Release notes/20200402

First Contact Day Celebration

 * Join us for the First Contact Day Celebration starting on PC on April 2nd, 2020 and continuing until April 23rd, 2020.
 * The First Contact Day Event can be accessed through Star Trek Online’s recently released Events Tab.
 * Two ways to earn Event Progress! Compete with four other players to build and launch your very own Phoenix Rocket, or join Seven-of-Nine and travel back to April 4th, 2063, and participate in a brand new patrol surrounding the titular event.
 * Captains that earn 14 or more Daily Progress may then claim Event Grand Prize – a Temporal Vortex Probe (Universal Console).
 * For more information, please visit the “Defend First Contact Day!” blog at:

https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/11386403-defend-first-contact-day%21


 * New Event Patrol: One Night in Bozeman
 * Included with the traditional model rocket building First Contact Day TFO, Captains will be able to participate in a brand-new patrol, “One Night in Bozeman”.
 * Access this limited-time content through the Event UI, or the Patrols Tab of the PvE UI.
 * The Borg have altered the timeline to ensure that they succeed in their previously-foiled plan to stop First Contact between Earth and Vulcan.
 * Team up with Seven-of-Nine and discover what The Borg have done to alter the timeline, and then do everything you can to correct it.


 * First Contact Day Event Rewards:
 * First Contact Day Badge Box:
 * Completing either of the participating activities once per day, per account, will earn you a First Contact Day Badge Box.
 * Opening this box will grant players the opportunity to choose between 17 never-before-released Comm Badges as account-wide unlocks.
 * First Contact Day Event Grand Prize:
 * Upon reaching 14 days of Progress, you will become eligible to claim the Grand Prize! This includes the following items:
 * Console – Universal – Temporal Vortex Probe (Account Unlock)
 * Inspired by Borg technology, this probe is capable of opening a dangerously unstable Temporal Vortex that can travel through local space to damage and debilitate enemy vessels in the area.
 * The drone will travel toward the targeted foe's current location, dragging the anomaly with it while emitting chroniton radiation in a large cone facing away from its trajectory.
 * This console also provides a passive boost to Exotic Damage and Cooldown Reduction for Temporal Operative Bridge Officer Abilities, as well as a scaling bonus to Turn Speed that scales with Auxiliary Power.
 * This Console can be equipped in any console slot on any starship.
 * First Contact Day Bundle – contains all of the following:
 * 1x Captain Specialization Point (cannot reclaim)
 * 25,000 Dilithium Ore (cannot reclaim)
 * “Launch Toy Rocket” Social Device (Account Unlock)
 * Holo-Emitter – Phoenix Shuttle (Account Unlock)
 * Bonus Rewards:
 * After claiming the Grand Prize, you will unlock the option of earning additional Dilithium Ore each day, beginning at 8,000 Dilithium Ore for the first day’s completion.
 * Zen Buyout Option:
 * For players interested in instantly completing the First Contact Day Event, we will be offering an updated method for buying out.
 * Within the new Event UI, an option will be presented that allows you to purchase the remaining progress that you need, for a scaling amount of Zen.

General

 * The Ferengi Marauder starship model has been remastered with a new model and a new ship material.