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Which series captain will we see first in STO?
ironcaniac
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The developers have been pretty good about getting Trek actors to voice their characters in-game, but I think the real feather in their cap would be if they got one of the captains from any of the television series to appear and be voiced by the actor that played him or her.
If they can do it, who do you think would the be the most likely to be first? Who would you most want to see? Kirk, Picard, Sisko, Janeway, or Archer?
My bet would be Picard as the most likely since Patrick Stewart has done voice work recently. He's also the captain I'd most want to see as well.
If they can do it, who do you think would the be the most likely to be first? Who would you most want to see? Kirk, Picard, Sisko, Janeway, or Archer?
My bet would be Picard as the most likely since Patrick Stewart has done voice work recently. He's also the captain I'd most want to see as well.
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He isn't getting any younger.
Personally, I have a feeling any of the actors who's Captain characters you mentioned are ABOVE Cryptic's VO budget. Personally, I'd LOVE it if - for the 50th Anniversary CBS stirred the pot and (assuming they are still around as they would both be 85 years old at the time); they got William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy to do VO for a Star Trek 50th anniversary mission ( a real coup would be to get all the Star Trek Captain actors to contribute VO in some way to said mission.)
That said, I doubt anything on that level will happen. Hell, if the game continues in it's current development path; I could see STO sunsetting soon after CBS has milked the 'Star Trek 50th Anniversary' in 2016 for all they can get in multiple media and 'collectable item' areas.
Time will tell.
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So that's obviously off the table. If I recall, Kate would be expensive as well, so probably not.
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Let us go drag Sisko out of the wormhole. He needs to pay for his crimes. That man is almost as evil as the carddies.
You are lucky you got Capt Kim , the rest are out of Cryptically price range.
ENT Time travelling mission :P Maybe we're responsible for that timey-wimey anomoly that sent Enterprise back 200 years.
As for why we're there.... uhmmm... You know.
Next would probably be Patrick Stewart. Probably the most expensive on the list, but he is a pretty active voice actor, and while he certainly doesn't work for the peanuts he doesn't always take himself that seriously either. He has done enough bit parts like his role in Oblivion, Ted, or American Dad that I would hope he's not being paid big bucks for them all.
Third I'd say toss up between Mugrew and Bakula, probably leaning towards Bakula.
Distant last on the list would be Brooks. He wasn't hostile to working on DS9 and has been open to the fan community unlike some actors, but he has said it's something he wanted to put behind him. Last I knew he'd returned to academics.
Honestly, better than any of them, I think their best bet is the captain who never got his show, only a backdoor pilot: Sulu. He's been in fan productions (he's said some of them at least he did just for fun), very engaged with fans, and he really campaigned for his turn in the captain's chair for a long time.
I wouldn't mind a time travel mission to Archer's time since that would mean hopefully that we get to interact with the NX-class ships, the Kumari, and the Xindi ships instead of just seeing them as anachronistic playable ships.
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He did do some VO for Star Trek Legacy though.
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Yes, but that was recorded nearly ten years ago. When Star Trek Infinite Space was still in development, he refused to even record a couple lines for their trailer when they spent half their budget to license his likeness. That could have just been a money thing, though, I suppose. Cryptic's not a high roller in the voice actor market, but they can probably outspend a vaporware browser based arcade shooter.
Kate Mulgrew has the highest likelihood of appearing.
Then perhaps Stewart.
Then Scott Bakula.
Then Shatner.
Then Avery Brooks.
However, that is strictly my bet on the series' Captains as we knew them.
I find it much more likely we could see LeVar Burton (Geordi is the Captain of the Challenger), then Jonathan Frakes (Captain of the Titan), or Nicole de Boer (Captain of the Aventine). Gates McFadden could come back (Captain of the Pasteur), since I do not think she has been up to much.
I also would not mind seeing George Takei coming back to captain the Excelsior in an episode or two (time travel is always fun), or as a hologram.
Story justification for having Captain Jonathan "Trained Diplomat" Archer in 2410 aside, that one would be tricky from an RL standpoint because Scott Bakula is currently the lead on an NCIS spinoff.
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This I mean seriously, the man should be Captain of the Enterprise F...not to mention he can play multiple roles.
