I know what you mean my wife and I have basically stopped playing everything else because this game is so exciting for us, and this is the big talk at all the ST conventions we attend...honestly at Shore leave in Baltimore more folks were talking about this than the Trek movie... a lot of expectations are riding on this game.

Is the beta out already?! (looks around in excitement)

Wow, that's interesting. I thought the movie would be the hot topic, since it does feature Kirk, Spock, McCoy, etc.

See thats the problem. To many it doesn't feature Kirk or the original crew. I just hope the new actors due the roles justice.

Oh bother, I thought you were going to give me an answer on the beta.

I agree with you... a lot of the trekkies I know around my age (20's) are more excited about this game then the new movie. I've never been a huge fan of the original series... nobody should take that as a slam, I just grew up watching the Next Generation and the other series (DS9, Voy, Ent). Going back to Spock, Kirk, etc MIGHT be a great idea, or it might kill trek as we know it.

Regardless, this game means more to me then the movie because it is about the future of trek, not the past (although I liked Enterprise... I know, in the minority again)... I want to know what happens to bring the Federation and Klingons to war... and I want to be able to get involved in the story, take part in it, captain my own ship and pick my own crew, etc (which is why I check this site every day instead of the movie site).

This game is, without question, the future of trek.

If the game and the movie bomb... we might be looking at another decade or two with no real Trek presence (except the books, of course)... if it's huge, makes tons of money, and gets great reviews, it could help revive Trek in CBS and Paramounts eyes.

In response to capjgt, nope. No Beta yet (from anything I've read or heard, and no date for a beta either). Thats okay though... I've already waited a year or more for this game (and then went through the heartbreak of the previous developers ball drop and the apparent shelving of the game), as long as it gets made and is taken seriously/given the time and effort it needs, I'm sure we'll all be amazed by what we get ^^

Thanks Calvert! Yeah a lot has been fleshed out from other interviews but it is still great to see any more additions out there. The Shuttle info was interesting to see. I also liked the question about the clothing but I think it was cloudy on non duty clothing. The way it sounds at the moment seems like there might not be any =(.

May I ask why German? It would seem to me that French and Italian would be at least as important, and Spanish and Chinese (Mandarin) have many more speakers world-wide. I'm not saying German isn't important, but why German above all others?


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Omg Thanky You. YOU ROCK

Nice to hear that Klingons and Starfleet will have different UIs. That's a nice touch.

I am guessing that if the Beta is out, there is a serious NDA associated with it. I doubt that IF the beta is out that they would want to jeapordize their access to it be mentioning that it exists.

I certainly don't have access to it, but perhaps Cryptic would comment on this? Maybe? Please can I join beta???!!