Season Eighteen: Awakening

 was released on September 10th, 2019 for PC and October 15th, 2019 for consoles. It continues the 2410 storyline.

Patrols

 * A new Patrol Launcher has been added which lets you instantly enter a Patrol without finding its location in the map. At launch, this will only apply to the new patrols (dubbed Mycelial Operations) and 5 Delta Quadrant patrols, with possibility of extension to more, such as the Tau Dewa patrols in the future.
 * Five new patrols based on the Awakening storyline have been added under the Beta Quadrant heading:


 * Five retouched patrols from the Delta Rising expansion have been added under the Delta Quadrant heading:


 * The new patrols will give double experience, intended to make them a good source for leveling Starship Mastery.

"Mycelial Crisis" Event

 * The Mycelial Crisis is a new event similar to the Anniversary Event.
 * Completing the event will unlock the Tier 6 Elachi Qulash Frigate, a set of x8 Elachi Disruptor weapons, and x3 Ultimate Tech Upgrades that can only be used on weapons.
 * Completion of the event requires 1200 Progress Points. These points are earned from the various activities added in Season 18:
 * Completing the new episode gives 45 Progress
 * Completing the new Task Force Operation gives 30 Progress
 * Completing a patrol gives 15 Progress.
 * You can earn up to 60 Progress a day.
 * Once the main event is complete, earning progress every day gives a scaling Dilithium Reward, up to a maximum of 137,500 Dilithium if the Buyout is not used and 637,500 Dilithium if the Buyout is used.
 * This event has a Buyout option that costs at maximum 6000 Zen which scales with current progress in the event. Each day of progress lowers the price by 300 Zen.

Story
New episode in the J'Ula's Discovery arc, featuring Anthony Rapp as a hologram of Lieutenant Commander Paul Stamets from Star Trek: Discovery.

New Task Force Operations

 * - A ground queue that gives Discovery Marks set in the Mycelial Network.

Ships

 * Cross Faction Intel Science Bundle
 * Somerville-class Intel Science Vessel
 * Fleet Hernandez-class Intel Science Vessel
 * Batlh-class Intel Science Vessel
 * Fleet Batlh-class Intel Science Vessel
 * Cross Faction Strike Wing Escort Bundle
 * Earhart-class Strike Wing Escort
 * Fleet Engle-class Strike Wing Escort
 * Sech-class Strike Wing Escort
 * Fleet Sech-class Strike Wing Escort
 * Infinity Promotion! - Research & Development Pack
 * Freedom-class Exploration Frigate
 * Vulcan Experimental Scout Vessel
 * Kelvin Divergence Lock Box
 * Kelvin Einstein-class Heavy Destroyer
 * Kelvin D7-class Heavy Destroyer
 * Mycelial Crisis
 * Elachi Qulash-class Frigate
 * Q's Winter Wonderland 2019
 * Fek'Ihri Fe'rang-class Dreadnought Carrier
 * Veteran Rewards
 * 🇩🇴 Jem'Hadar Vanguard Heavy Destroyer
 * 🇩🇴 Fleet Jem'Hadar Vanguard Heavy Destroyer