Jolan Tru.

My toon is Tevatra@whocares1975, a Vice Admiral (50) commanding the D’Deridex-Class Romulan Republic Warbird, Tuttalius.

I am an Australian player who joined Star Trek Online shortly after it went F2P. Since then, I’ve generally been on most days, even if it’s just to grind doff assignments. I have one main toon in tactical, engineering and science in each of the KDF, Starfleet and the Romulan Republic (plus the occasional alt to re-experience introductory levels or to replay the tutorial). I play PvE, Foundry, missions, and grind.

It would be hard to pick favorites; each has their own particular strength and weakness. My favourite toon and ship often depends on which one I have most recently made work better. Currently I have just completed an upgrade to the Klingon Engineer’s clunky old Bortasqu so it now performs almost gracefully… so long as you don’t mind some hull damage along the way! My favourite thing about Tevatra has to be having the D’Deridex perform like on the television shows. It is fast, almost nimble, aggressive, and enough firepower to hold her own.

In terms of advice, I would say that engineers are the most able to work the largest ships because they have bunkering strengths which means they are least affected by minimum Skills Points in ground; tacticians can work weapons the best to get very quick kills; and science is the most challenging to get working well and can be the most frustrating… but can also be the most satisfying when you get it right.

I can’t say I have a favourite ship overall, and all of my ships have things I love and things I don’t. The Korath Class is my favourite science ship as it can actually kill with its Gravity Wells after stripping shields with its Tachyon Beam and disabling crew with its subspace ruptures and Theta radiation. It spews out more toxic chemicals than a Malon Garbage Scow. My favourite tactical ship is the T’Varo purely because… beachballs of deathly plasma. ‘Nuff said.

For new players the best piece of advice I can give is to ask lots of questions, and play around with STO Academy builds. The Skills Grid is tricky to get right and costly to constantly fix. And read. Read forums, read blogs, right-click on equipment and read outlines. Open up Skills Tray options and read the background. Or if you’re a casual player, shop around for some standard, “tried and tested” builds and go for those.

Memorable STO moments for me include chatting with a Foundry writer about their new mission, chatting and swapping jokes with devs, and the first time I got Viral Matrix 3 right (yes, it’s possible... multiple doffs are your VM friend). The standout worst moment was being in a PvP and realizing it just wasn’t rewarding for me. So I don’t darken PvP’s doors with my presence!

In the real world, I am a writer with a strong interest in human resources and career development, I like science fiction generally including Star Trek, Red Dwarf and the relatively-unknown 12-episode UK series, Hyperdrive, about a ship full of incompetents blundering through the galaxy. Also like history, astronomy, mythology, and archaeology. In music, my tastes range from medieval to steampunk. Steam Powered Giraffe Rules. That is all!

Qapla’!

Hi, I'm Max .. AKA Maxwell, AKA Phil (No, Phil isn't my real name).

When do I play? Randomly.

Feel free to message me in game if I am online, I'll be happy to help if I can.

Warning: My ship blows up, ALOT. But, it's fun anyway.

Heya, flying Dutchman here!

Time Zone:eastern CST (MS)

A little about myself, I started playing at launch. Work took me away from the game for a bit, but I played off and on. I started really playing again just after LoR and have pretty much been playing since. What I am really looking forward to is Delta Rising.

I am usually game for anything so if I am around and someone wants to get into something hit me up.

Account Name: @xofunks

Character Names: Vallash

Your Current Rank: 43

Time Zone: GMT

How did you get into Star Trek Online? Been a bit of a trekkie since i was a kid ( now 40 undefined

How long have you been playing for? off & on for years ( free accnt )

What would be your best piece of advice to a new STO player?

What’s your favourite career type (Engineering, Science or Tactical)? Tac / Science

What’s your favourite ship? My Mirror assault cruiser atm

What’s your best and worst STO moment? Worst was being teh Worst Pug in a Borg STF-E and not knowing what i was doing and getting so much abuse. Best was beating it 2 days later undefined

What are some of your other interests? Boobs

What’s your favourite band? Most Deep House music

Anything else you want to say?

How would i go about gettign my other 2 toons brought over ?

1. Fed Tac in a dead fleet "Kasey"
2. KDF tac No fleet "L'Bor"

thanks for having me undefined

Account Name:

Flygus.

Character Names:

Bomber Harris (my current main, Fed Tactical)
Tanas (KDF tactical)
Bruce (old main, Rom Fed engineer)


Your Current Rank:

Commander.

Time Zone:

GMT

How did you get into Star Trek Online?

First space MMO I played was Earth & Beyond many years ago and loved it, also a Star Trek fan so STO seemed like a match made in heaven.

How long have you been playing for?

I first played at launch but after playing wow for a few years I was more then a little fussy when it come to MMORPG's. Got back into STO late season 5 when I become a life member and have been playing ever since.

