Season Five: Call to Arms
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Season Five: Call to Arms was released on December 1, 2011, paving the way for Star Trek Online to go free-to-play. Season 5 introduces the long awaited duty officer system as well as a skill revamp and overhaul Special Task Force missions.
Combat[edit | edit source]
- Space skills revamp
- Ground skills revamp (January 5, 2012)
- Space/ground skill split (January 5, 2012)
New starships[edit | edit source]
- The Federation Exeter, Gladius, and Sao Paulo class ships
- 9 new Klingon ships including the Orion, Nausicaan, and Gorn faction ships.
- A playable Jem'Hadar Attack Ship
Item Sets[edit | edit source]
- Omega Force (space and ground)
- M.A.C.O. (Federation: space and ground)
- Honor Guard (Klingon: space and ground)
- Reman Prototype Space Set (April 19, 2012)
Sector Space[edit | edit source]
- Transwarp added for episodes
UI & Systems Updates[edit | edit source]
The new Mission Journal
- Dilithium economy and exchange
- Events Calendar (hourly and monthly)
- Storyline episode progression
- Mission Journal upgrade
- Social map facelift (improved lighting and sounds on Earth Space Dock, Starbase 39-Sierra, Deep Space K-7, Deep Space 9)
- Facelift of Federation tutorial (seperate starting points for each career path etc.)
Graphics update[edit | edit source]
- DirectX 10, 11, 11.1 Graphics Support (January 5, 2012)
New missions[edit | edit source]
- An event system was added:
- Borg Invasion of Defera
- Mirror Universe Incursion
- Starfleet Academy Event / Klingon Academy Event
- Tour the Universe
- Crystalline Entity
- and with bonuses for crafting, lore, collecting data samples and Asteroid Mining.
- Vault Shuttle Event (April 19, 2012)
- 2 Year Anniversary Event (February 2-6, 2013)
- “Party Crashers”
- “The Odyssey Class” (Federation) or “The Bortas Class” (Klingon Empire)
- Featured Episode Series: "The 2800":
- “Second Wave” (February 11, 2012)
- “Of Bajor” (February 18)
- “Operation Gamma” (February 25)
- “Facility 4028” (March 3)
- “Boldly They Rode” (March 11)
- New Klingon story mission: “Alpha” (April 5, 2012)
- First Contact Day (April 5-9, 2012)
- Introduction of recurring Friday 13th event: “Hearts and Minds” (April 12-14, 2012)
Locations[edit | edit source]
- Klingon Academy, Qo'noS
- Q's Winter Wonderland (December 8, 2011 - January 9, 2012)
- Hathon on Bajor (February 18, 2012)
- Ayala System (March 3, 2012)
- Vlugta Asteroid Field (March 11, 2012)
- Orith System (April 5, 2012)
- Utopia Planitia Shipyards (April 5-9, 2012)
Free-to-Play Test[edit | edit source]
The Free-to-Play build was first released on Tribble 29 September 2011. Cryptic held an extended testing period Tribble Test Weekend from 29 September 2011 until 30 November 2011. Players who participated could receive various cumulative rewards, released on 8 December 2011:
| Faction | Reward | Requirement |
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Random duty officers | Playing on Tribble[1] |
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Radan Tribble (bound item, account-wide unlock) | Getting a new Federation character up to level 6, or for gaining one level on any transferred Federation or Klingon character.[2] |
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8 Hour Skill Bonus (one-time claim for any character) | Getting a non-transferred Federation character up to level 11.[2] |
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80,000  (one-time claim for any character) |
Getting a non-transferred Federation character up to level 31.[2] |
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Exclusive title "Dimensional Hero" (account-wide unlock) and starship slot | Getting a non-transferred Federation character up to level 51.[2] |
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80,000 (one-time claim for any character) |
Getting a non-transferred Klingon character up to level 31.[2] |
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Exclusive title "Dimensional_Warrior" [sic] (account-wide unlock) and starship slot | Getting a non-transferred Klingon character up to level 51.[2] |
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Varel, unique blue quality duty officer (bound, account-wide unlock). | Getting a character to Tier 1 commendation (2,500 CXP in same category). [2] |
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Tactical Exocomp (Fed) / Goshi the Augmented (KDF), unique purple quality duty officers (bound, account-wide unlock). | Getting a character to Tier 2 commendation (15,000 CXP in same category).[2] |
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Automated Personnel Unit, unique purple quality duty officer with a unique ability not available elsewhere in-game (bound, account-wide unlock) | Getting a character to Tier 3 commendation (50,000 CXP in same category).[2] |
See Also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- Season 5 Dev blog entries at the Official website.
