[Federation News Service]

Delta Recruitment Rewards


When the Delta Recruitment Event goes live on April 2, players will be given the opportunity to explore much of the existing content of Star Trek Online in an all new way – through the eyes of an important member of the ongoing war effort against the Iconians, and as the sponsored recruit of a mysterious benefactor.

Alongside new mission objectives, dialogue options, and new story options, players will be earning valuable rewards for both their Delta Recruit characters, as well as all characters on their Account.

A few of our primary reward-centric goals when designing this system were:


Bridge the gap between the leveling experiences of a new player vs. that of a veteran that has extensive resources from many years of playing STO.
Reward players’ existing characters for the actions taken on their Delta Recruit, and the time spent playing a character that is not their “Main.”



In the following Dev Blog, we’ll explain how the Delta Recruit system will attempt to meet both of those design goals.

Bridging the Gap

One of the most daunting aspects of joining an MMO that has been operating for several years is the economic gap between a new player’s ability to earn resources as compared to the vast stores of resources a veteran in that game may already possess. How this typically translates into the leveling process is that a new player has to struggle to keep their gear up-to-date, and afford luxuries and conveniences, while a veteran has it all handed down to them from the mature characters on their account. This process is frequently known as “twinking” in MMO parlance – equipping and supplying a new character with items and currency they could not otherwise obtain on their own.

In an effort to bridge this gap, Delta Recruits will, in essence, be experiencing a form of “self-twinking” wherein completing their specialized Delta Recruit tasks will provide them with substantial resources and rewards, comparable to what an established player would be able to supply to a new character.

Perhaps the most noteworthy rewards which bridge this gap are the free High-Quality Equipment sets you will be granted each time your Delta Recruit reaches a 10-level milestone (Level 10, 20, 30 and 40), as well as a “Reputation Jump-Start” package upon reaching level 50.

In the chart supplied at the end of this Blog, we will outline exactly what rewards Delta Recruits can expect to reap while they progress through the game and event. In addition to the Equipment and Reputation Jump-Start, they will be given large sums of Energy Credits, Dilithium Ore, Marks and more, for completing each task.

Reward the Account

We know that many (perhaps even most) of our players tend to prefer focusing their efforts on a single character on their account and funnel the vast majority of their available time and effort into progressing and improving that one character. When planning out the Delta Recruit experience, we wanted to try our best to ensure that this type of player will feel as though their time investment is still being rewarded in a manner that meets their preferences.

This is how we arrived at the decision to include Account-Wide Rewards as part of the progression of a Delta Recruit character.

Each time a Delta Recruit completes a particular task, a reward will be added to an Account Store accessible from the temporal agents located at the primary social hub for their faction (Earth Spacedock, Q’onoS or New Romulus Command). Once an Account-Wide Reward is unlocked, that reward will claimable once by every character on the Delta Recruit’s account. This includes characters created after the Delta Recruit event ends!

The majority of these rewards are numeric packages, intended to reward the player on a “time spent” basis. However, there are a few noteworthy rewards that Delta Recruits can unlock across your entire account, including a Starship Trait and unique Ground and Space Devices.

The chart below will detail the rewards that each character may claim, once per character.

Weekly Event Rewards

In addition to the Character- and Account-centric rewards, Delta Recruits will also be participating in the completion of weekly server-wide goals. Each of these goals is created with the intent of fostering a more thorough understanding of the game’s many features, by encouraging players to explore targeted aspects of gameplay.

Completing each Weekly Goal will kick off a Special Event on the subsequent week. These may include increased XP Gain, Dilithium earnings, and other similar bonuses.

Additionally, each Weekly Goal comes in multiple tiers. Completing the first goal should be relatively simple, and reliably reward all players with an extra mini-event for this easy completion. Completing Tiers 2 and 3 of the same Weekly Goal will require a concerted effort on the behalf of Delta Recruits, but the rewards are also greatly increased.

Only Delta Recruits can contribute to these Weekly Goals, but all characters can reap the benefits they unlock. Complete details of these goals and their associated rewards will be published in future Dev Blogs.



