History Heartwarming / StarTrekOnline

* [[{{Precursors}} The Preservers.]] Imagine being a race of [[SufficientlyAdvancedAliens incredibly advanced beings]] with the capability of exploring everywhere in the Galaxy... and [[AbsentAliens being all alone.]] Then imagine deciding to take your advanced technology and using it to create lifeforms shaped after you and then going into a long cryogenically-aided sleep, hoping your experiments will work. And then, imagine waking from that sleep and seeing your creations finding you, learning that your experiments succeeded. And then, [[AbusivePrecursors instead of acting malevolently towards them]], calling them your "children" and joining with them to see how the galaxy has progressed, because you left it for your "children" to have. Now ''that'' is the definition of a [[BenevolentPrecursors Benevolent Precursor.]]
* 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.
* The Klingon missions "Afterlife" and "The Gates of Gre'thor" have you rallying spirits of Klingons who had fallen and lost their honor. Two of those are Doran, the first officer of your first ship, and Jurlek, the captain that you ended up delivering a KlingonPromotion to on said ship. As it turns out, Doran's husband was right about her being in Gre'thor and you ended up imposing a HeelFaceDoorSlam on Jurlek, but convince both of them to aid in as well. When your team arrive at the titular gates, the Klingons join in on attacking the demons there and Doran ends up aiding you in opening the gates. By the time those gates are opened, ''all of those spirits are gone''. You gave them a chance to regain their honor, even the cowardly Jurlek.

* Since Legacy of Romulus, several Romulan Republic Officers have been assigned to various facilities all over the galaxy from Qo'noS to Earth Spacedock, to Deep Space Nine and in between. Seeing a Romulan couple at [=DS9's=] replimat, or a pair of RR officers talking about the stars from Earth looking towards their new home in Tau Dewa, watching the formerly Xenophobic Romulans seemingly in awe and dazzled at the worlds beyond their borders and the people who live there is very touching.
--> '''R.R. Officer #1:''' I never thought I would be sitting here on Qo'noS quietly talking.\\
'''R.R. Officer #2:''' See I told you the Klingons aren't that bad.
* Dave Rivas' behind the scenes video of him recording Captain Shon, while completely hilarious, also shows how much he really takes being the new Enterprise captain seriously. The sheer giddyness on his face when he mentions he plays Shon really makes it clear.
** Even more so, check out his Youtube channel. He favorites fan videos of the Enterprise-F and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiCs24MKd60&list=PL2C5A1C00D626A0C7 even requested a special video where Shon's scenes from the 2800 were rescored with alternate scores.]]
* "Surface Tension":
** When you rescue Admiral Quinn, you can ask him how can they trust him as they were just ambushed by a fake Quinn. Quinn tells you that he had his misgivings in promoting you after Vega Colony, but now he admits he made the right suggestion.

* 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.

*** 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 have been realised.

*** 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.

** 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 outweight 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.
*** 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.

** 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 outweight 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.

* 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.

* 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 TasteLikeDiabetes levels of heartwarming.

*** 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.]]

* 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''.]]

** [[spoiler: The end of the Federation/KDF war and seeing everyone celebrating.]]

* 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 entire fucking armada]] to cover your escape. Solely because you are their captain, and they are not leaving you to [[CompleteMonster Hakeev]].

* 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 lot, you will be presumed dead. They weren't lying; the Republic doesn't come for you. ''[[UndyingLoyalty Your shipmates do.]]'' And regardless of the faction you chose, they bring [[TheCavalry an entire fucking armada]] to cover your escape. Solely because you are their captain, and they are not leaving you to [[CompleteMonster Hakeev]].

** Even more so, check out his Youtube channel. He favorites fan videos of the Enterprise-F and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiCs24MKd60&list=PL2C5A1C00D626A0C7 even requested a special video where Shon's scenes from the 2800 were rescored with alternate scores.]]

-->'''Captain Shon''': I'll let [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Chief]] [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine O'Brien]] know.

** The F even has a [[http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120821034826/22ndmobile/images/f/fd/Enterprise-F_Plaque.jpg dedication plaque]] made for her in the grand tradition of the series. And GeneRoddenberry ''still'' gets a spot on it.