| Seasons in Star Trek Online | ||||
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| Era | Season | Focus | Release Date
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| Star Trek Online | Game launch | 02 Feb 2010
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| Season 1: Common Ground |
PvP, new fleet actions, more customization options | 24 Mar 2010
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| Season 2: Ancient Enemies |
Level cap increase (40-50), Tier 5 ships, new content (Undine Advance, Klingon Sector, Diplomacy missions) | 27 Jul 2010
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| Season 3: Genesis |
The Foundry (Beta), Sector Space graphics revamp | 09 Dec 2010
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| Season 4: Crossfire |
Ground combat revamp, UI update, revamp of First City | 07 Jul 2011
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| Season 5: Call to Arms |
Defera Adventure Zone, Duty Officer system, skill revamp and STF overhaul | 01 Dec 2011
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| Season 6: Under Siege |
Fleet Advancement System (including fleet ships and missions), Nukara Adventure Zone | 12 Jul 2012
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| Season 7: New Romulus |
New Romulus Adventure Zone, Reputation System and Tau Dewa Sector Block | 13 Nov 2012
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| Expansion: Legacy of Romulus |
Playable Romulan faction (with its own ships, missions and hubs), Klingon missions for levels 1-20, Nimbus Adventure Zone, UI revamp, New equipment slot: Warp Core | 21 May 2013
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| Season 8: The Sphere |
New enemy (the Voth) and Dyson Joint Command reputation faction, Dyson Sphere Space Adventure Zone & Ground Battlezone | 12 Nov 2013
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| Season 8.5 | 4th Anniversary with new Feature Mission, Klingon War revamp, Quick Equip, Loadouts, starship switching mechanics | 30 Jan 2014
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| Season 9: A New Accord |
New Feature Mission advancing timeline to 2410, Space Battlezone, Borg Advance revamp, revamp of Reputation System, 8472 Counter-Command reputation faction, Traits & Kits | 22 Apr 2014
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| Season 9.5 | Crafting revamp | 21 Jul 2014
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| Expansion: Delta Rising |
Level cap increase (50-60), Tier 6 ships, Mk XIII-XIV gear (Gear Upgrade System), addition of Delta Quadrant, Captain Specialization system, Delta Alliance reputation faction and Kobali adventure zone | 14 Oct 2014
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| Mid-season update | Command Specialization, Bridge Officer training revamp, Secondary Deflectors, Romulan Mystery arc revamp, Foundry Top 3 | 29 Jan 2015
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| Season 10: The Iconian War |
New enemy (the Heralds), Iconian Resistance reputation faction, expanded Pilot specialization and complete overhaul of Sector Space into Alpha, Beta, and Delta Quadrants | 21 Apr 2015
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| Season 10.5 | Fleet Research Lab, Fleet Armada System | 16 Jul 2015
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| Season 11: New Dawn |
Beginning of new major story arc, Admiralty System, Cardassian Struggle revamp, Badlands Battlezone, Terran Task Force reputation faction | 27 Oct 2015
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| Season 11.5 | Skill system revamp, Visual Slots, Romulan Republic Admiralty campaign, Strategist Specialization | 12 Apr 2016
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| Expansion: Agents Of Yesterday |
New TOS Federation playable faction, Yesterday's War arc, Temporal Operative Specialization, Temporal Defense Initiative reputation faction | 6 Jul 2016
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| Agents Of Yesterday: Artifacts | Fleet Station K-13, Kit revamp, graphics and lighting update, beginning of new major story arc | 25 Oct 2016
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| Season 12: Reckoning |
New enemy (the Tzenkethi), Tzenkethi Battlezone, Kits and Modules R&D School, Lukari Restoration Initiative reputation | 26 Jan 2017
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| Season 13: Escalation |
Competitive Wargames reputation, Space Skill rebalance, Player Potential System | 25 Apr 2017
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| Season 13.5 | Endeavor System, Ferengi Alliance Admiralty campaign | 18 Jul 2017
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