The Return of the DOMINION | Star Trek Online Story Series E110

[@KhaosSN]

Oh man, I almost cried hearing Rene Auberjonis' voice.

[@valkyrie7359]

He's the best 😭😭😭 rip Rene

[@MrChupacabra555]

Yeah, same for me when I first heard the voice of 'Captain Nog' :-( It is nice, though, that the actors who did these roles agreed to come back to voice the characters again, even if it was 'only' for a game. I kind of feel that Denise Crosby probably personally got some 'closure' with Tasha Yar, after really brought more life into the character (and Empress Sela) than the series ever did, and brought her character arc(s) to a satisfying conclusion......which I still have to play through myself (I've ruined SO MANY 'episodes' for myself by watching this series ^_^).

[@johnedwards3198]

DS9- "Leave the torpedoes to us" Rick- "Sod it we'll blast EVERYTHING"

[@occultatumquaestio5226]

Yeah, in the more recent episodes the STO writers have really upped their game in giving many of the antagonist more depth and many actually valuing basic self-preservation. Also, I will enjoy seeing how Capt. Hale reacts to developments with both the Klingons and Dominion in the upcoming episodes.

[@andrewtaylor940]

“Valuing self preservation” well that’s a rather polite way to describe J’ula’s patented “hide behind others and run away like a little bitch while declaring victory” approach to Klingon Leadership.

[@mayurgianchandani1184]

@@andrewtaylor940 Still not the leader but looks like the next few episodes will likely make her the chancellor.

[@BNuts]

@@mayurgianchandani1184 My money's on Martok. J'Ula brought that bloody weapon to this time.

[@BNuts]

You can't really compare a species bred for battle to individuals who are not. J'Ula and Akar are cowards, insults to the Klingon way, and the only reason they survive as long as they do is due to PIS. Because the writers say they have to be around to antagonize you. If not, you would have dealt with J'Ula as a Discovery captain. But no matter how well you're doing in that battle, she always activates the weapon. And then, no matter how much damage you do to her ship in any subsequent encounters, she always slinks away, tail between her legs. 'Though as bad as I think J'Ula is I have some understanding of her as a person. I cannot say the same for Akar. Gowron is a much better Klingon. As far as antagonists go, I much prefer Sela and T'Ket. Even Hakeev has reasons to sneak away each time you would have killed him, but then he is a more traditional Romulan. J'Ula is Klingon, and supposed to be all about that life. What is that thing Worf is always saying? I don't think she's said it once.

[@mayurgianchandani1184]

@@BNuts The mycelial weapon?

[@RedDwarfNerd]

I love how you narrate these vids and make them feel cinematic! 👍👍👍

[@duality4y]

for sure its so great i always look forward to the episodes

[@nbmoleminer5051]

Oh aye this series is something alright in a really good way.

[@nathanielheilmann7351]

One thing to note that the Enterprise was actually in Drydock to be retrofitted into a Yorktown-class and was scrambled to get to Bajor ala Enterprise-B in Generations, including having reporters still aboard.

[@Tyku031]

they probably didn't have tractor beams, torpedoes and medical personnel then lol

[@cpagerun]

@@Tyku031 Not until next Tuesday.

[@defies4626]

@@Tyku031 They grabbed all the drydock workers and spent the hour they needed to get to Bajor under slipstream duct taping all the components into place in the blog after beaming non-essential personnel off. If I remember right, Shon basically took the helm himself and firewalled the throttle on her. Hence why she's limping about DS9 in the next major story mission.

[@barrybend7189]

​@@Tyku031 no thankfully after that incident all crews must be available for a ship before launch. the only thing the Enterprise was missing is the captain's yacht and maybe it's secondary holo decks.

[@TheSuperRatt]

Tzenkethi: "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few." Federation: "Hey! That's our line!" Which just goes to show the kind of damage that axiom can cause. It sounds pretty, logical even, until you suddenly find yourself counted amongst the 'few'...

[@HogtreeOctovish]

Except that's not what it means. It's about *self-sacrifice,* not genocide. Choosing to sacrifice your well-being to help others. In context, Spock *choosing* to put the lives of his crew above his own. Especially since they were all going to die anyway, if Spock did nothing. Nothing in that scene justifies killing innocent people. And I wish people would stop misinterpreting it as if it does.

