Star Trek Online is about to witness it’s 14th Anniversary, and with that comes daily giveaways, a new episode, a bundle, and an event ship, and I wish to hear y’all’s predictions for this upcoming celebration.
I would like to star off saying that, in my opinion, we have seen some interesting event ships from the past few events, like the Tamarian Deep Space Cruiser, the Hysperian Intel Battlecruiser, and one of my personal favorites, the Compiler Science Dreadnought being added to the game. The next ship has been a topic for discussion lately, as several key developers or players in the game have said that the ship was one of the most beautiful they have ever added to the game. In addition to this, Art Director Thomas Marrone has said that previous ships from the Anniversary may yield a clue. Perhaps this could be a return to the Khitomer Alliance ships?
The last episode has left me generating a lot of speculation. With how large the conflict between the Aetherians and the Mirror Borg is, this makes me wonder what exactly we might get to see. Terran Empress Leeta? The Lukari being the predecessors to the Aetherians? The Aetherians betraying us? I have a feeling Agent Daniels may want to get involved with this one…
Other than that, there are a bunch of miscellaneous things that the Anniversary will also bring, like new TFOs, Patrols, Bundles, etc. that could all use some speculation and discussion too. I would like to hear any theories and prediction y’all may have about the upcoming event.
I think of STO as having come out fairly recently 💀
So, apparently the Khitomer Alliance Rex is a Pilot Escort Ship (The German version of the news page (https://www.playstartrekonline.com/de/news/article/11561333) reveals it is a Pilot Escort “Für dieses neue Ereignis können Spieler ausgewählte Inhalte spielen und ein neues K6-Schiff verdienen, das Rex-Piloteneskortschiff der Khitomer-Allianz!”
Translated: “For this new event, players can play select content and earn a new K6 ship, the Khitomer Alliance’s Rex pilot escort ship!”). While we have no other information about it, this gives us a few major clues to help us.
Folks… we have the Khitomer Alliance Rex Pilot Escort, a cross between the Jem’Hadar Bugship and the Defiant… A cursed but welcome combination. DS9 fans like me will probably enjoy this one.
I’m terrible at speculating, but the latest story arc leaning so hard into multiversal “beta canon” material means the possibilities are endless.
The Aetherians seem sketchy as hell, but maybe I’ve just seen too many “too good to be true” stories.
As for the freebie ship…I’d like to see something pulled from the recent shows, but I’m hard-pressed to think of something that hasn’t appeared in the game already.
Perhaps this could be a return to the Khitomer Alliance ships?
Also, I was recently thinking about the fact that there are no Dominion Alliance ships…
