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A Fond Farewell to the Shield of Tomorrow

ambassadorkael#6946 ambassadorkael Member, Administrator Posts: 2,674 Community Manager
Our friends at Shield of Tomorrow are bidding adieu and moving to a brand new show, but we couldn't let it go without pur own little tribute:

https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/10922223

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  • phoenix841phoenix841 Member Posts: 486 Arc User
    edited June 2018
    Never heard of this before.

    Is this a limited time thing, or will this be around indefinitely?

    EDIT: For anyone that's seen it, is it at least better than Discovery (I would expect so, but it doesn't hurt to ask)?
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  • thay8472thay8472 Member Posts: 6,100 Arc User
    No idea what this is either ... but yay for a treasure hunt.
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  • orangeitisorangeitis Member Posts: 5,222 Arc User
    edited June 2018
  • garaks31garaks31 Member Posts: 2,845 Arc User
  • duncanidaho11duncanidaho11 Member Posts: 7,867 Arc User
    edited June 2018
    phoenix841 wrote: »

    EDIT: For anyone that's seen it, is it at least better than Discovery (I would expect so, but it doesn't hurt to ask)?

    Here's a link to google. :|


    Anyway, it's sad to hear the show's sailing off for the second star to the right but it's good to know that we've got till morning (figuratively) to ready for the finale. They did an incredible job and it's great to see an additional nod in-game.

    PS. Who's going to tell Zazrit?
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  • phoenix841phoenix841 Member Posts: 486 Arc User
    phoenix841 wrote: »

    EDIT: For anyone that's seen it, is it at least better than Discovery (I would expect so, but it doesn't hurt to ask)?

    Here's a link to google. :|

    Yeah, if I wanted to read reviews, I would have done that myself. I was asking for the opinions of others here. Thanks for a useless response.
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  • dkeith2011dkeith2011 Member Posts: 595 Arc User
    It wont take long for the location to be found and shared all over the forums and chat channels.
  • where2r1where2r1 Member Posts: 6,054 Arc User
    phoenix841 wrote: »
    phoenix841 wrote: »

    EDIT: For anyone that's seen it, is it at least better than Discovery (I would expect so, but it doesn't hurt to ask)?

    Here's a link to google. :|

    Yeah, if I wanted to read reviews, I would have done that myself. I was asking for the opinions of others here. Thanks for a useless response.

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  • tucker031tucker031 Member Posts: 11 Arc User
    edited June 2018
    Seems a bit odd to need to wait until the 13th of July or was that a typo?
  • duncanidaho11duncanidaho11 Member Posts: 7,867 Arc User
    edited June 2018
    tucker031 wrote: »
    Seems a bit odd to need to wait until the 13th of July or was that a typo?

    Releasing it earlier would be...(to quote the blog post)
    a spoiler for the episodes that are left this season

    July 13th is the finale. The announcement here roughly coincides with the announcement that the show is coming to an end then.



    That's the major news item. Shield of Tomorrow has had a great friend of STO and a significant part of the community with a collaborative STO play with the cast/devs (which saw the launch of the SoT fleet that's helped act as a through-put between game and show), two reciprocal in-game easter eggs already in game (Zazrit on DS9 and cream soda), and (as mentioned in the blog) SoT served as the inspiration for the Pathfinder adventures livestreamed from Cryptic (as well as other role playing groups in the STO community.)

    phoenix841 wrote: »
    Thanks for a useless response.

    You're welcome. ;)
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  • jaturnleyjaturnley Member Posts: 1,218 Arc User
    phoenix841 wrote: »
    phoenix841 wrote: »

    EDIT: For anyone that's seen it, is it at least better than Discovery (I would expect so, but it doesn't hurt to ask)?

    Here's a link to google. :|

    Yeah, if I wanted to read reviews, I would have done that myself. I was asking for the opinions of others here. Thanks for a useless response.
    LOL at complaining about being pointed at reviews that someone already took the time to write, while asking for people to waste our own time writing personal reviews just for you. I believe you should go and watch the whole thing and come back to write a review for all of us to read so we can ignore your work, too.
  • zedbrightlander1zedbrightlander1 Member Posts: 14,762 Arc User
    Here's a Reddit on it.
    https://reddit.com/r/sto/comments/8qaocy/a_fond_farewell_to_the_shield_of_tomorrow/

    Looks like it will be avalible on July 15th. Sure hope we get another prod as the day comes closer.
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  • over4teeover4tee Member Posts: 5 Arc User
    Personally, I think that Shield Of Tomorrow is a fantastic show. Of course, being a 3 hour stream of a group of people playing a role play game, it isn't like the typical Star Trek shows, with a script, scenes and special effects, but it doesn't need those things, due to the very good roleplaying of the players, GM and guest players.

    There is a pretty sizable fan-base, too, known as the "Auxiliary Crew", with a Discord server with many channels, one of which includes 100's of characters that have been "rolled up" using Modiphius' "Star Trek Adventures" system, which is what the show uses. Occasionally, one or two of these characters will even be included in a game session, as an NPC. There are three Fleets on the PC platform, (two Fed, one KDF), a Fleet on the PS platform and no Fleet, but a small Club, on the XB platform.

    I have a subscription to the Geek & Sundry/Nerdist collaborative channel, called Alpha Project, so I can watch the show whenever, but I am pretty sure that it has reruns on the Geek & Sundry Twitch channel, and some episodes available on their YouTube channel. Go check them out!
  • duncanidaho11duncanidaho11 Member Posts: 7,867 Arc User
    over4tee wrote: »
    I have a subscription to the Geek & Sundry/Nerdist collaborative channel, called Alpha Project, so I can watch the show whenever, but I am pretty sure that it has reruns on the Geek & Sundry Twitch channel, and some episodes available on their YouTube channel. Go check them out!

    Linky! (episode 1)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09zD7OyRCkM
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  • jrdobbsjr#3264 jrdobbsjr Member Posts: 431 Arc User
    This on console, or is it PC only?
  • jelly0jelly0 Member Posts: 560 Arc User
    Will this be a fly every captain you have to location or will it be added to Promotions tab?
  • duncanidaho11duncanidaho11 Member Posts: 7,867 Arc User
    This on console, or is it PC only?

    Answer to pretty much anything console/pc related in STO is "PC first, consoles at a later date."
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  • allyoftheforceallyoftheforce Member Posts: 735 Arc User
    Just give me my token. I don't care about the other stuff you talked about.
  • jrdobbsjr#3264 jrdobbsjr Member Posts: 431 Arc User
    Is this on PC only or is it on Console?
  • leemwatsonleemwatson Member Posts: 5,331 Arc User
    PC at the moment. Don't know when or if it will appear on Console. Just watch the news feed.
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  • gulremalgulremal Member Posts: 153 Arc User
    Is this a limited time thing or will be able to claim it whenever?
  • sftricksftrick Member Posts: 52 Arc User
    phoenix841 wrote: »
    phoenix841 wrote: »

    EDIT: For anyone that's seen it, is it at least better than Discovery (I would expect so, but it doesn't hurt to ask)?

    Here's a link to google. :|

    Yeah, if I wanted to read reviews, I wouldn't have asked for people to write reviews for me.

    Fixed it. Sort of.
  • echattyechatty Member Posts: 5,913 Arc User
    gulremal wrote: »
    Is this a limited time thing or will be able to claim it whenever?

    You can claim it whenever. It will be around until the game ends.
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