BREAKING NEWS... bridges are here!

http://www.massively.com/2009/11/13/make-it-so-star-trek-online-to-feature-ship-bridges/

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091113/ap_en_ot/us_games_star_trek_online


sweet AND sexy!!

Cool I was a little mad when I heard they wouldn't have bridges at launch. But now that they have added them it just makes me want the game that much more!

OMFG!!!!! Yay to having a bridge in-game...Star Trek without a bridge just ain't Star Trek. I'm glad they reconsidered the whole bridge premise.

Can't wait to visit you captains aboard your ships...that should make for a great dynamic in-game.

While I cheer this effort, I just find it a pity that it looks nothing like a bridge. This is what the beta guys were talking about, a bridge so big it fits better as an OPS centre on a starbase.

Hopefully they'll make it a bit more size relevant before launch

i agree with that a lot coco.

however, in my opinion, i think its a required game function for the environments not to mess with your viewing radius.

or i could just be an idiot.

Well, there will be several bridges available at launch, so maybe the others are more like ST bridges.

They might be holding those for launch and didn't want to show anything off now.

jayrelo wrote:i agree with that a lot coco.

however, in my opinion, i think its a required game function for the environments not to mess with your viewing radius.

or i could just be an idiot.

Yes it could've been done because of the 3rd person view... probably one of the reasons they removed the hall ways, way too oversized (also check the size of the turbo lift doors big enough for 5 species 8472 to barge in).

So far nothing is known about other bridges, so I'll sit quietly in my corner again and be patient

You don't have to go back into the corner Coco. I'm crossing my fingers on the other bridges...let's pray that the Galaxy, Defiant and Sovereign bridges will be in there....all I care about is that they have a bridge, maybe that means down the road we could look forward to engineering, medical etc...

Coco wrote:
Yes it could've been done because of the 3rd person view... probably one of the reasons they removed the hall ways, way too oversized (also check the size of the turbo lift doors big enough for 5 species 8472 to barge in).

So far nothing is known about other bridges, so I'll sit quietly in my corner again and be patient

maybe they stole their bridge designs from star trek: the experience that was in vegas for a decade. those turblifts could fit 30 peeps.

Lol I wonder if we'll also have rows of seats in front of the view screen

Coco wrote:Lol I wonder if we'll also have rows of seats in front of the view screen

and i kinda dug the fact that i might be a descendant of picard.

i'm not balding or french, but it could happen.

OUTSTANDING!!!!!!!! Sweet!!!! Yes!!!!!!!!

I hope the rest dont look like that, cause that one sucks.

Thx to Mars for finding this little gem

Yea well they have to start from somewhere. But for a first gen bridge design it looks fairly decent. I'm just excited I get to sit in the captains chair:-D

Yep should b brill 2 walk around ur bridges can't wait.

I'm glad they're in. I don't think they look exceptionally big from what I've seen. The Bridges on the show were quite large, the Prometheus and Sovereign classes especially. Plus if you have your BOs plus four Captains from your group over it could get very crowded very quickly.

I do think it was an artistic licence matter for game playability, not too shabby. Definatly happy that Cryptic isn't COMPLETLY in seige mode right now.

You know, now that I've seen this, I remember back to that pro-klingon video and it had a panoramic bridge shot in it. I just thought then it was a cut-scene animation, turns out I was wrong!

I gotta go find that video again...

The bridge looks a bit too big I agree but I think they will make Defiant and Intrepid bridges somewhat smaller. Maybe this is a bridge from a Tier 5 Cruiser.

Well from what I've heard the bridge of a Miranda (tier 0) is about that size... so I'm hoping they'll seriously revisit their scaling.

Or they could add a new story line that incorporates tech to make interiors larger on the inside: the USS Tardis

Coco wrote:Or they could add a new story line that incorporates tech to make interiors larger on the inside: the USS Tardis

Yeah like that one ship in the Enterprise series. (can't recall what show it was though)
This is just too big lol.

I had not even heard that they were not planning on having a bridge at one time... that would have been a huge mistake, IMO. How could they leave out a set where half the scenes from the the shows took place?

I can live with scaling issues of bridges, I'm just happy they decided to include them!

kitteryfire18 wrote:I can live with scaling issues of bridges, I'm just happy they decided to include them!

I have to agree. better to have them over sized & in the game then to leave them out all together.

Having a bridge is a great place for social and gaming meeting areas. And the oversized bridge makes it perfect for wild parties (I wonder if the quarter master would be able to procure some kegs). All we need now is for them to include a yeoman to follow us around