Line #60 Trivia/StarTrekOnline


1	* AccidentallyCorrectWriting: Per canon, 24th century and later Romulan ships are powered by minuscule black holes rather than fusion or matter/antimatter reactors. Since at least ''Legacy of Romulus'', when Romulan ships are destroyed, they collapse into their drive singularities. After collapsing, the singularities then explode into [[PlanarShockwave Planar Shockwaves]] that cause damage to nearby ships as a warp core breach would. The [[PlanarShockwave Planar Shockwaves]] are as unrealistic as they usually are, but a black hole of that little mass ''would'' theoretically decompose almost instantly and release its mass as energy[[note]]This is theorized to occur because of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawking_radiation Hawking radiation]][[/note]], much like a matter/antimatter explosion. Given E=mc[[superscript:2]], that's ''a bloody lot of energy''.
2	* ActorAllusion: Averted. Ambassador S'taass was thought to be voiced by Creator/CharlieAdler, who has a history of both [[WesternAnimation/SwatKats being a badass]] and [[WesternAnimation/GIJoeResolute being a]] [[WesternAnimation/GIJoeRenegades reptile]]. Hell, the devs once indicated he was voiced by "Cobra Commander"! The real voice actor is named Sam Mowry.
3	* ColbertBump: Creator/TheCynicalBrit once tweeted his ship build from the [=STO=] Academy webpage. The immediate fan reaction brought the website down temporarily.
4	* DescendedCreator: A couple full-time employees of Cryptic also did some early voice work for the game, though this ceased after Cryptic signed a contract with SAG-AFTRA to provide their voice work going forward; the game is only allowed to have a certain number of non-union voice actors and chooses to prioritize SpecialGuest appearances by non-union actors from the live-action ''Franchise/StarTrek'' shows.
5	** Christine "Kestrel" Thompson, the lead writer for the game, also voices Lieutenant Kyona, the ''Enterprise''-F's tactical officer, in "Facility 4028".
6	** Captain Kurland, the C.O. of Deep Space 9 in the game, is voiced by James "Borticus" Randall, one of Cryptic's programmers.
7	* DevelopmentGag:
8	** During one patch, the space station K-7 was accidentally removed. The in-game {{Game Master}}s claimed it was "Cloaked by Klingons" and that "Federation scientists were working to rescue it". Once it was re-added, a group of Security officers could be found interrogating a Klingon about how and why she helped to cloak the station. Similarly, due to all the confused newbies asking "Where's Sulu?", numerous [=NPC=]s across Earth Spacedock were given dialogue discussing his location. This addition didn't seem to help anyone; due to story updates, however, you no longer need to track down Sulu at all. Still, the immortal question lives on in the NPC conversations.
9	** A bug would occasionally send characters transporting from the Klingon shipyard right back to the shipyard. With the release of ''Legacy of Romulus'', the old transporter officer (a Klingon) has been replaced by a Lethean, and you will no longer transport from the shipyard to the shipyard. You can ask the Lethean where the old transporter officer went, and he'll say, "executed for incompetence," which is one of the duty officer missions available to KDF captains. For bonus points, this was directly taken from the witty note left by a developer on the release notes when this change was made.
10	* DuelingGames: With ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'', a fellow FreeToPlay MMO based on a long-running soft science fiction franchise. ''STO'' came out first, but ''TOR'' was in a more complete state at launch, though the gap has long since vanished and both games are doing well. ''TOR'' also later added multiplayer space combat, while ''STO'' remains the first major MMO to have fully supported both space and ground combat at launch[[note]]Later joined by ''VideoGame/StarCitizen''[[/note]]. The FandomRivalry of their respective parent franchises is certainly there, though there are large numbers of gamers who unashamedly play both.
