TOS Starfleet

The United Federation of Planets (23rd century) is the fourth playable faction in Star Trek Online. Not a faction in true sense of the word, TOS Federation presents an alternate starting experience for Federation Captains before taking them into regular Federation storyline. Created to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Star Trek: The Original Series, players are given the ability to create a new captain in that era and are set on an adventure featuring classic story lines, locations, celebrities, and era-appropriate starships.

The Federation's military, defensive, and exploratory branch is named Starfleet, of which each Federation player will automatically be an officer. Note that "Starfleet" is not the Federation, it is only the military branch to a civil government, similar to the United States of America's naval branch.

Player Characters

Upon starting a new TOS Federation character, players must choose a career (analogous to a 'class' from other MMORPGs) and a species (or race). The career determines the character's native abilities, and the race determines the character's innate traits, and in certain cases, special abilities. In ground combat, the career choice and racial traits drastically affect the gameplay and strategies used by the player.

When the player completes the tutorial (or skips it), a Pioneer-class starship is assigned to them, which acts as the player's avatar in space and sector space, and is the primary method of combat and interaction in space. The character's career affects the type of gameplay strategies used by the player, as well as the customizable Bridge Officer abilities and ship consoles.

Classes

See main article: Profession

In Star Trek Online, players may choose which career they wish their character to adopt. Players are able to choose from the following three career paths:

Tactical	Engineering	Science

Each profession has its own advantages (and, of course, disadvantages) in the gameplay of Star Trek Online.

Races

TOS Federation characters can choose one of the four founding races of the United Federation of Planets. A player's choice of race is important and cannot be changed, so it is advisable to choose carefully.

Human	Tellarite	Andorian	Vulcan

Starships

See main article: Federation playable starships

The only faction-specific starship is Pioneer-class vessel. In addition, all TOS Federation characters receive the Class F Shuttle from the 23rd Century Bundle free by completing "Explore Earth Spacedock".

TOS Federation players can use any starship available to the Federation player. However, as part of the Agents Of Yesterday, several new starships, inspired by the designs from 23rd century, were added to the C-Store.

Temporal Science Vessel	Temporal Escort	Temporal Cruiser	Temporal Battlecruiser

There are three main types of playable Starfleet vessel, each with numerous sub-types for different ranks and styles of play, and each of those sub-types with a number of cosmetic variants. The types of vessel are generally biased towards a specific class, but players of any class can captain any type of vessel.

Storyline missions

Once “The Battle of Caleb IV” has been completed, player is sent to 2409 and integrated into the standard Federation storyline. However, to differentiate the two factions, TOS players have some specific dialogue to reflect the events they were part of in the past.

