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Star Trek Online is celebrating its 16th Anniversary with the brand-new update: Star Trek Online: Corruption. This update is now live on PC and will launch on PlayStation and Xbox consoles on March 10, 2025. It includes the 16th Anniversary Episode: Curse of Phrygia, a new TFO: The Belly of the Beast, the Aetherian Concordium Lockbox, and our 16th Anniversary Event!

[h3]A brand-new Episode: Curse of Phrygia[/h3]
Nicole de Boer returns as Starfleet Captain Ezri Dax of the U.S.S. Aventine. De Boer also portrays a new, and far more rebellious character in our latest release. Kings & Queens arc fan-favorites such as Michele Specht, Kai Vilhelmsen, Jason Charles Miller, and Mara Junot also return to voice brand-new characters.

Old allies reunite, as Captain Ezri Dax urgently summons you to the MIDAS Array. Join her in repelling a Chimeran incursion that threatens both the integrity of the corrupted comms array and the stability of the galaxy. Battle through waves of psionic beacons that call on enemy reinforcements in space and explore a dangerously infested environment once aboard. Peril lurks in every dimly lit corner of the array -- so watch your step and don't look back. The fate of the Alliance, and our universe, depends on you.

Completing the Episode for the first time will grant players an Operator Outfit worn by an ally in “Curse of Phrygia!”



Disclaimers

Content Warning: Episode Curse of Phrygia contains scenes with bright lights, soft jumpscares, thriller elements, disturbing visuals of biological infections, and themes of loss. TFO Belly of The Beast contains thriller elements and disturbing visuals of biological infections. Player discretion is advised.

[h3]An exciting new TFO: Belly of the Beast[/h3]
The MIDAS Array is under siege! Chimerans have compromised the strategic communications array. Starfleet Captain Ezri Dax is calling on a task force that can hold the line and survive until reinforcements can arrive. Do you have what it takes to prevent the MIDAS Array from falling to the Chimerans? Play our brand-new, 5-person Ground TFO!

[h3]A new Event: Corruption[/h3]
Chimerans are spreading across the galaxy, corrupting all that stands in their way. As major fleets fall to ongoing sabotage and key Alliance structures are infested beyond repair, every victory now feels infinitesimal in the face of total annihilation. Confronting the Chimerans is no longer a choice, but the only viable path forward. Summon every ounce of your courage and join the fight, before it's too late.

Find out more about this event and its rewards here!

[h3]Two new, free Hairstyles:[/h3]
Look just like our heroes in the new “Curse of Phrygia” episode with two new hairstyles, automatically unlocked for all players in the Tailor: Pixie Hairstyle and Shaggy Hairstyle!


[h3]New Items in the Lobi Store:[/h3]
Alongside the All-new Season update, we are also bringing new additions to the Lobi Store! 

Aetherian Proton Disintegrator

This staff-like weapon employs the Aetherians' favorite tactic: manipulating their enemies. Proton beams disable their target, with damage increasing as more targets group together. Aetherian Gravity Traps do the dirty work for you, and if an enemy gets too close, you can force them away with a massive Repulsor blast.



Aetherian Concordium Armor and Costume Unlock

As well as providing essential defense against enemy units, the Aetherian Concordium Armor offers increased resistance against incoming Proton damage, as well as increased energy and shield resistance. It is also equipped with an active support ability, which calls in an allied Aetherian Shield and Interference drone. This armor takes the best functions from our enemies and grants them to you.

Claiming this Armor will also unlock additional Tailor options, allowing you and your bridge crew to model the latest in Aetherian fashion.



Aetherian Drone Pet - 5 Variants

These small Aetherian Constructs are permanently stuck in safe-mode, so no matter how much it desires to fuse you, it cannot hurt you. All it can do is follow you around, harmlessly. They're cute, too.

Comes in Azure, Crimson, Emerald, Purple and our own favorite, Silver!

As Star Trek Online approaches its 16th anniversary, boldly expanding the Star Trek universe, we are thrilled to once again roll out the party patrol for our Anniversary Celebration, starting on February 17th and continuing until March 18th on PC!

Keep reading to learn what activities and prizes await those who join us to celebrate “Anniversary XVI.”