11	* DummiedOut:
12	** When the "Cardassian Struggle" storyline was redone, Captain James Kurland's pre-"2800" appearances and the episode "Rapier" were removed. [[note]][[RealLifeWritesThePlot This was likely due to STO now being a Screen Actors' Guild project]], as Kurland and many characters in "Rapier" were voiced by non-union voice actors (including one of Cryptic's programmers). See DescendedCreator above.[[/note]]
13	** Captain Akira Sulu was a relatively important character before 2014, but every mission he was involved in has since been removed. Currently, he just stands around Earth Spacedock ([[WordOfGod according to Kestral, he's the station commander]]) and doesn't have any lines.
14	** Ja'rod used to be a RecurringCharacter for the Federation character, but as of Season 11, he only appears in the episode "Turning Point" and in the Task Force Operations "The Cure Found" and "The Cure Applied".
15	* ExecutiveMeddling:
16	** The developers have stated on the game forums that there are certain things they want in the game that they cannot add without the permission of CBS; for example, Tier 5 refits of lower level ship designs. They need CBS's approval before they can touch any ship class that was shown in the series, like the ''Constitution-'' or ''Akira''-class ships.
17	** After Cryptic signed a contract for voice actors with SAG-AFTRA, many non-SAG actors and/or their characters were cut from the game; Cryptic can only hire a certain number of non-union actors, and has chosen to prioritize non-SAG actors who appeared in live-action ''Star Trek''.
18	* GodNeverSaidThat: The often mocked "''Delta Rising'' is the best expansion EVER and the players LOVE IT!" quote was never actually said by anyone in Cryptic. The original quote was thanking players for making ''Delta Rising'' a ''financial'' success.
19	* InMemoriam:
20	** Mark "[=H2Orat=]" Valentine, a video artist for Cryptic, lost a long-running battle with cancer in September 2013, and the forum agreed there should be some in-game remembrance made (ideas were floated ranging all the way up to a cross-faction ''Valentine''-class playable starship). In the end, Cryptic spotlit Valentine's Foundry mission "[[Recap/StarTrekOnlineFoundryTheRisingPhoenixPart1 The Rising Phoenix, Part 1]]" for the second time and added a memorial with an ever-burning torch to the Starfleet Academy map.
21	** A second memorial was added to Vulcan and New Romulus on March 5, 2015 in remembrance of Creator/LeonardNimoy, who reprised his role as Spock for the game. Additionally, plaques were placed in Federation, Klingon, and Romulan social hubs honoring other ''Star Trek'' cast and crew who have unfortunately passed.
22	** Given when the mission "Delta Flight" was released, the USS ''Pratchett'' seems to be a ShoutOut to author Sir Creator/TerryPratchett, who had died the previous month.
23	** [[https://www.startrek.com/news/star-trek-online-remembers-rene-auberjonois Players spontaneously mounted their own in-game candlelight vigil in Odo's security office on Deep Space 9]] after Odo's actor Creator/ReneAuberjonois passed away in December 2019.
24	** After Creator/NichelleNichols died in 2022, players gathered around Starfleet Academy and other in-game social hubs to honor her with raised torches.
25	* MarthDebutedInSmashBros: The main characters of ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks'' first appeared as DOFF characters in game. This was thus the first way fans discovered that D'Vana Tendi, one of the four, was Orion.
26	* MemeAcknowledgment: Borticus, one of the devs and the voice of Captain Kurland, has "Kurland here." as his signature on the forums. He's admitted that the role wasn't his best work.
27	* MilestoneCelebration: The game has had events for each of its anniversaries, as well as free item giveaways since the fourth anniversary:
28	** For the first anniversary, Earth Spacedock was updated to its circular incarnation, while the mission "The Vault", the first part of "Cloaked Intentions", was released.
29	** For the second anniversary, players were given a Fleet-type ''Odyssey''-class or ''Bortas''-class ship after completing a special shakedown mission.
30	** For the third anniversary, the Featured Episode "Temporal Ambassador" was launched, with Denise Crosby reprising her role as Tasha Yar and allowing players to obtain an ''Ambassador''-class[[note]]The class of the ''Enterprise''-C, as seen in "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E15YesterdaysEnterprise Yesterday's Enterprise]]".[[/note]] or a ''Kamarang''-class ship.
