That was a lot of fun to watch. Thanks for providing the links to the various segments!

Well said. And it's been an enjoyable journey throughout.

Some of the stories have been lackluster here and there, but that in itself is Star Trek. Not every show/game/story is going to be for everyone, yet beautifully all are welcome as trekkers/trekkies.

I'm kinda curious about the Badgey ground pet, but I don't want to drop Lobi on it because it might just be a vanity dud.

Typhoon Temporal Battlecruiser (T6) (curated ship stats)

Ship Details

• Hull Modifier: 1.4
• Shield Modifier: 1.1
• Fore Weapons: 5
• Aft Weapons: 3
• Device Slots: 3
• Bridge Officer Stations: - 1x Lt Commander Tactical / Command - 1x Commander Engineering / Temporal - 1x Lt Commander Science - 1x Ensign Universal - 1x Lieutenant Universal
• Consoles: 4 Tactical, 4 Engineering, 3 Science (scales with level)
• Base Turn Rate: 9
• Impulse Modifier: .18
• Inertia: 50

• +10 Weapon Power, +10 Auxiliary Power

• Console - Universal - Protonic Snare Projector
• “Molecular Reconstruction” Ship Mechanic
• Starship Trait: Piggyback Launch Tubes

Console – Universal: Protonic Snare Projector

Create an Energy net that expands as it travels up to 10km in your facing direction To Foes: Proton Damage up to 3x per sec (per overlapping beam) and Brief Hold

Starship Trait – Piggyback Launch Tubes

When firing any Torpedo Weapon, launch a microcharge that deals additional Kinetic Damage

I'm not sure. Perhaps "Captain and Crew Test" isn't the right way to look at it either. ST:LD seems to do a good job of not focusing too much on one story or character per episode, so it avoids failure even if every character is "the captain".

There would have to be some way of reworking the criteria to evaluate overall balance (as mentioned elsewhere in this thread) rather than just Captain and Crew, I guess.

Regardless, that's a really good question. Hmmmm

Here's an addendum with a few great episode examples which might pass my "test".

• TOS: "Amok Time", (arguably) "The Galileo Seven"
• TNG: "Brothers", "Lower Decks", "The Measure of a Man"
• DS9: "It's Only A Paper Moon", "Improbable Cause"+"The Die Is Cast", "The Magnificent Ferengi"

Other shows also have great episodes that pass, but I want to stop here for my examples so as to avoid showing my hand (too much) and stating which show(s) I think fail.

I definitely would like more team uniforms and some other vanity options too. The pets and such are fun, but I want more costume items.

This looks like a pretty big deal. That changing of species/gender within a faction seems notable.

Starting May 2nd at 8am PT on PC**, you can purchase the Dyson Bundle or individual ships in the Zen Store.

• The Dyson Bundle will be 25% off from May 2nd at 8am PT to May 16th at 12pm PT.

The Dyson Bundle includes:

• Three T6 Science Destroyer ships (Kardashev, Lo'laH, Rallus)
• 1 T6 Ship Coupon
• 8 Experimental Ship Upgrade Tokens (T6-X)
• 4 Ship Slots
• Solanae Sentinel Environmental Suit + Solanae Paladin Environmental Suit
• Dyson Sphere Researcher Outfit
• Exclusive Title "Science Destroyer"

Also R&D Week announcement stuffed in that long blog. Here's my summary:

Kelvin Constitution II and R&D Week

Kelvin Constitution II

• Tier 6 Federation Cruiser
• Successor to the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) destroyed in the Altamid Nebula
• Designed for Nebula Exploration
• Bridge Officer Stations:
  • 1x Lt. Commander Tactical/Pilot
  • 1x Commander Engineering/Intel
  • 1x Ensign Science
  • 1x Lieutenant Universal
  • 1x Lt. Commander Universal
• Consoles: 4 Tactical, 4 Engineering, 3 Science
  • Universal - Proximity-Based Anti-Opposition Emitter (defense)
  • Universal - Cloaking Device
• Starship Traits:
  • Gravitational Nexus (increases flight speed, maneuverability, and damage for allies)

R&D Week

April 11th at 8am PT to April 15th at 12pm PT on PC.

• Bonus: +25% items from R&D Packs.
• Bonus: +2 R&D Materials and chance of Catalyst from R&D Material Reward Packages.
• Bonus: +2 R&D Materials, +10 Dilithium Ore, and chance of Catalyst from Harvest Nodes.
• Bonus: +50% R&D School XP from projects.

Duty Officer Appreciation Weekend

April 11th at 8am PT to April 15th at 12pm PT on PC.

• Bonus: +50% Commendation XP from Duty Officer assignments.
• Free Purple Duty Officer (Engineer Exocomp for Starfleet/Romulans, Reman for KDF/Romulans).
• Bonus Green Duty Officer in C-Store Duty Officer Packs.
• Academy Particle Scanning Events grant Duty Officers.
• 20% off R&D Packs and Bundles.
• 20% off Duty Officer Packs.

I wholeheartedly agree. Well said!

Hahaha

I was wondering (and hoping) someone would post some meme like that in reply.