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is the iconion war the last chapter for sto
r24681012
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i don,t know what anyone else thinks and would be glad of your comments but i feel that season 10 will be the last season for sto it seems all story lines from the past 4/5years have lead up to this moment and that is is the final chapter the final battle endgame i can,t see where else sto can go after this dont get me wrong i am looking forward to season 10 and the war of wars but whats next
what do you guys think would like to get thoughs on this
what do you guys think would like to get thoughs on this
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I think they will play a wait and see approach. I have heard season 11 won't come until early next year to coincide with the 50th anniversary. If the game does well from now until then they might continue with a new storyline or drag out the Iconians more. If it's not making enough cash they will probably conclude with season 11.
There are a lot of systems and seasonal events in place so that even with no new stories the game can keep going for some time after that also in maintenance.
"With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably."
Yes. This is the final chapter of STO.
It pretty much has to be.
We're about to go to war with the single most dangerous CORPOREAL enemy we have ever seen. A race whose technology is so advanced it's almost like having God powers. This will be a battle for outright survival.
In the end...if we win the war, there would literally be no enemy we could face off against ever again that would be this much of a challenge, which, from a gaming standpoint is a bad thing.
If we lose...we're all dead.
I honestly can't see any viable story option, which would make sense, or would provide a challenege, beyond the end of the Iconian war.
Kinda like SG-1 and the Ori. Once you've done battle with the Ascended and their legions, everything else is pretty much meaningless.
"You shoot him, I shoot you, I leave both your bodies here and go out for a late night snack.
I'm thinking maybe pancakes." ~ John Casey
USS Casinghead NCC 92047 launched 2350
Fleet Admiral Stowe - Dominion War Vet.
They can also expand the Delta Quadrant over time. Maybe making a new Faction or two in the next 5 to 10 years (Liberated Borg, Cardassians, etc.).
There is still alot of unexplored space in the Beta Quadrant.
Cryptic can also create the Gamma Quadrant when they are bored.
Long Story Short:
It's Star Trek, there is always enough room to expand and filling up missing parts with details.
It doesnt have to be the end. And the Ori is a bad example. The Iconians are more like the Goa'uld. Theyve been the big bad over the course of the majority of the game. With the Klingons, Romulans, True Way and so forth being the baddie one offs and Replicators. The Ori would be whatever is coming after the Iconians.
Why do the next bad guys have to be "bigger" and "badder?" Just because we will inevitably end the Iconian threat it will likley not be a striaght fight. Either there will be a macguffin or something else to "save the galaxy". This means Starfleet/KDF/Rom won't be so uber-powered that another "lesser" but hopefully more interesting enemy can't be a new threat. Not to mention you have to have a pretty small imagination not to think there aren't endless storylines to cover.
From a "Gamma/Dominion/Cardassian" expansion to the Andromeda galaxy with the kelvins or back home with the xind, not to mention what some of the other posters on this thread have come up with. Further in game 2410 is the year when the nexus returns and in real life 2016 is the 50th anniversary of Star Trek. In essence this is not the end of STO but a rebirth (no april fools pun intended:D).
Finally we can be done with the dead horse that is the Iconians (Don't get me wrong, I am really looking forward to the war and its stories but all arcs must end eventually or they will become tired and stale) and move on to many new frontiers. Perhaps the next five years will lead to another epic conclusion or perhaps the stories will be smaller. But either way STO is going nowhere soon and I expect many new adventures, hopefully with more original voice actors too. Well thats my 2 EC at least, feel free to disagree.:cool:
In that article they also mention that we the players will make great sacrfices, I wonder what he meant?
What I hope to see is the Iconian War going on for a couple of seasons or more, then a season or two revolving around the rebuilding. From there, who knows.
There's still the True Way, 8472, and the Borg to deal with. Who knows what the Dominion has been up to. I would like to see more of the Tholians.
"theres nothing more they can do"
"they clearly will end it because this is the iconians"
Seriously guys?
Are you incapable of using your brain i.e imagination to come up with more stories to tell?
Its star trek for christ sake.
We haven't fully explored the Gamma quadrant (at all in the game) there are tons of areas missing from the delta quadrant in the galaxy
then theres andromeda .. which we haven't explored at all.
Really where are peoples minds these days? have they seriously become so pessimistic that they cant even imagine a basic story with all this missing content..
sheesh and you call yourselves star trek fans? pfft.
The True Way as far as we know has been stopped, but if there's anything to learn, groups always have another leader.
The Undine have been dealt with. They now know that they have been influenced by an outside force, so their storyline has been resolved with the federation, but not necessarily with the Borg.
The Borg's storyline still remains unresolved, as they are still around, and the borg will still be around as long as they can make another queen.
Excuse me...
I'd just like to ask a question...
What does God need with a starship?
You blanket judge the Q based on what a single Q did.
The Q are the allmighty jannitors of the universe. They make sure the status quo is maintained, they keep out other alpmighty trolls. They are the keepers of boring order.
One plus one must be two. If that ever cha.ges, the universe is fcked.
And if you watched Enterprise, you'd know they were on their way to the Alpha Quadrant because they recieved a message from a group of Borg that were from the sphere destroyed by the Enterprise-E when they tried to disrupt the timeline, thus setting up a predestination paradox of First Contact with the Borg in 2365.
Yea... I see lots of DOOM from some of these people. That's pretty much the same reaction to the opportunity for new stories that was opened up via the reboot movies.
I agree, we got LOTS that can be expanded on. As you said, there's the Gamma Quadrant, the rest of the Delta Quadrant, parts of Alpha and Beta, and even a WHOLE NEW GALAXY UNTOUCHED by the Federation, Klingon Empire, and Romulan Republic. We literally have a clean slate to work with here with Andromeda alone!
Also... to quote a certain Blue Hedgehog...
From a writing standpoint it will be difficult to generate the tension they have done with a 5 year Iconian buildup.
However, some ideas might be:
Mirror
Temporal stuffs - maybe the sphere builders try to return - or some rogue future group
"The Others" mentioned in the delta recruit story - unless these are the Preservers - who may well play a huge part in season 11 or 12.
I also like the idea of the alliance breaking down after the end of the war and maybe Sela takes control of the republic and the Klingons go on a rampage - maybe half of them side with Sela for a cool KDF civil war. The pvp season. Why not? Could be an interesting change.
"With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably."