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Memory Alpha wrote:The storyline is based on Species 8472, who have identified themselves as the "Undine", infiltrating many of the high ranking personnel amongst the Alpha Quadrant powers. The Federation does its utmost to preserve peace in both Alpha and Beta Quadrants, but ultimately fails as open war erupts between The United Federation of Planets, the Klingon Empire, the Romulan Star Empire, the True Cardassian Way, and the Dominion.

The Klingon Empire uses the chaos brought about by the destruction of the Romulan and Reman homeworlds to expand their territory. As the Klingons progress, the chairman of the high council is attacked by three aliens. After defeating them, J'mpok, the chairman, interrogates them. The aliens are the Undine, and reveal that they were attempting to take control of the Klingon Empire by killing him. This incident brings about open war between the Klingon Empire and Species 8472. Worf asks the Federation for assistance, but when he is rebuffed, he cuts all ties to the Federation. As more Undine are interrogated, they learn of the infiltrations of the Gorn Hegemony and Orion Syndicate. After defeating the Gorn, the Gorn become a member of the Klingon Empire. Afterwards, the Klingons and Gorn engage the Orions, who have hired the Nausicaans for assistance. When the Orions surrender, the Nausicaans do as well. The Federation, unable to keep the peace with the now-aggressive Klingon Empire, begins preparations for war. War is declared between the two powers not too long after after Klingons blockade a Federation planet that is, by sudden declaration, a planet of the Klingon Empire.

On the other side of the Quadarant, the Romulans now want revenge for the loss of both Romulus and Remus. They begin to build subspace weapons and mass produce Scimitar-class ships. In this time, 2 praetors have to power since the destruction of the worlds. One, an ex-Admiral, makes weapons like the aforementioned subspace weapons and "crushing the Federation" a top priority for the Romulan Star Empire. In her reign, peace is lost between the Federation and Romulan Star Empire, but war is not declared. War comes under the second Praetor, an exiled Romulan who journeyed to the Delta Quadrant and brought the Hirogen back with her. Because of this, the Hirogen, under the promise of "free hunt," are allied with the Romulan Star Empire.

Hop across the galaxy to Cardassian space, and the Cardassian Union is still in ruin after the Dominion War. Still trying to recover, the new Cardassian Union and Federation are very close allies now. In this alliance, the Federation provides military defense while the new Cardassian Union reforms under a democratic-like system, similar to what the Federation has. However, a movement has begun to return the Cardassian Union to its former state as a major military power in the Quadrant. This movement, called the True Cardassian Way, spreads throughout Cardassian space. This new faction is very desperate to a "return to the old ways," as they go as far as to recruit the newly formed Terran Federation, formerly the Terran Empire, of the parallel universe to aid in their conquest. Another aid to the True Way comes from the ex-allies from the Dominion War, the Dominion themselves, namely the Jem'Hadar. There are also many sightings of Founders and Vorta in this region of space. While the last major power, the Breen, is no where to be found, it is theorized that they will be placed in the game at a later date.

Stofsk wrote:Yeah. That sounds awful. The worse part is that you could have quite a number of interesting missions that stress diplomacy and exploration and doesn't require space battles every day.

EDIT: though with an MMO, I guess people just want to fight and have interesting combat

Uraniun235 wrote:It's not at all surprising, unfortunately. What's frequently considered the best Trek series? Deep Space Nine - because it had the Dominion War. What's the biggest regret most Trekkies had about Enterprise? It never got to the Romulan War. What's the most popular episode of TNG? The one with the alternate timeline where the Federation is at war with the Klingons. What's the most popular movie? The one where Captain Picard uses trigger guards to defeat the Borg.

all manipulated by the Iconians, a race with ZERO appearances in the TV series and films!

Stofsk wrote:That's because it was an awesome story.

Stofsk wrote: I always thought TOS and TNG were the most popular Trek shows, and DS9, VOY and ENT come a distant, distant third. As it should be IMO.

Stofsk wrote:The thing that annoys me the most is that it's a very pretty game, and the brief play I did convinced me space combat is a lot of fun.

So why the fuck can't we get some new games for Star Trek? StarFleet Command is really really fun, it's got a great 'you're in the captain's chair' feel, but it's in an AU based on StarFleet Battles (which like STO depicts a Federation at war with the Klingons, the Romulans, other invented races etc). That's not a bad thing, but the game's around a decade old, and it shows.

A Star Trek RPG would be really fucking sweet, but no asshole wants to do one.

Nephtys wrote:Good diplomacy requires the ability to think.
STO players do not possess this.

I made a character under a two-week demo key. Captain Suzy S. Scandalbottom of the USS Halliburton (Miranda Class), later the USS Quagmire (Nova Class). The space combat was kinda fun, but every ground mission was annoying and pointless. The most diplomatic mission I had was one where I had to solve a worker strike on a mining planet. Naturally, this means running around in a series of fetch-quests, until I click all the dialogue options available. Wow! What riveting diplomacy.

Stofsk wrote:The thing that annoys me the most is that it's a very pretty game, and the brief play I did convinced me space combat is a lot of fun.

Gramzamber wrote:Yes, Feds are the only ones who bitch.

It's not like the Klink players haven't been crying like babies ever since they introduced the Defiant with a cloak because suddenly Klingons aren't the only ones who can dictate when the battles start in any given arena.