star trek online star map - alpha centauri and sirius

schlesier · March 2022

where in star trek online are the most important star systems near earth?
the alpha centauri system
the star closest to our sun and orbited by proxima centauri.
the Sirius system?
Sirius-A a white main sequence star and Sirius-B a white dwarf star?

davefenestrator · March 2022

The star map only shows stars that have meaning in the game, not the 100 billion stars in the galaxy.

spiritborn · March 2022

Yeah as far as I know the Centauri triple star system isn't (there's 3 stars in the system Alpha, Beta and Proxima) really important in Trek sure it's 4.3 Lightyears from Earth IRL but in Trek there's nothing important that would warrant its inclusion there.

The Map is shrunk as it is to make so that you get from one edge of the Federation space to the other in minutes at Warp 9 instead of the hours or days it's said to take in canon

dragon · March 2022

davefenestrator wrote: »

The star map only shows stars that have meaning in the game, not the 100 billion stars in the galaxy.

And at least some of those stars are very badly placed. To give two egregious examples, Nimbus should be where Federation, Klingon, and Romulan spheres of influence converge, and Galorndon Core is supposed to be in Federation space near the Romulan border, not on the far edge of Romulan territory.

phoenixc · March 2022

The problem with the alpha centauri system is that at the scale of the map it would be right on top of Sol.

schlesier · March 2022

the map of the sector space is generally a bit too small. Even if you don't need 3 minutes through the entire federation area with a larger map, 30 minutes would still be on an acceptable scale.

if you're in a hurry, bring a little time with you. you can't expect to have everything in one place. unless you are looking for a game that somehow has everything in one place.

in principle, i would have made the map in such a way that you actually have to travel longer if you fly hundreds of light years through space

I think the map was made in such a way that you also need 8 hours for 800 light-years with an average of Warp 7, which in addition to the cooling time for the warb coils also includes the flight with Warp 9 or simply a maximum continuous speed of Warp 7 and for a limited time Warp 9 .

how often do we hear in the series that a ship, whether tng enterprise or voyager or something else, can hold warp 9 for a period x before it has to go back under warp. the best example is in the fog where picard hides the enterprise from the borg.

PS: I'm opening up a whole new thread with this topic. there is a lot to say about that

angrytarg · March 2022

It's simply a different kind of game. When you come into STO and expect something like Elite Dangerous, as in you can freely explore space and visit planets with nothing going on, maybe even map things you'll be disappointed. STO is a very linear action RPG, exploration has no meaning here (the bit the game had in the form of the exploration clusters was removed from the game years ago). You can only visit systems that have some relevance in the game's course. And that means you go there and shoot enemies.

The game was changed to explicitly allow you to access everything you need from one location or even via in-game menus.

gaevsman · March 2022

This is not a star simulation game, i agree is not realistic, but its made for convinience and utility to players and also the limits of the software. It is not Star CItizen, or others like it.

schlesier · March 2022

Convenience isn't always good and doesn't always make sense. things in sto may be simple and deliberate, but quality is still lacking

leemwatson · March 2022

schlesier#8918 wrote: »

the map of the sector space is generally a bit too small. Even if you don't need 3 minutes through the entire federation area with a larger map, 30 minutes would still be on an acceptable scale.

if you're in a hurry, bring a little time with you. you can't expect to have everything in one place. unless you are looking for a game that somehow has everything in one place.
in principle, i would have made the map in such a way that you actually have to travel longer if you fly hundreds of light years through space

I think the map was made in such a way that you also need 8 hours for 800 light-years with an average of Warp 7, which in addition to the cooling time for the warb coils also includes the flight with Warp 9 or simply a maximum continuous speed of Warp 7 and for a limited time Warp 9 .

how often do we hear in the series that a ship, whether tng enterprise or voyager or something else, can hold warp 9 for a period x before it has to go back under warp. the best example is in the fog where picard hides the enterprise from the borg.

PS: I'm opening up a whole new thread with this topic. there is a lot to say about that

Seriously, don't bother. Folk complain that STO Warp 5 is too slow, forgetting the fact the warp scale in-game isn't what's used in canon. I like to point out, if they want realistic Star Trek warp, then take out their core and fly with just the impulse engine to get that ST feeling

The game is an arcade representation, not a canon representation. The Galaxy Map is also only a representation, simply because canon ST Starmaps are inconsistent too. They revamped the Sector Maps using canon and real star maps, and it is not meant to be 100% accurate.

star trek online star map - alpha centauri and sirius

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