[@barbedwire83]

@@HogtreeOctovish I think you are both right. That original scene in Star Trek 2 The Wrath of Khan has nothing in it that justifies killing innocent people, but the interpretation of that phrase was the point TheSuperRatt was trying to make. It can be interpreted or expanded upon in more than one way. If an AI as we know it were to find meaning in that phrase, it could easily come to the conclusion that if sacrificing itself could save a station, sacrificing a world could save the galaxy. It either doesn't realize or chooses to ignore that to sacrifice others is a crime against life. There are even examples of logical failure of this magnitude, but with a lesser scope of consequences, in living beings in the Star Trek universe. We can see a similar logical failure happen in the DS9 7th season episode "Field of Fire", where a Vulcan starts killing people that have pictures of themselves laughing. The Vulcan was only 1 of 6 survivors of a Dominion attack that destroyed the USS Grissom, which had a crew count of 1250. This was enough of a trauma that it ruined the Vulcan's self-control and possibly even his sanity. The M5 AI in the Star Trek Original Series S2 episode "The Ultimate Computer" is another good example of logical failure. It shows what could happen if our AI example were flawed or damaged in some way.

[@ssjwes]

The "needs of the many" is supposed to come from those that sacrifice and not those that would sacrifice them. A mother gives up things to help and protect their children, this is the correct way to think about this saying. A mother is forced by her children to give up those things is backwards and not the way to look at it.

[@DavisJ-ln6fw]

Yeah that's not what that means

[@DavisJ-ln6fw]

@@barbedwire83 Were not talking about an IA though

[@doncalypso]

Odo had very strong loyalties to Bajor... no surprise he led a Dominion fleet to defend the planet.

[@sagesheahan6732]

That is his morale reasoning. The strategic reasoning would be, if you were the Dominion, would you want the Tzenkethi all of a sudden claiming Bajor and Genesis Bombing it, and than claiming the other end of the wormhole, if not the whole thing itself? I'm pretty certain only the Tzenkethi were cool with that idea. Everyone else be pissed.

[@SomeKindaSpy]

@@sagesheahan6732 Also the Dominion's history with the Hur'q.

[@XX-sp3tt]

23:22 "They're everywhere!" "Then SHOOT everywhere!"

[@HitodamaKyrie]

21:21 That was a really cool maneuver. Stopping the swarm in it's tracks, swinging around, and unleashing dozens of torpedoes. Once again I can't stress enough my appreciation for the work you put in on this series. Tuesday is the highlight of my week.

[@ericwilliams9117]

Seeing Jem'Hadar ships tagged ally blue is more than a little disconcerting

[@defies4626]

best part is that they're entirely serious! They're genuinely on your side because the dominion is getting roflstomped by the Hur'q presence in their area.

[@orkloven]

Agreed. Even playing my Jemmie captain, I couldnt wait to betray them and join the Federstion!!! 😁

[@whirledpeaz5758]

That timely transfer of power from the Challenger is called Plot Armor

[@raymondcarter1137]

Oh it’s odo. Rest In Peace Renee

[@zooropa04]

This set up my absolute favorite story arc in the whole game. The DS9 revisiting was a pure joy (especially with Andrew Robinson and Armin Shimerman clearly having a ton of fun returning to their roles).

[@FlavioHenrique]

I was playing fallout 4 as i watch the vídeo on the second screen liking LaForge, Mardok and Kern voices during battle. The moment i hear Odo's voice my heard for a moment beat strong as i was hearing a dear relative. Rene was the voice and face of a complex character i still admire.

[@johnsteiner3417]

It's about time there was a Starfleet ship that took seriously the need to dump massive ordnance in one go and have a wider variety of direct fire weaponry.

[@nonamegiven202]

Oh i remember when those swarmers were first introduced, took me far too long to finally equip powers to counter them instead of brute forcing my way thru them.

