History Heartwarming / StarTrekOnline

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* During the Summer event every so often there's a dance party. Since so many players play it for marks, its not uncommon to see IRL couples dancing together at the event, regardless of race, gender, or species. Daww.
* One of the patrol missions in the Delta Quadrant introduces Captain Felczer of the ''Avenger''-class U.S.S. ''Avenger''. It's former Community Manager Brandon "[=BranFlakes=]" Felczer, whom the forums just ''loved''.
** There's several meta aspects to this cameo that takes this straight up to saccharine levels of heartwarming.
*** First, the cameo had been planned long in advanced and the Avenger was going to serve as a recurring crew with Brandon at the lead (some cut dialogue indicates a PVE mission involving Brandon was planned), but when Brandon quit PWE, that had to be scrapped, but the team couldn't bear to cut him out entirely.
*** Second, fans who know the situation that lead to Brandon quitting (namely the looming death of his Father-in-Law, which occurred days after his wedding, and the birth of his nephew) forced him to give up, what he calls his dream job.
*** Third, even if you don't like Brandon, there is a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome in his cameo: if Captain Felczer is in canon the same as his real life counterpart, it still makes him Trek's first openly gay captain.
* In "What's Left Behind," seeing that even Sela has a heart, mourning the death and conversion in Elachi of her crew and even regretting what she did in ''Legacy of Romulus'' by working with the Iconians, just proves that EverybodyHasStandards.
* When news of Creator/LeonardNimoy's passing came to light, players shuffled all the way to Vulcan to pay their respects. KDF members and Rom-KDF players who couldn't go there hung around the area in Sector Space. Thankfully, Cryptic will put in a memorial somewhere for the man.
** They went far and beyond that - there will be statues on Vulcan and New Romulus of Spock, each bearing a famous phrase of Spock's ("Live Long and Prosper" and "The Needs of the Many outweigh The Needs of the Few", respectively) at each site respectively and the three main hubworlds will bear a memorial plaque bearing the names of various people who made ''Star Trek'' what it is today.
*** Particularly heartwarming is the monument on New Romulus. It features the Vulcan IDIC joined together with the wings of the Romulan Raptor, signifying that, at least in some small way, Spock's dream of unification between Vulcans and Romulans has been realised.
** Because of the outpouring of sadness and affection following Nimoy's death, there are now memorials on Earth Spacedock, Qo'noS, and New Romulus Command for all those who have contributed to Star Trek and have since died. The names of Gene Roddenberry and actors who played major characters are inscribed on the memorial, and the names of everyone else are listed inside the memorial. They even redesigned the memorial recently (late 2019) to make sure they could fit the names appropriately.
* In the Narendra system, you can find the USS ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_Ride Sally Ride]]''. Hailing her, you can get an Admiralty card to use the ship in your Admiralty missions. A touching tribute to real life space exploration, which ''Star Trek'' has always been very involved with.
** The fact the U.S.S. Sally Ride is an [[AscendedFanon approved]] ShoutOut to [[{{WebVideo/ShieldOfTomorrow}} Shield of Tomorrow]] complete with the character of T'Lan now as the Captain as seen in its series finale.

** [[spoiler: The end of the Federation/KDF war and seeing everyone celebrating.]]
* The Na'Kuhl may have been {{Jerkass Woobie}}s, but seeing them [[spoiler:[[http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/10091123-no-profit-but-the-name get their homeworld back]]]] after the Battle of Procyon V is pretty sweet.

--> [[spoiler: Empress Sela to Data: Tell me about my mother.]]
** The fact that [[spoiler: Yar left logs to Sera, always thinking about her, even after decades of being stranded on a former Tal Shiar prison planet.]]

* One of the patrol missions in the Delta Quadrant introduces Captain Felczer of the ''Avenger''-class U.S.S. ''Avenger''. [[spoiler: It's former Community Manager Brandon "[=BranFlakes=]" Felczer, whom the forums just ''loved''.]]

* In "What's Left Behind," seeing that [[spoiler: even Sela has a heart, mourning the death and conversion in Elachi of her crew and even regretting what she did in ''Legacy of Romulus'' by working with the Iconians, just proves that EverybodyHasStandards.]]

** There's several meta aspects to this cameo that takes this straight up to TastesLikeDiabetes levels of heartwarming.

* One of the accolade dialogues in ''Temporal Ambassador'' gives a great one to the Enterprise-C.

*** Third, even if you don't like Brandon, there is a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome in his cameo: if Captain Felczer is in canon the same as his real life counterpart, it still makes him Trek's first [[BadassGay openly gay captain.]]

** There is a Federation memorial on the mezzanine level of ESD with the names and quotes from all the star trek actors who have passed away.

* After the {{Crowning Moment of Funny}} that is Morn's hours-long cutscene, Morn gives you a knowing nod. Awwwwwwwwwww!

* The end of 'Mind Game' in the Romulan storyline, crossing over with CrowningMomentOfAwesome with a bit of {{Tearjerker}} from the sheer emotion of it. Before you take the infiltration mission, you are explicitly told that the Romulan Republic simply cannot spare the resources to come and rescue you if you blow your cover. They don't have enough manpower to waste on a suicide mission; if your cover is lost, you will be presumed dead. They weren't lying; however much it may pain them, the Republic does not come for you. ''[[UndyingLoyalty Your shipmates track you down on their own.]]'' And regardless of the faction you chose, they bring [[TheCavalry an armada]] to cover your escape. Solely because you are their captain, and they are not leaving you to Hakeev.

*** Third, even if you don't like Brandon, there is a CrowningMomentOfAwesome in his cameo: if Captain Felczer is in canon the same as his real life counterpart, it still makes him Trek's first [[BadassGay openly gay captain.]]