Line #20 VideoGame/StarTrekLegacy


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3	A game developed by Mad Doc Software and published by Bethesda Softworks, intended as the SpiritualSuccessor to the excellent ''VideoGame/StarTrekStarfleetCommand'' and ''VideoGame/StarTrekBridgeCommander'' games, with even some RTS elements a la ''VideoGame/StarTrekArmada''.
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5	The original concept for the game was that of a WorldBuilding GenerationalSaga SpaceOpera, uniting the cast leads from all of the extant Franchise/StarTrek series in one story unfolding over hundreds of years of Trek history.
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7	Originally, the various captains were going to face a crisis dealing with the Iconian gateways as seen in the ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode "Contagion". Eventually the writers settled instead on a tale about the possible origins of the Borg. [[ExecutiveMeddling It didn't turn out well.]]
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9	The game was released on both the Xbox 360 and the PC in 2006.
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11	!! Missions
12	# "Those in Need"
13	# "Breakwater"
14	# "Be My Shepard"
15	# "Poisoned Well"
16	# "Stirring the Hive"
17	# "The Squeeze"
18	# "Behind Enemy Lines"
19	# "Firestorm"
20	# "At the Gates"
21	# "Omega"
22	# "Revelations"
23	# "Ambush"
24	# "Anger and Mercy"
25	# "Generals"
26	# "Logical Conclusions"
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29	!!This Game Provides Examples Of
30	* BadassBoast:
31	** A few over the different eras, but one in particular stands out when T'Uerell advises the Starfleet armada to surrender. Picard's response: "Sorry; that word is ''not'' in Starfleet's vocabulary."
32	** Both the Romulan and Klingon commanders in the final two missions give some of these, all of them unintentionally hilarious. Klingons will send those soulless Borg to Gre'thor anyway! And the Romulans acting like they [[DangerDeadpan have everything under control]], they certainly [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial didn't need]] Captain Picard's help!
33	* BigBad: T'Uerell.
34	* CallBack
35	** In 2270, Kirk is forced to take a mission to steal a cloaked Klingon vessel since the [[Recap/StarTrekS3E2TheEnterpriseIncident Romulan cloaking device he procured two years prior]] has proven disappointing.
36	** In 2368, Sisko recalls the [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E8Unification2 recent Romulan attempt to conquer Vulcan]] when he finds the wreck of a warbird in Federation space.
37	** In 2380, Picard is feeling lonely in the wake of the [[Film/StarTrekNemesis loss of Commander Data, as well as Deanna and Will Riker's new postings]]. He is more than familiar with Admiral Janeway, and recalls her telling him that [[SarcasmMode he gets all the easy assignments]].
38	** Picard is aware that [[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS6E26S7E1UnimatrixZero Janeway has faced a Borg tactical cube before]], and Janeway points out that ''Voyager'' only defeated the cube with assistance from a Borg sphere, as well as the vessel sustaining internal damage.
39	* TheCaptain: All five of them!
40	* CaptainsLog: Keeping with the missions being presented like episodes, most of them both open and close with captain's logs.
41	* CardCarryingVillain: PlayedWith. The later on in the story it is, the more T'Uerell is one of these. She starts out saying that she's a good guy, then acting like she's a KnightTemplar, and finally, in the second-to-last mission, she ''calls herself a villain''.
42	* ContinuityNod: Reggie assures Archer that his next mission will not involve [[Recap/StarTrekEnterpriseS04E17Bound Orion slave girls]].
43	* ContinuityPorn: Want to see [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Captain Picard]] take the reins as Captain of the Stargazer? Want to see how [[Series/StarTrekVoyager the Omega protocol]] came into being? Want to see the Enterprise-E and Voyager team up to stomp some Borg? Done, done and done.
44	* CoolStarship: Somewhat hard to mess up, this being a SpaceCombatSimulator and all. Ships from all across Trek canon appear, as well as a few made for the game. Of course, many community made ships have been modded into the game as well.
45	* CriticalExistenceFailure: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]....kinda. Ships look more and more damaged as they are...uh...damaged. Unfortunately, one of the {{Game Breaking Bug}}s the PC version suffered.
46	* DefeatEqualsExplosion: Naturally for ''Star Trek'', your ship explodes when it is destroyed.
47	* EarthShatteringKaboom: "Revelations" opens with the ''Stargazer'' observing the destruction of a planet on the Romulan side of the Neutral Zone, a result of its core destabilizing after the planet was liquified to molten rock, the resulting shockwave heavily damages the ''Stargazer'' and kills Captain Ruhalter. "Ambush" confirms that T'Uerell was responsible for the atrocity.
48	* EvilVersusEvil: The extras confirm that the Borg have clashed with the [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Dominion]] at one point. Ironically, both factions aggressively seek to bring their own sense of order to the galaxy and ended up engaged in a conflict with the Federation because of it.
49	* FasterThanLightTravel: The player can warp around at will.
50	* FieldPromotion: "Revelations" shows the circumstances of Picard's aboard the ''Stargazer''. Captain Ruhalter is mortally wounded and so Picard takes control as Acting Captain. He is formally promoted once the incident is over.