31	** For the fourth anniversary, the Featured Episode "A Step Between Stars" was launched, with Tim Russ reprising his role as Tuvok, and allowed players to grind to obtain special Federation, Klingon, and Romulan ships inspired by the Dyson Spheres.
32	** For the fifth anniversary, a new Featured Episode dealing with the Kobali was launched, with Garret Wang reprising his role as Harry Kim. Like the previous anniversary, a time-gated grind was used to obtain a Kobali-inspired ship. Additionally, the "Cloaked Intentions" Federation story arc was revamped to make it more in line with the current canon. It also introduced a new [=BOFF=] system, a Specialization line, and an addition to the Foundry.
33	** For the sixth anniversary, the Featured Episode "Time and Tide" was released, continuing the Temporal Cold War-based storyline.
34	** For the seventh anniversary, the Featured Episode "Of Signs and Portents" was released, continuing the New Frontiers arc, as well as a time-gated grind to unlock a [[spoiler:Lukari]] Science Ship.
35	** For the eighth anniversary, the Featured Episode "Scylla and Charybdis" was released, serving as the penultimate mission of the New Frontiers story arc. It too featured a time-gated grind, this time for the ''Denorios''-class Bajoran Interceptor.
36	** For the ninth anniversary, Cryptic launched two new Featured Episodes, starting the new Mirror of Discovery arc with "Para Pecum" and "Illusion of Communication". It also featured a time-gated grind for a Vulcan ''T'Pau''-class scout ship from [[Series/{{StarTrekDiscovery}} Star Trek: Discovery]].
37	** For the tenth anniversary, Cryptic released the Featured Episode "The Measure of Morality" in two parts, the [=TFO=] "To Hell With Honor", and allowed players to earn the Khitomer Alliance Battlecruiser.
38	** For the eleventh anniversary, the Featured Episodes "Knowledge is Power" and "Leap of Faith" were released, and players could earn the Temer Alliance Raider.
39	** For the twelfth anniversary, the Featured Episode "Red Shift" and [=TFO=] "Iuppiter Iratus" launched, and players could grind for the Jarok Alliance Carrier, which completed the set of featured Khitomer Alliance ships.
40	** For the thirteenth anniversary, Cryptic released the Featured Episode "The Fujiwhara Effect", the [=TFO=] "Bird Cage", and the “Jupiter Station Showdown” and "Khonshu Khaibit” patrols. Players could earn the Compiler Science Dreadnought.
41	* MissingEpisode: Season 8.5 removed "War is Good for Business", partially due to player complaints. Season 9 removed "State of Q" and "A Light in the Dark", rewrote "Fluid Dynamics" into a radically different story, and consolidated "Asset Recovery" and "Collateral Damage" into a single episode ("A Gathering Darkness"). The fifth anniversary update condensed the original Romulan Mystery Arc from eleven missions to four, merging "By Any Means" and "S'harien's Swords" into "By Any Means", turning "Taris" into a combination of its original version and "Ground Zero", and adding two new missions while removing the not-well-regarded remainder[[note]]Including "Divide et Imperia", which was largely hated by the playerbase.[[/note]].
42	* NoExportForYou: Like any other Perfect World-published game, residents of the former Soviet Union cannot play. In addition, the people of East Asian countries such as China, Taiwan, and South Korea are also barred from playing.
43	* OlderThanTheyThink: The DOFF mechanic of randomly-combined names, job specialty and personality traits is reminiscent of the first ''Star Trek CollectibleCardGame'' released by Decipher in the mid-90s.
44	* TheOtherDarrin:
45	** Since Creator/JamesDoohan had passed away well before production of the game started, a replacement voice had to be brought in for [[spoiler: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOQa8yerXRs the no-longer-present Guardian of Forever]]]], and his accent slips through quite often.
46	** Creator/MajelBarrett was ready, willing, and able to provide the voice for various combat notifications and alerts, but died late in production, and a replacement, Creator/LaniMinella, had to be brought in for the announcements at Prison Facility 4028 during "The 2800". Thankfully, Minella manages to sound almost exactly like Barrett.
