History Recap / StarTrekOnlineFoundryBaitAndSwitch

* NoSidepathsNoExplorationNoFreedom: Played straight for the most part, but averted on the USS ''Marduk'' map. You ''can'' go straight from the transporter room to the mission briefing and back, but you'll miss entire rooms' worth of fully scripted {{NPC}}s including some sort of unexplained incident in Main Engineering [[DoingItForTheArt on the complete opposite side of the map]].

** Petty Officer Theel's code phrase, "Those Klingons are dancing in the parlor again," is a reference to a ManchurianAgent trigger phrase from ''[[ComicBook/XWingSeries X-Wing: Solo Command]]''.

* GrandmaWhatMassiveHotnessYouHave: Admiral Kree is designed to be older (graying hair) and battle-scarred, but still attractive.

** A science officer aboard the ''Marduk'' says some technobabble involving [[Franchise/BackToTheFuture flux capacitors]].

* TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything: Certain dialog trees give different responses based on minor interactions. For example, two separate encounters with a Bajoran hostage and his Romulan expat wife respectively turn off the "I haven't seen him/her" and turn on the "We've found him/her".

* NoStoryNoSidepathsNoExploration: Played straight for the most part, but averted on the USS ''Marduk'' map. You ''can'' go straight from the transporter room to the mission briefing and back, but you'll miss entire rooms' worth of fully scripted {{NPC}}s including some sort of unexplained incident in Main Engineering [[DoingItForTheArt on the complete opposite side of the map]].

'''Theel:''' I left it in my other pants. Seriously, where can I possibly hide a credential in [[{{Stripperiffic}} this ridiculous outfit]]?

** A science officer aboard the ''Marduk'' says some technobabble involving [[Film/BackToTheFuture flux capacitors]].

* AcePilot: Admiral Amnell Kree, though it's an InformedAbility since she commands a battle group now. She flew a ''Peregrine''-class attack fighter in the Dominion War and scored nineteen confirmed kills, including a Cardassian capital ship at Third Deep Space 9 (Series/DS9: [[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS06E06SacrificeOfAngels "Sacrifice of Angels"]]).

*** USS ''Tora Ziyal'' refers to Gul Dukat's half-Bajoran daughter, who was shot in Series/DS9: [[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS06E06SacrificeOfAngels "Sacrifice of Angels"]] for betraying the Cardassians and allowing the Federation and Klingons to retake Deep Space 9.
*** USS ''Laporin'' refers to Captain Laporin, a Benzenite who was one of Benjamin Sisko's Academy classmates, and was killed by the Klingons during the Klingon-Federation War in 2372-73 (Series/DS9: [[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS05E01ApocalypseRising "Apocalypse Rising"]]).

** The mission start dialog mentions that your orders come from Admiral Nadifa La Forge. This is [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Geordi La Forge's]] niece, who turned up in the ''TNG'' novel ''Losing the Peace'' set in 2381.

*** USS ''Yamato'' was a ''Galaxy''-class that turned up or was mentioned in a few episodes of seasons 1 and 2 of ''TNG'', and was destroyed in [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E11Contagion "Contagion"]].

** Captain Bronok Zell, Admiral Kree's flag captain, refers to Series/{{TNG}}: [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E19JourneysEnd "Journey's End"]] from the perspective of Cardassian colonists who had the opposite problem from the Maquis. He's Cardassian, from a planet that ended up in the Federation when the borders were redrawn.

* OffTheShelfFX: The Bajoran Militia characters used to wear kitbashed Starfleet uniforms[[labelnote:*]]Antares 3 jackets, ''[[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan The Wrath of Khan]]'' pants, and leather or soft boots[[/labelnote]] simulating Bajoran Militia uniforms because [[EnforcedTrope the actual Bajoran Militia uniform wasn't available in the Foundry]]. They were added to the uniform selectors in the 08/14/14 patch, and Tropers/StarSword promptly replaced the kitbashes.

* OffTheShelfFX: The Bajoran Militia characters wear kitbashed Starfleet uniforms[[labelnote:*]]Antares 3 jackets, ''[[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan The Wrath of Khan]]'' pants, and leather or soft boots[[/labelnote]] simulating Bajoran Militia uniforms because [[EnforcedTrope the actual Bajoran Militia uniform isn't available in the Foundry]].

* OhMyGods: Captain Jerek refers to the Orions attacking Dreon VII as "sons of Pah-wraiths".

*** USS ''Yamato'' was a ''Galaxy''-class that turned up or was mentioned in a few episodes of seasons 1 and 2 of ''TNG'', and was destroyed in "Contagion".