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[h2]Event Grand Prize – Empersa Miracle Worker Alliance Juggernaut (T6)[/h2]

"We already lost our Homeworld once. It will not happen again," the Chief Engineer of the Alliance's newest Shipyard read aloud. The Dominion's contributions to the starship design document she had received left no room for misunderstandings; their proposal was experimental, and dangerous. And yet, it was also an honest reflection of the Alliance's current state of mind. Their factions had been betrayed and pushed into a corner.

Sat at their desk, the engineer exhaled tensely. Even in a simulated environment, the Dominion's proposed design led to rapidly increasing numbers, flashes of red warning markers, and risky percentiles. It was obvious -- this creation was the Alliance's response to the Aetherian threat, and it would have no trouble getting approved by the leaders of the Khitomer Alliance in times of war. A weapon meant to stop any invasion on its track, no matter the cost.

This starship features a Commander Tactical/Miracle Worker specialist seat and a Lieutenant Commander Engineering/Temporal Operative specialist seat.

This ship comes equipped with a Console - Universal - Ionized Antiproton Field Projector. Activating this console will create an Ionized Antiproton Field around its owner dealing scaling damage to Foes within its area, with the damage increasing the longer it remains active up to maximum output. At the same time, its owner will suffer scaling Antiproton self-damage which will also increase the longer it remains active up to maximum output. Self-damage has 100% Shield Penetration and can only be half-resisted. Damage and Self-Damage is based on the Ship's Max Hull Capacity. It will deactivate automatically while under 25% Max Hull.
Allies flying through the Antiproton Field will create a weaker replica of it dealing Minimum Antiproton Damage. This Buff will linger for 10 seconds and will refresh with new applications.

This console also provides a passive bonus to you and your allies in a 5km radius of +5% Healing Critical Chance, +25% Heal Critical Severity, and Starship Hull Restoration (Scales with level).

Upon reaching level 5 in this starship's mastery, you will unlock the Hyper-Generative Repair Matrix starship trait. While you are under 100% Current Hull, using a Hull Heal ability will give you a stacking buff of 1% to your current Max Hull Capacity for 60 seconds. New Stacks will refresh the duration. Max 25 stacks.



[h3]Ship Details[/h3]

• Tier: 6
• Faction: Any
• Hull Modifier: 1.4
• Shield Modifier: 1.3
• Fore Weapons: 5
• Aft Weapons: 3
• Device Slots: 3
• Bridge Officer Stations:
  • Commander Tactical/Miracle Worker
  • Lieutenant Commander Engineering/Temporal Operative
  • Lieutenant Commander Universal
  • Lieutenant Science
  • Ensign Universal
• Consoles: 5 Tactical, 4 Engineering, 2 Science, 1 Universal (scales with level)
• Base Turn Rate: 6.5
• Impulse Modifier: 0.17
• Inertia: 50
• +10 Weapons Power
• +10 Engine Power
• +10 Auxiliary Power
• Console - Universal – Ionized Antiproton Field Projector
• Empersa Array - Antiproton Overcharge Lance
• Can Equip Dual Cannons
• Innovation
• Cyclical Quantum Slipstream Drive
• Alliance Wingmates
• Starship Mastery Package (Juggernaut)
  • Devastating Weaponry (+Critical Chance)
  • Enhanced Weapon Banks (+Critical Severity)
  • Rapid Repairs (+Hull Regeneration)
  • Enhanced Weapon Systems (+All Damage)
  • Hyper-Generative Repair Matrix (Starship Trait) 

[h3]Admiralty Stats[/h3]

• Eng: 42
• Sci: 26
• Tac: 58
• Special: 1.5x Critical Rating from TAC and ENG

[h3]Console - Universal – Ionized Antiproton Field Projector[/h3]

Activating this console will create an Ionized Antiproton Field around its owner dealing scaling damage to up to 10 Foes within a 5 km radius dealing scaling Antiproton Damage per second. Damage starts at 1% of your Max Hull Capacity and increases by +1% Max Hull Capacity every second it is active up to 5%. The Owner suffers scaling Antiproton self-damage starting at 0.5% Max Hull Capacity increasing by +0.5% every second up to 10%. Self-Damage bypasses shields and can only be half-resisted. This console will automatically deactivate when going under 25%

Allies flying through the Antiproton Field will create a weaker replica of it dealing 1% of your Max Hull Capacity. This Buff will linger for 10 seconds and will refresh with new applications.



