{"id":49324,"date":"2018-10-09T15:35:49","date_gmt":"2018-10-09T22:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trektoday.com\/content\/?p=49324"},"modified":"2018-10-09T15:35:49","modified_gmt":"2018-10-09T22:35:49","slug":"star-trek-online-age-of-discovery-launches-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/2018\/10\/star-trek-online-age-of-discovery-launches-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Star Trek Online: Age of Discovery Launches Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Today, <em>Perfect World Entertainment Inc.<\/em>, a leading publisher of live service games, and<em> Cryptic Studios<\/em> announced that the first update for <em>Age of Discovery<\/em> is now available for the PC version of <em>Star Trek Online<\/em> and releases on consoles at a later date. Starting today, players can log into the free-to-play MMORPG based on the iconic <em>Star Trek<\/em> universe to experience brand new content expanding on the popular <em>CBS All Access series, Star Trek: Discovery<\/em>. As <em>Star Trek<\/em> fans wait for the series&#8217; second season to begin early next year, they can jump into the game for free on <em>Arc<\/em> and Steam to create a Starfleet Captain from the <em>Discovery<\/em> timeline and fight the Klingons alongside Cadet Sylvia Tilly, voiced by <strong>Mary Wiseman<\/strong> from the show.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-49326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/STOAgeofDiscoveryRelease2-100918.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/STOAgeofDiscoveryRelease2-100918.jpg 580w, https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/STOAgeofDiscoveryRelease2-100918-50x19.jpg 50w, https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/STOAgeofDiscoveryRelease2-100918-150x58.jpg 150w, https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/STOAgeofDiscoveryRelease2-100918-300x117.jpg 300w, https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/STOAgeofDiscoveryRelease2-100918-450x175.jpg 450w, https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/STOAgeofDiscoveryRelease2-100918-50x19@2x.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Age of Discovery<\/em> begins in the year 2256, shortly after the B<em>attle at the Binary Stars<\/em> launched the<em> United Federation of Planets<\/em> into a savage war against the Klingons. Fresh out of the Starfleet Academy, players team up with their fellow cadet and close friend, Sylvia Tilly (voiced by <em>Discovery<\/em>&#8216;s very own Mary Wiseman), for their very first mission. A vicious Klingon attack interrupts their maiden voyage, as they are confronted by J&#8217;Ula, matriarch of the House of Mo&#8217;Kai and sister of T&#8217;Kuvma. Lifted from the pages of the<em> IDW<\/em> comic series <em>Star Trek Discovery \u2013 The Light of Kahless<\/em>, J&#8217;Ula is brilliant, cunning and opportunistic, and seeks the secrets of the Federation by any means necessary. Leading the resistance against J&#8217;Ula will take Starfleet Captains on an unforgettable journey aboard the <em>U.S.S. Glenn<\/em>, to iconic locations featured in <em>Star Trek: Discovery<\/em>, from <em>Starbase 1<\/em> in Federation Space to the Dilithium Mines of <em>Corvan II<\/em>. Captains will also encounter a few familiar faces along the way, including Thy&#8217;kir Shran (voiced by <strong>Jeffrey Combs<\/strong>), son of Thy&#8217;lek Shran from <em>Star Trek: Enterprise.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-49327\" src=\"https:\/\/www.trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/STOAgeofDiscoveryRelease3-100918.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/STOAgeofDiscoveryRelease3-100918.jpg 580w, https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/STOAgeofDiscoveryRelease3-100918-50x19.jpg 50w, https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/STOAgeofDiscoveryRelease3-100918-150x58.jpg 150w, https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/STOAgeofDiscoveryRelease3-100918-300x117.jpg 300w, https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/STOAgeofDiscoveryRelease3-100918-450x175.jpg 450w, https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/STOAgeofDiscoveryRelease3-100918-50x19@2x.