Star Trek Online Update

29 Nov 2008 at 02:08:54 by Paul Younger

Development on Star Trek Online continues at Cryptic as new update from the team surfaces.

The latest edition of the 'Ask Cryptic' Q&A sessions has been posted by the development team and in this edition the team talk about power management, exploration and small ship tactics.

Star Trek fans will be pleased to know there will be the ability to reroute power around your ship just like in the series so Cryptic are trying to make this game as an authentic Star Trek experience as possible.

"You will be able to divert power to different systems, and that will affect how effective those systems are – diverting power to weapons, for example, means that you can fire phasers longer and do more damage. Increasing power to shields makes them stronger. But to get those boosts, you’ll have to reduce power to another system, which will decrease its effectiveness. It’s up to you to balance those systems throughout combat – you’ll never be able to have both shields and engines at maximum power, but you may increase shields to absorb a hard hit, and then boost your engines so you can maneuver quickly for the best counterattack."

The full Q&A can be found over on Cryptic's website and there's a few new shots to beam your way.

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