Season Seven: New Romulus

Season Seven: New Romulus was released on November 13, 2012. It saw the addition of the personal Reputation System, the Fleet embassy, as well as the new Tau Dewa Sector Block along with numerous new missions.

Systems

The new Reputation System

The new PvE queue UI

• Reputation System
  • Special Task Force reward table and Borg drops being replaced by Task Force Omega reputation track
  • New rewards (needed for Reputation System projects, boosted by new recurring Reputation Bonus Event):
    • Romulan Marks (earned via various new missions in the Tau Dewa Sector Block)
    • Omega Marks (earned via all content related to the Borg invasion, including STFs)
    • [Borg Neural Processor] (required for Mark XII gear, at least one rewarded per elite STFs)
• New Fleet holding: Fleet embassy on New Romulus
• Revamp of PvE Queue UI
• STO Gateway (Dec 10 2012)

Ships

• Multi-Mission Science Vessels (Vesta Line):
  • Multi-Mission Surveillance Explorer: Vesta Class
  • Multi-Mission Reconnaissance Explorer: Aventine Class
  • Multi-Mission Strategic Explorer: Rademaker Class
• Steam Starter Pack:
  • Blockade Runner Escort: Steamrunner class
  • Blockade Runner Escort Retrofit: Steamrunner class
• New fleet retrofits (Nov 30, 2012):
  • Fleet Advanced Heavy Cruiser Retrofit
  • Fleet Assault Cruiser
  • B'rel Fleet Bird-of-Prey Retrofit
  • Varanus Fleet Support Vessel
  • Fleet Support Cruiser Retrofit: Yamaguchi class (Feb 14, 2013)
  • Fleet Kamarag Battlecruiser Retrofit: K'maj class (Feb 14, 2013)
• Q's Winter Wonderland (Dec 6, 2012 - Jan 16, 2013):
  • Breen Chel Grett Warship
• Dominion Lock Box (Jan 24, 2013)
  • Jem’Hadar Heavy Escort Carrier
  • Jem’Hadar Dreadnought Carrier
  • Mirror Universe Advanced Escort
  • Mirror Universe Patrol Escort
  • Mirror Universe Vo'quv Carrier
• 3 Year Anniversary Event (Jan 31 - Feb 14, 2013):
  • Support Cruiser Retrofit: Ambassador class
  • Support Cruiser: Ambassador class
  • Kamarag Battlecruiser
  • Kamarag Battlecruiser Retrofit
• Andorian Escorts (Kumari Line) (Feb 21, 2013):
  • Andorian Kumari
  • Andorian Charal
  • Andorian Khyzon

Locations and missions

The new Tau Dewa Sector Block

Time lapse animation of building the New Romulus map

• New Tau Dewa Sector Block located between Pi Canis and Psi Velorum Sector Blocks (available to Vice Admiral/Lieutenant General characters only)
  • Contains New Romulus adventure zone, a colony for a splinter group of Romulans and Remans led by D'Tan and Obisek, who oppose the Tal Shiar and reject the Empire's culture of secrecy and deception.
    • Daily missions available for players, awarding Romulan Marks.
    • Fleets can establish embassies using Fleet Marks.
  • Most systems are the site of new group missions that reward Romulan Marks through the “Tau Dewa Sector Patrol (Daily)”
  • Three new PvE group missions (reward Romulan Marks):
    • “Azure Nebula Rescue”
    • “Mine Trap”
    • “The Vault: Ensnared”
  • Random “Tholian Red Alert Event (Daily)” (rewards Romulan Marks; like Borg Red Alerts)
  • Also two new Special Task Force missions (reward Omega Marks):
    • “Into the Hive” (Ground)
    • “Hive Onslaught” (Space)
• Improved Q's Winter Wonderland (Dec 6, 2012 - Jan 16, 2013)
• 3 Year Anniversary Event (Jan 31 - Feb 14, 2013)
  • “Present Patrol”
  • “Temporal Ambassador”

Accolades

• General Accolades
  • Azure Avenger
  • Eppoh Whisperer
  • Lay of the Land
  • Romulan Star Empire (Tier 1)
  • Romulan Star Empire (Tier 2)
  • Romulan Star Empire (Tier 3)
  • Romulan Star Empire (Tier 4)
  • Romulan Star Empire (Tier 5)
  • Welcome to New Romulus
• Events
  • Tholian Capital Punishment
  • Tholian Malfeasance
• Exploration Accolades
  • A Hwael of a Good Time
  • Brave New Waterfalls
  • Bridge Troll
  • Building the Gates
  • Colonized New Romulus
  • Master of Vestam
  • New Romulus Historian
  • New Romulus Researcher
  • Staging Area Quatermaster
  • The Easy Hard Way
  • To Boldly Jump
  • Why Are You Climbing A Rock Formation?
• Kill Accolades
  • Open Season
  • Trophy Hunter
  • Beast Master
  • Salt Vampire Stalker
  • Salt Vampire Hunter
  • Salt Vampire Slayer
  • Defending the Status Quo
  • Putting Down Dissent
  • Maintaining Order
• STF Accolade
  • First Steps of the Elite
• Lore Accolades (Similar to The Path to 2409 accolades)
  • The History of New Romulus (Six Volumes)
  • The Last Days of the Dewans (Eight Parts)
• Story Accolade
  • Savior

Test Weekend

Season Seven was first released on Tribble 15 October 2012. Cryptic held a Tribble Test Weekend from 2 to 5 November 2012 prior to the release of Season Seven. Players who participated will receive a Mol'Rihan Tribble as a reward.

See Also

• Engineering reports
• Release notes

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