Star Trek Online: Delta Rising is the second expansion pack to the massively multiplayer online role-playing gameWP Star Trek Online. It was released on 14 October 2014.
Story[]
Delta Rising's story leads off directly from the "Solanae Dyson Sphere" episode where the Romulan Republic, Federation, and Klingon Empire collaborated in the discovery and exploration of a Dyson sphere in the Delta Quadrant, and came into conflict with other parties seeking to use the sphere: first the Voth, then the Undine. The episode's final mission "Surface Tension" saw Earth and Qo'noS come under direct attack by the latter, leading to an armistice that officially ended the Federation-Klingon War of 2405-2410.
In Delta Rising the player begins to investigate the Delta Quadrant for the first time since Star Trek: Voyager over thirty years earlier, with the three powers, now calling themselves the Alpha Quadrant Alliance, dispatching a multinational military expedition from the Jenolan Dyson Sphere into the Nekrit Expanse region. They soon come into conflict with a renewed Vaadwaur Supremacy and must forge an alliance of local races to defeat them.
Mechanics[]
Delta Rising added another tier to the Reputation system and raised the level cap from 50 to 60 for the first time since the game was released. It also added Tier 6 starships and featured the debut of additional bridge officer specializations, beginning with Intelligence officers.
Voice cast[]
At release Delta Rising featured guest appearances by five members of Star Trek: Voyager's main cast, who reprised their old roles for the expansion.
- Tim Russ plays Tuvok, now a rear admiral and commanding officer of Voyager, in a recurring role in the storyline. Russ had previously voiced the character in the Legacy of Romulus missions "Fluid Dynamics", "A Step Between Stars", and "Surface Tension".
- Ethan Phillips reprises the role of Neelix beginning in "Reunion".
- In the Kobali arc, Garrett Wang returns as Harry Kim, now a captain and CO of the USS Rhode Island.
- Jeri Ryan returns as Seven of Nine in "Revelations" and "Alliances", and later appears in the "Borg Disconnected" team PVE mission assisting the Borg Cooperative.
- Robert Picardo returns as the Doctor beginning in "All That Glitters".
In addition, Denise Crosby returned as the former Empress Sela in the featured episode "What's Left Behind", released one month after launch, while Kim RhodesMA returned as Jhet'leya in the 5th anniversary mission "Dust to Dust" (a direct sequel to her previous appearance in VOY episode: "Ashes to Ashes").
The Season 10 update, launched 21 April 2015, introduced a new episode entitled "The Iconian War", with Robert Duncan McNeillMA returning as Captain Tom Paris, and Lisa LoCiceroMA voicing his daughter Lieutenant Commander Miral Paris (who had previously appeared in the "Klingon War" episode with voice work by a different actress). Additionally, there was an appearance by Aron Eisenberg voicing Captain Nog.
The Season 11 update "New Dawn", launched 27 October 2015, added the episode "Future Proof" and began to link STO into the Temporal Cold War plot from Star Trek: Enterprise.
Storyline missions[]
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Connections[]
| Star Trek Online seasons and expansions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Common Ground • Ancient Enemies • Genesis • Crossfire • Call to Arms • Under Siege • New Romulus • Legacy of Romulus (expansion) • The Sphere • A New Accord • Delta Rising (expansion) • The Iconian War • New Dawn • Agents of Yesterday (expansion) • Reckoning • Escalation • Emergence • Victory Is Life (expansion) • Age of Discovery • Mirror of Discovery • Rise of Discovery • Awakening • Legacy • House Divided • House Shattered • House Reborn • House United • Reflections • Shadow's Advance • Stormfall • Ascension • Refractions • Unraveled • Incursion • Both Worlds | ||
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References[]
External link[]
- Delta Rising website at the Star Trek Online Wiki.