[Announcement] - The 13th Anniversary Event!

Bridger · Posted Mon 16 Jan, 2023 9:22 PM

Kael posted information about the 13th Anniversary Event and had it deleted shortly after.

The 13th Anniversary Event!
By Ambassador Kael | Fri 13 Jan 2023 04:37:16 PM PST

As Star Trek Online completes its thirteenth year representing the Star Trek universe, we are pleased to kick off the festivities for our Anniversary Celebration starting on PC on January 24th, 2022 and continuing until February 23th, 2022. (Console dates will be announced at a later date.)

All of the usual activities will contribute toward your Daily Progress in the Event, eventually earning your way toward the Grand Prize – a Tier 6 Ship!

Keep reading to reveal what activities and prizes await those who join us to celebrate the 12th Anniversary. [sic]

The Grand Prize for this event will be a brand new Tier 6 ship – revealed tonight at 4:30 PT on a new Ten Forward Weekly! You can watch on our Twitch Channel or our Facebook Page.

Part of the anniversary update will be several brand new activities that will be a part of this event. Look for more information about them, soon.
Activities:

[NEW]Episode: "Fujiwhara Effect" (2 pts.)

Episode: "Eye of the Storm" (2 pts.)

[NEW]TFO: "Bird Cage" (2 pts.)

TFO: "Iupiter Irratus" (2 pts.)

[NEW]Patrol: "Khonshu Khaibit" (1 pt.)

[NEW]Patrol: "Jupiter Station Showdown" (1 pt.)

Omega Particle Stabilization (1 pt.)
Remember that earning additional Daily Progress also grants you scaling Dilithium Ore bonus rewards, after you have claimed the Grand Prize!

Players unable to find the time to complete the Event, or interested in rushing to complete their progress, will have the opportunity to purchase the remainder of their Daily Progress using Zen at any time. The base price for this buyout will be discounted based on the amount of Daily Progress you have already accrued.
Omega Molecule Stabilization Game

Q is up to his annual shenanigans. He will once again be rewarding captains for stabilizing Omega Particles found in various social zones in Star Trek Online. Talk to Q to get the mission “Omega Stabilization (Daily)” and you will be given three zones to visit where you must stabilize an Omega Particle by playing a minigame. The chosen zones will change periodically, inviting players to explore the vast expanses of space in order to complete this challenge.

The minigame itself is simple - Omega molecules will fall in from the left in one of four channels. Captains will move the capture device into the correct channel as the molecule hits the right-hand line. The more molecules you capture, the more Omega molecules you’ll safely dissipate, and the more points you will score.

Q doesn’t care how many points you score, just that you complete the minigame in order to receive credit for his Daily Mission. Doing so will grant you Daily Progress if you have not already earned it for the day, as well as the other standard rewards associated with this Daily Mission.

The score received from the minigame does influence your rewards, however! The more points you score, the better chance you have at scoring better quality Omega particle remnants which can be used with the R&D system to craft special Omega Particle Tech Upgrades.

Omega Traces come in the three different colors of the Omega nodes themselves. Using the R&D system you can combine 1 of each Trace into an Omega Sliver. You can them combine three Omega Slivers into an Omega Shard, and three Omega Shards into an Omega Fragment. Three Omega Fragments can then be combined into an Omega Tech Upgrade which costs no dilithium to apply, and supplies a massive dose of Technology and Research Points to whatever item it is applied to. Alternately, two Omega Fragments can be combined with varying amounts of Refined Dilithium to produce [Mark] and [Rarity] variations of the Omega Upgrade. These variants focus entirely on improving item Mark or Rarity, respectively, making them ideal for players seeking specific avenues of upgrading their equipment.

Completing the minigame will always score you a single Omega Trace at the very least. The better you score, the greater your chance to win Omega Slivers, Shards, or even Fragments. Beginning with this year’s update, all Omega materials will be changed to Bind-to-Account-on-Pickup, rather than being tradeable with other players. However, refinement techniques have improved since the previous event, so rewards from the minigame will be a bit better, especially for those who score fewer points.
New Party Popper!