47	** Lieutenant Kyona of the USS ''Enterprise''-F was initially voiced by lead writer Christine "Kestral" Thompson during her appearance in "Facility 4028". From "First Contact Day" on she's played by [[PromotedFanboy Adrienne Grady]] of ''Priority One Podcast''.
48	** Due to Cryptic getting SAG-certified, many voices were swapped out for new ones. The first to be confirmed was Lian [=McIntyre=], who replaced Creator/JonStJohn as Chancellor J'mpok.
49	** In the Vaadwaur's original ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' episode "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS6E7DragonsTeeth Dragon's Teeth]]", Gaul was played by Creator/RobertKnepper. In ''Delta Rising'', his voice work is provided by Creator/LiamOBrien.
50	** Montgomery Scott is voiced in all his appearances by the original actor's son Creator/ChristopherDoohan, as Creator/JamesDoohan died in 2005.
51	** [[Creator/VicMignogna Vic Mignogna's]] performance as Isaac Garrett was patched out in April 2021 and replaced with an unknown actor after Mignogna's RoleEndingMisdemeanor.
52	* PromotedFanboy:
53	** Kyona's second voice actor Adrienne Grady is the community manager for ''Priority One Podcast'', a fan-run podcast.
54	** Creator/VicMignogna, who plays Captain Kirk in the ''WebVideo/StarTrekContinues'' fan series, played Captain Isaac Garrett in the TOS Starfleet origin story prior to April 2021.
55	* RecycledScript:
56	** The ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery''-era Federation tutorial "Graduation Day" is for all intents and purposes the exact same mission as the normal post-season 8 Fed tutorial but with ''Discovery''-era ships and characters: in both cases, you graduate from Starfleet Academy and get your first assignment as XO of a light cruiser on a training cruise, only to be attacked by Klingons and [[YouAreInCommandNow have to take command when your CO is killed]].
57	** "Storm Clouds Gather" at the start of ''Victory Is Life'' is a rehash of "Second Wave" from ''The 2800'' with the Dominion replaced with the Hur'q: the player plays diplomat on Deep Space 9 at first, then has to go to space and fight off a sudden attack through the wormhole. The main difference is that Deep Space 9 isn't captured this time.
58	* RoleEndingMisdemeanor: After numerous allegations of Creator/VicMignogna sexually harassing fans and fellow voice actors, his performance as Isaac Garrett was patched out and replaced with an unknown actor in April 2021.
59	* RoleReprise:
60	** Creator/ChaseMasterson reprised her role as [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Leeta]], as well as [[spoiler:her mirror universe counterpart]].
61	** Creator/DeniseCrosby returned as Natasha Yar for the 3rd Anniversary mission featuring the ''Enterprise''-C, "Temporal Ambassador". She also reprises her role as Sela in several episodes and gives Romulan captains level-up notifications.
62	** Creator/MichaelDorn returned as Worf for the Featured Episode "Sphere of Influence" and (after a short delay) his scenes in the early Klingon missions.
63	** Creator/TimRuss came back as Tuvok for the Featured Episode "A Step Between Stars" and much of the Delta Quadrant arc.
64	** Creator/LeonardNimoy voiced Mr. Spock, who provides much sector space exploration narration, Federation level-up notifications, and appears in some Federation missions.
65	** Creator/GarrettWang, Creator/EthanPhillips, Creator/JeriRyan, and Creator/RobertPicardo returned in ''Delta Rising'' as Harry Kim, Neelix, Seven of Nine, and the Mk I Emergency Medical Hologram, respectively.
66	** Season Ten saw Creator/RobertDuncanMcNeill reprise his role as Tom Paris, Lisa [=LoCicero's=] likeness and voice used for his daughter Miral, and Aaron Eisenberg's return as Nog from ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''.
67	** Creator/TonyTodd plays General Rodek (Worf's mindwiped brother Kurn from [=TNG/DS9=]) in Season 12.
