This environment is built to exacting standards, according to the original set designs for the show, and the attention to detail is staggering. The new STO DS9 is so far superior to the one they had before that the difference is like night and day. Walking the Promenade was a wonderful experience, visiting the various locations that I knew from my favorite Trek show. The most incredible part of the expansion so far for me is the retooled DS9 map. Odo leads the meeting of the major quadrant powers It feels like a homecoming Odo, now the leader of the Dominion, has come to DS9 to put together an alliance of Alpha and Gamma Quadrant powers to fight the Hur’q, to stave off annihilation or subjugation of all of the races of the galaxy under Hur’q rule. In STO continuity, the Hur’q are again active in both the Alpha Quadrant and the Gamma Quadrant, and are eating up Dominion territory at an alarming rate, as well as launching attacks on Ferenginar, Cardassia Prime, and other key Alpha Quadrant locations. A race that in televised Trek is only referred to in the distant past, as the spacefaring race that conquered the pre-spaceflight Klingons, only to be overthrown and defeated by their former slaves. Once those episodes are completed, your character joins the “Victory is Life” story at the point where a Captain from another faction would begin it – with a mission to Deep Space Nine on the eve of a galactic conference to deal with the threat of the Hur’q. Those episodes train you to use the game’s controls, both on the ground and in space, and you obtain both your command rank and your first ship – a Jem’Hadar fighter with some fairly hefty firepower. Once your character is created, you plunge right in to the action with a set of exclusive Jem’Hadar faction episodes that introduce you to the key NPC characters – Odo, Weyoun, some assorted Jem’Hadar and other Vorta overseers – and the situation of the Dominion in the 2410’s. Unfortunately, given the limited genetic range of the Jem’Hadar – creating one is reminscent of the old adage about the Ford Model T, you can have any Jem’Hadar captain you want, as long as he’s male and sort of grey. It was fun to be able to customize my Jem’Hadar Captain – creating new characters is one of my favorite parts of the game, and the Jem’Hadar faction gives you all sorts of new options. A Jem’Hadar Captain starts the game at Level 60 – which used to be the game’s level cap. Jumping in with a new factionĪs the fourth major expansion for the game, “Victory is Life” allows players to create a Captain (or “First”) in the brand-new playable Jem’Hadar faction. This review is based on several hours of play in the “Victory is Life” expansion, and represents my first impressions of the new material. Cryptic Studios’ latest expansion to their Star Trek Online MMORPG, “Victory is Life” is a fantastic addition to the game, and should delight committed gamers and even casual players who simply love Star Trek – especially Deep Space Nine.
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