Eurogamer Portugal recently got the chance to speak with Star Trek Online (STO) Producer Dan Stahl to talk about some of the features that will be available in STO. Dan also discusses the episodic content that will keep players entertained and involved in constant story. The original interview is in Portuguese, but an English version has been added thanks to Google. However, the translation is a little off in some places, but you can still get a good read of the interview.

You receive missions from many places. For example, members of Starfleet can assign you missions, through a face-to-face or through communications station of your ship. You can also go on missions in space - maybe a Klingon team is flying around, and it's only you that can prevent them from entering further into Federation space. Or, using the stellar constellations, you can enter a whole new space in the Star Trek universe, and explore new worlds.