There are four more Age of Discovery episodes to come. You and your crew are not the only characters from that era to wind up in the 25th century. Not to mention there's a similar cycle of warfare playing out in that parallel universe as well.īut don't think that the Age of Discovery is over once you make that jump forward in time. And that Mirror Universe invasion? Having seen the Mirror Universe arc in Discovery's first season makes it even more fun. I can't say if it's intentional - the game doesn't acknowledge it - but it's chilling if you stop and think about it. Then you travel 200 years into the future only to find the Federation and Klingon Empire at war again. As a Discovery-era character, you start off during the Klingon-Federation War.
There's extra flavor coming into the game from a post- Discovery perspective. It's kept going, and gotten better with time. If you've ever wished the era of Star Trek that began with The Next Generation never ended, there's good news: in Star Trek Online, it never did. I've progressed beyond the Klingon war, I've dealt with Romulan politics after the destruction of the Empire's homeworld, and I got to visit Deep Space Nine and repel an invasion from the Mirror Universe. Thanks to the streamlined mission log, I haven't put the game down since. Sooner or later I'd return to Star Trek Online, but, forgetting what I was doing when I left off last time, I'd feel compelled to begin again with a new character.Īs someone who has enjoyed Star Trek: Discovery, I was eager to return again for Age of Discovery. I'd always hit a mission that wasn't as engaging as some of the previous content, and my mind would wander over to one of the other games in my backlog. I've played the game on and off for two years, but never made it too far with a single character. These episodes reveal stories hinted at in Discovery, including the destruction of the USS Glenn and the assault on Starbase One.įor context, I'm a console gamer, so I didn't try Star Trek Online until after it made its Xbox One and PlayStation 4 debut in 2016. She debuted in the IDW Publishing comic book Star Trek: Discovery - Light of Kahless, a first of its kind crossover between Star Trek game and comics. Players find themselves up against J'Ula, the sister of T'Kuvma, the Klingon leader who sought war with the Federation to unify the Klingon Empire.
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They take place during the six months between Discovery episodes "Battle at the Binary Stars" and "Context is for Kings," and the Klingon-Federation War is in full swing. Once training is complete, new captains can play through the first two of six planned Age of Discovery episodes, "Secrets" and "Downfall." The episodes make your Star Trek Online character feel weaved into the fabric of Star Trek: Discovery's story. They're guided by Cadet Sylvia Tilly from Star Trek: Discovery, brought to life with the help of Discovery star Mary Wiseman's voice, through the basic mechanics of the game. As a Discovery character, players begin in a unique starting experience. Age of Discovery allows players to create Discovery-era Starfleet characters for the first time.
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