68	** Season 13.5 had J.G. Hertzler reprising his role as General Martok from ''[=DS9=]'', as well as providing level-up notifications for KDF captains.
69	** Creator/MattWinston reprises his role as Daniels from ''Enterprise'' in ''Agents of Yesterday''.
70	** September 2017 had Creator/LeVarBurton returning to the role of Geordi La Forge from ''TNG'' for a special mission commemorating the series' 30th anniversary, as well as several other missions in Season 14 onward.
71	** The "Victory is Life" expansion in June 2018 brought several ''[=DS9=]'' alumni to the game, including Creator/AlexanderSiddig as Julian Bashir, Creator/NanaVisitor as Kira Nerys, Creator/ArminShimerman as Quark, Creator/SalomeJens as the Female Changeling, Creator/AndrewRobinson as Elim Garak, Max Grodénchik as Rom, Creator/JeffreyCombs as Weyoun, and Creator/ReneAuberjonois as Odo.
72	** From ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery'', Creator/MaryWiseman appears as Cadet Sylvia Tilly and her mirror universe counterpart "Captain Killy", Creator/RekhaSharma reprises her role as Ellen Landry as well as the game-original character Adet'pa, and Creator/MaryChieffo voices L'Rell.
73	** The Year of Klingon expansion saw the hiring of Creator/RobertOReilly as Gowron, as well as his game-original grandfather Aakar.
74	* ScrewedByTheLawyers:
75	** Cryptic is allowed to use anything from the TV shows and prime timeline films, because CBS owns the licenses to them. However, the [[Film/StarTrek2009 Kelvin timeline]] was off-limits (though they were allowed to use the story details up until the ''Jellyfish'' and ''Narada'' left the prime timeline, since they appeared in the ''Countdown'' comic series), and Cryptic has to negotiate for anything from the Franchise/StarTrekExpandedUniverse. Cryptic also had to negotiate to use the Guardian of Forever in its former appearance at the end of the "Klingon War" storyline, since the rights to "Recap/StarTrekS1E28TheCityOnTheEdgeOfForever" belong to a different copyright holder. At least three ships had been put off-limits for usable or upgraded versions, the confirmed ones being the ''Enterprise''-J from ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'''s Temporal Cold War episodes, the Constitution-refit from the films[[note]]While there ''is'' a Constitution-refit ship in the game, it's only Tier 2 and CBS refuses to allow them to make a Tier-5/Fleet variant.[[/note]], and the ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' Romulan Warbird[[note]]Similarly to the Constitution refit, a Romulan Warbird exists in-game, and the Romulan captain starts with one, but it's only available as a T1.[[/note]] Apparently some kind of agreement or change happened with the lawyers before ''Agents of Yesterday'', however, as that expansion included both a visit to the Kelvin Timeline and usable ships from the films, including a Tier 6 Kelvin ''Constitution''. And then Cryptic introduced the R&D-only prize T6 Light Cruiser/Warbird set, which gave players the mythical endgame Prime Universe ''Constitution''!
76	** This also extends to non-canon ships. While the game ''does'' have Extended Universe ships, including the ''Vesta''-class and the ''Luna''-class, Cryptic has gone out of its way to state that the legal red tape is such a hassle that they'll just be making their own ships once canon ones run out.
77	** In early 2015, as a new Featured Episode starring Gaius Selan was about to come out, news broke that his actor had been sacked due to PWE and SAG deciding to leave the few non-SAG spots for the game's voice acting cast for non-SAG ''Star Trek'' actors, essentially writing out all the STO cast members who were not in SAG.
78	* ScheduleSlip: Perpetual Entertainment's original ''VideoGame/StarTrekOnline'' turned into {{vaporware}}. The company never seemed to make any headway (and [[EpilepticTrees were rumored to have taken on the project for less than savory purposes]]), and finally went bankrupt. The project was transferred to Cryptic, who opted to start over from scratch. It was six years between announcement and release.