Chart of Rewards – By Goal




Delta Recruit Goal

Delta Recruit Reward

Account Reward





Complete the Tutorial

Delta Recruit Trait: Earn additional Dilithium Ore with each NPC defeated. Teammates also gain this benefit. ** Note: Trait only active during Delta Recruitment Event.

(NONE)






Reach Level 10


Choice of Mk IV Very Rare Equipment (* see footnote for choice details)


10 of any Reputation Mark




Reach Level 20


Choice of Mk VI Very Rare Equipment (* see footnote for choice details)


35 of any Reputation Mark




Reach Level 30


Choice of Mk VIII Very Rare Equipment (* see footnote for choice details)


100 of any Reputation Mark




Reach Level 40


Choice of Mk X Very Rare Equipment (* see footnote for choice details)


200 of any Reputation Mark




Reach Level 50


Reputation Jump-Start Pack: - 250 of Each Reputation Mark - 2x Delta Vanguard Tech Upgrades - 500,000 Energy Credits - 525,000 Expertise - 10,000 Reputation-Only Dilithium


500 of any Reputation Mark




Reach Level 1 in any R&D School


5 random R&D School Specialist Duty Officers and "Gumarre" (the Aegis R&D Specialist)


Equivalent crafting materials to 2x C-Store R&D Packs (minus catalysts) and a Small R&D XP Bonus Pool




Reach Level 5 in any R&D School


Set any one R&D School to Level 10


Equivalent crafting materials to 5x C-Store R&D Packs (minus catalysts) and a Large R&D XP Bonus Pool




Complete an Episode Arc


- 100 Fleet Marks - 1000 Dilithium Ore - 500,000 Energy Credits


- 100 Fleet Marks - 1000 Dilithium Ore




Complete Half of all Storyline Episodes


(Same as Account-Wide)


Starship Trait: "Temporal Insight" When activating a Hull Heal on self, gain 2sec of Damage Immunity (max once per 45sec)




Complete All Storyline Episodes (up to the start of the Dyson Sphere)


(Same as Account-Wide)


Starship Trait: "Improved Temporal Insight" When activating a Hull Heal on self, gain 4sec of Damage Immunity (max once per 45sec) ALSO: Photonic Engineering Bridge Officer Candidate (fully customizable!)




Join a Fleet


- 500 Fleet Marks - 50,000 Fleet-Only Dilithium - 100 of each Holding Commodity (Spire, Mine, Embassy) ** Note: Reward requires level 30


- 50 Fleet Marks - 5,000 Fleet-Only Dilithium




Gather All Iconian Information


(Same as Account-Wide)


Ground Device: "Paradox Corrector" Team-Wide Heal + Rez. Can be used while Defeated. 10min CD




Gather All Iconian Technology


(Same as Account-Wide)


Space Device: "Temporal Negotiator" Instantly reduce all Bridge Officer Cooldowns by 50%. 5min CD




Equipment Pack Details

All equipment contained in these packs is Bound-to-Character and has a 0 EC Sell Value. All assigned [Mod]s are static up to Purple Quality, and will be the same for every Delta Recruit character. This equipment can be Upgraded if you like, but will remain BoP and 0 value, and will gain random [Mod]s if the Quality increases.

At each Level Milestone (10, 20, 30 and 40) you may choose from one of the following four Equipment Packs:


Ground Equipment

All of the following:

Assault Rifle Ground Weapon
Energy Resistance Body Armor
Personal Shield Generator
Kit + Modules for All Slots (appropriate to Profession and Kit Slots)




Space Equipment

All of the following:

Deflector Dish (improves primarily Science Abilities)
Impulse Engine (+Turn)
Covariant Shield (+Cap)
Warp Core (or Singularity Core)
Torpedo(es) and Mine Launcher

FED/KDF = Photon
ROM = Plasma






Space Consoles

All of the following:

Shield Capacity Science Consoles

+1 Particle Generator Console @ Lvl 40


All Damage Resistance Engineering Consoles

+1 Turn Rate Console @ Lvl 40)


Energy Damage Tactical Consoles

Matches the primary energy type of your faction:

FED = Phaser
KDF = Disruptor
ROM = Plasma






The number of Consoles included increases at each Level Milestone, in an attempt to fully outfit your next tier of starship


Space Weapons

All of the following:

Beam Arrays
Dual Heavy Cannons
Turrets


Matches the primary energy type of your faction:

FED = Phaser
KDF = Disruptor
ROM = Plasma


The number of Weapons included increases at each Level Milestone, in an attempt to fully outfit your next tier of starship





Subject to Change

As with most of our announcements, please remember that all of the above reward details are subject to change at any time. We will do our best to communicate any changes that may occur between now and the conclusion of the Delta Recruit Event in a timely manner.

