The Daily Grind: The Federation or the Klingons?
by Samuel Axon 
Aug 13th 2008 at 8:00AM
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?
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Zeroxin said on 8:12AM 8-13-2008
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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MeowCat said on 8:52AM 8-13-2008
What, no Romulans?
I would pick the Federation. I'd have to try on that uniform :)
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Owen-Lars said on 9:41AM 8-13-2008
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.
danielwhitcomb said on 12:27PM 8-13-2008
Cardassians.
I'll pick up STO when I can play Cardassians.
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Q said on 1:31PM 8-13-2008
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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TJX said on 3:31PM 8-13-2008
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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Calarius said on 4:11PM 8-13-2008
Klingon, no question.
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Kaiallard said on 5:07PM 8-13-2008
Klingon Smash?
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Kaphik said on 5:23PM 8-13-2008
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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keltic1701 said on 12:43AM 8-14-2008
'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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recursive said on 6:54PM 8-13-2008
> 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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