That image had nothing to do with the Anniversary Mission, a Foundry Mission, the new Foundry Feature, or any missions what so ever Not even PvE!
It does have to do with a certain REDACTED that is coming next Monday the 26th in it's own posts and threads, so keep your eyes peeled on how you can solve this Borg/DS9 mystery!
~CaptainSmirk
Let's speculate. What will it be?
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.
It's going to be a change to the Redshirt server where all factions have access to all clothing, equipment, and ships of other factions, but all missions are defaulted to the Federation storyline as a preview to an experimental Starfleet Online change.
The New Romulus storyline never happened; Romulans were integrated with Starfleet after D'Tan was successfully assassinated by the Tal Shiar prior to his attempt to form an alliance. Because of this, Romulans can use Singularity cores on regular Fed and KDF starships, and without the -40 power issue thanks to advanced Fed tech.
The KDF lost their homeworld to the Undine because the Iconian plot was never discovered and Tuvok never got to make contact with an Undine, much less mind meld with one. Survivors were integrated with Starfleet as an large special forces branch.
Now Starfleet is the only remaining bastion, and its total war against the Undine. All players can potentially capture an enemy starship and either keep it to add to their personal collection, or sell it to Starfleet for R&D materials, EC, or Marks. Restriction is 1 of each ship. Requires Boarding Party and Tractor Beam or Reversed TBR. Enemy must also be within the HP red zone.
Server resets every Thursday, so you can't make it your primary game server.
The Borg open up a bar on DS9 to compete with Quark's place..."The Alcove" Their slogan: "Come on in, sit down and be assimilated!" They're Dabo girl is Seven of Nine! Woot!
I can hear her now:
"Will you be placing a wager or did you come to stare at me?"
"All our drinks are laced with nanoprobes."
"Did I tell you about the time I was surrounded by Borg?"
"Lower your shields and prepare to play Dabo."
"Gambling resistance is futile!"
"Your latinum will adapt to service us."
"Spin the wheel and be assimilated."
"Small wagers are irrelevant."
"You look like you've missed your regeneration cycle."
"Care to join me later in my regeneration alcove?"
"I can assure you, they are not holograms."
"Wager all your latinum on one spin. Comply!"
"I don't know anyone named Hue!"
"You cannot link to the Collective by drinking that!"
They're removing Borg Red Alerts and consolidating them into a limited time event.
Yeah that sounds about right. A yearly or bi-yearly like mirror. The only thing is I don't see them doing this type of event during the anniversary.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard: "We think we've come so far. Torture of heretics, burning of witches, it's all ancient history. Then - before you can blink an eye - suddenly it threatens to start all over again."
"With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably."
No, it's all a ruse. The devs have secretly been making a t6 ferasan carrier for the kdf which is to be released on the 26th. It will be a gigantic litter box with little TRIBBLE �� pets with battle cloak!
Cryptic testing out a new plan to handle changes in the game universe. Instead of giving us PvE missions to reflect the changes, they are just going to send us Galactic News Network alerts to story blogs telling us what happened...
Cryptic testing out a new plan to handle changes in the game universe. Instead of giving us PvE missions to reflect the changes, they are just going to send us Galactic News Network alerts to story blogs telling us what happened...
Don't you mean "Galatic" News Network? :P
Support 90 degree arc limitation on BFaW! Save our ships from looking like flying disco balls of dumb!
We're going to try to regain control of Vega IX. It is something that occurs during the new Federation Tutorial that still requires being resolved. Since Shon is from Vega, I would likely assume the Enterprise would also be assisting in the matter and we'll team up with them.
As to why we'd head to Vega, when we're dealing with what's going on in the Delta Quadrant, is simple. Basically, they've gotten enough of a force there now that it must be dealt with by the Alliance. Since we've got the Delta Quadrant stable enough that we don't need to be there, we leave and throw our weight at it. Probably a relation to Shon (his wife?) becomes the new Borg Queen/King and we have to fight it as the final battle.
Then, the race that has been missing from the Delta Quadrant, the Krenim show up and TRIBBLE up all the work we've done in the Delta Quadrant, forcing us to head back after saving Vega. Thus, giving us a whole bunch of things to kill-ahem, I mean pacify in the name of peace.
The newly designed Command ships (redesigned Flagships) and Secondary Deflectors (2410 Rhode Island, Vesta, Vo'Quv, Ha'nom) are to give us Captains a better edge against the Borg when we go up against them and why they've been brought out. It would also explain why the Romulans and Klingons need to build more ships with this technology, because Starfleet builds more science vessels than them.
Cryptic testing out a new plan to handle changes in the game universe. Instead of giving us PvE missions to reflect the changes, they are just going to send us Galactic News Network alerts to story blogs telling us what happened...
I would pay much money for this!!
"Helm Prepare Maneuver Circle Target Alpha, Tactical Prepare BFAW3 and mash Spacebar"
Maybe the galactic news network pop ups that recently have been tested, might have something to do with it?.
Like virus said this could be a community wide event.