[@andrewtaylor940]

That console I think from the Andorian Science Pilot Escort or the Sommerfield class that streams anomalies behind you really solves that problem quickly. After doing this mission oh so many times on my more traditional Beam, Torpedo and cannon boats, I finally put together a decent Exotic Damage Science ship. Gravity Well goes Whooomf! Buggies go Zap!

[@orkloven]

I still haven't learned... 😂 I literally never even thought to use warp plasma trick to shake them until THIS video... I've been playing for four years... I'm hopeless...

[@BNuts]

@@andrewtaylor940 The console from the Risian Weather Control ship also does the trick nicely.

[@shinji4487]

This channel is literally my favorite trek series thanks man

[@kevinramsey417]

You're about to begin the Victory is Life. I can't wait.

[@VestedUTuber]

I wonder if he's going to play through these missions as his main, or if he's going to make a Jem'Hadar for the upcoming arc...

[@Gangerworld]

When I saw Odo I was literally like "PFITHIHEFETODO?!"

[@fingerboxes]

19:08 "So...not tribbles?" -- At least with the tribbles you can eat them if all else fails, though I'd guess that they're like rabbits and aren't particularly nutrient dense since all their stat points went into things other than muscles and fat.

[@thatrealba]

Rabbits are the cheapest meat animal to raise, per pound. 😁

[@fingerboxes]

@@thatrealba If you eat a diet of almost exclusively rabbit you'll die of protein poisoning. I bet that since tribbles are pretty close to being the platonic ideal of the rabbit breeding strategy it'd probably be the same for them.

[@thatrealba]

@@fingerboxes yeah, I was just addressing how cheap they are to produce. You basically had the nutrition covered.

[@christopherofarrell8665]

Anyone remember the good ole days when DS9 had enough firepower to take on entire FLEETS single handed? It plays and looks like the pre-upgraded DS9 (of course I perfectly understand why for game balance they cannot make it THAT powerful).

[@occultatumquaestio5226]

21:06 ; Obligatory _"Kurland here ..."_ scene.

[@Anthyrion]

The "Running Gag" since the Iconian War^^

[@kevinramsey417]

Ugh, Kurland's the worst. but I tolerate him more than Shon who can't even scrounge up self-sealing stem bolts for himself yet is now in command of the Federation flagship. Stem bolt boy's so freaking smug about it too, I can't stand him.

[@Searly255]

Hearing Kurland here hundreds of times was worth it for those phased polaron weapons, still some of the best in game.

[@cmdrtianyilin8107]

Kurland is here, he will be here. He's always here. He's eternal.

[@michaelmacleod6517]

If the Armager has 'eject warp core' it comes in handy against the Hur'q. They'll keep their distance if you set off one or two of them. From one TOS captain to another. ;)

[@donovanborja2663]

Aaaahhhhhhh !!!!!! Mind BLOOOOOOWN ! Rick , this is the best story line. You narrate it so AWESOMELY. Thank you. You made my day. Damn, this rocks !

[@AncroKT]

You know shit is about to get real when the Iconian War piano starts going.

[@CalypsoRaven618]

War piano, now there's an instrument for you.

[@daveh7720]

@@CalypsoRaven618 A warrior's instrument!

[@rodan9773]

HOLY HELL not even The Dominion did this much damage. Plus the way The Hyuck showed up is amazing.

[@vulcranstorm2023]

Playing this mission as a bajoran is role playing extra fun for you're protecting your home.

[@bmfg100]

having played most of the game myself, though having not yet completed everything, the moment the dominion showed up I immediately thought that it was to repay the player character for helping earlier in keeping the founders from having a second pointless war against the alliance due to the machinations of that one changeling whose name escapes me. Though when odo showed up it made me think that the player characters actions along with the memories odo would have undoubtably shared with the other founders could have shown them that working with the federation and alliance would be far more prefferable to being enemies or just ignoring one another.

[@michaelkenny7314]

The Hur'q this is the reason why I never fly without point defense phasers!

[@ThatGuywazhere]

Nooo i just binged watched this entire series .... need more .... pls

[@gallendugall8913]

It's surf and turf night? Serve the flounders!

[@ashurablaze7545]

As an aside - Rodiek's reverting to Kurn was explained in a blog post after the first Martok mission.