*** USS ''Tora Ziyal'' refers to Gul Dukat's half-Bajoran daughter, who was shot in [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine DS9: "Sacrifice of Angels"]] for betraying the Cardassians and allowing the Federation and Klingons to retake Deep Space 9.

** Captain Bronok Zell, Admiral Kree's flag captain, refers to the Maquis story arc started in TNG: "The Wounded" from the perspective of Cardassian colonists who had the opposite problem from the Maquis. He's Cardassian, from a planet that ended up in the Federation when the borders were redrawn.

* CreatorCameo: Sort of. The Dungeon Master, a character who appears in the end-of-mission "Thanks for playing!" message, is a facsimile of Tropers/StarSword's Fed toon Vice Admiral Kanril Eleya.

* AcePilot: Admiral Amnell Kree, though it's an InformedAbility since she commands a battle group now. She flew a ''Peregrine''-class attack fighter in the Dominion War and scored nineteen confirmed kills, including a Cardassian capital ship at Third Deep Space 9 ([=DS9=]: "Sacrifice of Angels").

*** USS ''Laporin'' refers to Captain Laporin, a Benzenite who was one of Benjamin Sisko's Academy classmates, and was killed by the Klingons during the Klingon-Federation War in 2372-73 ([=DS9=]: "Apocalypse Rising").

* TeleFrag: {{Discussed|Trope}}. Thanks to the Orions using technobabble to jam your transporter targeting sensors, MCOS. Wiggin says that this would be a likely outcome if you were to try to beam over anyway.

[[http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?p=12627671 "Bait and Switch"]] is a ''VideoGame/StarTrekOnline'' Foundry mission series by Tropers/{{StarSword}}C. The first chapter went live on September 29, 2013 and is playable by Federation characters of any level. Tropers/StarSword is also writing a [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9733520/1/Bait-and-Switch novelization]] starring his Fed toon Kanril Eleya, published in chapter form on the ''STO'' forums and Website/FanFictionDotNet. The novelization has a trope page [[Fanfic/BaitAndSwitchSTO here]]. A trailer for part one, made by aleniskendra from the STO forums, can be viewed [[http://youtu.be/JPOTpV0xrrw here]].

* OnlyTheKnowledgableMayPass: The HackingMinigame questions are taken from ''VideoGame/StarTrekOnline'' lore from ''[[EncyclopediaExposita The Path to 2409]]''.

* RuggedScar: Admiral Kree has very heavy scarring across her left eye, implied by her in-game dossier to be the result of injuries sustained at the Battle of Cardassia at the end of the Dominion War. They serve more to mark her as a FrontlineGeneral, however.

* NicknamingTheEnemy: Several characters call the Orions "greenskins" or "greenies". Lampshaded when Admiral Kree says it with [[TokenHeroicOrc Petty Officer Theel]] in the room, then immediately apologizes for [[OpenMouthInsertFoot putting her foot in her mouth]].

* ScarsAreForever: The scars across Kree's left eye, implied by her service record to be the result of wounds sustained at the Battle of Cardassia. The eye was ruined but [[CloningBodyParts replaced with an replicated copy]].

Starfleet Command dispatches the ''Marduk'' Carrier Battle Group under Admiral Amnell Kree to respond and try and track down the kidnapped civilians from all across the sector. With the help of a Section 31 operative with an inside source, the battle group quickly locates an Orion base in the Badlands and launches an assault. They destroy a large fleet of Orion warships and board the station, but unfortunately most of the 10,000+ kidnappees had already been transshipped. The mission ends with Kree telling the PlayerCharacter they'll call you back when they learn something useful.

* CrypticBackgroundReference: Kree makes reference to a ''Saber''-class starship under a Captain T'Chon called the USS ''Mjolnir'' that defected to the Maquis before the Dominion War. T'Chon apparently considered the terms of the Federation-Cardassian Treaty illogical and decided ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight. The crew remain listed as missing and presumed dead.
* DeadpanSnarker: Petty Officer, First Class Mera Theel, a female Orion noncom from Starfleet Intelligence. The first time you meet her she's undercover as an Orion matron and wearing an Orion-typical {{Stripperiffic}} outfit, but reveals herself when you burst in guns blazing.
--> '''PlayerCharacter:''' Prove it! Show some ID!\\

* MilitaryBrat: According to her bio Admiral Kree's father is a retired Starfleet science officer.

* InterspeciesRomance: The Varuses, Jolin and Saeihr. The former is a Bajoran male, the latter a Romulan female who is [[HalfHumanHybrid six months pregnant]].