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Federation analysts say that a shakeup in the Romulan power structure has left the empire vulnerable to attack from within and without. Starfleet is dispatching additional ships to the border of the Neutral Zone and considers the Romulan situation one of the main threats to Federation safety and security.

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On Tuesday, December 23rd from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. PST, we will be performing scheduled maintenance on the Cryptic Studios’ websites.

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It's that time when you get to know members of the team. Up to the plate this round is your new Star Trek Online Community Lead, Nicole Hamlett. Find out what makes this team rookie tick.

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Those of us here at Cryptic Studios offer our heartfelt condolences to the Roddenberry family on the death of Majel Barrett Roddenberry.

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Starfleet Intelligence continues to gather reports of unrest on Romulus. Praetor Tal’aura enacts food rationing and strict limits on replicator use on the homeworld, saying that the empire’s resources must be reserved to support the military’s campaign against Donatra and the breakaway Imperial Romulan State.

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We believe that our servers have been channeling the “Enterprise’s Computer” and want a sleek and powerful upgrade.  So we are going to tweak the dilithium crystal matrix and maybe take a Klingon Bat’leth to them if the tweaking doesn’t go as planned.

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The folks over at GameArtisans.org asked two of our Cryptic Studios artists to be judges in their first annual Unearthly Challenge.

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In an exclusive short QNA at Massively.com, Jack Emmert, Cryptic Studios’ Chief Creative Officer, weighs in on the Atari buyout announcement that hit the news yesterday. Get the scoop at Massively.com.

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After yesterday's Atari acquisition announcement, Ten Ton Hammer's Cody Bye took the opportunity to interview Cryptic Studios’ Chief Creative Officer, Jack Emmert regarding the news.

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We just found out today that Cryptic Studios maker the anticipated Star Trek MMO (Like you didn't know that!) has been acquired by French company Atari Games. The acquisition was inclusive of the STO Project, and development of Star Trek Online should not be effected by the change in ownership.

We found out about it from the people at TrekMovie.com

- Acquisition Will Provide State-of-the-Art Games and Technology Expected to Boost Atari’s Online Business Growth -

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Learn more about Christine Thompson, writer for Star Trek Online!

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On Monday, December 8th from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. PST, we will be performing scheduled maintenance on the Cryptic Account system. Creating new accounts may be down during this time.

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MMORPG.com recently kicked off the voting for their 2008 Reader's Choice Awards by asking their readers which of the six news stories nominated by MMORPG editors was the biggest in 2008. Much to our delight, Cryptic Studios’ Star Trek Online was nominated as one of the “Biggest News Stories of the Year”.

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The unstable situation of the Romulans continues to be a source of concern for the Alpha and Beta quadrants.

The loss of agricultural planets now claimed by the Imperial Romulan Empire threatens Romulus with severe food shortages. Romulus’ power plants and factories cannot increase output without the heavy metals and dilithium that once flowed from Remus.

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On Thursday, December 4th from 6:00 a.m. to 6:30 a.m. PST, we will be performing scheduled maintenance on the Cryptic network infrastructure.

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On Tuesday, December 2nd from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. PST, we will be performing scheduled maintenance on the Cryptic Account system. Creating new accounts may be down during this time.

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We've added three new screenshots to our gallery! Included is a first look at a Federation vessel in dry dock and a Science Officer with peculiar markings!

See them in our gallery!

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This Ask Cryptic contains answers on power management, exploration and small ship tactics. A big thanks goes out the development team for taking the time to provide these answers!

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