[@CertifiablyIngame]

Yeah, I'll cover those too, but this ep was already pretty long and the next is looking a little light so I'll sum them up then.

[@linkeffect82]

Great episode, with great twists. I was giddy and smiling wide when I heard Odo's voice and saw his face.

[@onlycorndog6322]

Correction: the IKS Kor was Kurn's ship, you can encounter him commanding it at the Gonchra battlezone and later on during the Klingon Civil War storyline. Martok commanded the Rotaran. You probably just didn't see it because the B'rel is so puny compared to the Odyssey

[@Werezilla]

Funny story, the last few times I played this mission, Martok, Parr and my crew kept fighting the Tzenkethi on the bridge while I spoke with the Admiral. It made the fight crazy easy as a result. I'm not going to lie, I thought DS9 was going to be destroyed in this mission. That would have been a bold way to end this story arc. But its also a social zone, so I guess there's no way we're loosing DS9 yet.

[@Skyfire_The_Goth]

Well, we have Empok Nor to get replacement parts from for now, so no we aren't losing DS9 yet, though if it gets too damaged too many times we'll run out of replacement parts to fix it with.

[@mikaelmadrigal196]

Made a quesadilla for this weeks episode am not disappointed I only wonder how Hale will cause some disaster. Finished Episode I retract previous statements about Hale and now look forward to the next episode

[@BlueSatoshi]

8:47 This moment kinda reminds me of when the NX-01 crew first came across a replicator. It's said that on the Enterprise-J, site-to-site transports are the primary means of getting around the ship.

[@hjk8692]

I love your narratives. This is great my guy.

[@cmdrtianyilin8107]

In this battle, sci-exotic and torp build is extraordinarily fun. Some Temporal boff abilities can one shot Tzenkethi ships. Edit: Miracle Worker ability "Null Pointer Flood" cause those swarmer to attack each other.

[@CorvoFG]

Always consistent. Never disappoints.

[@sproge2142]

Awesome as always, can't wait for the next episode! One request though, the spoilers in the title is a big much imo, I'd much rather be surprised.

[@heypeopleitsmatt]

Yes , yeees ,YEEEEESSSS , MOOOARRRR TREK STORIES , MORE OF THIS GLORIOUS SERIOUS

[@SarcasticBarman]

dam i watched the Iconian war then missed loads and now it seems i clicked a video at the perfect time! looks like a good story arc

[@bigglessy]

I do love these series! I wonder though, it feels like we'd had the odyssey-class for a long time now. Any plans to change up the ship type in the future? Or is the current Armiger meant to be Hale's forever home?

[@Anthyrion]

If you think about the Constitution Class Enterprise.. i think that ship was the flagship for the Federation for around 40 years. And if the Galaxy Class Enterprise wouldn't be destroyed, it could've been the flagship for a long time. So, if the Federation doesn't introduce a new Class, the Odyssey Class could be his ship until the end (i don't know how much he played the events recently but there where some new Alliance Ships in those)

[@orkloven]

I think he's playing it in the spirit of a top level Federation line officer, not a gamer. So he'll likely keep the ship and just upgrade it as he goes and not swap out to whatever ship is shiny and new every few episodes. It would be cool to see a few missions done in "borrowed" specialist ships though? Like the Eclipse Intel cruiser, or fast attack escort.

[@BNuts]

@@orkloven The way you earn ship XP is timed fairly well. I rarely seemed to reach full mastery at an awkward time in a story arc, although I did get one just before the finale in the Vaadwuar Conflict. I like using different ships, especially if I have one that performs appropriately for a given mission. I had the Magee for 'Delta Flight,' and anytime time travel to the past is involved I try to use a Connie variant. I used the T5 Advanced Escort (forget what it's called) for a bunch of patrols since it's basically a patrol boat, and a Defiant variant for missions involving the Breen and/or DS9. I was in a Yamato Dready for the bulk of the Iconian War, so that felt fairly imposing. Unless there was an Iadon Dready on the field too.