It wouldn’t be the anniversary without a brand new Party Popper to earn. The 13th Anniversary version of our annual toy-device takes the grand, cosmic power of V'ger and shrinks it down to an itty bitty party horn.

We’ll see you at the party!

Vox · Posted Mon 16 Jan, 2023 11:25 PM

Guess Kael forgot it was Monday and not Tuesday

Remsus · Posted Tue 17 Jan, 2023 5:25 AM

Gues it's solo TFO: "Iupiter Irratus" AFK season once more...

darthnovawave · Posted Tue 17 Jan, 2023 5:49 AM

Well, we know when it all starts and now we know there will be a couple patrols coming on top of the TFO already announced and the all too rare story mission drop. A bit of a tease they didn't leak this year's ship yet, but we'll probably get those details this week and probably the usual anniversary daily giveaways will be starting up sometime this week too.

Remsus · Posted Tue 17 Jan, 2023 5:11 PM

https://www.playstartrekonline.com/e...ticle/11534783

re announced = [CTRL]+[C] & [V] from yesterday

The 13th Anniversary Event!
It's almost time for our 13th Anniversary Celebration! Get details on the events you'll be participating in to earn a new T6 Ship!

By Ambassador Kael January 17, 2023, 09:00 AM

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As Star Trek Online completes its thirteenth year representing the Star Trek universe, we are pleased to kick off the festivities for our Anniversary Celebration starting on PC on January 24th, 2022 and continuing until February 23th, 2022. (Console dates will be announced at a later date.)

All of the usual activities will contribute toward your Daily Progress in the Event, eventually earning your way toward the Grand Prize – a Tier 6 Ship!

Keep reading to reveal what activities and prizes await those who join us to celebrate the 12th Anniversary.

The Grand Prize for this event will be a brand new Tier 6 ship – revealed tonight at 4:30 PT on a new Ten Forward Weekly! You can watch on our Twitch Channel or our Facebook Page.

Part of the anniversary update will be several brand new activities that will be a part of this event. Look for more information about them, soon.

Activities:

[NEW]Episode: "Fujiwhara Effect" (2 pts.)
Episode: "Eye of the Storm" (2 pts.)
[NEW]TFO: "Bird Cage" (2 pts.)
TFO: "Iupiter Irratus" (2 pts.)
[NEW]Patrol: "Khonshu Khaibit" (1 pt.)
[NEW]Patrol: "Jupiter Station Showdown" (1 pt.)
Omega Particle Stabilization (1 pt.)

Remember that earning additional Daily Progress also grants you scaling Dilithium Ore bonus rewards, after you have claimed the Grand Prize!

Players unable to find the time to complete the Event, or interested in rushing to complete their progress, will have the opportunity to purchase the remainder of their Daily Progress using Zen at any time. The base price for this buyout will be discounted based on the amount of Daily Progress you have already accrued.

Omega Molecule Stabilization Game

Q is up to his annual shenanigans. He will once again be rewarding captains for stabilizing Omega Particles found in various social zones in Star Trek Online. Talk to Q to get the mission “Omega Stabilization (Daily)” and you will be given three zones to visit where you must stabilize an Omega Particle by playing a minigame. The chosen zones will change periodically, inviting players to explore the vast expanses of space in order to complete this challenge.

The minigame itself is simple - Omega molecules will fall in from the left in one of four channels. Captains will move the capture device into the correct channel as the molecule hits the right-hand line. The more molecules you capture, the more Omega molecules you’ll safely dissipate, and the more points you will score.

Q doesn’t care how many points you score, just that you complete the minigame in order to receive credit for his Daily Mission. Doing so will grant you Daily Progress if you have not already earned it for the day, as well as the other standard rewards associated with this Daily Mission.

The score received from the minigame does influence your rewards, however! The more points you score, the better chance you have at scoring better quality Omega particle remnants which can be used with the R&D system to craft special Omega Particle Tech Upgrades.

