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Developer: Cryptic Studios
Genre: Science Fiction
Status: In Development
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Welcome to the final frontier! Star Trek Online is the massively multiplayer online roleplaying game based on the Star Trek universe. Adventure in the final frontier, exploring new worlds and making contact with alien races. Command your own starship as a Federation Captain or as part of the Klingon Defense Force. Experience surface, shipboard and deep space adventures; your missions take place in all three! Choose from a list of favorite races, or create your own. The possibilities are endless!

Star Trek Online is set in the year 2409, 30 years after the events of Star Trek: Nemesis. Players can choose to play as one of the several races available at launch: Human, Vulcan, Andorian, Klingon, Orion, Gorn, and several others.

Star Trek Online is currently in development by Cryptic Studios. A release date has not been announced.

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Star Trek Online Developer's Diary Explains Episode Missions
Episode missions used to evolve STO storyline.
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Posted on Thu, November 5, 2009 by Martuk
Episode missions used to evolve STO storyline.
Cryptic has released a new developer's diary explaining the episode missions in Star Trek Online (STO). Episode missions play much like an episode of the TV shows and draw the player in to...
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Al Rivera Talks About Federation and Klingon Factions in Star Trek Online
Al Rivera talks Star Trek Online.
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Posted on Tue, November 3, 2009 by Martuk
Al Rivera talks Star Trek Online.
Star Trek Online lead designer Al Rivera recently spoke with incgamers.com about the upcoming MMOG and what players can expect in the Federation and Klingon conflict. Al also touched on the...
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Star Trek Online Space Combat Q&A with Craig Zinkievich
A look at why Star Trek Online might be the cure for the pew-pew space sim.
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Posted on Mon, November 2, 2009 by Ethec
A look at why Star Trek Online might be the cure for the pew-pew space sim.
The excitement continues to build as Star Trek Online entered closed beta less than two weeks ago. For part one of a two-part series on space and ground combat in Star Trek Online, Executive...
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New Star Trek Online Screenshots - Space and Ground Combat
On the ground or in space, Star Trek Online seeks to kick some visual ace!
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Posted on Thu, October 29, 2009 by Ethec
On the ground or in space, Star Trek Online seeks to kick some visual ace!
With last week's announcement that Star Trek Online (STO) has entered closed beta testing and recent high powered interviews with the Cryptic Studios team, fans will Klingon (sorry) to any glimpse...
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Future Past Part 2 Video Released for Star Trek Online
New video continues the STO storyline.
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Posted on Wed, October 28, 2009 by Martuk
New video continues the STO storyline.
Cryptic Studio has released the second video in their "Future Past" storyline for Star Trek Online. The latest video continues to chronice the conflict between the Klingons and the Romulans...
- Star Trek Online
Star Trek Online VIP Q&A with Craig Zinkievich
Your Questions, Cryptic's Answers
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Posted on Mon, October 26, 2009 by B. de la Durantaye
Your Questions, Cryptic's Answers
As part of our Premium Membership Program, members get a chance to ask their own questions of the developers for various MMOGs. This week, we talked to Cryptic Studios about Star Trek Online....
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Star Trek Online: Closed Beta Has Begun!
It's finally time to go where no one has gone before.
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Posted on Fri, October 23, 2009 by Dalmarus
It's finally time to go where no one has gone before.