What would be your best piece of advice to a new STO player?

Don't worry about career or ship type's as you can be competitive with any combo, just enjoy playing.

What’s your favourite career type (Engineering, Science or Tactical)?

Engineering, Tactical then science in that order, only because I've never played a max level science captain

What’s your favourite ship?

Jem'hadar Dreadnought Carrier

What’s your best and worst STO moment?

Best moment buying my dreadnought. Worst moment spending the Lobi.

What are some of your other interests?

Motorbike's, I also want a hovercraft but my other half is being a real pain about that haha.

What’s your favourite band?

Rubber....

Anything else you want to say?

Schrödinger's cat

Hey guys, i recently joined the fleet, i am know ingame with my romulan character sinae@ussexcalibur. I Have been playing since Beta off and on and just recently came back to play the romulans which i am enjoying immensely! I am a fed alligned Rommy. I will make my self known more once i get comfortable with the fleet i am rather shy at first, but so far i have had a great reception.

Account Name: grug

Character Names: captain name: grug. formal name: naga oni

Your Current Rank: commander

Time Zone: central time

How did you get into Star Trek Online? a friend got me into it

How long have you been playing for? a few days

What would be your best piece of advice to a new STO player? make friends and have fun

What’s your favourite career type (Engineering, Science or Tactical)? tactical

What’s your favourite ship? atm its the qorgh but in the end i want the someraw raptor retrofit

What’s your best and worst STO moment? best when i killed my captain in the begining of the game worst when i accidentally accepted to fight the borg and than proceeded to have my but handed to me

What are some of your other interests? warframe comics anime etc etc

What’s your favourite band? gwawr

Anything else you want to say? not really

To: Strike Group.
From: Nogg.

Greetings Strike Group members. I met Ver'quanen on Risa when he was talking about this fleet in Zone, I and I thought I'd check things out.

I built Nogg to do 2014 Risa and start to search for a new fleet. The fleet all of my other toons are in seems to have run it's coarse after reaching Level 20. I prefer team play and it's hard to do that these days.


Account Name: @usstasker

Character Names:
Nogg FED/ENG Ferengi, Tasker FED/SCI Trill, Task'rell FED/ENG Alien, Rene Picard FED/TAC Human
Rodek Martok KDF/TAC Klingon, Targrassh the Biter KDF/TAC Gorn.

Your Current Rank:
All except Nogg are Level 50 most have 3-5 full reps.

Time Zone:
US East coast EST

How did you get into Star Trek Online?
Knew of STO, joined at F2P launch. Maintain on and off Gold membership.

How long have you been playing for?
Started at F2P do about 3 hours daily.

What would be your best piece of advice to a new STO player?
Play the game how you enjoy it, Don't let others tell you you're having fun wrong!

What’s your favourite career type (Engineering, Science or Tactical)?
Space Sci, Ground Eng. But in truth it' boils down to preferring to be a team support member.

What’s your favourite ship?
Each toon runs a different ship type, But my pride and joy is the Vesta Class U.S.S Purple Nurple

What’s your best and worst STO moment?
I'll say this. I've become much more knowledgeable in the game. But for some sick twisted reason I just can let myself respect the skills on my first toon.

What are some of your other interests?
Aviation, Home DIY projects, keeping the wife happy.

What’s your favourite band?
Marilyn Manson one moment, Irish Folk music the next.

Anything else you want to say?
Hopefully things will work out with Strike Group and I land up bringing in my other FED and KDF toons.
Look forward to learning from you folks and possible teaching some of the stuff I've picked up.

Account Name:robby27

Character Names: john@robby27(the only one in fleetso far ) Janos Skorzeny (bonus if you know that name) Razgriz

Your Current Rank:john is VA others LT com

Time Zone:eastern USA(live in NC)

How did you get into Star Trek Online?love the shows and movies and mmo"s so gave ita shot.

How long have you been playing for?was in the beta and day one release. a lifer so took my time with the stories. and then tooks soem time off. my mother got sick lost my dad, then the wife had two ops. so want to get back into game. slowly but getting there .

What would be your best piece of advice to a new STO player? ask . if you dont know just ask. must of us will help if we can.

What’s your favourite career type (Engineering, Science or Tactical)? dont have a fav . john is just the highest rank so the none i play .

What’s your favourite ship? my shinny new FLEET undefined dreadnought

What’s your best and worst STO moment?worst dealing with RL and coming back to have been kicked from my fleet.and thats after texting and chats in game with them over whats was going on. BEST finding this fleet from a random chat in space dock.

What are some of your other interests?WoW, STO. Xbone, 360 PS3( no 4 yet) reading (sci/fi)

What’s your favourite band?dont have one my playlist is all over the place. from johnny cass to dmx to acdc to movie scores.

Anything else you want to say? not yet