Storyline Missions

Starfleet-only Tutorial “Graduation Day” • “Routine Maneuvers” • “Trial by Fire” • “The Shadow Knows” • “Children of War” • “Reporting In” “I Sing of Arms” • “Search and Rescue” • “Bull by the Horns” • “Dislodging Klingons” • “The Taurean Affair” • “Earthward Bound” “Graduation Day” • “Training Cruise” • “Field Promotions” • “Communication Breakdown” • “Assimilation of the Innocent” Agents of Yesterday “Explore Earth Spacedock” • “In the Shadow of Cestus” • “Painful Omens” • “Return to Babel” • “Tangled Webs” • “The Battle of Caleb IV” Klingon War “Welcome to Earth Spacedock” • “Diplomatic Orders” • “Stranded In Space” • “Researcher Rescue” • “Secret Orders” • “The Doomsday Device” • “The Galaxy at Large” Romulan Mystery “Heading Out” • “Empress Sela” • “Desperate Measures” • “Shadow Play” • “Taris” Klingon Defense Force-only Tutorial “End of Watch” • “Red Alert!” • “Intruder Alert” • “Challenge for Command” • “Your New Command” • “Journey to Qo'noS” Empire “Duties of Command” • “The Hunt is On” • “Space Chase” • “Manhunt” • “Friend or Foe” Warzone “Bringing Down the House” • “The House Always Wins” Vigilance “Mars, the Bringer of War” • “Alpha” Fek'Ihri Return “Blood of the Empire” • “Destiny” • “Afterlife” Romulan Republic-only Tutorial “A Day on the Farm” • “A Day in the Sun” • “Virinat, Invaded” • “Flight from Virinat” From the Ashes “Explore the Flotilla” • “The Helix” • “Crossroads at Crateris” • “Gasko Blues” • “The Search for New Romulus” • “Turning Point” • “Neutral No More” Allies “The Price of Neutrality” • “Memory Lane” • “Bigger Picture” • “Smash and Grab” • “Tradecraft” In Shadows “An Inside Job” • “Enemy Action” • “Sleepers” • “Cloak and Dagger” • “Revelation” • “Mind Game” Wasteland “Secrets of Nimbus” • “The Lost City of Paradise” • “Blind Men Tell All Tales” • “The Undying” • “A Fistful of Gorn” • “Installation 18” Vengeance “Voice of the Voiceless” • “Abducted” • “Small Packages” • “Last Stand” • “The Best Defense” • “Turnabout” • “Devil's Choice” Freedom “Toward Freedom” Dominion-only Engineered for War “Hunt” • “Ceremony” • “Turn the Tide” Cross-faction Cloaked Intentions “The Vault” • “Mine Enemy” • “Frozen” • “Coliseum” • “Cutting the Cord” • “Darkness Before the Dawn” Cardassian Struggle “Lost and Found” • “Spoils of War” • “Jabberwocky” • “The Factory” • “The New Link” Borg Advance “Task Force Operations” • “Report on Borg Activities” • “Where Angels Fear to Tread” • “A Gathering Darkness” • “Assimilation” • “Fluid Dynamics” New Romulus “New Romulus Aid” • “Staging Area” • “Hidden Camera” • “Warehouse” • “Mountain Base” • “Secret Shuttle Codes” • “Overgrown Caves” • “Web Access” • “Latest Findings” • “The Power Source” • “Secrets of the Ancients” Solanae Dyson Sphere “Sphere of Influence” • “Circles within Circles” • “Supply Woes” • “The Contested Zone” • “The Omega Standoff” • “Tower Control” • “A Step Between Stars” • “Fluidic Destruction” • “Surface Tension” Delta Quadrant “Escalation” • “Mindscape” • “Reunion” • “Friends in Unlikely Places” • “Revelations” • “Enemies in All the Usual Places” • “All That Glitters” • “The Kobali Front” • “Capture the Flag” • “The Dragon's Deceit” • “Alliances” • “Know Your Enemies” • “Revolution” • “Taking Care of Enemies” • “Takedown” • “What's Left Behind” • “Dust to Dust” Iconian War “Uneasy Allies” • “Blood of Ancients” • “Delta Flight” • “House Pegh” • “Time in a Bottle” • “Broken Circle” • “Butterfly” • “Midnight” Yesterday's War “Temporal Ambassador” • “The Once and Future Agent” • “The Core of the Matter” • “Vorgon Conclusions” • “Terminal Expanse” • “Survivor” Future Proof “Sunrise” • “Stormbound” • “Time and Tide” • “The Temporal Front” • “Temporal Reckoning” • “Ragnarok” New Frontiers “Echoes of Light” • “Of Signs and Portents” • “Mirrors and Smoke” • “Brushfire” • “Beyond the Nexus” • “Melting Pot” • “Scylla and Charybdis” • “The Renegade's Regret” Gamma Quadrant “Storm Clouds Gather” • “Armistice” • “The Search” • “Doomed to Repeat” • “Quark's Lucky Seven” • “Tenebris Torquent” • “Home” Age of Discovery “The Plausibility of the Possible” • “Impossibility of Reason” • “Secrets” • “Downfall” J'Ula's Discovery “Para Pacem” • “Illusion of Communication” • “Beneath the Skin” • “Sentinels” • “Rescue and Search” • “Within The Briars” • “The Ninth Rule” • “Ruins of Doom” • “The Measure of Morality (Part 1)” • “The Measure of Morality (Part 2)” Klingon Civil War “The Centre Cannot Hold” • “The Khitomer Discord” • “Partisans” • “Knowledge is Power” • “Leap of Faith” • “Warriors of the Empire” • “A Day Long Remembered” Terran Gambit “Firewall” • “Red Shift” • “Blue Shift” • “The Calling” • “Eye of the Storm” • “The Fujiwhara Effect” Kings & Queens “Wish Upon a Star” Some missions may appear in alternative orders for some factions. Side Content: The Galaxy at Large Spectres “Spectres” • “Skirmish” • “Spin the Wheel” • “What Lies Beneath” • “Everything Old is New” • “Night of the Comet” Wasteland “Secrets of Nimbus” • “The Lost City of Paradise” • “Blind Men Tell All Tales” • “The Undying” • “A Fistful of Gorn” • “Installation 18” (Still part of main episode progression for Romulan Republic players.) Lost Dominion: The 2800 “Lost Dominion” • “Second Wave” • “Of Bajor” • “Operation Gamma” • “Facility 4028” • “Boldly They Rode” Cold War “Cold War (wrapper)” • “Cold Call” • “Out in the Cold” • “Cold Comfort” • “Cold Case” • “Cold Storage” Delta Quadrant “Kobali Crisis Act I” • “Kobali Crisis Act II” • “Kobali Crisis Act III” See also: Featured episode • Patrol • Removed Missions • Task Force Operation

Politics

The Federation government is a representative republic. It is extremely diverse with a generally liberal attitude, reflecting the broad spectrum of member races party to the Federation charter. The headquarters of the United Federation of Planets is located on Earth in Sector 001. The Federation is led by an elected President who serves as head of state and head of government, and whose office is located in Paris, France.

History

See also the full article on Federation history on Memory Alpha.

The Federation was formed in San Francisco, Earth, in 2161 upon the signing of the Charter of the United Federation of Planets by its four founding species; the Humans, Vulcans, Andorians, and Tellarites. During the 23rd century, Federation continued expanding through the admittance of more and more worlds. As a result, Starfleet captains often come into conflict with other major neighboring races, such as the Klingon Empire and the Romulan Star Empire.

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