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Exploring the Delta Quadrant - what will it be like?

ashrod63ashrod63 Member Posts: 384 Arc User
edited August 2014 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
As we all know with Delta Rising we are going to get the chance to explore the Delta Quadrant. Reading through Cryptic's recent news posts it appears the area we shall be exploring will be between the end of the Nekrit Expanse (as seen in Unity) and the Northwest Passage (as seen in Scorpion). Having a look through the Star Charts book (which seems to be the basis for the in-game map) this covers a 3x5 sector area.

So how do we think this will be carried off? They've added in a sector block before but that only had 3 sectors, 15 is quite another matter with all the various systems that would be included which would involve a lot of content being created or a lot of empty space. I get the feeling there may be a lot of trimming to take it down to the "standard" 3 sector block. Just as long as we don't end up with a similar situation to the Gamma Quadrant with two systems we warp between and no sector space in between.
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  • orangeitisorangeitis Member Posts: 5,222 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    At this point, I can't see anything but a straight vertical line of sector blocks the length of the route Voyager was taking back to the Alpha Quadrant.
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  • birzarkbirzark Member Posts: 634 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    There are a couple of things to note, first how are we getting to the delta quadrant, a transwarp gate same as we do the get to borg space? or is it through another iconian gateway like getting to the dyson sphere zone?

    My one question i have asked before is how it will affect "Tour the galaxy"?
  • kjwashingtonkjwashington Member Posts: 2,529 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    orangeitis wrote: »
    At this point, I can't see anything but a straight vertical line of sector blocks the length of the route Voyager was taking back to the Alpha Quadrant.

    Probably this. The Nekrit Expanse will probably cut off the first half of what we're able to access in the DQ from the other half.
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  • ashrod63ashrod63 Member Posts: 384 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    kjwashington wrote: »
    Probably this. The Nekrit Expanse will probably cut off the first half of what we're able to access in the DQ from the other half.

    If we follow the "Voyager's Journey" post and the Star Charts book then we will be starting at the end of the Nekrit Expanse then working forward. This would lead straight into the Northwest Passgae (just under 100 light years from the Collective's homworld) at which point Voyager took their first big jump of nearly 10,000 light years.

    Then it becomes a matter of how do we make the same jump, unless we get a similarly powered Ocampan to throw us through Borg space.
  • kjwashingtonkjwashington Member Posts: 2,529 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    ashrod63 wrote: »
    If we follow the "Voyager's Journey" post and the Star Charts book then we will be starting at the end of the Nekrit Expanse then working forward. This would lead straight into the Northwest Passgae (just under 100 light years from the Collective's homworld) at which point Voyager took their first big jump of nearly 10,000 light years.

    Then it becomes a matter of how do we make the same jump, unless we get a similarly powered Ocampan to throw us through Borg space.

    If we start at the end of the Nekrit Expanse, there's no reason to assume that we'll see the kazon or any other race that lives on the farther side. However, they are mentioned in previous DR dev blogs, so we must assume that at least a portion of DR happens on the farther side.
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  • ashrod63ashrod63 Member Posts: 384 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    kjwashington wrote: »
    If we start at the end of the Nekrit Expanse, there's no reason to assume that we'll see the kazon or any other race that lives on the farther side. However, they are mentioned in previous DR dev blogs, so we must assume that at least a portion of DR happens on the farther side.

    Indeed they have, which is what makes the comment about starting at the Nekrit Expanse then heading towards the Alpha Quadrant all the odder. Of course going back to the Star Charts, the closer edge of the Kazon border was about 200-300 light years from the Nekrit Expanse and with 37 years of time having passed they could very well have pushed "south" and our first missions involve the Kazon/Cooperative border.
  • anazondaanazonda Member Posts: 8,399 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    orangeitis wrote: »
    At this point, I can't see anything but a straight vertical line of sector blocks the length of the route Voyager was taking back to the Alpha Quadrant.

    Well... They have a certain level of freedom... Voyager had a fair sensor range, and we do know some minor details about the surrounding sectors (for example that Voyagers "Spawn point" in the delta quadrant had little to no water nearby, meaning only few M-class planets.

    There should be things to build on from that, but yes... It's not like we will be able to fly from the gamma to the delta quadrant.
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  • lucho80lucho80 Member Posts: 6,600 Bug Hunter
    edited August 2014
    ashrod63 wrote: »
    As we all know with Delta Rising we are going to get the chance to explore the Delta Quadrant. Reading through Cryptic's recent news posts it appears the area we shall be exploring will be between the end of the Nekrit Expanse (as seen in Unity) and the Northwest Passage (as seen in Scorpion). Having a look through the Star Charts book (which seems to be the basis for the in-game map) this covers a 3x5 sector area.