51	* GameMod: Inevitable, it's a Franchise/StarTrek SimulationGame. This has increased the game's life-span significantly. The Ultimate Universe mod brings in many other ''Star Trek'' factions, most notably the Dominion, the Cardassians and the Breen. The XI Mod introduces Starfleet vessels of the Kelvin timeline as well as the Narada from ''Film/StarTrek2009''.
52	* GenerationalSaga: None of the main characters are directly related to one another, but the games storyline takes place over several hundred years, beginning with [[Series/StarTrekEnterprise Archer's]] Enterprise being sent after a rogue Vulcan scientist named T'Uerell, and ending with [[spoiler: [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Picard]] popping a Quantum cap in her ass courtesy of the [[CoolStarship Enterprise-E]], post Film/StarTrekNemesis.]]
53	* InsaneTrollLogic: Meet T'Uerell, the Galaxy's least logical proponent of Vulcan logic.
54	* JokerImmunity: T'Uerell lives through hundreds of years of Trek history, doing god knows what, to who the hell knows how many.
55	* KarmicDeath
56	* KarmaHoudini: T'Uerell, for hundreds of years, [[spoiler: until she messes with Picard, anyway.]]
57	* KirkSummation: Naturally Kirk gives one, near the end of his turn in the spotlight.
58	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Captain Archer gives himself a hard time over this. He even says that [[Series/StarTrekEnterprise he should have listened to Shran about the Vulcans]].
59	* ResolvedNoodleIncident: Both Kirk and the player witness the [[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS4E19TheOmegaDirective Ketteract Incident]], and it is Kirk that calls for the Omega Directive with ''Voyager'' will later follow when they find Omega molecules in the Delta Quadrant.
60	* ShatteredWorld: In "Revelations", a planet explodes into multiple chunks of stellar debris which immediately threaten a nearby star system, forcing Acting Captain Picard of the ''Stargazer'' to lead the effort to stop it.
61	* ShipTease: The banter between Janeway and Picard. It's enough to make one think that they're already in a relationship.
62	* SimulationGame: Space combat.
63	* SortingAlgorithmOfEvil: Averted, or at least not how you'd think it'd be. Apparently, Klingon ships are much tougher than Borg ships, at least for the (fan patched to be playable) PC version.
64	* SpaceCompression: A-la VideoGame/StarTrekStarfleetCommand.
65	* SpaceIsAnOcean: Ships fly like aircraft and fight like naval warships, which this being ''Star Trek'' and all, is actually somewhat fitting.
66	* SpaceOpera: [[ExecutiveMeddling Minus the "Opera" part.]]
67	* SpiritualSuccessor: Intended as this for both ''VideoGame/StarTrekStarfleetCommand'' and ''VideoGame/StarTrekBridgeCommander''. Intended being the key word there. ''Bridge Commander'' was much, ''much'' more sophisticated than this game ended up being, and that game had an actual SpaceOpera plot.
68	* StableTimeLoop: The later missions hint, and the extras confirm, that the relationship between T'Uerell and Picard is this. [[Film/StarTrekFirstContact Following the time-travelling Borg sphere to 2063]], the ''Enterprise''-E destroyed the ship, [[Recap/StarTrekEnterpriseS02E023Regeneration resulting in debris falling to the Arctic]]. At some point, T'Uerell discovered the Borg technology and adapted it for her own use, beginning a century-spanning campaign of terror against United Earth and then the Federation. Among other atrocities, she was responsible for the death of Ruhalter, Captain of the ''Stargazer'', in 2333, resulting in a younger Picard receiving a FieldPromotion to Captain. By 2380, Picard is aware of his role in T'Uerell's rise to power, which makes him all the more determined to stop her.
69	* StartOfDarkness: The plot revolves around the origins of the Borg.
70	* StuffBlowingUp: Much care and effort was taken by Mad Doc over making the explosions as awesome as possible. They arguably succeeded.
71	* SubsystemDamage: This game gives Scotty [[ScottyTime plenty of reasons to throw a fit.]]
72	* TheManBehindTheMan: T'Uerell, [[spoiler: for the ''frinxing BORG''.]]
73	* TwoDSpace: Averted, kind of. There's full 3D movement...somewhat, but it's less like actual space and more like a level from Star Fox 64.
74	* UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny: Legions of mods. It's a Franchise/StarTrek SimulationGame. This is to be expected.
75	* UnitsNotToScale: Planets. Again, just like VideoGame/StarTrekStarfleetCommand, or VideoGame/StarTrekArmada.
76	* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: T'Uerell's motivation. [[KirkSummation Kirk calls out]] her InsaneTrollLogic for achieving it. {{Discussed}} in the second to last mission, with Picard almost saying the trope name.
77	* WorldBuilding: The story spans hundreds of years across the Trek timeline, and T'Uerell is like a villainous version of BeenThereShapedHistory. As well as operating behind the scenes during the Earth-Romulan War and the 23rd century conflict between the Federation and the Klingons, she is responsible for both the Omega Directive and the death of the ''Stargazer's'' Captain Ruhalter, resulting in Picard's FieldPromotion.
78	* {{Zeerust}}: Throughout the entire game. First happens in the transition from the more advanced looking and sounding [[Series/StarTrekEnterprise Enterprise]] era to the one of [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries The Original Series]]. And was that an ''Excelsior''-Class with the 1960s style phasers on it?!
79	* ZombieApocalypse: It involves the origins of the Borg.
80	--> ''They're everywhere!''

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