Update 69: Galaxy Quest Crossover

Galaxy Quest

Thanks to scientifically dubious happenings, Jason Nesmith and his crew of all-stars from Galaxy Quest find themselves trapped in the Star Trek Fleet Command galaxy!

Desperate for a way home, the rag-tag group of actors must save this galaxy from threats new and old, as their nemesis Sarris returns, backed by the might of the Klingon Empire.

Can our heroes catch lightning in a bottle twice? Or is this one sequel that is doomed to fail?

Update 69 Includes:

New Ship: NSEA Protector
New Mirror Universe Expansion
New Feature: Galaxy Quest Invasion
New Alliance Tournaments
New Officers
New Missions
New Primes
New Refits
New Cosmetics
New Battle Passes
And more

NSEA Protector

The NSEA Protector is the newest ship addition to Star Trek Fleet Command and brings with it increased efficiency to the Mirror Universe. Able to be built for those Operations 40 and above, this explorer-type ship has high impulse speed and is the first ship to ever break the Warp 10 barrier. The Galaxy Quest NSEA Protector provides increased damage to Mirror Universe hostiles, and increases Raw Trellium mining.

The Protector has an active ship ability, the Omega 13 Device, where the ship survives a battle it otherwise would have been destroyed, essentially “rolling back the clock” to grant players the ability to come back with a percentage of hull health. This ability not only targets the player but has the ability to target other players, and it can be increased via research, as well as with the new Sarris refit.

*Note: Vemet’s Captain Maneuver and the NSEA Protector’s Omega-13 ship ability do not work together: Vemet’s Captain Maneuver will always take priority; Applying the Omega-13 ship ability will have no effect when applied to a ship where Vemet is equipped as a Captain.

Mirror Universe Expansion

15 new systems are being introduced into the Mirror Universe, but only the NSEA Protector has the ability to traverse through them, due to the lethal minefield hazard that only it can withstand, as other ships are unable to survive more than a few seconds. These systems will also reveal new Omega Mirror Universe Hostiles and additional Mirror Universe Mines.

In addition, there are new MU Store Bundles, comprised of a free daily claim of Liquid Trellium-D, exchanges for all rarities of Mirror Dust, K’ragk-Vort’t refit shards, Beryllium Spheres (needed to upgrade the NSEA Protector), and four prime particles. 23 new nodes have been added to the Mirror Tree, and can be unlocked by using the Omega Mirror Dust earned by using the NSEA Protector.

These new research nodes include:

Ω Omega-13 Device Hull Health %
Uncommon Rift Key travel cost reduction
Critical damage floor
Isolytic damage for FKR ships
Cost efficiency for:
- Research materials
- Research resources (including Sigma)
- War Room
- Artifact Gallery
- District 56
Scrap speed
Apex Barrier in PvP
Opponent critical damage reduction
Energy, kinetic, and general damage

Galaxy Quest Invasion

Sarris has joined forces with the Klingons and chaos ensues as worlds collide, manifesting in the form of a galaxy-wide invasion. This invasion feature provides players with a server-wide threat, where players will have to work together to overcome. This is a server-wide challenge in which players will need to defeat multiple targets to contribute to bringing down the real threat.

Defeating invading entities will deal a small amount of damage to the overall HP of the invasion itself.

This invasion will not happen all at once, and will be introduced in phases. Galaxy Quest themed Hostiles invade the STFC universe in a server defense vs the Sarris/Klingon alliance. In the first phase, existing systems in the STFC universe will spawn Fatu-Krey hostiles and carry new loot that can be exchanged in the event store. When these events start, hostiles will spawn and the system will be marked via the galaxy view. When the event ends the hostiles will then despawn.

In the second phase, Chimeras will appear with a 10 round limit. An important thing to note for day 1: Any Fatu Krey defeat will only contribute to the events after they are live.

At operations 25, players are able to start defeating the Fatu Krey, allowing them to accumulate Fatu Krey Scraps. These scraps are a currency that can be exchanged daily in the invasion store for Blue Particle Accelerators, which will be needed to fight the Chimeras. Chimeras are a new hostile, and commanders of at least operations 40 will be needed for the fight. Players will need to strategize on how to best equip themselves for battle, as they can only be fought with one ship.

Chimera Combat will conclude under two conditions. In the first, combat ends if the ship is destroyed before the round limit is reached. In the second, combat ends if the round limit is reached and the ship is not destroyed. Here’s a combat note: Chimeras do NOT regenerate health in between battles.

After accounting for all damage taken during combat, the ship exits the battle with its remaining HP. The battle is classified as a draw, and a participation chest is rewarded for each battle engaged in combat.