Geeks around the world have been waiting a long time to here those words. Some have been waiting decades, though no one could have guessed that so many years ago. The wait may not be over for...
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Where the Stars Come From - Exploring the Lore of Star Trek Online
An interview with Executive Producer, Craig Zinkievich and Lead Writer, Christine Thompson
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Posted on Tue, October 20, 2009 by B. de la Durantaye
An interview with Executive Producer, Craig Zinkievich and Lead Writer, Christine Thompson
Celebrating generations of Star Trek, Cryptic takes on the huge task of making Star Trek Online a world that fans of the IP will recognize. As if building a game wasn't challenging enough, staying...
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Star Trek Online: Release Date Set?
No official announcement yet.
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Posted on Sun, October 18, 2009 by Medawky
No official announcement yet.
A recent update to the press assets page has given Star Trek Online for PC a release date of 02.02.10. No official word has been given on the STO or the Cryptic studios websites as of yet, but...
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New Star Trek Online Trailer Shows Things from a Klingon Perspective
Take a look at STO's Klingons.
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Posted on Fri, October 16, 2009 by Martuk
Take a look at STO's Klingons.
Star Trek Online has released a new trailer on IGN. The Federation has always been a force for peace, but the latest trailer shows the universe from the Klingon perspective as they lay waste to...
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Star Trek Online Timeline Video Shows off Lore and Gameplay
New video chronicles the STO timeline.
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Posted on Wed, October 14, 2009 by Martuk
New video chronicles the STO timeline.
Star Trek Online developers got together recently to create the first part of a nice new timeline video and explain what events are shaping the universe of Star Trek Online. With lots of lore...
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Cryptic Adds New Ship, Bridge Officer, and Crew Details for Star Trek Online
Red shirts unite!
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Posted on Wed, October 7, 2009 by Martuk
Red shirts unite!
Red shirts, officers, captains, and Star Trek junkies rejoice. Cryptic has been busy updating their Star Trek Online website with more juicy tidbits of information this week. Not only have they...
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STO Dev Chat to Field Questions on Player Progression and Ship Tiers
Ask your questions for this week's dev chat.
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Posted on Wed, October 7, 2009 by Martuk
Ask your questions for this week's dev chat.
Star Trek Online will be holding another dev chat this Thursday to field questions on Player Progression and Ship Tiers. If you have a question for the developers on one of these two topics you...
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The Borg Appear in New Star Trek Online Screenshots
Resistance is futile.
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Posted on Mon, October 5, 2009 by Martuk
Resistance is futile.
We all knew the battle with the Borg wasn't over. Massively has just gotten their hands on five new Star Trek Online screenshots, including one of the galaxy's cybernetic bad guys. Other images...
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Phasers Set to Beta - A Star Trek Online Q&A with Craig Zinkievich
Overcoming obstacles, and bringing in the masses
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Posted on Mon, October 5, 2009 by B. de la Durantaye
Overcoming obstacles, and bringing in the masses
The course is set, and it’s time to engage with Star Trek Online. Cryptic is turning up the volume as the closed beta phase of the game approaches, set to begin at the end of this year. So how...
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Star Trek Online: New Discovery Class Starship Details Revealed
Make it so.
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Posted on Mon, September 28, 2009 by Dalmarus
Make it so.
Any Starfleet captain worth their salt knows their ship inside and out from detailed specifications to every piece of technology aboard. In an effort to prepare the next generation of starship...
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Star Trek Online: 15th Installment of Ask Cryptic Released
Bring us about, Number One.
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Posted on Mon, September 21, 2009 by Dalmarus
Bring us about, Number One.
The 15th installment of Ask Cryptic has been posted and this time, it's all about player progression. Whether you have a passing interest in the game or are a die hard Trekker that can think of...
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Loading... A Tale of Two Space MMOs
#1,163 - Hands-on impressions of Jumpgate Evolution and Star Trek Online
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Posted on Mon, September 14, 2009 by Ethec
#1,163 - Hands-on impressions of Jumpgate Evolution and Star Trek Online
Playing two highly anticipated space MMOs back to back was the highlight of our recent trip to PAX 2009, and today I'll bring you my hands-on impressions of the space combat side of Star Trek...
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- Jumpgate Evolution
Loading... Sardu's PAX Journal (Pt. 1 of 2)
Sardu takes you through the gaming industry's premier fan event in part one of this series.
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Posted on Tue, September 8, 2009 by Ethec
Sardu takes you through the gaming industry's premier fan event in part one of this series.
Ten Ton Hammer's Reuben "Sardu" Waters, especially valued by us not only for his knowledable nice-guyness, love of MMOs, and his complete inability to turn off his gamer side (as you'll see), made...
Hands-On with Star Trek Online at PAX 2009
Exploring a strange new Cryptrek world
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Posted on Sun, September 6, 2009 by Sardu
Exploring a strange new Cryptrek world
Now that Cryptic Studios has the first major MMOG launch of 2009 tucked neatly under its belt with the release of Champions Online, the developer has been ramping up the presence of Star Trek...
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