The Daily Grind: The Federation or the Klingons?
Filed under: Sci-fi, New titles, Opinion, Star Trek Online, The Daily Grind
Star Trek Online details have been flooding in since the Las Vegas announcement. Everyone who's interested has his or her favorite bit of info about the game, but hardcore Trek fans might make the case that the biggest news is that the two factions in the game will be the Federation and the Klingons. After a century of (only occasionally broken) peace, the two old enemies are clashing once again!Turns out the first choice you'll make as a new player will be choosing between the two factions. So which one will you choose? Will you join the United Federation of Planets, an idealistic democracy and diverse coalition of races that Roddenberry based on the (perhaps unreal) American ideal? Or will you take the path of Awesome™ and choose the Klingon Empire, a battle-crazed, feudalistic warrior culture dedicated to honorable bloodshed?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
8-13-2008 @ 8:12AM
Zeroxin said...
Why not got for both, as long as I can create two chars I see no reason why I cant kick my own arse.
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8-13-2008 @ 8:52AM
MeowCat said...
What, no Romulans?
I would pick the Federation. I'd have to try on that uniform :)
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8-13-2008 @ 9:41AM
Owen-Lars said...
Same here heh.
I do love the Klingons but the Federation is just too tempting. Bah, i hate being the good guys too.
I think im going to try to create a new race for my character instead of picking one of the pre-made ones. It sounds really interesting.
8-13-2008 @ 12:27PM
danielwhitcomb said...
Cardassians.
I'll pick up STO when I can play Cardassians.
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8-13-2008 @ 1:31PM
Q said...
Come on... this is just so upsetting. The federation vs the klingons? They could have come up with something truly unique - perhaps revisiting the dominion to some extent? Odo? Either way, I hope to god they really add true immersion into this game, so if you choose, you can just go on exploring and doing science related missions.
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8-13-2008 @ 3:31PM
TJX said...
QUOTE - "Will you join the United Federation of Planets, an idealistic democracy and diverse coalition of races that Roddenberry based on the (perhaps unreal) American ideal?"
The Federation is based on AMERICAN IDEALS?? That's news to me. IMO the Federation is more closer to UNREALISTIC United Nations ideals.
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8-13-2008 @ 4:11PM
Calarius said...
Klingon, no question.
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8-13-2008 @ 5:07PM
Kaiallard said...
Klingon Smash?
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8-13-2008 @ 5:23PM
Kaphik said...
Klingons, no contest.
An to TJX, yes, the Federation was actually based on American ideals. Gene Roddenberry was an American, as is the entire concept of the United Nations. A simple search will bring up a ton of history about how the UN came to be. An idea born right here in the U.S.A.
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8-13-2008 @ 6:54PM
recursive said...
> Or will you take the path of Awesome™ and choose the Klingon Empire, a battle-crazed, feudalistic warrior culture dedicated to honorable bloodshed?
Lol well if you're going to put it like THAT..
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8-14-2008 @ 12:43AM
keltic1701 said...
'The Federation is based on AMERICAN IDEALS?? That's news to me. IMO the Federation is more closer to UNREALISTIC United Nations ideals.'
Actually the whole political layout of the major powers in the original Star Trek was based on the Federation as NATO that was lead by the U.S., the Klingons as the U.S.S.R. and because they were such an isolationist country in the 60's the Chinese were the Romulans.
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