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As captain, players also direct their bridge officers and make use of their skills in engineering, tactics or science. In space combat, players direct their ships and are also controlling their weapons and shields, directing power to where it needs to go. Kids with an interest in Star Trek will find Star Trek Online compelling as they are instantly thrown into the action in the tutorial. Kids will also be able to play the Klingon side which is Player-versus-Player (PvP) heavy eventually, both sides will participate in PvP wars in the far reaches of space. They will also beam down onto planets for ground combat, either with a team of computer-controlled bridge officers or by teaming up with other captains. In the captain's chair, kids can 'boldly going where no one has gone before,' exploring space, investigating space anomalies, rescuing survivors of catastrophes, defending planets and allies, and fighting their enemies. At completion of the tutorial, kids find themselves promoted to captain and gain a starship. As the highest ranking officer on board, the player becomes its captain.

As they rush to the rescue of the USS Khitomer, they find that the Borg has killed all its officers.

#STAR TREK ONLINE REVIEW TV#

Based on the Star Trek TV shows and movies, in STAR TREK ONLINE, a massively multiplayer online role playing game (MMORG), kids start out as an ensign in Star Fleet. The Khitomer accords have broken down and the Klingons are once again at war with the Federation, and the Borg threatens all other life forms it encounters. The final not is that there are lots of ways to spend lots of money in the game so care must be observed if the game has you information on file and your child is a bit impulsive. There are in game groups called fleets which can be of great value as they allow aces to high tier equipment and many are a welcoming environment will to help new players, however as with any gaming group that you would have in a non digital space parental guidance is advised as even if the content is not inappropriate the fleet may have unfair policies in place. The Klingon and Romulan story arcs are vastly more violent than the federation and forces the player to comet war crimes (unwillingly whilst brainwashed on the romulan side) and should be noted as something to be discussed with a younger child if not avoided all together.

There are several in game in game money systems to keep track of which can lend itself to a study of markets in action. With younger or more impressionable children it is strongly recommended to simply remove the player chat from the game leaving only NPCs and notification active as with any public space there will be points at which it can be toxic even older children and adults are advised to avoid it as there is little gain to it.

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There times a year endgame ships are given away for free based on participation in in game events.Įven a small monetary investment can reap rewards in game allowing for many hours of play. There is no need to ever spend money on the game unless you truly wish to. The current page information for the game is a bit out of date a the time of this review (Oct 22, 2016) as the game is now free to down load from both ARC and Steam with the subscription fee remaining as a gold membership offering in game extras.

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