Exclusive STO Information from STLV 2015

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The Star Trek Online team is pleased to announce the epic conclusion of the five-year Iconian War story arc with Star Trek Online: Season 11 – New Dawn! 
 
New Dawn will rise out of the grim wartime tale to introduce an all-new story focused on rebuilding and hope. Discover a previously unknown civilization and uncover the mystery of a strange traveler from another time. New Dawn also sees the return of Chase Masterson reprising her role as Mirror Leeta from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, a returning member from the large stable of Star Trek franchise actors.
 
Along with new lore and story progression in Season 11, Star Trek Online will also be updated with new gameplay options in the form of the Admiralty System. Take command of your inactive starships to complete dangerous assignments and gather exciting rewards, while advancing your influence in the Admiralty campaigns. Within this system, each starship is given special traits and stats that must be used to successfully complete assignments. Plan carefully which ships are sent on which assignment in order to meet their requirements and offset various hazards, in an effort to yield great rewards across any of three separate campaigns.
 
There is so much new and exciting content that we can’t wait to show off! Stay tuned for more information about Star Trek Online: Season 11 - New Dawn!
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Information Gained from STLV 2015
Admiralty System – The Admiralty System is designed to take advantage of all of our inactive ships, from the starting Tier 1 Miranda all the way to extra Tier 6 ships.  Since we all eventually make it to Fleet Admiral, the team felt that an Admiral should be commanding multiple starships, not just their flagship (whatever ship you’re commanding). 
 
How it will work.  The Admiralty System will be much like the duty officer assignments system in that you will be able to send your inactive ships onto missions within a campaign.  Very important point; it does not matter what equipment you have equipped on your inactive ships; if you have a Tier 4 Galaxy class, then it’s a stock Tier 4 Galaxy class with pre-set capabilities.  Same goes for every other Tier and class of ships.  So do not go spending a bunch of dilithium and fleet credits equipping all of your ships with crazy good gear; it won’t make a difference for the Admiralty system.  One exception though is that if you have a Tier 5-U or Tier 6 ship and you have completed all 5 levels of mastery for it, you will get a better stock card with better pre-set capabilities. 
 
It’s also important to clarify that if you send any or all of your inactive ships on missions/campaigns, those ships do not leave your inventory; you will be able to fly those ships yourself at any time.  That’s why I describe the Admiralty system as utilizing representative cards with pre-set capabilities.
 
Q:  Will you assign your bridge officers to command those other starships?
A:  No.  Assume those inactive ships have captains and crews of their own.
 
Q:  The system currently shows the ability to promote bridge officers to “captain”; is that going to be forthcoming?
A:  Yes.  At some point in the future, you will be able to promote your bridge officers to captain and even play as that promoted bridge officer, giving you the capability to play species that you cannot currently play.  The STO team will also be launching the first officer system whereby you can specifically assign a first officer. 
Note:  It wasn’t specifically said, but it sounds like the first officer system will also include the ability to assign a chief engineer, chief medical officer, chief science officer, chief tactical officer, etc.  This is fantastic as we all have multiple science, engineering, and tactical personnel but with this system, we can actually name a chief.
 
Q:  Will the Odyssey class starship be offered as a Tier 6 starship like the Galaxy is?
A:   Yes.  All of the most popular starship designs will be offered in a Tier 6 version.  The Galaxy is, by-far, the most popular ship in STO, so it was high on the list to become a Tier 6. 
 
Q: I’ve got a bunch of gear that I would like to upgrade to gold; will the Omega particles be coming back? 
A: Yes; they will be coming around again.
 
Q:  For dilithium mining, there is a cap to the maximum amount of dilithium a player can get per mini-game, yet if you do not score up to 735, then you get less than the max.  I routinely score into the 800s, 900s, and sometimes even 1000s.  Will Cryptic consider adjusting the cap so that as a player scores higher than 735, they get a bonus?
A:  When the dilithium game was originally designed, we thought that it would be challenging for players to routinely max out.  Many people now score higher.  At this time, we have not considered adjusting the cap, but that can be adjusted in the future.
 
During the STO showcase on stage, they introduced STO, discussed where the game started and the story arc up to this point.  They also indicated that Leeta will be back, but this time in the form of the mirror Leeta we saw in DS9.  Mirror Leeta will be the Fleet Admiral of the mirror fleet leading an attack on our universe. 
 
As part of the STLV 2015 reward, STO was giving away an exclusive EMH Bridge Officer that looks like Robert Picardo.  This is a gold-level BoFF that really is a strong character.  I’ve obtained five extra codes which will be awarded to Lotus Fleet members in future giveaways.  Note that the code is an account unlock; one code will provide this BoFF for each character on your account.  So stay tuned for announcements on how to win one of these codes.