The Borg cube is ahead of you, flanked by two Spheres. Behind it is a gateway from the Gamma Quadrant, almost ready to deliver a fleet of Borg ships. The Alpha Quadrants only hope is you and four other Starship Captains, both Klingon and Federation, banding together to fight an implacable common foe.
In the tail of a comet, a stricken freighter hides from its attackers. Their only hope is that you can find them in time, help them make repairs while fighting off their attackers.
On the surface of a Demon class planet, Tholians have established a beach-head. If they are not stopped here they will soon be able to launch assaults on neighbouring worlds.
On DS9 a peace conference is interrupted suddenly by a massive Dominion fleet pouring through the wormhole. Somehow you must get the delegates to safety, despite the teams of Jem H'dar soldiers who have beamed onto the station.
A research scientist on a backwater world has been studying one of the last colonies of Tribbles left in the galaxy. A Klingon force has landed and is intent on sterilising the entire planet. You and your team must fight your way through them in order to save the scientist and his subject of study.
Welcome to Star Trek Online.
Maybe you're attracted to the idea of flying a cloaked Defiant class escort. Or perhaps a huge Galaxy class cruiser, even a Luna class science vessel.
You can even turn to the Klingon side and, cloaked, await your enemies prepared to execute the perfect ambush or boldly charge into battle in an enormous Vo'Quv carrier spitting Birds of Prey from your flight deck.
We've tried before to start an STO division in TAW but, perhaps, the time wasn't right. It is now.
Recent season updates have massively improved endgame content and particular attention has been paid to Fleets, the games equivalent of Guilds. If you've played STO in the past but have put it aside now is the time to return.
Nowadays this completely free to play MMO does not limit FTP players in any way. All the content, everything, can be obtained without spending a cent.
We can now build and customise our own Fleet Starbase and even an Embassy on New Romulus. As we develop these shared assets we are able to obtain new ultra rare technology, including Fleet Starships, weapons and consoles.
Virtually all the PvE content in the game can be played in teams, developing tactics and strategy that will serve us well in PvP. Fleet versus Fleet combat is already possible and is slated to be massively improved in the new season 8 update, scheduled for May this year. Now is the time to prepare for this, for we will be going up against experienced and well equipped teams of ships.
It is time for us to make the TAW name known and respected throughout the galaxy.
Join me and others as we embark on a new five year voyage of exploration, discovery and adventure.
We will bring the best of what we've learned from FPS strategies to the MMO world. Where we have fireteams in other games, we will have flights and squadrons in Star Trek Online. Proven effective command structures will enable us to maximise our effectiveness in every way.
Put simply, we are here to chew gum and kick butt and we're right out of gum.
Let's make it so.