--> '''Tasha:''' "She's a beautiful ship. It's a shame we have to destroy her to restore the timeline."

-->[[spoiler:'''Worf''': "Send your engineer my regards."]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Captain Shon''': "I'll let [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Chief]] [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine O'Brien]] know.]]
** Note that they're talking about [[spoiler: Kirayoshi O'Brien, not Miles. Yes, Worf is still attached to that little baby he and Jadzia used to babysit.]] ''Dawwww''
* Since Legacy of Romulus, several Romulan Republic Officers have been assigned to various facilities all over the galaxy from Qo'Nos to Earth Spacedock, to Deep Space Nine and in between. Seeing a Romulan couple at [=DS9's=] replimat, or a pair of RR officers talking about the stars from Earth looking towards their new home in Tau Dewa, watching the formerly Xenophobic Romulans seemingly in awe and dazzled at the worlds beyond their borders and the people who live there is very touching.
--> '''R.R. Officer #1:''' "I never thought I would be sitting here on Qo'Nos quietly talking."
--> '''R.R. Officer #2:''' "See I told you the Klingons aren't that bad."
* Dave Rivas' behind the scenes video of him recording Captain Shon, while completely hillarious, also shows how much he really takes being the new Enterprise captain seriously. The sheer giddyness on his face when he mentions he plays Shon really makes it clear.

* Dave Rivas' behind the scenes video of him recording Captain Shon, while completely hillarious, also shows how much he really takes being the new Enterprise captain seriously. The sheer giddyness on his face when he mentions he plays Shon really makes it clear.

--> '''R.R. Officer #2:''' "See I told you the Klingons aren't that bad."

* During the second anniversary event, the devs, two fan radio channels and the fandom as a whole gathered together to commission the ''U.S.S. Enterprise-F'' with her designer, [[PromotedFanboy Adam Ihle]] leading the charge. It says something when the fandom as a whole gathered in Earth Spacedock, in dress uniforms, to celebrate the launching of the next ''Enterprise''. Sadly, there's no permanent recordings of the event (at least publicly).

* During the second anniversary event, the devs, two fan radio channels and the fandom as a whole gathered together to commission the ''U.S.S. Enterprise-F'' with her designer, [[PromotedFanboy Adam Ihle]] leading the charge. It says something when the fandom as a whole gathered in Earth Spacedock, in dress uniforms, to celebrate the launching of the next ''Enterprise''.

** Note that they're talking about [[spoiler: Kirayoshi O'Brien, not Miles. Yes, Worf is still attached to that little baby he and Jadzia used to babysit.]] ''Dawwww''

-->[[spoiler:'''Captain Shon''': "I'll let [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Chief]] [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine O'Brien]] know.]]

* The Klingon missions "Afterlife" and "The Gates of Gre'thor" have you rallying spirits of Klingons who had fallen and lost their honor. Two of those are Doran, the first officer of your first ship, and Jurlek, the captain that you ended up delivering a KlingonPromotion to on said ship. As it turns out, Doran's husband was right about her being in Gre'thor and you ended up imposing a HeelFaceDoorSlam on Jurlek, but convince both of them to aid in as well. When your team arrive at the titular gates, the Klingons join in on attacking the demons there and Doran ends up aiding you in opening the gates. By the time those gates are opened, ''all of those spirits are gone''. You gave them a chance to regain their honor, even the cowardly Jurlek.

* 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.

* [[{{Precursors}} The Preservers.]] Imagine being a race of [[SufficientlyAdvancedAliens incredibly advanced beings]] with the capability of exploring everywhere in the Galaxy... and [[AbsentAliens being all alone.]] Then imagine deciding to take your advanced technology and using it to create lifeforms shaped after you and then going into a long cryogenically-aided sleep, hoping your experiments will work. And then, imagine waking from that sleep and seeing your creations finding you, learning that your experiments succeeded. And then, [[AbusivePrecursors instead of acting malevolently towards them]], calling them your "children" and joining with them to see how the galaxy has progressed, because you left it for your "children" to have. Now ''that'' is the definition of a [[BenevolentPrecursors Benevolent Precursor.]]

--> '''Tasha:''' "She's a beautiful ship. It's a shame we have to destroy her to restore the timeline."

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