[Jestersmith]

My friends! Come closer! Closer still! That's too close, I don't need to smell you. Ha ha ha! I, Harcourt Fenton Mudd, have a secret for you. You may know that there are universes other than our own. Places where one tiny choice flapped a butterfly's wings and changed everything. I'm sure you do - it seems that "Mirror Universe" is popping into our universe every few days or so. But did you know that there was a time travel event that created a universe vastly different, but yet so similar to our own? When Ambassador Spock and the Romulan terrorist - or freedom fighter, depending on who you ask - Nero traveled back through a wormhole, and in destroying one single ship, the U.S.S. Kelvin, changed everything? I know, because I have been there! Well, not me, myself - bzzt - but one of me certainly has! And he returned with a plethora of gifts - massive starships that need to be seen to be believed, nimble Klingon craft, and even a recreation of the vessel Ambassador Spock flew through that very wormhole. The line forms to the left, gentlebeings!



Mudd is opening the doors on a new Choice Pack on June 10th, this one from the Kelvin Timeline! Purchase the Mudd's Into Darkness and Beyond Choice Pack for 29500 Zen, and choose any three of the above options! But that's not all - this pack will be 50% off from 6/10 @ 8am PT (17:00 CEST) - 6/24 @ 10am PT (19:00 CEST). Choose from the following options:

Vengeance Intel Dreadnought
Kelvin Heavy Destroyer/D7 Heavy Destroyer Pack
Kelvin T’Laru/D4x/Constitution Pack
Vulcan Experimental Scout Vessel
2 pack T6 Ship Coupons
9 pack T6x Tokens
1 Elite Phoenix Token
50 Key Pack



In addition, everything else in Mudd's Market (except the other three bundles) will be on sale for 75% off from 6/10 at 8am PT (17:00 CEST) - 6/14 at 10am PT (19:00 CEST)!

Never seen one of these packs before? Seen them all but still unsure how they work? Here's an FAQ just for you:

Each time I buy this pack, I get to choose any three items?

Yes! Even if you only purchase it once, the Mudd’s Into Darkness and Beyond Choice Pack allows you to choose any three of the above ships, keys, coupons or upgrades. You can choose multiples of the same item, as long as it’s not a ship. Some of the possibilities include:

Both Kelvin Packs and the Intel Dreadnought
The Vulcan Scout Vessel and Two of the Experimental Ship Upgrade Packs, totaling 18 Tokens
Three Key Packs, equalling 150 Keys
The Experimental Scout Vessel, The Epic Phoenix Prize Pack Token, and 50 Keys
And more!



Are the ships bound to the character that buys them?

Nope! The ships are account unlocks, like everything in the Zen Store. Once you purchase the bundle and choose any of the ships, you unlock that ship for all your characters, immediately, and all future characters.

Can I claim a second ship of the same type?

Also no. Because the ships are unlocked for your entire account, you only need to choose each ship once. Therefore, should you purchase a bundle and choose the Vulcan Scout Vessel and two non-ship items, if you purchase a second bundle, you won’t be able to choose the Vulcan Scout Vessel again.

But I can choose the non-ship items again?

You sure can. You can choose the Experimental Ship Upgrades, Ultimate Tech Upgrades, and Lobi up to three times each, per purchase of the bundle.

Even within the same purchase?

That’s right. If you only want Upgrades, you can purchase this bundle once, choose the Upgrades three times, and get 27 Upgrades. It’s up to you!

What about the Kelvin Packs? How do they work?

Choosing either Kelvin Pack 1 or 2 unlocks all the ships in that pack for your entire account. So choosing Pack 1 grants you the Kelvin Constitution, T'laru, and the d4x for all characters on your account.

Do I have to purchase more than one bundle to get all the items?

Yes.

Do I have to purchase more than one bundle?

No! If you just want the ships, or any other combination, just purchase it once, claim the three items you want, and never think of it again.

Do I have to purchase this bundle?

That’s really up to you, friend.

If Spock teaches Scotty how to do Transwarp Beaming before Scotty invents it himself, but Spock learned it from Scotty, isn't that an infinite temporal loop and a huge paradox?

My head hurts.

[Sorotia]

Be almost tempting if I had the money in the bank to buy it, but thankfully I don't lol

[kroonect]

Tempted for the D7 Kelvin Heavy Destroyer.

[darthnovawave]

The idea of account unlocking the Vengeance is appealing, but I already have one on my main so I probably wouldn't get a ton of use out of more of them. The rest of the ships have space barbie appeal, but as I think about it I'm not sure I'd get much mileage out of any of them on any of my toons. Not sure if that means I have too many fun ships or not enough alts....

[Petrarch]

I have the Einstein (the USS Kelvin) on an alt, it's not a bad ship and the heavy weapon it comes with is fun, as the ship animates the little pop up turrets to fire it and the weapon effect actually comes from them.

Kelvin ships are quite nicely designed (the Legendary Konnie is a thing of beauty as it's the refit variant skin by default) but at a little over 14000 zen at half price, we're still in the rough area of £100.

[Sul-Matuul]

The price is still ludicrous so as ever I'll be passing.

Someone wake me up when they add something to the store at a sensible price again.....

[Taku]

An account-wide Vengeance unlock IS tempting. Pair it with the JJPrise and 50 keys? Tempting indeed.

But $150-ish?

Still a hard "No."

[Heyallo]

I have never been so glad that I don't have money

[Miles]

If we compare with Z-store prices, 3k per ship, buying both the Kelvin Packs and the Vengeance is a nice deal for account wide of Lobi and lock box ships. But still the total price is high.

[Brunocsf]

Tempting, very tempting indeed. But when I look at the price it's a simple no...

[darthnovawave]

Cryptic is trying to push the limits of whale wallets again. They just announced an update to the blog. You can now get ALL 8 items in the bundle for a limited time for the low, low price of...60000 zen. I'll pass.

[Sorotia]

Cryptic is trying to push the limits of whale wallets again. They just announced an update to the blog. You can now get ALL 8 items in the bundle for a limited time for the low, low price of...60000 zen. I'll pass.

They really don't care about anything anymore but the players wallets

[Petrarch]

Cynical mode on:

I'll take a guess and say the pack isn't selling in the numbers they want and this an attempt to drum up some business with the extra shiny and a dash of FOMO.

If you still enjoy the game, fair play to you, but it's finally reached mobile game territory with the constant events and demands for money.

[Miles]

Cryptic is trying to push the limits of whale wallets again. They just announced an update to the blog. You can now get ALL 8 items in the bundle for a limited time for the low, low price of...60000 zen. I'll pass.

That's a bargain...

[Noram]

the discounted 30000k Zen is the price of the normal pack before the 50% discount...Cryptic big braining it here