Release notes/20190123

9th Annual Anniversary Celebration!

 * Join Star Trek Online’s 9th Anniversary Celebration by visiting Q at Qo’Nos or Earth Space Dock.
 * Earn rewards in the Omega Molecule Stabilization Game that will help you gain access to special crafting materials and Anniversary Prize Vouchers.
 * 1000 Anniversary Prize Vouchers will earn the player a brand new T6 Starship: The Vulcan T’Pau Scout Ship as seen in Star Trek Discovery.
 * Players can also earn 200 Anniversary Prize Vouchers on the first play of our 2 new episodes: “Para Pacem” and “Illusion of Communication” for a total of 400 Vouchers.
 * For more information, please visit the Anniversary Events blog at:
 * https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/11070993

New Story Arc: Mirror of Discovery

 * The new story arc “Mirror of Discovery” has been added to the missions list in the journal.
 * Discover “Para Pacum”, the first new episode of “Mirror of Discovery”.
 * Journey to Pahvo in the Beta Quadrant and discover what breakthroughs have transpired in the century and a half since the U.S.S. Discovery’s visit
 * For more information, please visit the “Para Pacem” blog at:
 * https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/11065843-mirror-of-discovery%3A-para-pecum


 * Continue the storyline with, “Illusion of Communication”, the second episode in the new story arc.
 * Existing captains continue the storyline after the events of the Gamma Quadrant and carries on events after the episode "Para Pacem."
 * For more information, please visit the “Para Pacem” blog at:
 * https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/11066723-mirror-of-discovery%3A-illusion-of-communication

New Personal Endeavor System

 * New account-wide progression system for Captains to enjoy, Personal Endeavors!
 * Personal Endeavors bring new Endeavors, Account-wide progression, and increased opportunities for daily rewards.
 * Every day you will be given three Personal Endeavor tasks of varying difficulties (Easy, Medium and Hard).
 * Completing your Personal Endeavors will grant experience within this system, as well as other rewards.
 * Acquiring enough Personal Endeavor experience will lead to gaining a Perk Point.
 * Choosing to spend a Personal Endeavor Perk Point will give you the opportunity to select from three random options for advancing a stat in the game.
 * Personal Endeavor Reward boxes will always include:
 * Personal Endeavor Experience (Scales with difficulty of Personal Endeavor)
 * Normal Experience (Scales with difficulty of Personal Endeavor)
 * Endeavor Box, containing 1 (Easy), 2 (Medium), or 5 (Hard) of the following rewards, chosen at random (repeats of each prize are possible):
 * Energy Credits
 * Dilithium Ore
 * Crafting Materials
 * Reputation Marks
 * Fleet Marks
 * Captain Specialization Point
 * This system unlocks at level 60.
 * All accounts will receive 1 free Perk Point when the system becomes available.
 * For more details, please visit the Personal Endeavors blog at: https://arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/11055733-personal-endeavors%21

General

 * Battle at the Binary Stars TFO returns as a normal Task Force Operation.
 * Advance and Elite difficulties now available to play.
 * Resolved an issue which was occasionally causing a crash when viewing or trying to claim ships through the Ships Requisition Store.
 * Players cannot purchase anything in in-game stores when 1 or more items are in the Overflow bag.
 * All Anniversary Ship Event Reputation Projects from past years have had their inputs updated to require 9th Anniversary Prize Vouchers.
 * If a player still have ship projects from previous years slotted, you may participate in this year's event to complete those projects, or cancel them to make room for this year's project.
 * Buyout packages may also be purchased using Lobi Crystals.
 * Resolved an issue where ships which were in Dry Dock prior to the Admiralty system did not reward players the Admiralty cards.
 * If a player has any ships in this state, those Admiralty cards will be automatically rewarded upon logging in.
 * Improved the resolution of starship name and registry numbers on ship models when zoomed in.
 * Resolved an issue that was blocking the purchase and claim of the T1 Oberth.
 * Resolved an issue which was causing the 30 Key Product from the Legacy of Romulus Legacy Pack to not unlock.
 * Added missing registry numbers to the inside of the Excelsior and Excelsior Refit nacelles.
 * Adjusted the coloration of the deflector dish housing on the NX Excelsior and Standard Excelsior to be tinted with the secondary color under certain patterns.
 * Adjusted the saucer of all excelsior models to improve the panel seam in the middle of the saucer.
 * Resolved an issue that would sometimes cause Bridge Officers to not be in frame in Contact windows.
 * Warning messaging added to “Fill All” confirmation in Reputation system.