Omega Traces come in the three different colors of the Omega nodes themselves. Using the R&D system you can combine 1 of each Trace into an Omega Sliver. You can them combine three Omega Slivers into an Omega Shard, and three Omega Shards into an Omega Fragment. Three Omega Fragments can then be combined into an Omega Tech Upgrade which costs no dilithium to apply, and supplies a massive dose of Technology and Research Points to whatever item it is applied to. Alternately, two Omega Fragments can be combined with varying amounts of Refined Dilithium to produce [Mark] and [Rarity] variations of the Omega Upgrade. These variants focus entirely on improving item Mark or Rarity, respectively, making them ideal for players seeking specific avenues of upgrading their equipment.

Completing the minigame will always score you a single Omega Trace at the very least. The better you score, the greater your chance to win Omega Slivers, Shards, or even Fragments. Beginning with this year’s update, all Omega materials will be changed to Bind-to-Account-on-Pickup, rather than being tradeable with other players. However, refinement techniques have improved since the previous event, so rewards from the minigame will be a bit better, especially for those who score fewer points.

New Party Popper!

It wouldn’t be the anniversary without a brand new Party Popper to earn. The 13th Anniversary version of our annual toy-device takes the grand, cosmic power of V'ger and shrinks it down to an itty bitty party horn.

We’ll see you at the party!

darthnovawave · Posted Tue 17 Jan, 2023 5:22 PM

Nice to see they didn't fix any of the typos in the past 24 hours since the accidental leak.

Vox · Posted Tue 17 Jan, 2023 5:23 PM

Reannounced and they didn't even fix the typos and incorrect date

Remsus · Posted Tue 17 Jan, 2023 5:25 PM

Originally Posted by Vox

Reannounced and they didn't even fix the typos and incorrect date

I updated my reply

Petrarch · Posted Thu 19 Jan, 2023 7:56 PM

Going to stick this in here - they did an art tease but some of it is blacked out:

Initially everyone assumed it was just Leeta & Wesley again, but Kael said during the Ten Forward stream that he had to be very careful not to show the loading screen, so they're definitely keeping the lid on something they don't want us to see yet.

While it might be Leeta, it's known Masterson was returning and that doesn't seem worth concealing at this point. The speculation is that it's McFadden turning up as Beverley. As to the other figure, the rumour there is that it's Robert Beltran making an appearance as Chakotay as the outline looks right for him.

Bridger · Posted Thu 19 Jan, 2023 8:12 PM

My guess is Mirror Seven.

Bridger · Posted Sat 21 Jan, 2023 10:42 AM

BTW pre-patching has started with a 3GB patch

Petrarch · Posted Tue 24 Jan, 2023 4:09 PM

Just saw some leaked info at Reddit and it appears to be legit:

The new VA is indeed Gates McFadden.

Remsus · Posted Tue 24 Jan, 2023 4:39 PM

Originally Posted by Petrarch

Just saw some leaked info at Reddit and it appears to be legit:

The new VA is indeed Gates McFadden.

it's true, the server is back on

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Petrarch · Posted Thu 26 Jan, 2023 4:16 PM

Stuffing this in here rather than making a new thread to keep it together.

He mentions "the unknown cruiser" during his rundown - much as I'd like it to be the Emissary as the Star Cruisers started to reappear in the Mirror Arc after years of being ignored, I suspect it may end up being the Cheyenne class since it's a canonical design without a T6 currently. And we've enough Galaxy/Sovereign variants to shake a stick at right now.

I've no inside knowledge or access to any leaks by the way - I'm simply taking an educated guess.

Tain · Posted Thu 26 Jan, 2023 4:22 PM

Originally Posted by Petrarch

Stuffing this in here rather than making a new thread to keep it together.

He mentions "the unknown cruiser" during his rundown - much as I'd like it to be the Emissary as the Star Cruisers started to reappear in the Mirror Arc after years of being ignored, I suspect it may end up being the Cheyenne class since it's a canonical design without a T6 currently. And we've enough Galaxy/Sovereign variants to shake a stick at right now.

I've no inside knowledge or access to any leaks by the way - I'm simply taking an educated guess.

I would buy this in a second if they have a Cheyenne class in the package. I think the Stargazer is a beautiful ship, and they did remodel it in the last couple years. Fingers crossed.

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