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This looks like a pretty big deal. That changing of species/gender within a faction seems notable.

May 28th on PC and June on Consoles

• New episode: Situation Under Control - team up with the Aetherians to stop a new Borg threat.
• New Task Force Operation: Borg Battle Royale - 5 captain ground TFO, fight waves of Borg in a holodeck simulation (event version lasts 12 rounds, infinite version available afterwards).
• Season 32 Event: Delete Alt Control - earn rewards like Dimensional Hypermass Torpedo Launcher, Type 14 Shuttle Support Squadron, Lobi Crystals, Phoenix Epic Prize Token, and Dilithium Ore by playing select content.
• New Captain Alteration Token - change your Captain's species and/or gender (within your faction).

Starting May 2nd at 8am PT on PC**, you can purchase the Dyson Bundle or individual ships in the Zen Store.

• The Dyson Bundle will be 25% off from May 2nd at 8am PT to May 16th at 12pm PT.

The Dyson Bundle includes:

• Three T6 Science Destroyer ships (Kardashev, Lo'laH, Rallus)
• 1 T6 Ship Coupon
• 8 Experimental Ship Upgrade Tokens (T6-X)
• 4 Ship Slots
• Solanae Sentinel Environmental Suit + Solanae Paladin Environmental Suit
• Dyson Sphere Researcher Outfit
• Exclusive Title "Science Destroyer"

Agreed. I have an AP build I'm looking forward to trying these on.

May 2nd at 8am PT to May 23rd at 12pm PT.

Task Force Operations: Herald Sphere, Gateway to Gre'thor, Brotherhood of the Sword.

Rewards for completing 14 days of progress:

• Herald Defiler Mace (melee weapon)
• Space Weapons: Omni-Directional Herald Antiproton Beam Array and Wide Arc Herald Antiproton Dual Heavy Cannons
• 3 Featured TFO Reward Boxes
• 20,000 Dilithium Ore (one-time reward)

Bonus Rewards:

• Earn additional Dilithium Ore each day after claiming the Grand Prize.
• Bonus Dilithium amount starts at 8,000 and scales up with each subsequent daily completion.

Zen Buyout Option:

• Purchase remaining event progress for Zen.
• Base price: 2,000 Zen.
• Price reduces with each Daily Progress earned (down to 1,000 Zen for 7 Daily Progress).

Event Campaign:

• This event is part of the Event Campaign series of events.
• Earn 50 Event Campaign Progress for each day participating in an eligible event.
• Complete the entire campaign to unlock a Tier 6 Infinity Promotional Ship, 2 Free T6 Zen Store Coupons, and 1500 Lobi.

Also R&D Week announcement stuffed in that long blog. Here's my summary:

Kelvin Constitution II and R&D Week

Kelvin Constitution II

• Tier 6 Federation Cruiser
• Successor to the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) destroyed in the Altamid Nebula
• Designed for Nebula Exploration
• Bridge Officer Stations:
  • 1x Lt. Commander Tactical/Pilot
  • 1x Commander Engineering/Intel
  • 1x Ensign Science
  • 1x Lieutenant Universal
  • 1x Lt. Commander Universal
• Consoles: 4 Tactical, 4 Engineering, 3 Science
  • Universal - Proximity-Based Anti-Opposition Emitter (defense)
  • Universal - Cloaking Device
• Starship Traits:
  • Gravitational Nexus (increases flight speed, maneuverability, and damage for allies)

R&D Week

April 11th at 8am PT to April 15th at 12pm PT on PC.

• Bonus: +25% items from R&D Packs.
• Bonus: +2 R&D Materials and chance of Catalyst from R&D Material Reward Packages.
• Bonus: +2 R&D Materials, +10 Dilithium Ore, and chance of Catalyst from Harvest Nodes.
• Bonus: +50% R&D School XP from projects.

Duty Officer Appreciation Weekend

April 11th at 8am PT to April 15th at 12pm PT on PC.

• Bonus: +50% Commendation XP from Duty Officer assignments.
• Free Purple Duty Officer (Engineer Exocomp for Starfleet/Romulans, Reman for KDF/Romulans).
• Bonus Green Duty Officer in C-Store Duty Officer Packs.
• Academy Particle Scanning Events grant Duty Officers.
• 20% off R&D Packs and Bundles.
• 20% off Duty Officer Packs.

I wholeheartedly agree. Well said!

Same here. The Red Alert post was delayed too. Seems like they're having a rough time -- more than usual -- over there.

Hahaha

I was wondering (and hoping) someone would post some meme like that in reply.

Thank you! I'm excited to be a part of this community!

Aw! You beat me to posting it. Haha Well, here's my bullet-point summary as a comment:

April 11th at 8am PT and continuing until May 2nd at 12pm PT

Activities:

• Synth Wave TFO: Fight Synths on Mars.
• Historical Bozeman: Travel back in time to stop the Borg from altering the timeline.
• Phoenix Rocket Launch Competition: Build and launch the best Phoenix Rocket.

Event Rewards (per account, per day):

• First Contact Day Badge Box (choose from 17 Comm Badges).

Daily Progress:

• Earn 14 days of Daily Progress for the Grand Prize.
• Bonus Dilithium Ore rewards after Grand Prize (8,000 Ore each).

Grand Prize:

• Photon Burst Rifle (account-wide unlock).
• First Contact Day Bundle (Captain Specialization Point, Dilithium Ore, Launch Toy Rocket, Holo-Emitter Phoenix Shuttle).

Buyout Option:

• Purchase remaining Daily Progress with Zen (discounted based on progress).
• Initial price: 2,000 Zen.

Happy First Contact Day, Fediverse! =/=

This post is my first contact with startrek.website! Happy to be here. LLAP