The Year of Klingon is the name of an ongoing set of improvements to Klingon content in the game over 2020 and 2021.[1] It includes Season Twenty: House Divided,[2] Season Twenty-one: House Shattered, Season Twenty-two: House Reborn and Season Twenty-three: House United.
Content[]
Revamps[]
All early Klingon content is being completely remastered over successive seasons during the Year of Klingon.[3] This has included new cutscenes, voice acting and gameplay.[4][5]
Tutorial: Remastered- Empire: Remastered
- Warzone: Remastered. “Second Star to the Right, Straight on 'til Morning” and “Keep Your Enemies Closer” were merged into a single mission: “Mars, the Bringer of War”. The re-formed Vigilance arc moved “Mars, the Bringer of War” into it, leaving Warzone with “Bringing Down the House” and “The House Always Wins”, dealing with internal affairs of the Empire.
- Vigilance: Removed along with “A House Pursued” “House on Fire”, as they were reskinned Federation patrols that didn't tie into the overall story. “Alpha” was retained and moved to the Warzone arc. This arc was then re-formed with “Mars, the Bringer of War” moved into it along with “Alpha”, focusing on external conflicts outside the Empire.
- Fek'Ihri Return: Remastered. “The Gates of Gre'thor” merged into “Afterlife”. In addition, Klingon players will canonically meet Captains Kagran (before the Iconian War), Koren (before the Solanae Dyson Sphere) and Tenavik (before the Klingon Civil War) during this arc.[6][7]
“Turning Point”: Environment revamp on Khitomer and new cutscenes.[8]
“Brushfire”: The final space cutscene is improved and updated with Worf and Lady Sirella's new models, as well as updated voiceovers by Shannon Cochran.
Klingon Civil War[]
- Return of J'Ula in a new Klingon Civil War arc:[2]
Environment improvements[]
First City is getting visual improvements
Model improvements[]
Characters[]
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- New head and hair options[12]
- NPCs receive a visual overhaul,[2][5][13] including;
- Aakar (modelled after and voiced by Robert O'Reilly)
- Adet'pa (modelled after and voiced by Rekha Sharma)
- Ch'gren
- Doran
- Fek'lhr
- Gazzan
- J'mpok
- Ja'rod
- Jurlek
- Kagran
- Kahless[7]
- K'Gan
- K'mtar
- Kor
- Koren
- Kortar
- K'ratak
- Kortar
- Molor
- Q'on
- Rogaz (replacing Rodek (Rura Penthe))
- Sirella (modelled after and voiced by Shannon Cochran)
- S'gen[7]
- Spectre of Cowardice[7]
- Spectre of Dishonor[7]
- Spectre of Treachery[7]
- Temek
- Worf
Ships[]
Old and revamped models for the K't'inga
All canon Klingon ships will be getting a revamp, including;[14]
- B'rel Bird-of-Prey[15]
- K't'inga Battlecruiser[15]
- Vor'cha Battlecruiser[14]
- Negh'Var Heavy Battlecruiser[14]
- D7 Temporal Battlecruiser[5]
Other[]
- Playable Discovery-era Klingon race[16]
- Fek'Ihri NPCs[7]
- Klingon Targs
References[]
- ↑ The Year of Klingon Wed 29 Apr 2020
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Priority One Podcast #453 - Interview with Al Rivera
- ↑ Al Rivera @CaptainGeko STO Remaster of Klingon Content will continue in the next season. All early Klingon content will be completely remastered over the next few seasons.
- ↑ For Honor and Glory, it’s #StovokorSaturday! This time – with no audio yet – we’re showing you an updated cutscene from the Klingon starting experience, where the treacherous Federation attacks! Twitter
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 The Year of Klingon: Part 1
- ↑ Time stamp 46:00 - 490 – Star Trek Online’s Andre Emerson, Mike Fatum
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.8 Ten Forward Weekly: Temer and Grethor
- ↑ PC and Console Patch Notes for 6/30/20
- ↑ This week’s #StovokorSaturday brings us to the Klingon Homeworld herself! While Qo’nos is not receiving a complete redesign, the planet is getting a visual sprucing up, making it more atmospheric and more, well, Klingon! Twitter
- ↑ Ten Forward Weekly - The Year of Klingon Environments
- ↑ Is it cold in here? Of course not – a true Klingon warrior doesn’t feel cold. For this #StovokorSaturday, we’re giving you your first look at our update to Rura Penthe Twitter
- ↑ On our first #StovokorSaturday, we're unveiling new ways to create characters for Klingons! Here are some of the tweaks for presets, hairstyles, and skin that will come into play soon - and more will follow! Twitter
- ↑ For the final #StovokorSaturday – for now – we wanted to show you one of our updated Klingon characters. He might be familiar to you, but if you run into Ambassador Worf on Qon’os now, he might look a little different.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 thomasmarrone twitch channel
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Welcome back to #StovokorSaturdays! Last week, we looked at new head and hair options, and this week, we’re going to take a quick peek at an updated ship. Or maybe – two updated ships. Feast your eyes on the newly remastered K’Tinga and B’rel Bird of Prey Twitter
- ↑ Become a Klingon Warrior of 2255!