Q&A

Q: What are “Fleet-Only Dilithium” and “Reputation-Only Dilithium”?

A: These are special Vouchers that fulfill the same purpose as existing Dilithium, but can only be used to fulfill Project requirements for the respective features, either Fleets or Reputations. These Dilithium Vouchers does not need to be refined, and cannot be traded for Zen. Projects that require Dilithium will deduct from the appropriate Voucher pool before deducting from your Refined Dilithium.

Q: If I play through the game as multiple different Delta Recruits, will I receive multiple copies of the listed rewards?

A: No. Each account-wide reward is unlocked only once. Once unlocked, every character on your account may claim the associated reward a single time.

Q: Is there a reason to create more than one Delta Recruit?

A: Some of the character-specific rewards, which are granted to every Delta Recruit, can be used to benefit your Fleet. And a few of the rewards, such as the Delta Vanguard Upgrade Techs that are earned upon reaching Level 50, can be sent to other characters on your account once they are earned. It is up to each player to determine if that is sufficient reward for their efforts.

Q: What happens if I create a Delta Recruit, but do not complete all of the listed Tasks?

A: Once a Delta Recruit completes their special Tutorial and receives their “Tesseract Communications Device” they will be free to complete the assigned tasks at any point in the future. Although Delta Recruit characters can only be created while the event is running, there is no time limit on the completion of the tasks, or their associated rewards.



Jeremy “BorticusCryptic” Randall
Systems Designer
Star Trek Online





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[Chok]

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[Dark]

Photonic Engineering Bridge Officer Candidate (fully customizable!)

OMG I want!

[Bryan]

Hm, how that puts you on par with a toon which has years of experience and equipment needs to be seen. But it's a welcomed change to the usual grind. I guess it's time to make a Romulan char.

[St3a1th]

I will be using for my first Klingon chracter

[Savadious]

I will be using my vacation time at work !!!

First goal will be to gring to level 50 - as those accountwide rewards are nice !

Are there any lvl 50 grinding pointers for a newbie Romulan? My ONLY and main is not even lvl 60 yet thou.. so im a super newbie... basically...

[Scaper84]

Trying to always keep my DOFFs busy helps with the cranking XP, even while doing useless things like working or sleeping

And I've read that cashing them in the Borg "Red Alert" instances doubles the XP...can anyone confirm?

[ForTheGamer]

Oh man... If I've got my math right...

From the reward unlocks, I've got 221000d (8 characters) which converts (last I saw it was 192) to around 1100z. That's not including all the bonuses that the Delta Recruit gets...

Aw man... That is so much more awesome than I was hoping for. The only thing that would've made it better is getting the 2 new T6 ships for free. Delta Recruit here I come!

[ForTheGamer]

*double post*

[Dark]

Okay, so word is that any character who is created in this period, once they get through the tutorial end up with a temporal communications device. Once that character has the device, they will be able to go through the whole Delta Recruitment and associated rewards even when the event ends.

Which reads to me that optimally, I should toss all the alts I don't play (who are all around level 53 just from DOffing), make new ones, and have them grab that communicator.

[ForTheGamer]

Yeah, I'm very very tempted to transfer anything important to my main and take a few through it. I mean seriously, there's a lot to love about just the singular rewards.

The thing I'm hoping for is each faction introduction and parallel storyline will be different enough that playing one of each faction will be interesting.

Also still holding out hope that the free ship at 50 that I've heard (rumors) Delta Recruits get, in fact turns out to be a free downgraded T5U version of the upcoming T6 Galaxy and Neghvar (hopefully Roms get a DD). Would be nice.