Get Silly For Tilly
Hankering for some moreStar Trek: Discoveryin your life? Don’t answer that, becauseStar Trek Onlineis banking that you are, ahead of the release of the show’s second season next year. Indeed, the game’s next big content expansion, which drops tomorrow, is set entirely inStar Trek: Discovery‘s pre-Original Series timeframe.
TitledAge of Discovery, the expansion will open a new early-game experience for players that feel like starting a new character or two (or feel like engaging in some “historical simulation”), set just after The Battle of the Binary Stars, the incident that openedStar Trek: Discovery‘s first season. Players will interact withDiscoverycast members like Starfleet Cadet Sylvia Tilley (voiced by Mary Wiseman herself), and find out what Starfleet and the Federation was doing in the early stages of the Federation-Klingon war. They’ll explore named vessels from the show like the U.S.S.Discovery‘s sister ship, theGlenn,and add aMalachowski-class cruiserto their ship roster. Ships like theDiscoveryherself (known as theCrossfield-class), theShenzhou(Walker-class) and the Klingon Sarcophagus ship were added to the gameearlier this year, but the expansion will also add more items themed after the newestTrekshow, including ships, gear, and cosmetic customizations.
Veteran players can also expect new things to do, such as new team-based “Task Force” content, as well as a few tweaks designed to make it easier to matchmake for content. The game also adds a sixth tier to its Reputation systems, allowing players to grind for even more rewards and options for their loadouts and gear.
The expansion is already pre-loading for some, and is set to go live on October 9th. Check out a quick trailer for it below.