Rewards will include:

New epic officer (Gwen DeMarco) shards
NSEA Protector Blueprints
Galactic Acclaim (new token to unlock and upgrade new Federation, Klingon, and Romulan faction favors)
Mirror Dust
Syndicate XP
Building resources

These rewards will be sourced via Fatu Krey hostile loot, the Chimeras, and the Event Store. Players should note that this store will ONLY be active when Sarris’ Invasion Fleet is here. (Video can also be viewed here.)

New Alliance Tournaments

Get ready for the upcoming Alliance Tournaments, an exciting new event previously mentioned in our 2024 Roadmap. Gather your alliance and compete against others in a series of challenging tasks to score points and climb the leaderboards.

This event will not launch day one but will come mid-arc and we will be releasing a separate video and article specifically on the event later; but Alliance Tournaments is a new time limited event which will see alliances compete against each other to score points through completing Alliance tasks.

During the first event – The Qualifier – Alliances will compete in Regional Leaderboards, containing all alliances in a region regardless of server, to secure a place in one of the five leagues for the main event.

Alliance members will be able to complete a limited number of tasks daily, earn points, and collect reward currency. Use this currency in the Alliance Tournament Store to unlock fantastic rewards!

Perform well to be promoted to higher leagues, or risk relegation by not meeting the challenge. Only the best alliances will rise to the top!

New Galaxy Quest Officers

As we shared during our livestream, four new officers will be crashing into the Star Trek Fleet Command universe: Epic Jason Nesmith, Epic Gwen DeMarco, Rare Sir Alexander Dane, and Rare Laliari.

Epic: Jason Nesmith

Captain’s Maneuver: Never Give Up

Decreases Invading Entities Shield Mitigation by X%

30% | 15% | 30%

Officer Ability: Never Surrender

Increase Apex Barrier vs hostiles by X

2000 | 2500 | 3200 | 4000 | 5000

Epic: Gwen DeMarco

Officer Ability: I Have One Job!

Isolytic Cascade damage against Armadas and Invading Entities

70% | 90% | 110% | 130% | 150%

Below Deck Ability: Hold, Please

Increases Isolytic Cascade Damage in PvP when the enemy player has any state by

30% | 40% | 50% | 65% | 80%

Rare: Sir Alexander Dane

Officer Ability: By Grabthar’s Hammer

Increases the amount of loot gained from defeating Mirror Universe Hostiles

100% | 120% | 140% | 160% | 200% |

Below Deck Ability: By the Suns of Warvan

Increase base impulse speed by X

20 | 25 | 35 | 45 | 60 |

Rare: Laliari

Officer Ability: Omega Efficiency

Decrease the cooldown of the NSEA. Protector Omega 13 device ability by X%

66% | 100% | 150% | 235% | 400% |

Below Deck Ability: Yalalalala!

Increase Apex Barrier in Wave defense

1000 | 1500 | 2000 | 2700 | 3500

The following promo codes are available until August 13, 2024.

Code: GQ5
Levels: 10-39

2x Nesmith
2x Laliari
2x Alexander
11250x Loyalty Points

Code: GQ7
Levels: 40-70

2x Nesmith
2x Laliari
2x Alexander
125 MU Research Dust R5

Galaxy Quest Missions

Several new missions are coming this update to bring these unlikely heroes into the world of Star Trek Fleet Command. Players can experience the story in:

15x Core Missions
5x Side Missions
And Omega 13 event mission

Primes and Refits

Two new primes and 2 new refits are being launched in this update. The primes launching are Prime Efficient Forbidden Tech and Prime Construction Speed. Located within the Galaxy Tree, Prime Efficient Forbidden Tech increases base Forbidden Tech Protomatter cost efficiency by 20%. Prime Construction Speed increases base Construction Speed for buildings by 250% and is located in the Station Tree.

Two new refits are launching for the NSEA Protector and : NSEA Field Repair and K’ragk-Vort’t.

NSEA Field Repair

Provides an active ship ability to heal a % of HHP while not docked.

K’ragk-Vort’t

Increases the amount of maximum Hull Health own ships heal when protected by the NSEA Protector Omega-13 ability by 10%.

In addition, 27 New Favors can be found in the Federation, Romulan and Klingon Faction stores

Increases Base Hull Health of all G4 Faction Ships:
- 1 Buff per Combat Ship(Federation, Romulan, Klingon)
Increases Base Hull Health of all G5 Faction Ships:
- 1 Buff per Combat Ship(Federation, Romulan, Klingon)
Increases Base Hull Health of all G6 Faction Ships:
- 1 Buff per Combat Ship(Federation, Romulan, Klingon)

Battle Passes and Cosmetics

Not one, but TWO battle passes are available this month: The Galaxy Quest Battle Pass, running Aug 6-18 and the August Battle Pass, running August 18-Sep1. Players will have the ability to earn several new cosmetics, consisting of 6 new avatars, 5 new frames, and 1 new hailing frequency.

Bug Fixes