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Should Be 2414

stardestroyer001stardestroyer001 Member Posts: 2,615 Arc User
edited April 2014 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
STO started in around 2009. The STO game year was 2409.

It's now 2014, and they only decide to move the year ahead by 1? Shouldn't it be 2414 at least?
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  • thecosmic1thecosmic1 Member Posts: 9,365 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    The Energy Wave comes back in 2410; thus the game is not going to advance past that as it is an important canon event to eventually get an adventure into the game about.
    STO is about my Liberated Borg Federation Captain with his Breen 1st Officer, Jem'Hadar Tactical Officer, Liberated Borg Engineering Officer, Android Ops Officer, Photonic Science Officer, Gorn Science Officer, and Reman Medical Officer jumping into their Jem'Hadar Carrier and flying off to do missions for the new Romulan Empire. But for some players allowing a T5 Connie to be used breaks the canon in the game.
  • snoggymack22snoggymack22 Member Posts: 7,084 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    The game started in 2009. It is 2014. But time in the fictional world of a video game may not move in a linear sense. So no, there's no real compelling reason to make it 2414.
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  • starkaosstarkaos Member Posts: 11,556 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    It should be a lot later than 2414 since there is no way for it to take 1 year to 5 years to go from a Cadet to Vice Admiral.
  • neoakiraiineoakiraii Member Posts: 7,468 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    If it took anyone to do the story missions longer than 5 years, you are slacking, and should not be in command of anything. :P


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  • ashkrik23ashkrik23 Member Posts: 10,809 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    stardestroyer001 wrote: »
    STO started in around 2009. The STO game year was 2409.

    It's now 2014, and they only decide to move the year ahead by 1? Shouldn't it be 2414 at least?

    Normal time does not dictate game time.
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  • chuckwolfchuckwolf Member Posts: 206 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    It's because they don't think someone would take more than a year to get promoted from ensign right out of the academy to a vice admiral.
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  • szimszim Member Posts: 2,503 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    Actually it should probably be at least 2420. Even 25th century Starfleet cannot repair those extensive damages to ESD in less than a year. Unless Q was helping. :P

    Btw the construction time of the Enterprise D and E was about 5 years.
  • orangeitisorangeitis Member Posts: 5,222 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    thecosmic1 wrote: »
    The Energy Wave comes back in 2410; thus the game is not going to advance past that as it is an important canon event to eventually get an adventure into the game about.
    What energy wave now...? The one that was in Generations?

    Hope Tuesday gets here before then. :eek:
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  • bladewolf5bladewolf5 Member Posts: 148 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    I want to see the "The Energy Wave", so yap, 2410 :D
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  • thedoctorblueboxthedoctorbluebox Member Posts: 749 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    It is 2410, get over it.
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  • szimszim Member Posts: 2,503 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    unikon wrote: »
    There's a flaw with that logic. The attack happened IN 2410. We don't know how long it took to rebuild.

    Also the Enterprise E was built late 24th century. Advances were made since then.

    Think about it: Launched in 2372. 38 years from the current date of 2410.

    Finally, its fiction.


    Yes you're right but looking at construction times of aircraft carriers shows what I mean. In 1968 it took 7 years to build the first Nimitz class carrier and still 6 years in 2003 to build the newest one. Construction gets more and more efficient over time but with the new advances in technology construction also becomes more and more complex. At least in our time those two effects seem to cancel each other.

    That being said I know it's just fiction. For all we now the destruction of ESD could have opened a rift in our space-time continuum and sucked us all into another timeline :D
  • parazallisparazallis Member Posts: 19 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    starkaos wrote: »
    It should be a lot later than 2414 since there is no way for it to take 1 year to 5 years to go from a Cadet to Vice Admiral.

