As discussed in the latest
href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/sto/state_of_the_game_03-12-10">State
of the Game,
href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/sto">Star Trek
Onlinecontinues to roll out
information for their upcoming
content: Season One: Common Ground.
Cryptic has dedicated a page outlining the key ingredients of
Season One, but we're going to share it here too:
"
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latest content update, Season One: Common Ground, is releasing shortly.
Here’s just a bit of the updates we have headed
players’
way.
Updates
– Federation players can now
participate in PvP against one another to better prepare for the
dangers of the battlefield.
PvP Map – Explore
“Shanty
Town,” a brand new Ground Assault map available for both
Klingon
and Federation players.
Uniforms –
Experience DS9 in
style! Starfleet officers will have the option to change into off-duty
outfits to enjoy more casual attire.
Stances and Hairstyles
– Further
customize your Captain by changing his or her hairstyle, or adopting
two brand new stances: Stern and Relaxed.
Captain's Log - A web-based
application to
check in on you and your friends' Captains and ships.
New Klingon Battle Cruiser
– The
K’Tanco Battle Cruiser has been made available to Klingon
Lieutenant Commanders.
Ship Customization - Use
the ship tailor
to customize your Bird of Prey, Carrier or Raptor.
Fleet Actions Everywhere!
-
The
Big Dig –
Available in Romulan
space. -
DS9
Under Siege - The True Way
has attacked
and boarded DS9. Repel the invasion to save the day. -
Klingons
Can Play, Too –
Klingon
Captains may now access the Crystalline Entity, Big Dig and Breaking
the Planet Fleet Actions
Is Here – Unhappy
with your
Captain’s skill point allocation? Use the respec tool to
change
things up. (Available both in-game and as a C-store item.)
Skill: Starship Attack Vectors
–
Improve your ship’s accuracy and critical hit chance.
Skill: Combat Maneuvers
– Improve your
ship’s evasion and turn rate.
Skill: Starship Battle Strategy
–
Improve your ship’s critical hit severity and damage
resistance.
C-Store
Bridge Variants - All new
ways to update
your Bridges’ look, available for a low price in the C-Store
for
both Federation and Klingon ships.
Ship Variants –
New takes on
your old favorites, available for a low price in the C-Store.
- Unhappy with your Captain’s skill
point allocation? Use the respec tool to change things up.
Slot - Purchase an
additional
character slot if you'd like to have more than three characters on your
account.
- Changed your mind about the cool name
you chose? Get it legally changed! Recognized across the Alpha Quadrant.
Federation Playable Species
- Become a
Tellarite, Pakled or Rigelian.
is only a bit of
the changes, fixes and updates coming to Star
Trek Online in
March. Season One: Common Ground will be available in mid-March. For a
full list of what will be available in Season One, please visit href="http://forums.startrekonline.com/forumdisplay.php?f=158">the
Engineering Reports forum.
Interested in checking things out early?
Visit the Tribble test server forums for early href="http://forums.startrekonline.com/showthread.php?t=136484">release
notes."
But wait, there's more.
One note of interest is that the email we recieved also included an
update for Lifetime Subscribers:
"Lifetime
Subscriber Perks
We’ve put together a
special thank you package for our
Lifetime subscribers:
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Classified
Access Codes – A free
C-store item.
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The
Captain’s Table –
A
special social area exclusive to Lifetime subscribers, available to
both
Federation and Klingon captains.
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Special
In-Game Title –
“Career Officers” are those who’ve joined
Starfleet
or the
KDF for the long haul."
And now with feeling.
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then what is a video worth?
Well it's worth a look, that is for certain (insert hick jokes here).
Cryptic not only outlines the Season One highlights, but shares information about upcoming content as well. Showing that they aren't sitting back resting on their laurels, Cryptic brings us a video of what may be coming up next, queue the ominous music, fade to black...
[video]http://video.tentonhammer.com/STO/sto_video_expanding-universe.flv[/video]
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