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Stealth reward in mission "Situation Under Control"

qqqqiiqqqqii Member Posts: 482 Arc User
edited August 9 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
I just found out that the newest episode has a sort of "stealth reward" - a "Control" skin for the Assimilator ship, with all the nanite stuff under the outer hull. It's not a shield. Once you complete the mission, the Assimilator gets a new "Control" ship material. And it IS moving, just like the skins of the nanite blobs.
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  • questeriusquesterius Member Posts: 8,487 Arc User
    It'd be nice for those who own the assimilator, but IMO it is more likely that the devs are working on a control vanity shield and that the appearance of this effect prior to its release is unintentional.
    This program, though reasonably normal at times, seems to have a strong affinity to classes belonging to the Cat 2.0 program. Questerius 2.7 will break down on occasion, resulting in garbage and nonsense messages whenever it occurs. Usually a hard reboot or pulling the plug solves the problem when that happens.
  • rattler2rattler2 Member, Star Trek Online Moderator Posts: 58,582 Community Moderator
    I can try asking Kael if you guys want.
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  • nixie50nixie50 Member Posts: 1,342 Arc User
    I doubt it's a reward, it's just a skin that got into the wild
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  • novapolaris#2925 novapolaris
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    I wonder if there'll be a skin like this for the Borg Scout Ship, too?
  • questeriusquesterius Member Posts: 8,487 Arc User
    rattler2 wrote: »
    I can try asking Kael if you guys want.

    Might as well clear this up.
    I wonder if the effect also is present on the Tal Shiar vessels.
    This program, though reasonably normal at times, seems to have a strong affinity to classes belonging to the Cat 2.0 program. Questerius 2.7 will break down on occasion, resulting in garbage and nonsense messages whenever it occurs. Usually a hard reboot or pulling the plug solves the problem when that happens.
  • rattler2rattler2 Member, Star Trek Online Moderator Posts: 58,582 Community Moderator
    questerius wrote: »
    Might as well clear this up.

    I have posed the question to Kael.
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    Yang Xiao Long wrote:
    I can't take it anymore! Could everyone just chill out for two seconds before something CRAZY happens again?!
    The nut who actually ground out many packs. The resident forum voice of reason (I HAZ FORUM REP! YAY!)
  • duncanidaho11duncanidaho11 Member Posts: 7,980 Arc User
    edited June 28
    qqqqii wrote: »
    I just found out that the newest episode has a sort of "stealth reward" - a "Control" skin for the Assimilator ship, with all the nanite stuff under the outer hull. It's not a shield. Once you complete the mission, the Assimilator gets a new "Control" ship material. And it IS moving, just like the skins of the nanite blobs.
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    Are you sure you didn't have it before playing the episode in the same login session? Easy explanation is that it was unlocked for the Assimilator with a recent update, and that maybe you only noticed after playing the mission.
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  • saurializardsaurializard Member Posts: 4,404 Arc User
    To those saying it's a leaked prototype for a vanity shield, I wouldn't be so sure.
    I checked since I own the Assimilator and the way to obtain the "skin" is special.

    It's not ONLY a hull material. To unlock the hull material, you have to change each part of the model in the advanced menu ; that'll grant you the Control's fluidic nanites effect which can be applied with the other hull materials, so it's technically a full model change.

    Once you've chosen "Control" for all the parts of the model, the Control hull material finally becomes available.

    So for me, it looks more like indeed a secret customization reward that was granted for the owners of this particular ship for fun.
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