Star Trek Online staying true to the original timeline

[Okaria]

Given the alternate timeline created by the events in the new Star Trek film, a lot of questions were raised about where in the timeline the upcoming Star Trek Online game would sit exactly. Cryptic answered these questions today in an entry on their news blog.

In the movie, two characters travel back in time from the year 2387. When Nero arrives in the year 2233, he disrupts the time continuum, creating an alternate reality from the point of his arrival. Star Trek (the new movie) takes place in this alternate reality. This is explained in the film in a conversation between Uhura and Spock on the bridge of the Enterprise.

Star Trek Online is set in the "prime" Star Trek reality. This is the timeline of the five television series and the first 10 movies. It is the world in which the Gorn attacked Cestus III, Kirk fought Khan in the Mutara Nebula, Picard explored the galaxy, the Federation fought the Dominion War, Voyager was stranded in the Delta Quadrant and Captain Archer and the crew of the NX-01 showed us how it all began.

So, there you have it. Star Trek Online will take place in the original timeline/universe that we all know and (more or less) love. Hit their site for a fun visual on where exactly STO sits in the "prime" timeline.

[Pops]

Thanks!!

[Myrridias]

Praise be to God!!

[Dragonmonk]

now lets see if this game ever makes it out of the studio...

[Myrridias]

now lets see if this game ever makes it out of the studio...

Crap... I forgot about that stuff. But. I've got a plan, it involves an electro-magnet, Naylan's voice, india ink, and miracle whip. LOTS of miracle whip. First, that studio. Next, the WORLD!!

[Dragonmonk]

lol sounds like a plan