79	* ThrowItIn: The minor Klingon character B'Eler was reportedly scripted as male, but a miscommunication led to her getting a female character model while talking about having a female mate. The playerbase approved of the accidental lesbian Klingon and Cryptic later brought her back for "House Pegh", this time with aforementioned mate to make a BattleCouple.
80	* TrollingCreator: The devs are known to be this. From causing Borg invasions during live podcasts in game, making fun of their own bugs and lots of Easter eggs.
81	** One that they had to explain because people were getting angry was about a lockbox on top of a stack of crates in the Starbase Incursion fleet event. Since the mission takes place in your own fleet's Starbase, the joke was about the fact that everyone had stashes of lockboxes tucked away.
82	---> '''Tumerboy/Tacofangs:''' The idea for this map had been set, but its flavor had not been. The visuals for this map went through a few revisions on what it could be (i.e. lab, computer core, etc.), on the drawing board before it was finally decided on storage/cargo bay. Someone said to fill it with crates. With all of the lockbox debates going on, and all of the people declaring that they just collect but never open any of them, in my mind, this is the storage bay in your starbase where everyone dumps their lockboxes. I figured every crate was filled with lockboxes. It was meant as a little nod, a wink, a joke. Perhaps in poor taste, but that's all it was meant to be. Originally I had the holo-crate in the center be a lockbox, but figured that was too blatant, so I moved it off to the side, out of the way.
83	** One that caught everyone off-guard was the "Sphere of Influence" mission. With the talk of Season 8 and the Dyson Sphere, players were convinced that "[=SoE=]" would lead to the first encounter to those inside, especially the [[spoiler:Voth]]. Instead, [[spoiler:players [[WhamEpisode get a firsthand look inside the Iconian Gateway System and learn of the Iconians' plans.]] Only a minor action sets you on the path to Season 8.
84	** After people found out they could fire weapons on the first beta build of the new Earth Spacedock, the devs decided to land 50+ [[EliteMooks Elite Tactical Drones,]] [[ProudWarriorRaceGuys 150 Dahar Masters]] and a [[OhCrap Borgified Gorn]] on the testers for blowing holes in their new shiny ESD (as a prank). [[PassThePopcorn Cue an ass-whooping on the beta testers for about half an hour.]]
85	** For AprilFoolsDay 2015, Cryptic [[http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/9119293-star-trek-online%3A-rebirth made a big deal]] about a ''Star Trek Online: Rebirth''. What ''actually'' happened was they brought back the original release build of STO on the Redshirt testing server as a joke.
86	* TroubledProduction: The game concept was originally owned by Perpetual Entertainment and given a set schedule for launch. However, two years into development, Perpetual had ''plenty'' of pretty concept work, but no actual gameplay[[note]]And it's been said that Perpetual was only doing this for shadier reasons[[/note]]. Either way, CBS was angry at the waste and gave the license to Atari and Cryptic, forcing the companies to rush out the game (though Cryptic luckily had the easily compatible engine from ''VideoGame/ChampionsOnline'' to use). However, even ''that'' wasn't enough, as the game was bleeding players while Atari used the money the game brought to pay off their massive debts. It wasn't until Perfect World Entertainment bought Cryptic that the game would flourish.
87	* UrbanLegendOfZelda: A mysterious Website/{{Twitter}} account started posting mysteries and riddles for players to solve (though directed at one of the community posters). Many people suggested that it had to do with the Augment plot that was mostly dealt with in the beginning of the Federation storyline, but no one has come forward about it at this time. PWE and Cryptic said wasn't anyone in their offices and later posts had the Community Managers biting back at them. In the end, it turned out to be [[spoiler:a contest with small prizes by [=STOked=]]].
88	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
89	** Perpetual Entertainment's version of the game would have been substantially different, with more [[TheBridge bridge]] simulation elements rather than the standard MMORPG design. The Borg and the Gorn were considered as playable races.
