial pricing for this Event’s buyout will be 6000 Zen, but like all other recent buyouts, the price any player pays will be discounted based on the amount of Daily Progress you have already accrued.

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We celebrate what we have, remember what we lost, and prepare for change to come. Wonder and challenge come in equal measure when the old order passes into the new. It begins with First Contact.

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As the Star Trek legacy celebrates its 60th Anniversary this year, we at Star Trek Online have chosen to embrace this long and storied journey by theming our starship releases throughout this calendar year, and into early next, as a journey through the eras portrayed in Film and TV.

This journey begins with Earth's first fledgling journeys into the stars, aboard experimental warp-capable starships, in the era of Captain Archer and the NX-01 Enterprise. With our 16th Anniversary Bundle, we celebrate the ships of this era, and take our first step into celebrating the long road that led us from there to here.

[h2]This Bundle Includes:[/h2]


[h3]NP Miracle Worker Light Escort [T6][/h3]

• As seen in Star Trek: Enterprise
• New ship, comes with a new variant
  • Ortiz - a 24th century Sovereign-style variant
• Find all details of this ship here: https://www.playstartrekonline.com/en/news/article/11580429

[h3]Andorian Kumari Pilot Light Battlecruiser [T6][/h3]

• As seen in Star Trek: Enterprise
• New ship, comes with new variants:
  • Talas - a 25th century STO-era variant
    • Talas (Andorian) - the Talas variant but without Starfleet markings
  • Stalking Makras - a human-owned variant of the Kumari seen in the bundle trailer
• Owners of the Andorian Charal Escort, Andorian Khyzon Escort, Andorian Kumari Escort, Andorian Chimesh Pilot Escort, Andorian Kuthar Pilot Escort, Andorian Thozyn Pilot Escort can customize those ship(s) with this one
• Find all details of this ship here: https://www.playstartrekonline.com/en/news/article/11580432

[h3]NV Multi-Mission Temporal Cruiser [T6][/h3]

• As seen in Star Trek: Enterprise
• New ship, comes with a new variant:
  • Interceptor - a 24th century Lost Era variant
• Owners of the Okinawa Pilot Raider can customize that ship with this one.
• Find all details of this ship here: https://www.playstartrekonline.com/en/news/article/11580435

[h3]Suurok Intel Science Destroyer [T6][/h3]

• As seen in Star Trek: Enterprise
• New ship, comes with new variants:
  • Sonak - a 25th century STO-era variant
    • Sonak (Vulcan) - the Sonak variant without Starfleet markings.
• Find all details of this ship here: https://www.playstartrekonline.com/en/news/article/11580444

[h3]NX Escort Refit [T6][/h3]

• Bundle exclusive account-wide unlock with exclusive new variant skin.
• As seen in Star Trek: Enterprise
• Existing ship, comes with new variants:
  • Drexler - a 25th century Picard-era variant
    • Drexler Beta - a slightly different version of the Drexler design.
• Owners of the Legendary Temporal Operative Escort (Columbia) can customize that ship with this one.

[h3]NX Light Escort [T1][/h3]

• Bundle exclusive account-wide unlock
• As seen in Star Trek: Enterprise
• Same customization options as NX Escort Refit [T6].

[h3]Xindi-Primate Ateleth Dreadnought Cruiser[/h3]

• As seen in Star Trek: Enterprise
• Bundle exclusive account-wide unlock

[h3]MACO Phase Pistol (c. 2154)[/h3]

This pistol was designed to fire blue phase pulses rather than the standard beams that Starfleet personnel are used to. Due to its pulse firing mechanism, this weapon has a faster fire rate than regular phasers at the cost of some damage. Phaser ground weapons have a chance to stun targets. 

Tooltip:

• Primary Fire - Phase Pulse 
• Secondary Fire – Rapid Phase Pulse 
  • Cone AoE Dmg (Affects up to 3 Foes) 
  • Chance to Expose
• Ground Weapon with canon visuals as seen on Star Trek: Enterprise!
• Bundle Exclusive!

[h3]Andorian Split Beam Plasma Rifle[/h3]

Split Beam rifles have a secondary fire mode that shoots a high-powered beam that hits up to three targets in front of you in a narrow arc, but at long range. The Andorian Plasma Rifle only has one setting - Kill Setting. It can exploit with every attack, while also leaving enemies with painful burns, impairing their movement and causing damage over time. 

Tooltip:

• Primary Fire – Kill Setting
  • Single target
  • Exploit attack
  • Chance to proc Cold Damage-over-Time and Slow effect
• Secondary Fire – Auto Targeting Beam 
  • Cone AoE Dmg (Affects up to 3 Foes) 
  • Expose attack
  • Chance to proc Cold Damage-over-Time and Slow effect
• Ground Weapon with canon visuals as seen on Star Trek: Enterprise!
• Bundle Exclusive!

