Star Trek Online Takes Place In The Next - Next Generation

Prior to tomorrow's big media event, Cryptic Studios Chief Creative Officer Jack Emmert is dishing some details about the company's upcoming Star Trek Online. First, for those of you hoping to explore planets with Sulu or shoot Troi in the face with a phaser, some bad news, as the game will take place a few generations after the last Star Trek: The Next Generation movie, with most of the characters from the show retired or passed away. At least until the game stops selling and they have to put out a Wesley Crusher's Revenge expansion pack. As for the gameplay itself, you start the game as captain of a small Starfleet or Klingon vessel and work your way up to larger ships with bigger crews. Adventures will take place on a number of planets as well as on ships themselves, and will include large scale space battles, such as Deep... [read full story]