Just as CasualSAB predicted!
Indy
This looks like a pretty big deal. That changing of species/gender within a faction seems notable.
May 28th on PC and June on Consoles
- New episode: Situation Under Control - team up with the Aetherians to stop a new Borg threat.
- New Task Force Operation: Borg Battle Royale - 5 captain ground TFO, fight waves of Borg in a holodeck simulation (event version lasts 12 rounds, infinite version available afterwards).
- Season 32 Event: Delete Alt Control - earn rewards like Dimensional Hypermass Torpedo Launcher, Type 14 Shuttle Support Squadron, Lobi Crystals, Phoenix Epic Prize Token, and Dilithium Ore by playing select content.
- New Captain Alteration Token - change your Captain's species and/or gender (within your faction).
Starting May 2nd at 8am PT on PC**, you can purchase the Dyson Bundle or individual ships in the Zen Store.
- The Dyson Bundle will be 25% off from May 2nd at 8am PT to May 16th at 12pm PT.
The Dyson Bundle includes:
- Three T6 Science Destroyer ships (Kardashev, Lo'laH, Rallus)
- 1 T6 Ship Coupon
- 8 Experimental Ship Upgrade Tokens (T6-X)
- 4 Ship Slots
- Solanae Sentinel Environmental Suit + Solanae Paladin Environmental Suit
- Dyson Sphere Researcher Outfit
- Exclusive Title "Science Destroyer"
Agreed. I have an AP build I'm looking forward to trying these on.
May 2nd at 8am PT to May 23rd at 12pm PT.
Task Force Operations: Herald Sphere, Gateway to Gre'thor, Brotherhood of the Sword.
Rewards for completing 14 days of progress:
- Herald Defiler Mace (melee weapon)
- Space Weapons: Omni-Directional Herald Antiproton Beam Array and Wide Arc Herald Antiproton Dual Heavy Cannons
- 3 Featured TFO Reward Boxes
- 20,000 Dilithium Ore (one-time reward)
Bonus Rewards:
- Earn additional Dilithium Ore each day after claiming the Grand Prize.
- Bonus Dilithium amount starts at 8,000 and scales up with each subsequent daily completion.
Zen Buyout Option:
- Purchase remaining event progress for Zen.
- Base price: 2,000 Zen.
- Price reduces with each Daily Progress earned (down to 1,000 Zen for 7 Daily Progress).
Event Campaign:
- This event is part of the Event Campaign series of events.
- Earn 50 Event Campaign Progress for each day participating in an eligible event.
- Complete the entire campaign to unlock a Tier 6 Infinity Promotional Ship, 2 Free T6 Zen Store Coupons, and 1500 Lobi.
Also R&D Week announcement stuffed in that long blog. Here's my summary:
Kelvin Constitution II and R&D Week
Kelvin Constitution II
- Tier 6 Federation Cruiser
- Successor to the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) destroyed in the Altamid Nebula
- Designed for Nebula Exploration
- Bridge Officer Stations:
- 1x Lt. Commander Tactical/Pilot
- 1x Commander Engineering/Intel
- 1x Ensign Science
- 1x Lieutenant Universal
- 1x Lt. Commander Universal
- Consoles: 4 Tactical, 4 Engineering, 3 Science
- Universal - Proximity-Based Anti-Opposition Emitter (defense)
- Universal - Cloaking Device
- Starship Traits:
- Gravitational Nexus (increases flight speed, maneuverability, and damage for allies)
R&D Week
April 11th at 8am PT to April 15th at 12pm PT on PC.
- Bonus: +25% items from R&D Packs.
- Bonus: +2 R&D Materials and chance of Catalyst from R&D Material Reward Packages.
- Bonus: +2 R&D Materials, +10 Dilithium Ore, and chance of Catalyst from Harvest Nodes.
- Bonus: +50% R&D School XP from projects.
Duty Officer Appreciation Weekend
April 11th at 8am PT to April 15th at 12pm PT on PC.
- Bonus: +50% Commendation XP from Duty Officer assignments.
- Free Purple Duty Officer (Engineer Exocomp for Starfleet/Romulans, Reman for KDF/Romulans).
- Bonus Green Duty Officer in C-Store Duty Officer Packs.
- Academy Particle Scanning Events grant Duty Officers.
- 20% off R&D Packs and Bundles.
- 20% off Duty Officer Packs.
I wholeheartedly agree. Well said!
Same here. The Red Alert post was delayed too. Seems like they're having a rough time -- more than usual -- over there.
Hahaha
I was wondering (and hoping) someone would post some meme like that in reply.
Thank you! I'm excited to be a part of this community!
Ooo! I missed this one. I'll look forward to claiming the ship!
(I'll post a TLDR bullet-point momentarily.)