[@orkloven]

@@BNuts yeah I get it, but you can start a new Captain with a T6 like the Odyssey and it unlocks as you level up, and a fully upgraded Odyssey is easily a winner for the toughest story missions! So far my favorite ships have been the Fleet Engle Strike Wing Escort and my beloved Arbiter Battlecruiser. I also used the Fed Dready (fleet version), and the Ecliose Int Cruiser (because its pretty!!). Typically I like speed and nimbleness over tankiness, but I LOVE my Kopesh Dready on my Romulan Admiral!!

[@TheAgent0060]

Rick-"And here we have a Tzenkethi soldier waiting for us by themselves, I think I recognize them." HOW?! They all look alike to me

[@Dseagles14]

The first time I played this mission I had the same thought. How the hell did the Tzenkenthi get that huge station to Bajor without the Federation knowing?

[@storyseekeer828]

I imagine Federation Intelligence is going get restaffed for that screw up.

[@Dseagles14]

@@storyseekeer828 I mean not just Starfleet Intelligence but did no ships in its path detect it

[@Eucep]

I don't see how it's difficult, it's not like the federation has that big a presence in the Alpha quadrant and the closer to Bajor, the less it gets. And the Tzenkethi just approached from the other side. And keeping in line with what we later learn, the Tzenkethi had better information then us.

[@defies4626]

If you look on the map, Tzenketh is not that far from Bajor. Hijack the transwarp network, and slipstream (Whaaaaaa!) and it's possible.

[@Anthyrion]

@@Eucep Not to mention the losses of the Iconian War. The last time, the Federation was in such a state of desolation was while the Dominion War and here the Iconians hadn't any problem to wipe out entire fleets with not so many losses of their own. The fun thing is: In the series they talk about saving the Alpha Quadrant but most of the Federation and the Klingon Empire are in the Beta Quadrant^^

[@tepacana6319]

Wow if only I'd thought of using warp plasma, those damn Hur'q swarmers are insane

[@valor1omega]

It's annoying YT never notified me of the upload. I am glad I checked in.

[@fluffycommander]

That was an amazing episode.

[@HeadlessChickenTO]

Captain Rick; OK...who is delivering this message? Odo; we have to talk. Captain Rick; oh...! Well that was melodramatic.

[@BNuts]

I found it useful to have consoles and skills like Gravity Well and the Risian storm thingy. They're great for dealing with Swarmers and other small but fragile enemies.

[@rogermalone673]

I can't get enough of these. I even play the game but can't find a fleet group that would take me since well . . . I'm still kind of a noob.

[@rodan9773]

I wonder if The Fedaration could win against The Skaarj from Unreal. Respect and keep up the epic work.

[@sagesheahan6732]

... i thought in the back lore of STO, Martok was dead. Yet... 🤔 this IS Martok we are talking about. He probably died an honorable death and somehow came back from the dead just to die an honorable death again. He is the Klingon Chuck Norris.

[@kobayashibrynhild9622]

Yes he is.

[@johnsimonson1207]

It would also be fun to see the Dominion side (Jemhadar character campaign.)

[@AstoundingCameron]

I see dominion in STO i click

[@DAVE496]

It’s sad that René Auberjonois passed away

[@AIConstantine]

Any chance you’re going to play as a Jem’Hadar for some of the next missions?

[@Pokemc0831]

I feel sad that I finally caught up. Not because i watched 110+ episodes to catch up, but because I have to wait for the next one

[@BlueSatoshi]

8:29 Kurn initially brings this up if you visit him on DS9 before starting this mission.

[@Peregrine57]

If you roll a Dominion character, you do a brief tutorial where you meet Odo and Loriss, then you enter the wormhole, and join the battle at this point in the narrative. Then you choose to join either the Federation or the KDF, and experience those storylines as historical holographic reenactments, or whatever. All of the other factions have their own unique stories before they dovetail with the others, but the Dominion is the least detailed. You also start at level 60 with a Tier 5 ship, so I guess it's sort of intended for experienced players who maybe deleted their older characters, and want to jump right back in and get up to speed.

[@Ashendal]

It's intended to be STO's version of "deathknight's", so yeah it's meant for experienced players. That was the big thing when they were first introduced, that new players should stay away from them.

