We’ve repaired our subspace transmitter and we’ve giv’n her all she’s got in this week’s news segment! There was plenty of backlog in our array, along with all the new happenings from the past week … we’ll dive right into the new Featured Episode series, player shuttles & tons of info from the latest Engineering report!

Plus – Great news for you accolade junkies, and up-to-the-minute news on some upcoming space combat rebalancing — tune in for the full scoop!

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Show Notes:

MEGA NEWS

More info on Duty Roster (official name of the Crew System)
– Includes the ability to unlock things if you have a skilled enough crew (like the ability to repair injuries from your ship interior, e.g.)

Featured Episode Info Released
– Released Jan 29th and it will involve the Romulans.
– First mission titled “The Vault” will probably include borg tech, maybe borgified rommies.
– Interesting that they aren’t releasing info about future episodes like they did with the Devidians. Spoiler avoidance?

For Accolade junkies:
– New accolade added to “Stranded in Space,” here are the instructions on obtaining it.

Player-piloted shuttles coming on Jan 27th!
– Check out this list of upcoming content from DStahl
– Includes a Delta Flyer model (C-Store only)

AGT Uniforms launched (C-Store only)
– meh.

January Engineering Report
The Goodies:
– Year Anniversary will be a weeklong event featuring the return of an “old friend.” (Spock/Q?)
– Nice to see “Ridiculously Difficult Borg in STFs” is Under Investigation.
– Also Under Investigation: The Captain’s Table (time for a revamp?)
– Voice overs and Cut scenes
– Making their DEBUT APPEARANCE under “Long Term Goals:”
** Fleet starbases
** Ability to skip tutorial
** Starfleet Academy
** Territory Control
** Additional playable factions
– Lack of KDF-specific content in Eng Report has sparked another psuedo-controversy. Players angry, Devs tired of hearing it, blah blah.

The “Design the Next Enterprise” Contest ends TODAY (as of the day we record)
(editorial commentary)

Space Combat Rebalancing
– Escorts getting a defense bonus (based on speed)
– Science getting an offense bonus (based on sensors)
– Vo’quv Carrier getting slightly nerfed
– Shield Resistances from ABILITIES are getting reduced, while Shield Resistance from POWER are being increased. Result: People that want high resistances will have to run at higher shield energy levels.
– These will hit Tribble shortly, so test them there if you want your feedback heard.

NEXT WEEK:

We will share the top responses to our CommFeed question,

“What Features Are Necessary for a STO Community Portal Site?”

-AND- there will be MATH! as Jeremy reviews the Aegis and Borg sets in-depth.

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