Patrick would be awesome, if cryptic can afford him that is.
George might indeed be possible. Like Tim Russ he's always been happy to join in with fans for trek projects and for voice work he does have quite a distinctive and easily recognisable voice.
Avery, like George has a distinctive voice and it wouldn't be difficult to find a logical reason to include Sisko is STO, the problem there is as has been said Avery has tried to distance himself from Trek and acting in general in recent years I believe.
Some of the other next gen era crews making an appearance would be cool, having Ezri show up in the Aventine or Data joining you for a mission for some reason or another would be fun I think.
Not too sure whether Scott Bakula would be within Cryptic's budget or not though... Since he doesn't seem to do much these days, he might be...
And yes, he would be... He was an Admiral in All Good Things, which would be about this point (or even a few years earlier) in the time-line...
I'm going to say Janeway. Kate Mulgrew has voice acting experience in video games, Janeway is still in Starfleet, and she knows a thing or two about the Delta Quadrant. That said she's still busy with Orange I think, and because she's still kind of in hot demand, her price may be out of range. That and I'm not sure how much she actually misses Star Trek concidering how much of a debacle Voyager was. Also since she's still very much in demand as an actor and voice actor, her salary may be out of range of Cryptic.
Sisko isn't very likely except as a quick guest appearance but he may show up if we go to the Gamma Quadrant in a mission giver role. As "The Sisko" he's way to powerful to show up in missions like Captain Kim does in your party.. but they have Q giving out missions, so why not "The Sisko". This would also let them go back and voice act some of the DS9 and Bajor stuff that reference "The Sisko". But as others have said Mr. Avery doesn't seem to want to do anything with Star Trek, but stranger things have happened.
I could kind of see Picard showing up, either in context of helping to deal with the Borg or because Sela demands it in one of her many schemes to get back at him. He's also an expert on the Iconians... at least as far as anyone is... so I can see writing him in on that front. That said, Picard is old and I'm not sure if Sir Patrick Stewart would even do it, and if so if Cryptic could afford him. I'm pretty sure his fee is rather hefty.
Archer is long dead so they'd have to drag in Scott Bakula to voice someone totally different. Concidering he's busy with his own TV show... the chances are slim to none. No real reason to drag him in... and he probably doesn't have the time.
Kirk is obviously long dead so you'd also have to drag him in to voice someone totally different. However Shatner would have a HUGE draw, you could have him voice a tribble and people would still come to STO just to see. Shatner knows it too, so he's probably charge and arm and a leg to do it.
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There's still a part of Kirk in the Nexus...
Wouldn't take all that much to form a story around that and They wouldn't even have to bring the character back to life.
Just send us on a mission into it.
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That's actually a pretty good show.
I watch it on Stream TV.
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I don't know if it would matter. With the alliance having access to the Iconian Gate Network if they know where it is in the galaxy, we could theoretically gate there
But yes, it's supposed to cross the galaxy again in 2410 (something I hope the devs are counting on)
2409 lasted 4 years ... so the good news is, we have plenty of time for that ...
As for Captains ... hard to tell ... Picard is doing VO for "American Dad" & "Family Guy" (so not that impossible as, some might pretend) ... Shatner (don't think so) ... Sisko (dunno wouldn't make much sense anyway), Janeway (maybe)
The real issue is probably money ... and tbh it'd rather see that money going into more Story Content, than fancy VO ...
archer and his whole crew actually. those are the ones id like to see. he was stuck in a temporal cold war right, he and the Enterprise can end up in 2410 because of that. that would make one of the best ever featured series.
more likely is either picard or janeway because they did/do voice work (for games;Flemeth)
First of all it's not even a crafting system! It's just a dumb game system that's nothing more than a glorified slots machine.
second the "special items" you hope will be the saving the saving grace are messed up to.
I vote no on this one.
Picard is an ambassador by now and ancient, Janeway is tucked away somewhere safe, archer is long gone and so i nominate sisko.
Apart from that, it'd either be Mulgrew or the Shat. Good luck trying to get Brooks to do Trek work ever again and Stewart would be way to expensive.
Can't find the like, but it possibly could have been simply referring to the other cast mates.