    So how do we think this will be carried off? They've added in a sector block before but that only had 3 sectors, 15 is quite another matter with all the various systems that would be included which would involve a lot of content being created or a lot of empty space. I get the feeling there may be a lot of trimming to take it down to the "standard" 3 sector block. Just as long as we don't end up with a similar situation to the Gamma Quadrant with two systems we warp between and no sector space in between.

    There will be no sector space in between. For GO you use a transwarp conduit. For the delta quadrant, either use the Iconian gateway or, now that they can easily get over to the Delta Quadrant, they could build yet another transwarp conduit to avoid using the Iconian tech.
  • goodscotchgoodscotch Member Posts: 1,680 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    My guess...about the same exact thing they have now except with different planet names superimposed over existing graphics and maybe some different colors here and there. It'll be like a Chevrolet except with Oldsmobile badges. If you're ship can't do Warp 20+, it might take a few extra minutes to zoom through all the new Oldsmobile blocks on the map, but you'll do it in record time compared to Voyager's multi-year journey. Not to worry if you can only handle Warp 9.97...you still have the instantly take me there buttons.
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  • ashrod63ashrod63 Member Posts: 384 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    lucho80 wrote: »
    There will be no sector space in between. For GO you use a transwarp conduit. For the delta quadrant, either use the Iconian gateway or, now that they can easily get over to the Delta Quadrant, they could build yet another transwarp conduit to avoid using the Iconian tech.

    I'm looking more at what we do once we are there rather than how we'll get there, mainly how will sector space in the Delta Quadrant be structured, it's fairly obvious we aren't getting a full sector space map from Romulus to New Talax it would simply be far too large a distance, but once we are in the Delta Quadrant, we'll need a way of travelling between systems.
  • dracounguisdracounguis Member Posts: 5,358 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    ex.. ploor... ing? :confused: In relation to STO I do not know that word.
  • kain9primekain9prime Member Posts: 739 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    Exploring the Delta Quadrant - what will it be like?

    Like this.

    ;)
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  • mrvwbugmrvwbug Member Posts: 3 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    I suspect a lot of attempting to not become a Hirogen trophy, mixed with not giving replicators to the Kazon, combined with a fair bit of running away from Undine, all of this while trying not to be assimilated.
  • pigeonofclaypigeonofclay Member Posts: 142 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    Oh, I figure we'll be as bored in the Delta Quadrant as we are in the Alpha Quadrant.

    Doing the same old stuff in different ways. :rolleyes:
  • kjwashingtonkjwashington Member Posts: 2,529 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    kain9prime wrote: »
    Like this.

    ;)

    Extremely bad? :rolleyes:
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  • macroniusmacronius Member Posts: 2,526
    edited August 2014
    The DQ ... rep's r us!
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  • kain9primekain9prime Member Posts: 739 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    kjwashington wrote: »
    Extremely bad? :rolleyes:
    I was referring to the "Flashing...lights" part...





    ...but that works too.

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  • farmallmfarmallm Member Posts: 4,630 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    I see around the area of the sphere is located. Could be a few sectors. It would be nice to see the Nekrit Expanse, area where the Void took place to see the Malons. There is a lot of potential on what we could see.
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  • carlosbflycarlosbfly Member Posts: 682 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    I'm expecting a little line of sector blocks. It would be cool if they actually took the existing Borg Space area in the game and actually added that into the Delta Quadrant zone as well (as technically, Voyager flew into it/past it on its journey home).
  • hartzillahartzilla Member Posts: 1,177 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    carlosbfly wrote: »
    I'm expecting a little line of sector blocks. It would be cool if they actually took the existing Borg Space area in the game and actually added that into the Delta Quadrant zone as well (as technically, Voyager flew into it/past it on its journey home).

    The Borg space area of the game is a part of federation space they assimilated, not their actual space.

    Its the same area of space Arena and Wrath of Khan took place in.
  • carlosbflycarlosbfly Member Posts: 682 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    hartzilla wrote: »
    The Borg space area of the game is a part of federation space they assimilated, not their actual space.

    Its the same area of space Arena and Wrath of Khan took place in.

    Oh! I thought it was Borg space as you had to transwarp to it :o
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