[@DSBOY33]

When I played this mission in the herk invaded all could think of is playing the song sabotage as I'm charging in

[@SinbadNaiver]

Rest in peace René Auberjonois...He was great as Odo....

[@SoranoGuardias]

Martok dual-wielding disruptors? Well then. Not what I expected. XD

[@youtubeviewer4472]

I was looking forward to seeing you cover Rene Auberjoni's last performance for some time.

[@antigesum]

I see an episode ssose, i click like ;)

[@radeadcool]

POWER TO WEAPONS! Your levels are still at 50.

[@Corbomite_Meatballs]

THANK YOU. I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed that. He should be stomping on people he's shooting at, even if he doesn't have gold-level gear.

[@Ashendal]

It seems like he's doing it on purpose to try and make it cinematic and not be a crushfest. He had weapon power level maxed at points in the past so he's swapping intentionally.

[@radeadcool]

@@Ashendal its annoying

[@golgarisoul]

Good job on dumping that warp plasma.

[@user-roninwolf1981]

I saw that you excised Admiral Tzen-tarrak's dismissal of the Romulan Republic.

[@amandamills4133]

I don't know when exactly this particular mission was made, but clearly it was before Rene Aubergenois died. It was really kind of cool to see him in something again

[@nathanielheilmann7351]

This came out 3 years ago. This was during the Year 9 Anniversary Event and ViL came out in July 2018.

[@Ashendal]

He's in a lot of the upcoming arc. One of the best the game has had.

[@aiosquadron]

What's the music around when the Dominion reenforcement arrives?

[@patrikhjorth3291]

Those Hurq Swarmers are some of the most annoying enemies in the game. They attatch themselves to your ship's rear angle, and are too fast to shake even for an Escort unless you happen to have one of the few AoE "slow" abilities like "Eject Warp Plasma" as seen in this video. If you don't have a bridge officer with such an ability you can switch to, you're going to have a bad time in these fights.

[@averagejacobinsubscriber]

Great episode! I felt a little emotional hearing Odo speak. Does anyone know if Rene Auberjonois voiced this odo?

[@Skyfire_The_Goth]

Yes, he voiced Odo for this, the game devs made this story arc before he died, so we were fortunate to have him voice Odo for this.

[@Peregrine57]

yes, it's really him. Most of the original actors voiced their characters in-game.

[@Michellejosph]

@@Peregrine57 i dought they could get avery brooks to come back to voice sisko since he does not want to have anything to do with trek anymore it seams so it is unlikly they would put that character in the game ever

[@Peregrine57]

@@Michellejosph yeah, whenever you hear Sisko in-game, it's repurposed audio from the show. There are a few like that. The actors were unavailable or uninterested, or the characters involvement in the story was so minuscule that they didn't bother asking.

[@kfcroc18]

The battle station exploded? When? I'm not surprised but, I would have liked to have seen that.

[@defies4626]

Just after the dominion show up. Let's just say it's not entirely the Hur'qs fault, either. But they did get everyone off first.

[@orkloven]

Another great episode!! The battle over Bajor was a lot more fun to watch here than to play for me! 😁 my Arbiter's weaker rear weapons batteries made those klinging Hurq swarms a real pain in the...aft... I need to remember the warp plasma trick to shake them loose. Brilliant flying!!

[@adrewadrew5860]

My jupiter just pop up lot off graviton wells and fight was quick. Yamato with yellowston are good as well (i played torpedo cannon beam mix and wasnt that hard) Edit In story mode i like flying more in univers "real" set up

[@defrankbeuckelaer]

thank you

[@ozelhassan8576]

That was Amazing

[@superbatzbatazr7723]

I just can't believe Cisco will let this happen like seriously like he's a God he could no sense that he would let this happen

[@Corbomite_Meatballs]

The Prophets work in mysterious ways. Oh, and SPOILERS, so not saying anything else.

[@CaptPatrick01]

Which Klingon had the best reaction to the return of the Hur'q? Worf in Star Trek Invasion, or Martok in Star Trek Online?

[@2490debrick]

I like the ship but it would be better if they filled the gap between the primary and secondary hulls!