I'm thinking the "Not even PvE" remark provides a very strong clue that this isn't going to be about PvE...
If it's not PvE then I'm guessing it'd be about PvP? Perhaps another Ker'rat like zone outside DS9 with major bribes to get non-PvPers to show up and be targets lol
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Quoting this for the ultimate truth it represents.
The New Romulus storyline never happened; Romulans were integrated with Starfleet after D'Tan was successfully assassinated by the Tal Shiar prior to his attempt to form an alliance. Because of this, Romulans can use Singularity cores on regular Fed and KDF starships, and without the -40 power issue thanks to advanced Fed tech.
The KDF lost their homeworld to the Undine because the Iconian plot was never discovered and Tuvok never got to make contact with an Undine, much less mind meld with one. Survivors were integrated with Starfleet as an large special forces branch.
Now Starfleet is the only remaining bastion, and its total war against the Undine. All players can potentially capture an enemy starship and either keep it to add to their personal collection, or sell it to Starfleet for R&D materials, EC, or Marks. Restriction is 1 of each ship. Requires Boarding Party and Tractor Beam or Reversed TBR. Enemy must also be within the HP red zone.
Server resets every Thursday, so you can't make it your primary game server.
Welcome to Borg Online!
The Borg open up a bar on DS9 to compete with Quark's place..."The Alcove" Their slogan: "Come on in, sit down and be assimilated!" They're Dabo girl is Seven of Nine! Woot!
I can hear her now:
"Will you be placing a wager or did you come to stare at me?"
"All our drinks are laced with nanoprobes."
"Did I tell you about the time I was surrounded by Borg?"
"Lower your shields and prepare to play Dabo."
"Gambling resistance is futile!"
"Your latinum will adapt to service us."
"Spin the wheel and be assimilated."
"Small wagers are irrelevant."
"You look like you've missed your regeneration cycle."
"Care to join me later in my regeneration alcove?"
"I can assure you, they are not holograms."
"Wager all your latinum on one spin. Comply!"
"I don't know anyone named Hue!"
"You cannot link to the Collective by drinking that!"
Also...live bands..DEVO and KRAFTWERK!
Yeah that sounds about right. A yearly or bi-yearly like mirror. The only thing is I don't see them doing this type of event during the anniversary.
"With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably."
Space Pandas.
Cryptic testing out a new plan to handle changes in the game universe. Instead of giving us PvE missions to reflect the changes, they are just going to send us Galactic News Network alerts to story blogs telling us what happened...
That is brilliant!
Don't you mean "Galatic" News Network? :P
Support 90 degree arc limitation on BFaW! Save our ships from looking like flying disco balls of dumb!
New dilithium sink.
they don't know that won't help....more power creep and ships won't make good gameplay.Balanced game and pvp will make good gameplay.
Ya know...this actually has merit. They'll assimilate the wormhole!
And when the game is weeks away from dying, they'll release an Iconian lock box.
Support 90 degree arc limitation on BFaW! Save our ships from looking like flying disco balls of dumb!
Spell check is so late 90's....goshhhhh..like oh my gawd!
1) The Borg and Wormhole are noise to distract, and the tease is T6 Command Galaxy
or
2) Return of 'State of Q' mission and all the usual Q related silliness
lol they will release that the same day the game dies
Yup and it will have a special console that destroys every enemy ship within 5 km. Metaphorically it will be the final nail in pvp's coffin.
As to why we'd head to Vega, when we're dealing with what's going on in the Delta Quadrant, is simple. Basically, they've gotten enough of a force there now that it must be dealt with by the Alliance. Since we've got the Delta Quadrant stable enough that we don't need to be there, we leave and throw our weight at it. Probably a relation to Shon (his wife?) becomes the new Borg Queen/King and we have to fight it as the final battle.
Then, the race that has been missing from the Delta Quadrant, the Krenim show up and TRIBBLE up all the work we've done in the Delta Quadrant, forcing us to head back after saving Vega. Thus, giving us a whole bunch of things to kill-ahem, I mean pacify in the name of peace.
The newly designed Command ships (redesigned Flagships) and Secondary Deflectors (2410 Rhode Island, Vesta, Vo'Quv, Ha'nom) are to give us Captains a better edge against the Borg when we go up against them and why they've been brought out. It would also explain why the Romulans and Klingons need to build more ships with this technology, because Starfleet builds more science vessels than them.
At least that's what I'd do if I was them.
I would pay much money for this!!
So it's got nothing to do with PvE content past, present or future. So...what's left?
My educated guess is a community event of some sort, something 'meta' I suppose is the best term for it. Perhaps even PvP related.
Or...it'll be a giveaway.
And it would appear that this light is an approaching locomotive. :P
Like virus said this could be a community wide event.
Don't feel bad, comrade...I think most of us missed it.
If it's not PvE then I'm guessing it'd be about PvP? Perhaps another Ker'rat like zone outside DS9 with major bribes to get non-PvPers to show up and be targets lol
Captain Ariel Trueheart Department of Temporal Investigations
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