[h3]Empersa Array - Antiproton Overcharge Lance[/h3]

Activating the Empersa Array will generate an Antiproton discharge on the targeted foe, at the cost of overcharging our main core. Half of your current Hull will be dealt as Antiproton Self-Damage (100% Shield Penetration/Half-Res) and will be scaled as Antiproton Damage to the targeted Foe.

Designer’s Notes: For example, if your max Hull Capacity is 10,000 (100%), when you activate the Empersa Array you will suffer 5,000 (50% Current Hull) Antiproton self-damage before resistance. This magnitude will be one of the main variables in the outgoing damage calculation. If you are at 5,000/10,000 Current Hull, you will suffer 2,500 (50% of your Current Hull) Antiproton self-damage before resistance.



[h3]Hyper-Generative Repair Matrix (Starship Trait) [/h3]

While you are under 100% Current Hull, using a Hull Heal ability will give you a stacking buff of 1% your current Max Hull Capacity for 60 seconds. New Stacks will refresh the duration. Max 25 stacks.


 
[h2]Featured TFOs[/h2]

A few TFOs have been rotated out of the eligible Anniversary tasks:

• TFO: Battle of Wolf 359
• TFO: Borg Battle Royale

And have been replaced by the following TFOs!

TFO: Belly of the Beast

Chimerans have attacked the MIDAS Array! Join Starfleet Captain Ezri Dax aboard the communications array and quell the incursion as she finishes up her scientific research.

Shattered Peace – Space TFO

The Alliance needs you! Khitomer is under attack, with system-wide incursions across several locations. Work together with Seven of Nine to restore the peace and prevent a hostile takeover of the Khitomer Strike Force!

Devil’s Heart – Ground TFO

The Control Borg have returned to the Jouret System Dyson Sphere in a bid to usurp Iconian gateway technology and steal a Devil's Heart kida shard! Join Iconian Alliance engineer N'Vala and work together to wipe out enemies in the area

TFO: Royal Flush

Team up with the Undine and their Planet Killers to close dimensional vortices that have been opened by multiversal Borg inside Fluidic Space.


[h2]Omega Molecule Stabilization Game[/h2]

Q is up to his annual shenanigans. He will once again be rewarding captains for stabilizing Omega Particles found in various social zones in Star Trek Online. Talk to Q to get the mission “Omega Stabilization (Daily)” and you will be given multiple zones to visit where you must stabilize an Omega Particle by playing a minigame. The chosen zones will change periodically, inviting players to explore the vast expanses of space in order to complete this challenge.

The minigame itself is simple - Omega molecules will fall in from the left in one of four channels. Captains will move the capture device into the correct channel as the molecule hits the right-hand line. The more molecules you capture, the more Omega molecules you’ll safely dissipate, and the more points you will score.

Q doesn’t care how many points you score, just that you complete the minigame in order to receive credit for his Daily Mission. Doing so will grant you Daily Progress if you have not already earned it for the day, as well as the other standard rewards associated with this Daily Mission.

The score received from the minigame does influence your rewards, however! The more points you score, the better chance you have at scoring better quality Omega particle remnants which can be used with the R&D system to craft special Omega Particle Tech Upgrades.

Omega Traces come in the three different colors of the Omega nodes themselves. Using the R&D system you can combine 1 of each Trace into an Omega Sliver. You can then combine three Omega Slivers into an Omega Shard, and three Omega Shards into an Omega Fragment. Three Omega Fragments can then be combined into an Omega Tech Upgrade which costs no dilithium to apply, and supplies a massive dose of Technology and Research Points to whatever item it is applied to.

Furthermore, two additional crafting options are available: Two Omega Fragments can be combined with varying amounts of Refined Dilithium to produce [Mark] and [Rarity] variations of the Omega Upgrade. These new variants focus entirely on improving item Mark or Rarity, respectively, making them ideal for players seeking specific avenues of upgrading their equipment.

Completing the minigame will always score you a single Omega Trace at the very least. The better you score, the greater your chance to win Omega Slivers, Shards, or even Fragments. Beginning with this year’s update, all Omega materials will be changed to Bind-to-Account-on-Pickup, rather than being tradeable with other players. However, refinement techniques have improved since the previous event, so rewards from the minigame will be a bit better, especially for those who score fewer points.