Content

 * Auto-Hails will now properly appear for the next available mission chronologically once a mission has been completed.
 * Added an explanatory line of dialog to Admiral Quinn that tells about how to use the mission journal and will open it for the player if needed.
 * Resolved an issue during the Discovery Era tutorial that could block progression when breaching the Engineering room.
 * Updated Klingon War Story arc Episode ordering.
 * "Diplomatic Orders" now comes before "Stranded in Space".
 * “Welcome to Earth Spacedock” is not in the Age of Discovery arc.
 * Updated Romulan Mystery story arc completion perks to include the Task Force Operations: The Romulan Mystery.
 * Removed "Report to Gamma Orionis" and added the Borg TFO mission to each of the Borg Advance story accolades.
 * Resolved an issue that was causing Promotion missions to appear while playing an Episode or TFO.
 * Resolved an issue that caused "Lost and Found" to appear twice in Quinn's mission list for DSC captains.

Systems

 * Resolved an issue that was preventing Jem'Hadar Wingmen from ever being capable of critically hitting.
 * Resolved an issue that caused the Mirror Escort Carrier to have lower healing values than other Tier 6 Starships.
 * Resolved an issue that made it impossible to purchase the Laeosa Research Warbird.
 * Tier 5-U and Tier 6 Starships now scale their maximum hit points between levels 40 and 50.
 * Their maximum hit points at level 40 and past level 50 are unchanged.
 * Resolved an issue that would cause Overwhelm Shields and Overwhelm Emitters to sometimes fail to drain shields or heal shields.
 * Resolved an issue that could occasionally cause some traits to apply while not slotted.
 * Resolved an issue that caused the Hangar Pet stores to list incorrect unlock requirements for the Jem'Hadar Attack Ship pets.
 * Resolved an issue that caused the Multi-Spectral Particle Generator to not scale with level or your Exotic Particle Generator skill.
 * Resolved an issue that would cause lower ranks of a weapon firing mode to take priority over a higher rank of that same mode.
 * The Desperate Repairs Starship Trait now will only heal you while you're below 75% of your Maximum Hull.
 * Resolved an issue that caused the Mirror Universe Shuttlecraft to appear under a different name in-game.
 * Resolved an issue causing a second copy of the Solanae Secondary Deflector to appear in the Dilithium reclaim store.
 * Resolved an issue that prevented the Tholian Web Cannon from being cleansable by Engineering Team.
 * Adjusted the Swarmers summoned by the Hive Defenses trait to be less spammy and do less overall DPS.
 * Resolved an issue that prevented the Jem'Hadar Vanguard Species Traits from applying.
 * Updated the description of the Terran Task Force Photon Torpedo to indicate that it also gains the increased damage under Torpedo Spread.
 * This is a tooltip change only.
 * Resolved a tooltip error on "Mental Acuity (Rank 2)"
 * It now reflects the actual scaling values.
 * Updated the tooltips on the Andorian Escort Consoles.
 * Removed a line break from the name of some Rank 2 Reputation Traits
 * Resolved an issue that caused the "Requisition : Dyson Joint Command Vanity Shield (Tier 6)" project to have an incorrect background
 * Resolved an issue that could cause Orbital Strike to use an incorrect icon in some cases
 * Resolved an issue that caused some Photon Torpedoes to have incorrect visuals under Torpedo Spread
 * Added "bortaS bIr" costume variant to DSC-era Klingon battleships.
 * Resolved an issue that could allow the cooldown on the Regenerative Integrity Field to be reduced.