    Why not? According to J.J. Abrams you can go from being a Cadet to being a Captain (skipping multiple ranks) on a state of the art starship with a crew of hundreds in being responsible for their lives in your early 20s within about a week. Yeah, and absolutely no one would have any qualms regarding that. I don't see why going from Cadet to Captain to Vice Admiral within 5 years would be any more difficult.
  • thecosmic1thecosmic1 Member Posts: 9,365 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    Picard made Captain in less then 6 years - was stabbed in the heart after graduation in 2327 and made Captain of the Stargazer in 2333.

    The Admiral Ranks are really nothing more then a gaming trope to give more player bonuses from advancement. For all intents and purposes the characters really never advance past Captain - as they do everything Captains normally do in Starfleet and nothing Admirals do.

    The fact that the game only advances one year is a gaming trope as well - because it leaves space open for the Energy Ribbon/Wave to be added to the game and because the Stardate is completely irrelevant to everything you do in the game, anyway - nothing you do in the game is time dependent. You never need to be at X planet by Y time or you fail.
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  • dracounguisdracounguis Member Posts: 5,358 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    do /played (I think) and ask again how long your toon's been 'alive'.
  • iconiansiconians Member Posts: 6,987 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    orangeitis wrote: »
    What energy wave now...? The one that was in Generations?

    Hope Tuesday gets here before then. :eek:
    bladewolf5 wrote: »
    I want to see the "The Energy Wave", so yap, 2410 :D

    Now, you'll have to excuse me, Captain. I have an appointment with eternity, and I don't want to be late.
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  • sentinel64sentinel64 Member Posts: 901 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    For the most part, the year stated in game means nothing; a player can make it any year in the 25th century he/she wants. Just like it doesn't maker that there are 100s or 1,000's of Vice Admirals running round as ship's captains. the player can RP or fictionalize their toons as they wish. ;)
  • chiyoumikuchiyoumiku Member Posts: 1,028 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    sentinel64 wrote: »
    For the most part, the year stated in game means nothing; a player can make it any year in the 25th century he/she wants. Just like it doesn't maker that there are 100s or 1,000's of Vice Admirals running round as ship's captains. the player can RP or fictionalize their toons as they wish. ;)

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  • centersolacecentersolace Member Posts: 11,178 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    chiyoumiku wrote: »
    ^This. it's why I only wear a commander rank on my uniform, the bare minimum for a command chair (At least if you count all of Riker's ship command turndowns xD)

    I am a captain and that's that!
  • anazondaanazonda Member Posts: 8,399 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    You wrote 2410 wrong OP.
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  • lindalefflindaleff Member Posts: 3,734 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    As far as I am concerned, this is 2414.
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  • daan2006daan2006 Member Posts: 5,346 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    lindaleff wrote: »
    As far as I am concerned, this is 2414.

    ya real life but game its 2409 no matter if you like it or not
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  • anazondaanazonda Member Posts: 8,399 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    daan2006 wrote: »
    ya real life but game its 2409 no matter if you like it or not

    / 2410 ... (for those who played the new ep).
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  • artan42artan42 Member Posts: 10,450 Bug Hunter
    edited April 2014
    centersolace wrote: »
    I am a captain and that's that!

    I'm stuck with Commodore, the highest rank in command of a ship.
    Now all I need is the option for Commadore to be a title... Cryptic!
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  • misterde3misterde3 Member Posts: 4,195 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    STO exists in a state where events unfold at a different pace than our reality.
    It's a lot like the "MASH" TV show which lasted longer than the Korean War.
    "Hogan's Heroes" were also imprisoned longer in a German PoW camp than any Americans ever were.;)
  • talonxvtalonxv Member Posts: 4,257 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    Naa my feds hit captain, most I'll acknowledge. For the KDF side, achievement through battle will earn you general's stars so one of my KDF officers is a general paid for with the Iron price. Though my Drow though they call him general, he's a mercenary.

    Romulan side, one is Tal Shiar, other well I consider him a Commander.
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  • mirrorchaosmirrorchaos Member Posts: 9,844 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    assuming the game survives, 2018 is 2411 and 2022 is 2412...
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