A new invasion is hitting Star Trek Online's test server

by Eliot Lefebvre on Nov 10th 2011 8:30PM

Sci-Fi, Events (In-Game), Previews, Endgame, News Items, Star Trek Online, Free-to-Play

There has never been a shortage of stories about the Borg assimilating a culture, but it's rare for the race to actively invade a planet. But that's exactly what's happening on Star Trek Online's test serve: Defera undergoing a large-scale invasion by the Collective. Players in both the Federation and the KDF are tasked with fighting back against the Borg in a variety of different settings across the planet to help test out this new large-scale event.

Running for two hours once started, the event is currently being activated frequently enough so that players can consistently test all of the new elements introduced. If simply taking part in the push to prevent the Borg from getting a foothold isn't enough, the event also offers players new items as mission rewards, drops, and craftables. It should be an interesting event for players to explore in full on the test server, and it serves as another example of the game taking the war against the Borg up another notch.

Source: Path to F2P #22
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Reader Comments (3)

Should be interesting, will check it out when I get a chance to log in :)

Any word on Cardassians yet? As in, playable characters?

Something to look forward to, definitely!

As far as future races/factions, like Romulans and Cardassians. It feels that they are abandoning that plan for the foreseeable future (this is only my opinion). They may make these races playable and put them on one side or another, but I can't see 4 factions in the game, especially when they *know* they have to work on Klingon content.

I could see a return of Romulans allying with Klingons or Cardassians, but that's about it.