ITS HAPPENING!!!!!
Cryptic is finally bringing them into STO.
Who else is hyped?
Maybe this means we will be seeing a Typhon Pact-like arc soon.
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We've had the major ones for ages. The Tzenkethi are a footnote at best.
Norway and Yeager dammit... I still want my Typhoon and Jupiter though.
JJ Trek The Kelvin Timeline is just Trek and it's fully canon... get over it. But I still prefer TAR.
#TASforSTO
'...I can tell you that we're not in the military and that we intend no harm to the whales.' Kirk: The Voyage Home
'Starfleet is not a military organisation. Its purpose is exploration.' Picard: Peak Performance
'This is clearly a military operation. Is that what we are now? Because I thought we were explorers!' Scotty: Into Darkness
'...The Federation. Starfleet. We're not a military agency.' Scotty: Beyond
'I'm not a soldier anymore. I'm an engineer.' Miles O'Brien: Empok Nor
'...Starfleet could use you... It's a peacekeeping and humanitarian armada...' Admiral Pike: Star Trek
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That was a good one
Kzinti are still trademarked by Nivin I believe. So other than the instance in TAS and the SFB game, they can't be touched. I think the Ferasans were supposed to be a stand in here in STO, just like the Mirak basically became the Kzinti stand ins in SFC2.
A lot of the more reliable descriptions of them make them out to be kaleidoscopic humanoids of some sort.
Either way, whatever they look like in-game will more than likely be the CBS approved semi-official design for them. Practically nothing gets into this game without being run by someone from the IP holders.
The first five and the Ferengi are all the main species with the Tholians and Breen a bit debatable. If it never appeared onscreen then even the knowledge of the race is limited to a tiny fraction.
Norway and Yeager dammit... I still want my Typhoon and Jupiter though.
JJ Trek The Kelvin Timeline is just Trek and it's fully canon... get over it. But I still prefer TAR.
#TASforSTO
'...I can tell you that we're not in the military and that we intend no harm to the whales.' Kirk: The Voyage Home
'Starfleet is not a military organisation. Its purpose is exploration.' Picard: Peak Performance
'This is clearly a military operation. Is that what we are now? Because I thought we were explorers!' Scotty: Into Darkness
'...The Federation. Starfleet. We're not a military agency.' Scotty: Beyond
'I'm not a soldier anymore. I'm an engineer.' Miles O'Brien: Empok Nor
'...Starfleet could use you... It's a peacekeeping and humanitarian armada...' Admiral Pike: Star Trek
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Not really, they're referenced several times in DS9, including a war with the Federation, but never make an on screen appearance. Takes a certain amount of size for the federation to have a war on its hands and not a 'lol ignore the little kids'
Still, I'm interested to see what Cryptic comes up with since it's presumably sanctioned by the IP owners.
But in STO they shouldn't present big threat, as our charachter can eliminate any threat so its better that they stay out our way :P
They just get less sober.
Talarian ships have been in the game like forever, roaming somewhere in the Beta-Quadrant - they're just not doing anything.
And aside from a few mentions throughout the ST-canon, the Tzenkethi were never seen or properly explained.
The reason is probably a very simple one. The Federation most likely just does not WANT to pointlessly crush a civilization.
It's more likely that the Federation-Council hopes to someday integrate the Tzenkethi into the Federation or at least make friends with them.
size matters not
the rebellion was barely more than a handful of dissident worlds and a few outdated starships/snubfighters, yet the empire in general and palpatine in particular still considered them enough of a threat to send star destroyers and vader after them on multiple occasions - and this was BEFORE they stole the death star plans and then blew up the death star itself
#LegalizeAwoo
A normie goes "Oh, what's this?"
An otaku goes "UwU, what's this?"
A furry goes "OwO, what's this?"
A werewolf goes "Awoo, what's this?"
"It's nothing personal, I just don't feel like I've gotten to know a person until I've sniffed their crotch."
"We said 'no' to Mr. Curiosity. We're not home. Curiosity is not welcome, it is not to be invited in. Curiosity...is bad. It gets you in trouble, it gets you killed, and more importantly...it makes you poor!"
So a very small power on the map that controls only one or a handful of systems could actually be a very consolidated and powerful empire. Look at how often the Federation wasn't able to defend its own territory even though it is the largest power on the map. Likely the case because there's just too much space to cover and too little defensive capabilities for such a large swath of space. Size doesn't say a lot on its own.
And of course, cultural aspects such as dedication or pride also play a role. The Ferengi for example may control a significant part of space, their culture seems to merit personal gain and entrepreneurship like capitalism does. Such a culture will probably be a less significant power (as considered by others in foreign relations) than a more collectivist one.
Yeah that's definitely a disappointment, to see one of the oldest and most interesting and advanced cultures being reduced to something that serves mainly as targeting practice or just a nice source of dilithium.