While using demo record for the episode Cutting the Cord I saw something I just had to share with you all. After the final space battle when you have to destroy the space Iconian gateway inside the asteroid, the 'weak spots' you target are actually little aliens.
Large Distance -
http://www.ThreadofLight.com/Miscellaneous/Forums/STO/PortalWeakSpot1.jpg
Medium Distance -
http://www.ThreadofLight.com/Miscellaneous/Forums/STO/PortalWeakSpot2.jpg
Closeup 1 -
http://www.ThreadofLight.com/Miscellaneous/Forums/STO/PortalWeakSpot3.jpg
Closeup 2 -
http://www.ThreadofLight.com/Miscellaneous/Forums/STO/PortalWeakSpot4.jpg
Strangely enough I knew I'd seen this creature before somewhere, so I went through my STO screenshots dating all the way back to Beta and found it was a 'placeholder' image for an alien species when you beam down to random planets while doing exploration missions.
Beta -
http://www.ThreadofLight.com/Miscellaneous/Forums/STO/PortalWeakSpot5.jpg
I guess they hadn't gotten around to randomly creating aliens to hail you at that stage in the game, and decided to use those same aliens as little 'targetable objects' for destroying the Asteroid Gateway.
EDIT: Links were broken, fixed now, apologies.
Comments
I find it interesting that they would do that, do you think it was intentional?
Quiiliitiila
You used to see them in beta and early launch in the exploration clusters, and they used to show up in Champions from time to time.
buster is his name
Looks like Proto-Iron Man to me.
lol /10chars
"Let That Be Your Last Battlefield".... Cheron's.
Lokai & Bele
See my post above yours....
Most of us are not crazy...
We are just OBSESSED...
(welll... maybe some of us are crazy...)