Season Five: Call to Arms

Original Concept for the Duty officer user interface

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

• Space skills revamp
• Ground skills revamp (January 5, 2012)
• Space/ground skill split (January 5, 2012)

New starships

• 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

• 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

• Transwarp added for episodes

UI & Systems Updates

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

• DirectX 10, 11, 11.1 Graphics Support (January 5, 2012)

New missions

• Duty officer system

• Special Task Force “Infected”, “The Cure”, “Khitomer Accord” revamp

• 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

• 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

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
	Random duty officers	Playing on Tribble
	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.
	8 Hour Skill Bonus (one-time claim for any character)	Getting a non-transferred Federation character up to level 11.
	80,000 (one-time claim for any character)	Getting a non-transferred Federation character up to level 31.
	Exclusive title "Dimensional Hero" (account-wide unlock) and starship slot	Getting a non-transferred Federation character up to level 51.
	80,000 (one-time claim for any character)	Getting a non-transferred Klingon character up to level 31.
	Exclusive title "Dimensional_Warrior" [sic] (account-wide unlock) and starship slot	Getting a non-transferred Klingon character up to level 51.
	Varel, unique blue quality duty officer (bound, account-wide unlock).	Getting a character to Tier 1 commendation (2,500 CXP in same category).
	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).
	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).

See Also

• Engineering reports
• Release notes

References

• Season 5 Dev blog entries at the Official website.

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Seasons in Star Trek Online
Era	Season	Focus	PC Release Date	Console Release Date
Star Trek Online	Star Trek Online	Game launch	02 Feb 2010	6 Sep 2016
	Season 1:  Common Ground	PvP, new fleet actions, more customization options	24 Mar 2010
	Season 2:  Ancient Enemies	Level cap increase (40-50), Tier 5 ships, new content (Undine Advance, Klingon Sector, Diplomacy missions)	27 Jul 2010
	Season 3:  Genesis	The Foundry (Beta), Sector Space graphics revamp	09 Dec 2010
	Season 4:  Crossfire	Ground combat revamp, UI update, revamp of First City	07 Jul 2011
	Season 5:  Call to Arms	Defera Adventure Zone, Duty Officer system, skill revamp and STF overhaul	01 Dec 2011
	Season 6:  Under Siege	Fleet Advancement System (including fleet ships and missions), Nukara Adventure Zone	12 Jul 2012
	Season 7:  New Romulus	New Romulus Adventure Zone, Reputation System (Task Force Omega, New Romulus), and Tau Dewa Sector Block	13 Nov 2012
Legacy of Romulus	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, Nukara Strikeforce reputation	21 May 2013
	Season 8:  The Sphere	New enemy (the Voth) and Dyson Joint Command reputation faction, Dyson Sphere Space Adventure Zone & Ground Battlezone, Federation tutorial revamp	12 Nov 2013
	Season 8.5	4th Anniversary with new Feature Mission, Klingon War revamp, Quick Equip, Loadouts, starship switching mechanics	30 Jan 2014
	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
	Season 9.5	Crafting revamp	21 Jul 2014
Delta Rising	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
	Mid-season update	Command Specialization, Bridge Officer training revamp, Secondary Deflectors, Romulan Mystery arc revamp, Foundry Top 3	29 Jan 2015
	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
	Season 10.5	Fleet Research Lab, Fleet Armada System	16 Jul 2015
	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
	Season 11.5	Skill system revamp, Visual Slots, Romulan Republic Admiralty campaign, Strategist Specialization	12 Apr 2016
Agents of Yesterday	Expansion:  Agents Of Yesterday	New TOS Federation playable faction, Yesterday's War arc, Temporal Operative Specialization, Temporal Defense Initiative reputation faction	6 Jul 2016	14 Feb 2017
	Agents Of Yesterday: Artifacts	Fleet Station K-13, Kit revamp, graphics and lighting update, beginning of new major story arc	25 Oct 2016
	Season 12:  Reckoning	New enemy (the Tzenkethi), Tzenkethi Battlezone, R&D: Kits and Modules School, Lukari Restoration Initiative reputation	26 Jan 2017	18 Apr 2017
	Season 13:  Escalation	Competitive Wargames reputation, Space Skill rebalance, Player Potential System	25 Apr 2017	6 Jun 2017
	Season 13.5	Endeavor System, Ferengi Alliance Admiralty campaign	18 Jul 2017	7 Sep 2017
	Season 14:  Emergence	New Fleet Colony World five-tier holding and defense queues, “Red Alert: Tzenkethi”, Miracle Worker Specialization	3 Oct 2017	14 Nov 2017
	Season 14.5	Constable Specialization	3 Apr 2018	22 May 2018
Victory is Life	Expansion:  Victory is Life	New Dominion playable faction, level cap increase (65), Mk XV gear, playable Cardassians, Gamma Quadrant arc and locations, including Gamma Quadrant Battlezone, Gamma Task Force reputation faction, Deep Space 9 revamp.	5 Jun 2018	25 July 2018