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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 / 17:23, 17 December 2009 / Gaming
Press Release
Klingon Gameplay in STAR TREK ONLINE: A briefing
Klingon gameplay is one of Star Trek Online's most unique features. It exists as an additional advancement path for players, and offers different gameplay options to players more interested in player-vs.-player (PvP) combat.
Klingon Captains have the same number of skills available as their Federation counterparts, including the same professions. Your Klingon Captain can be a Science, Engineering or Tactical officer. However, they must advance through PvP, as they will not have access to robust player-vs.-environment (PvE) content at launch.
Players will be able to create a Klingon character after they unlock the first sector block of Federation content, about five hours into the game. Their Klingon character will begin at a rank approximately equal to the Federation character that unlocked the content.
That's not to say Klingons won't be a robust faction. While they are PvP-focused, PvP in Star Trek Online is something we designed from the ground up to be a viable advancement path, meaning both Klingon and Federation players can reach a rank of Admiral solely through PvP. Players can engage in team vs. team, Federation vs. Klingon, Klingon vs. Klingon and Federation vs. Federation combat. What's more, certain PvP maps will have PvE objectives over which opposing players can struggle.
There are a number of different types of PvP scenarios available.
•· Challenges allow two teams to square off in a private instance created for them on-the-fly.
•· Arena maps are team-vs.-team matchups in instances, played either by teams that challenge one another, or by randomly-assigned teams created via a global queue system.
•· Scenarios feature objective-oriented gameplay like Assault and Area Control. The Assault scenario is straightforward: Move forces from your area to the opponents', inflicting more casualties than you suffer. The Area Control scenario is more subtle: Capture key objectives and hold them longer than your opponents to win the day.
•· War Zone maps are static maps that are always open for players to join. Both factions may enter this may enter this map, which has Open Mission-style PvE objectives to achieve, with the twist that members of opposing factions can hinder each other's progress via PvP.
Klingons also progress through their ships in their own way. Rather than gaining access to a standard Cruiser, Escort or Science vessel, Klingons receive special variants of ships as they progress. As players achieve new ranks, new ships become available to them, like so:
Warrior
B'rel Bird of Prey - capable of cloaking in combat.
Lieutenant
Bird of Prey Mk. 1 - capable of cloaking in combat.
Lieutenant Commander
Bird of Prey Mk. 2 - capable of cloaking in combat.
Raptor Mk. 1 - similar to Federation Escorts.
Commander
Bird of Prey Mk. 3 - capable of cloaking in combat.
Raptor Mk. 2.
Battle Cruiser Mk. 1 - similar to Federation Cruisers, but feature more forward-facing guns.
Captain
Bird of Prey Mk. 4 - capable of cloaking in combat.
Raptor Mk. 3.
Battle Cruiser Mk. 2.
General
Bird of Prey Mk. 5 - capable of cloaking in combat.
Raptor Mk. 4.
Battle Cruiser Mk. 3
Carrier - a massive ship with multiple hangar bays capable of launching several smaller fighters.
In general, Klingon ships have more forward-facing weaponry than their Federation counterparts, and boast greater maneuverability. What's more, Bridge Officer stations aren't restricted by class, meaning Captains will be able to put any Bridge Officer they like into any station, regardless of their profession. In terms of ship customization, players will be able to alter the ship's color and use several varying skins to change a ship's look.
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