90	** The Romulan PC was the second choice for the Romulan flagship RRW ''Lleiset''. Seriously. The player could have been the Romulan equivalent of Picard! They ultimately decided on the player keeping their ship so they're not bound to do boring flagship stuff.
91	** Originally, Harry Kim was supposed to be the one leading the charge in "A Step Between Stars", his PTSD being helpful when dealing with the Undine.
92	** Creator/JeriRyan and the Cryptic devs both tried to get Seven of Nine to wear something that wasn't some sort of catsuit for her reappearance. This didn't stick until her canon redesign in ''Series/StarTrekPicard''.
93	* WhyFandomCantHaveNiceThings:
94	** During recent streaming events, Community Manager [=CaptainSmirk=] had been giving away codes for freebie items. After he come to find out that the freebie codes were being distributed onto the forums, Twitter accounts and the Reddit /sto/ board, he mentioned that those things will be kept closely guarded more often.
95	** When Delta Rising dropped, players were told that they could play other missions while leveling up to 60. Many players found an exploit that not only allowed them to plow through patrol missions in Tau Dewa to level them up faster, but also to farm dilithium after reaching the ultimate level cap. Cryptic quickly put a stop to that.
96	** This has actually been quite a problem with the forums since mid-2014, as players have caused initially innocent-looking threads to devolve into attacks on Cryptic, going so far as to compare the devs to Nazis and send out death threats. Popular threads such as "What's your beef with the Galaxy Cryptic?" and "DOOOOOOOOOOOM! The Game is Finished! Everything is Doomed! Thread" were shut down because of these issues.
97	** For a while, Cryptic had contests involving ships and their designs/names. However, the "Choose the Next ''Enterprise''" contest went massively pear-shaped: there were multiple accusations of plagiarism and discrimination by Cryptic (non-US residents were barred from the contest for legal reasons; several entered anyway, including a couple who ended up as front-runners in the polls). And then [[ExecutiveMeddling CBS vetoed the fan-picked winner in favor of a design that wasn't even in the Top 20]], the ''Odyssey''-class. The resulting backlash essentially guaranteed that player-submission contests like that would never happen again. (The 2015 Federation carrier contest involved Cryptic-created designs.)
98	* WordOfGay: According to a bio written by Cryptic's lead writer Kestrel in ''Star Trek Magazine'', Commander Samuel Winters, XO of the ''Enterprise''-F, is gay. This never comes up in-game.
99	* WordOfGod: The dev team often puts out tweets about stuff they intended to convey in-game but never made explicit, such as Akira Sulu's position in Starfleet as of ''Legacy of Romulus'' (he's the actual CO of Earth Spacedock; Admiral Quinn just has his offices there). [=ThomasTheCat=]'s color guide also confirmed something about the Odyssey uniform color scheme that was implied in-game but not actually stated: Starfleet Intelligence personnel have their own divisional color, black.
100	* YouSoundFamiliar: While it's routine for {{MMORPG}}s to reuse voice actors for multiple characters, there are several standouts:
101	** For a long time, you couldn't hardly turn around without running into a female character voiced by Creator/LaniMinella: in addition to taking over as the Federation ComputerVoice after Creator/MajelBarrett's death, she voiced both Admiral T'nae and ''Enterprise''-F CMO Phillipa Matthias, among many others. However, she lost her job due to Cryptic's decision to sign on with SAG-AFTRA.
102	** Dave Rivas voices both Captain Va'Kel Shon of the ''Enterprise''-F and Tal Shiar ArcVillain Hakeev, possibly the two least-similar characters you could pick.
103	** In addition to reprising the role of Ellen Landry from ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery'', Creator/RekhaSharma got a second role as Klingon {{recurrer}} Adet'pa beginning in Season 20.
104	** In Season 20, ArcVillain Aakar (previously an ''Age of Discovery'' character) was recast as Creator/RobertOReilly and redesigned to look like him. Later in the storyline, O'Reilly [[RoleReprise reprises]] his original role of Gowron ([[spoiler:who turns out to be Aakar's IdenticalGrandson]]).

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