We roll out the new Talk Trek segment and look at some of the definitive Romulan episodes from Star Trek.

Plus: Chris’ new thoughts on the big PvP changes Gozer has started to share, and an all new Foundry Files!

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Show Notes:

NEWS:

• PVP Weekly Update 05/11/2012

Foundry Files:

Needs of the Few

• Overall, a great story that feels like something you would see in a Star Trek episode, some great new maps that add to this mission’s environment, making it feel different. The only thing that could use improvement is gameplay, and to keep this a diplomatic mission, the only real thing the author could add is a puzzle, and less repeating of talking to tons of NPC’s. If you are mainly looking for story in your mission experience, this is a great one to check out.

New Segment: Talk Trek

Balance of Terror

• 5:00 A lot of interesting setup. Showing the territory map, Spock giving the 411 and the shots of the crew listening in.
• 14:00 Kirk takes input, even hostile input at that, and adjust his orders.

The Defector

• Starts has a holodeck playtime between data and picard.
• Powerful first on screen moment for the Romulan escape, I remember it feeling like a big deal back in the day.
• One of my favorite ship flybys at 8:47 goes great with the “captain’s log”.
• Asking data to keep a record of events is really clever.
• At the 20 minute mark, the return back to the opening scene. A nice touch.
• At the 22 minute mark, it’s a great Data learning to be human chat. Season 3 was great at this.
• One worlds butcher, is another worlds hero. So true.
• At the 38:40 One of the great, get us outta here moments, and the Romulans uncloak.
• 42:26 Klinks decloak and screw the Romulans plan up. Loves it.
  James Sloyan – Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki

Face of the Enemy

• The Tal Shiar appears to be quite the buracratic badass.
• The most time we have ever spent on a Romulan ship?
• As noted in the Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion, this episode marked the debut of Worf’s ponytail. He would retain this look for the rest of the series, throughout his tenure on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and all four Next Generation films. Hairstylist Joy Zapata and Michael Dorn had both lobbied for the change for some time. Zapata explained, “[Worf’s hair] used to remind me of a Klingon that had gone to the beauty salon; it looked like Donna Reed!”.

Next Week:

• Call to Armsi
• Sacrifice of Angels
• Hippocratic Oath

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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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