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`Star Trek Online' is ready to beam up
Friday, August 8, 2008 2:29 PM EDT
The Associated Press
By DERRIK J. LANG AP Entertainment Writer


LOS ANGELES (AP) — "Star Trek Online" is finally going warp speed ahead.

After years in development limbo, the "Trek"-themed massively multiplayer online game will engage, according to game developer Cryptic Studios Inc.

Jack Emmert, Cryptic Chief Creative Officer, said players will begin "Star Trek Online" as the captain of a small Starfleet or Klingon Empire ship. They can customize their characters from pre-existing "Trek" species — from Klingons to Gorn — and can create entirely new alien races. As they progress through the game, players can increase in rank and gain larger vessels and more crew.

"You'll venture through space exploring new civilizations and life-forms," said Emmert. "You'll also beam down to planets and have adventures inside your ship. It's a galactic-wide game. There's going to be tons of space to investigate. We have a great system for exploration, which will allow for almost infinite possibilities."

Cryptic recently announced it had secured the rights to develop and publish "Star Trek Online" from CBS Consumer Products after now-defunct Perpetual Entertainment set the besieged project to kill.

 

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They can customize their characters from pre-existing "Trek" species — from Klingons to Gorn — and can create entirely new alien races. A

Do we get to create them the way Kirk did, by mating with every female alien he encountered?

 

[meStevo]

I have high hopes, but low expectations for this. Hard not to disappoint with a title like this.

 

[rockymtnhigh]

NImoy is doing the live webcast from Las Vegas on it now.

 

[Tyralak]

Damnit! Why couldn't they have come out with this 6 years ago before I had kids! I might actually have had the free time to play it!

 

[rockymtnhigh]

I downloaded the game trailer. Lot of pretty graphic screens, but no sense of the game at all.

 

[markd]

Do we get to create them the way Kirk did, by mating with every female alien he encountered?

And he's still doing it on Boston Legal

 

[meStevo]

I downloaded the game trailer. Lot of pretty graphic screens, but no sense of the game at all.

Ya, looking forward to seeing some UI shots, though really all I am expecting is a LCARS WoW interface.

 

[Max Fisher]

I'm extremely interested in this game, but also have low expectations. I've been hoping for this to get made for so long and Trek games have a poor legacy.