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With the release of today&#8217;s update, <em>Star Trek<\/em> fans can become a part of <em>Star Trek: Discovery<\/em> by creating a new playable<em> Discovery-<\/em>era Starfleet Captain and participating in a brand new starting experience. The update also includes two new <em>Discovery<\/em> episodes for all characters, a new Task Force Operation to defend <em>Starbase 1<\/em> and a revamped Mission Journal to help new players explore principle story arcs in the game. A full list of features introduced with the first <em>Age of Discovery<\/em> update includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>Playable Discovery Era Federation Faction<\/strong> <\/em>\u2013 Players can create a brand new <em>Discovery<\/em>-era Federation Captain with a new tutorial experience and explore Starfleet in the year 2256, just after the <em>Battle at the Binary Stars<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Two New Episodes<\/strong><\/em> \u2013 Players from all factions can explore two new episodes, where they will be tasked with fending off Klingon boarding the<em> U.S.S. Glenn<\/em>, and defending <em>Starbase 1<\/em> from an assault by Klingon House D&#8217;Ghor.<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>New Task Force Operation<\/strong> <\/em>&#8211; Queues in <em>Star Trek Online<\/em> will now be known as Task Force Operations. <em>Age of Discovery<\/em>&#8216;s newest Task Force Operation (TFO) will take players back to 2256 through historical simulation to protect <em>Starbase 1.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Random Task Force Operations System<\/strong> <\/em>\u2013 Those who queue for a randomly selected TFO through this new system will be rewarded with a large bonus, along with the standard rewards for completing the challenge.<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Streamlined Mission Journal<\/strong> <\/em>&#8211; The Mission Journal has been streamlined for all Federation factions, in order to help new players better access the main story content in <em>Star Trek Online.<\/em> This affects Task Force Operations, which now unlock earlier in progression.<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Added Reputation Tier<\/strong> <\/em>&#8211; All reputations will be extended to Tier 6 and will include upgrades to existing rewards, plus some new ones.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Future updates will bring even more fun for players. &#8220;In November, Captains can join the very first Featured Task Force Operation, centered around the pivotal <em>Battle at the Binary Stars<\/em>. Up next, players will be able to explore the mysterious forest planet of<em> Pahvo<\/em> from the <em>Discovery <\/em>episode<em> Into the Forest I Go,<\/em> during<em> Star Trek Online<\/em>&#8216;s anniversary event early next year. Now is the perfect time to start playing<em> Star Trek Online<\/em>, as<em> Age of Discovery<\/em> unlocks level requirements for all of the game\u2019s story content and provides a streamlined mission flow for new players, while providing active captains with a new Random Task Force Operation System, added Reputation Tiers and other new features.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Today, Perfect World Entertainment Inc., a leading publisher of live service games, and Cryptic Studios&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":49325,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9623],"tags":[9655,2482],"class_list":["post-49324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gaming","tag-age-of-discovery","tag-star-trek-online"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/STOAgeofDiscoveryRelease100918.jpg",580,225,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/STOAgeofDiscoveryRelease100918-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/STOAgeofDiscoveryRelease100918.jpg",580,225,false],"medium_large":["https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/STOAgeofDiscoveryRelease100918.jpg",580,225,false],"large":["https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/STOAgeofDiscoveryRelease100918.jpg",580,225,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/STOAgeofDiscoveryRelease100918.jpg",580,225,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/STOAgeofDiscoveryRelease100918.jpg",580,225,false],"newsphere-slider-full":["https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/STOAgeofDiscoveryRelease100918.jpg",580,225,false],"newsphere-featured":["https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/STOAgeofDiscoveryRelease100918.jpg",580,225,false],"newsphere-medium":["https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/STOAgeofDiscoveryRelease100918.jpg",580,225,false]},"author_info":{"display_name":"T&#39;Bonz","author_link":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/author\/tbonz\/"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/categories\/gaming\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Gaming<\/a>","tag_info":"Gaming","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49324"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49324\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49328,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49324\/revisions\/49328"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}