[h3]Enterprise EV Suit[/h3]

The environmental suit allows you to survive in extremely hostile environments such as the vacuum of space or extremely hot or cold worlds. 

Tooltip :

• In addition to standard EV Damage Resistance Bonuses, this EV Suit comes with generous bonuses to Kit Performance and Kit Readiness 
• Gives bonus crafting materials while mining Dilithium at Vlugta Asteroid Field 
• New EV Suit featuring visuals as seen on Star Trek: Enterprise!
• Bundle Exclusive!

[h3]Additional valuable consumable items (one time only):[/h3]

• 18x Ship Upgrade Tokens
• 6x Ship Slots
• 16x Ultimate Tech
• 16x Master Keys

This Bundle becomes available on PC as soon as maintenance completes on March 24th and can be purchased at a temporarily discounted price of 12,000 Zen. This discount will remain in place until April 14th, 2026 at which point the Bundle returns to its full price of 16000 Zen. It will be released on Console platforms on April 7th.

[h3]General[/h3]

• The 16th Anniversary Enterprise Bundle is here!
  • Celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Star Trek: Enterprise with this new bundle!
  • Four new starships have been released, available as part of the bundle, or separately in the Zen Store:
    • The Vulcan Suurok-class Science Destroyer
    • The Human NP-class Escort
    • The Andorian Kumari-class Battlecruiser
    • The Human NV-class Multi-Mission Cruiser
  • This Bundle also includes bonus ships, ship customization, and bundle exclusive gear all themed after Star Trek: Enterprise!
• The following ships have been added to the list of ships that can be acquired with a "100% Discount Coupon: Tier 6 Ship":
  • Heritage Starship Bundle ships:
    • Typhon Command Escort Carrier T6
    • Achilles Miracle Worker Heavy Destroyer T6
    • Premonition Temporal Operator Science Spearhead T6
  • 15th Anniversary Classic Film Bundle ships:
    • Pioneer II Pilot Heavy Frigate + "Plymouth" variant
    • Ark Royal Intel Carrier + “Kitty Hawk” variant
    • Kerala Temporal Battlecruiser
    • Shangri-La Command Warship
• The following universal consoles from the Allied Dogfighter set have been unrestricted:
  • Console - Universal - Neurophasic Disruption Field
  • Console - Universal - Gateway Trap Spawner
  • Console - Universal - Wing Torpedo Platform
• Fixed multiple issues that were preventing the Khitomer Defender Space Set from having the correct number of [Mods] attached, both in their Levelless and Mark 12+ forms. This fix is retroactive and automatically applies to existing versions of these items.

[h3]Known issues[/h3]

• Obtaining the Andorian Kumari Battlecruiser from the new Bundle does not grant access to the Andorian Phaser Weapons in the Dilithium store.
• Items in the Khitomer Defender Set may automatically reroll their Mods once after being converted to Dynamic. It is recommended you Equip/Unequip them before attempting to Re-Engineer them.
• In the Zen Store, the experimental weapon for the Suurok Intel Science Destroyer [T6] is incorrectly listed as the Experimental Railgun when it is actually the Experimental Hyperexcited Ion Stream Projector.

[h3]General[/h3]

• Resolved an issue where the interactions between the Starship Traits "Constructive/Destructive Field Interference" and "Spore Infused Anomalies" could result in an unintended amount of damage procs. The explosion caused by Spore Infused Anomalies will now correctly engage only once per ability activation.
  
• Concentrate Firepower will no longer modify the recharge time on Maelstrom Torpedoes, or any other weapon not intended to benefit from haste or recharge effects.
  
• Updates to the "Vanguard Shield Shaping" Starship Trait:
  
  • Resolved an issue that caused certain abilities to apply multiple stacks upon activation.
    
  • Resolved an issue that allowed the damage bonus to stack indefinitely. The benefits from this trait can now stack up to a maximum of 4 times, with each activation refreshing the current stacks.
    
  • Updated the damage bonus to apply to all Torpedo Weapons and Exotic Damage abilities, regardless of damage type (previously only boosted Kinetic damage).
    
• Resolved an issue that caused the triggered effects of "Feedback Pulse" to activate other effects normally reserved for the activation of Bridge Officer Abilities. The reflected damage no longer counts as a separate ability activation.
  
• The "Console - Universal - Debris Screen" now features a hard cap of 500,000 on the amount of damage it can block and/or deal per activation.
  
• Following this update, the “Borg Battle Royale” and “Wolf 359” Task Force Operations will once again be available to play.