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As news of the Kohnke lawsuit against Perpetual spreads across the
Internet, the future of the Star Trek Online MMOG studio begins to come
into doubt. How will fans react to these allegations? If the judicial
system finds Perpetual at fault, who will trust Perpetual? In his blog,
Cody "Micajah" Bye tackles this question and warns Perpetual to become
as transparent as possible in the coming months or lose the support of
the industry and their fans.

While Jeff argues that a lack of funding will slow
down the development
process of Star Trek Online, I'd like to argue that this sort of
alleged fraudulent behavior by Perpetual, coupled with the layoffs they
issued in earlier instances, will only sow the seeds of future dilemmas
for the entire company. Even if Perpetual is deemed innocent in these
matters, their reputation has already been tarnished within the
industry community. Experienced developers have become extremely leery
of any company that is willing to cut their losses and run, and without
a solid development team behind their efforts, any future projects that
Perpetual engages in may falter.

• Op/Ed:
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