[@Glitch_Online]

Comment for the Algorithm Gods!!!

[@paulmullin522]

All hail!

[@JessHull]

whoa how do you dump warp plasma? that was really cool

[@Nites2k]

Hello I'm super new to the game. What mode is he playing in? Did he have to work up to having the enterprise?

[@SomeKindaSpy]

I'll say, realistically speaking, there's no such thing as a "station" in space. If you have even the most basic of thrusters, you just have a slow moving ship.

[@cotysalisbury861]

I actually plan on creating a similar game to star trek online, based on a separate possibly to be real star trek timeline.

[@ptonpc]

Darn it. Another one where it's not Hale's fault. WHAT IS GOING ON!? I notice a certain away team member has a new uniform too.

[@defies4626]

Somebody else's fault. And things that have been in motion for more than 2000 years.

[@ptonpc]

@@defies4626 On the other hand, Hale has been jumping around time. Are we sure it's not his fault? >:>

[@defies4626]

@@ptonpc Because he's never been to the time periods in question related to the events that we will discover unfolded. Hale has absolutely nothing to do with this. He's just the big damn hero who's gonna Starfleet his way to bumbling success.

[@ThaSouthMU]

No Sisko on DS9 ? 😕

[@tba113]

So, are the Drantzuli a race of caretakers for the Hur'q, or are the Drantzuli the actual Hur'q themselves?

[@nathanielheilmann7351]

Drantzuli is the Tzenkethi name for the Attendants, the beetle-like creatures. Actual Hur'q are bipedal insect-like aliens

[@tba113]

@@nathanielheilmann7351 Ahh, gotcha. It confused me when off-screen characters started talking about Drantzuli ships, while Martok concluded the ships were of the legendary Hur'q.

[@Corbomite_Meatballs]

@@tba113 They're all bugs...you need to shoot 'em all. Until you don't.

[@johnn9977]

I miss the old DOMINION good people.

[@BradFoust1826]

Kurland here!

[@jannegrey]

YES!

[@tank3532]

the odyssey class ship barely survived the huq swarm.

[@Kinglore2000]

How can you upgrade your weapons to fight the Vaadwaur?

[@Ashendal]

You can either rerun older missions to get weapons at higher marks and rarity, or use the upgrade system using things like phoenix upgrades. It takes a lot of dil to upgrade all your stuff past mk XII very rare that you get from missions though so keep that in mind.

[@adrewadrew5860]

Point defense pfaser turret from T3 zen escort make a short work with this little mosquito. Good for non dps tryhard. I regret that in T6 Yorcktown, consol that lunch additional escort from T5 Oddysy dont work (when i last try, escort fly out off the map aftter lunch)

[@michaelcarney6280]

That was cool as F***k

[@StormsparkPegasus]

It sounds like this game would be MUCH better as a single player campaign rather than an MMO.

[@daveh7720]

The great majority of the missions are single player, but instead of a single campaign there are story arcs that consist of a half dozen (more or less) missions in sequence. But the arcs aren't sequential, so it's possible to play one first that would have made more sense if it came after another arc. There are team activities - multiplayer fleet operations and ground combat zones - but they're not really mandatory unless one drops some loot that you want. I play solo exclusively and don't feel like I'm missing out.

[@kobayashibrynhild9622]

@@daveh7720 same.

[@thomasjoychild4962]

@@daveh7720 Though I am unreasonably irritated about being unable to get "excursion" versions of the baseline uniforms without a fleet :P

[@shmee123ful]

Wouldn't it be smart to blow up the weapon systems and proto matter reactor to prevent the bad guys form useing the weapons all together

[@radeadcool]

Space Rhinos? More like ANGRY Space Snapping Turtles? I mean the Tzenkethy are Reptiles.

[@nickmitsialis]

I thought the Tzenkethy were affiliated with the Kzin from Larry Niven--IE Space Cats, like the Kilrathi.

[@blueneptune5860]

This game would be so awesome if the space battles looked a little real apposed to a stupid light show with the ships 10 feet apart

[@davejones9469]

Starfleet must have diapers built into their pants right?