Additional screecap and concept art photo's can be found here: http://imgur.com/a/KNAsy

Voyager interiors are rather jaw-dropping, i'd say.

40+ some dev blogs to be posted in the coming days... Once more unto the breach, dear friends. :)

Thanks for all the info, Jacien!

I'm going to hold off my judgements until I hear how the "upgrade path" is going to work out...I'm a little skeptical!

The Romulan and KDF T6 ships are lovely. The Fed one....umm...yah.... =P

The only tier 5 science ship I never got was the intrepid I'm kinda glad now if it is getting rereleased as a pack.

Christ 8 toons to get to level cap and requip with gear this could tale a while.

Indeed. Look at the Vulcan D'kyr! But this thing would be a tanking beast. Send her into the middle of a fleet and leave her to it.


Oh and on another note, it seems the Intrepid pack is coming. I'm glad I waited to buy her.

I suppose they'll have some ridiculous suspension of disbelief to explain how such a meaty-but-technologically inferior ship could be competitive at T6 (presumably).

But then we have plenty of 300 year old ship designs and tons of alien flotsam floating around the game.

So 'plausibility' is clearly a malleable concern at Cryptic...

Dreadnaught carrier definitely. One hangar with raider frigates (launches 2 per hangar)

Predator-class.



I could totally see that being somewhere in a heavy cruiser or dreadnought carrier.

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That Kazon ship (IMO) look's a bit like a Lego type ship.
To bricky.
I wanted the big one ..like the one that crashed into the array :(

That's the one I want!

On a side note - I see we've been linked to from the main STO Forum boards.

So greetings to everyone visiting.

Also, I've been reviewing my notes from the Cryptic panel.

A few points I've not seen upthread:

1) The maps for the expansion will be located on the 'South' side of the Delta Quadrant - Devs' words. I assume that to more precisely mean the end of the Delta Quadrant closer to the Alpha and Beta Quadrants. So it's less likely we'll be visiting Talax or the Ocampan homeworld (as seen in 'Jetrel' and 'Caretaker' respectively).

2) New ground locations (not clear if these will be social hubs or not) include a species known for reproduction based on DNA engineering - I imagine this means the Kobali (as seen in 'Ashes to Ashes'). Or possibly the Taresians (as seen in 'Favorite Son'). Other, less likely possibilities might include Quarra, or the Vhnori homeworlds.

3) There would 'probably' be a new reputation tree.

4) Of the new T6 ship designs presented, the Stafleet cruiser featured upthread was also matched by a Science Vessel - implying there'll also be a T6 Starfleet escort in the works. Career-demarked variants for Romulans and Klingons were not presented.

5) During the Voyager panel Q&A, someone asked Kate Mulgrew and Ethan Phillips if they might join Tim and Garrett for lending their voice talents to STO. To which Kate replied "Didn't we do that?"

Talaxians and Ocampa were implied to be available as BOffs and DOffs at the very least - though I have in my notes that being playable isn't explicitly something the Devs offered up.

I suppose it's also possible:

1) Both races will be available as Z-Store, maybe even lockbox unlocks

2) Overt and refined Talaxian and Ocampa costume pieces will be made available for the generic 'Alien' race in the editor

I'm guessing from the way they presented the Talaxians and Ocampa, as opposed to the Hierarchy species, that they will be playable. I'm also guessing this is going to be another mini-faction situation.

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Hierarchy (anyone else see a Sontaran?)

Space potatos!
Pretty sure I'm going to make a new character looking like a reptile with a human female first officer and a pet potato. :woohoo:

Thanks for posting the images. :)

It will be great to be able to explore the Delta quadrant on your own terms. I'm hoping you're not totally on a rail road with these missions so you can explore the new sector/s at your leisure.

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Are we still slaves of the Federation/KDF or are we finally independent?

We are Romulan we do not serve we are worthy of being served.

Are we still slaves of the Federation/KDF or are we finally independent?

The Romulans ship gives feelings I don't fully understand

I can imagine the Malon will be an interesting species to fight. What if their ships ALWAYS vent Theta Radiation? And those spatial charges seemed to be pretty effective in show. Maybe even the ability to produce a flak cloud, like modern usage of Anti-Aircraft weaponry.

That Kazon ship (IMO) look's a bit like a Lego type ship.
To bricky.
I wanted the big one ..like the one that crashed into the array :(
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Ugh, Kazon. Their hair makes my skin crawl,

LOL they look like Klingons with a Cabbage on their head.

HATE the new fed ship... :(

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Ugh, Kazon. Their hair makes my skin crawl, my bottom pucker and my whole body cringe.

Fortunately, they were only one of several races listed. From my notes:

Benthan
Hazari
Hierarchy (anyone else see a Sontaran?)
Malon
Kobali (I suspect their homeworld was one of the obliquely referenced new planetary surface destinations they presented)

In addition, of course, to the Kazon, Talaxians, and Ocampa.

It's also worth mentioning that they did also mention in passing the Delta Quadrant species we've already seen in game including the Voth, Undine/8472, Hirogen, and of course, the Borg. It's not unreasonable to imagine these guys may pop up in Delta Rising.