[h2]New Party Popper![/h2]

It wouldn’t be the anniversary without a brand-new Party Popper to earn. Q describes the “Anniversary XVI” version of our annual toy-device like this: "The fire extinguisher that I gave you mortals last time was so much fun, here's a new twist! I'm sure the effects will grow on you!"

We’ll see you at the party!

Happy Anniversary, Captains!

16 years ago, Star Trek Online began its voyage, boldly going where no game had gone before. You’ve explored many new worlds and seen things that no one has seen before. Beyond that, you’ve brought peace and prosperity or glory and honor to many places in the galaxy by risking your own starships and safety to fight in tremendous battles. The stories of those battles will be told for years to come, immortalized in Klingon epics, shared by all those grateful survivors - free and happy thanks to you and your tireless efforts! This galaxy would not be the same without all of you Captains and your loyal crews.

As we honor our past, we also look towards the future, with a brand-new season on the horizon, launching February 17th, and even more battles waiting to be won and turned into new legends. We can't wait to show you what we have in store. The countdown has begun, and we want to use this time to celebrate with you and show our appreciation for those who protect and uphold the galaxy of Star Trek Online.

Starting February 10th at 10am PT, a surprise gift will be waiting for you in-game each day until our Anniversary Update launches.

All of these gifts will be accessible for 24 hours only in the Promotion Tab in the in-game C-store and they can be claimed once per account.

What are we giving away? Check in-game each day and keep an eye on our social channels!

X: https://x.com/trekonlinegame
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StarTrekOnlineGame
Discord: https://discord.gg/XHeEbM4qZb

We're excited to announce that our 35th season, Star Trek Online: Corruption, will launch on February 17, 2026 for PC and on March 10, 2026 for PlayStation and Xbox consoles!

As part of the 16th anniversary celebrations for Star Trek Online, this latest content update will feature the Chimerans who threaten to invade the galaxy, with their goals and desires, so far, unknown. As the Chimerans’ influence spreads, Starfleet Captain Ezri Dax, voiced by Star Trek alum and fan-favorite Nicole de Boer, joins you in confronting the escalating crisis. Combat the Chimerans in new upcoming features, including the “Curse of Phrygia” episode, the “Belly of the Beast” Task Force Operation, and the Corruption event.

[h3]Star Trek Online: Corruption – Features[/h3]

• New Episode: Curse of Phrygia – Old allies reunite, as Captain Ezri Dax urgently summons you to the MIDAS Array. Join her in quelling a Chimeran incursion that threatens both the integrity of the corrupted comms array, and the stability of the galaxy. Battle through waves of psionic beacons that call on enemy reinforcements in space, and push through a dangerously infested environment. Peril lurks in every dimly lit corner of the array -- so watch your step, and don't look back. The fate of the Multiversal War depends on your courage.
  
• New Task Force Operation: Belly of the Beast (Ground TFO) – The MIDAS Array is under siege! Chimerans have compromised several decks of the communications array, threatening to overtake the entire structure. Starfleet Captain Ezri Dax is calling on a task force capable of tackling this relentless onslaught, and surviving until further back-up can arrive. Do you have what it takes to secure the decks, hold the line, and prevent the MIDAS Array from falling to the Chimerans?
  
• New Event: Corruption – Chimerans are spreading across the galaxy, corrupting all that stands in their way. As major fleets fall to ongoing sabotage and key Alliance structures are infested beyond repair, every victory now feels infinitesimal in the face of total annihilation. Confronting the Chimerans is no longer a choice, but the only viable path forward. Summon every ounce of your strength and join the fight, before it's too late.
  

[h3]Thomas Marrone Helms Star Trek Online as Executive Producer[/h3]
Additionally, we'd like you to join us in welcoming Thomas Marrone as the new Executive Producer of Star Trek Online! Formerly the Art Director for Star Trek Online, Thomas Marrone will be leading its current and future development. His career has helped define the visual identity and creative direction of Star Trek Online, while his starship models, like the Pathfinder-class U.S.S. Voyager-B and the Odyssey-class Enterprise-F have been featured in the television show Star Trek: Picard. Taking on broader leadership responsibilities, Marrone is focused on keeping fidelity to the Star Trek universe and working together with the community to ensure the game’s longevity for many more years to come.

We can't wait to celebrate the 16th anniversary of Star Trek Online together with you, Captains!

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