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Feb 05 | Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Michael Dorn, LeVar Burton, Gates McFadden, Wil Wheaton and Denise Crosby will be part of Star Trek® TNG EXPOsed – a full-cast reunion of Star Trek: The Next Generation® to be held at the Calgary Expo April 27-29, 2012. The special reunion event will be held at Calgary Stampede Corral on the evening of Saturday, April 28, 2012. This auspicious occasion marks the 25th anniversary of Star Trek: The Next Generation® and will be the first time in over twenty years that the cast has participated in an event such as this. Included in the evening’s program is a 90 minute panel discussion, a Q&A session, and a video presentation in honour of the cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation®. A commemorative guide will produced solely for this event along with exclusive merchandise. This is a separate ticketed event with tickets going on sale through Ticketmaster on February 18, 2012 at 10 AM MST. Although the cast will be participating in various panels throughout the course of the weekend, Star Trek® TNG EXPOsed will be the only opportunity to see all nine of the cast members in one incredible panel. Tickets will be available at www.ticketmaster.com and range from $40-$125 CDN.
Jan 30 | A large, heavy pewter sculpture that Paramount
commissioned, commemorating the series finale of DS9 in 1999 is available on eBay.
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By GustavoLeao / 08:10, 9 December 2009 / Gaming
Cryptic held their 17th installment of their developer Q&A for the upcoming Star Trek Online MMORPG game. This week the team focused on quests or episode missions as they are called. The team from Cryptic went over how each episode will effect each other and the season as a whole. Check out the full informative Q&A.
bassman631: Will our actions in one episode have consequences that carry over into other episodes and content throughout or later on in the game?
In a way. Many of the Episodes in the game are related to one another either directly or indirectly. Some of our Episodes are fun one-offs just like in the shows, but many of them are related to one or more of the major plots and themes that drive the story of our universe. You'll see results of your previous actions and even recurring characters later down the line. But seasons don't have multiple endings based on your actions in individual Episodes.
Nerresand: Do you need to complete the episodes in order to move forward with the plot of the game, or are they sometimes side stories? Do you need to complete episodes before progressing (in rank or other ways)?
Just like in the TV series, you can miss an Episode and still pick up the plot in future stories. Not all of them are related to the main story, and even if they are we try to make sure that they make sense on their own. If you've played through them all you'll notice more of the cool connections but it isn't necessary. There are very few Episodes that are actually pre-requisites for other Episodes and when it happens they are usually back to back like a two-parter.
Captain Bob: What kind of rewards will an Episode completion give, and how is it designed to fit into the rest of the game? In other words, are Episodes the primary source of upgrades, BOs, money, skill points etc, for the game, or might people be able to completely avoid Episodes and progress at a similar rate in the other activities like PVP and exploration?
We have a whole pile of rewards for completing an Episode. You can get Skill Points to improve your own abilities, Officer Skill points to advance your Bridge Officers, items or weapons for yourself or your ship, or even new Bridge Officers to join your crew. Even so, Episodes are just one of the ways to progress in the game. You can gain similar rewards by engaging in PvP or exploring Star Clusters.
Borticus: How frequently does Cryptic envision being able to roll out additional Seasons/Episodes?
One of the great things about making MMOs is that we get to continue supporting and adding to them after launch. Much of what we decide to do for live support will depend on what we find the STO players want more of. Currently we're looking at having additional releases every three or four months.
Thunder Child: About how many of these episodes are made for a single player? How many for multiple players? Or do they scale with the number of people?
All of the missions are built to accommodate single players or teams. When you're on the ground we know you're in a group of five that's either made of your friends or your Away Team so the ground encounters are built around that. In space we scale the encounters to match the size of your team so you should have a challenge alone or grouped.
The full report is here
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