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Star Trek: Legacy Updated Q&A - Starship Details and More on Multiplayer and Skirmish

By Staff, GameSpotPosted Aug 31, 2006 5:53 pm PT

Lead designer Ian Currie tells us a bit more about the story and missions that we'll encounter in this starship combat game.

After a hiatus of several years, Star Trek gaming returns later this year with Star Trek: Legacy, a starship combat game that bridges across all five Star Trek television series. In fact, publisher Bethesda Softworks recently announced that Legacy will feature the voices of all five Star Trek captains, with William Shatner, Patrick Stewart, Avery Brooks, Kate Mulgrew, and Scott Bakula reprising their famous roles. Your role in the game is to command Federation starships in action. You may start with a single ship, but eventually you'll be able to lead a squadron of starships, with the ability to take direct control of any vessel. Multiplayer will let you play as other factions, namely the Klingons, Romulans, and the Borg. For the newest details, we turned to lead designer Ian Currie of developer Mad Doc Software.

Starship combat comes to life in Star Trek: Legacy.

GameSpot: We know that the game is no longer tied to The Next Generation episode "Contagion" (the episode in which the Enterprise is infected with an alien computer virus). So how will Legacy unite all the eras of Star Trek? Will we follow the adventures of a single starship, sort of like how the television series follows the different starships in different eras?

Ian Currie: You start with one ship, the NX-01, with Captain Archer at the helm. From there you build up your fleet and at various points the timeline advances forward. When you cross over from the Enterprise era to The Original Series era, your main ship will change, and Kirk will be at the helm. A similar thing happens when the timeline changes from The Original Series to The Next Generation. However, beyond the main ship, it's up to you to determine what fleet changes will occur and when.

GS: It was announced that famed Trek writer D.C. Fontana wrote Legacy's story. What was the collaboration process like with her? Was she involved with developing the story early on?

IC: It was a huge thrill for us to have her associated with the project. She came on board fairly early, when the story was still in its infancy. Given her knowledge of all things Trek, I'm sure it won't come as any surprise that she had a great deal of influence over the story direction. It was an iterative process, as the story and gameplay have to blend together in such a way that the strengths of each are retained. This can sometimes be challenging, as not every story element fits into a game, and we didn't want to incorporate cool gameplay mechanics if it didn't fit into the storyline. In the end we got just the right mix.

GS: We understand that the Klingons, Borg, and Romulans will be in the game? Will any of the minor races make an appearance, like the Ferengi? Also, could you tell us about the new alien race that's being created specifically for the game?

Legacy's skirmish mode will let you set up a wide range of encounters.

IC: Yes, the Klingons, Borg, and Romulans all make it into the game. Unfortunately, I can't same the same for the Ferengi and any new alien race you might have heard about.

GS: How many different starships will there be for each faction? Are there full-on fleets for the major races? For instance, will there be Klingon and Romulan counterparts to all the key Federation starships?

IC: There are more Federation ships, but that's mostly because in the single-player campaign you play the Federation. We wanted to include as many Federation ships as we could for this reason, but we still have plenty for the other races--just about 20 for each.

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53 Comments

  • NuketheBorg

    Posted Nov 26, 2006 9:04 pm PT

    Thats how it was in the Starfleet command series, so its good that they're doing something different. I cant wait for this game!

  • Iftekhar

    Posted Nov 19, 2006 12:52 pm PT

    It would be cooler if in multiplayer u started off as a little ship and work ure way up to get better ships and if u could upgrade variouse parts of ure ship like in that game Darkspace and if u could than join a clan within ure faction just an idea if these were in the game i would totally love it!!

  • jonzilla_basic

    Posted Oct 18, 2006 6:26 am PT

    man i cant wait to play this game. Its going to be awesome

  • krio_1000

    Posted Oct 14, 2006 3:28 pm PT

    hey, is there any information on updates for the game. will it be possible in the future for either the developer to add new things to the game.. or for civilian people to create mods for the game. personally i would preferre an update system. which ensures that the gameplay never stops.

  • jakeboudville

    Posted Sep 21, 2006 7:58 pm PT

    kinda impressive

  • Wron

    Posted Sep 12, 2006 6:35 am PT

    Hopefully this latest game from the franchise does better than the last two releases.

  • wytefang

    Posted Sep 11, 2006 9:26 pm PT

    Hopefully the PC version doesn't get dumbed down due to the simultaneous console development. Before they announced that this was going to be on both systems, it was going to be an instant purchase for me but after hearing about the cross-platform development, I've decided to wait for reviews in order to find out if there's any lameness due to the simultaneous X360 development (as is invariably the case).

  • frblaze

    Posted Sep 10, 2006 6:30 pm PT

    Announce the system requirements so I can upgrade my dated junk already!

  • jaz_jones

    Posted Sep 10, 2006 10:30 am PT

    I am realy excited about getting a copy of this game! It looks great! I am a Trek fan but the last console game dissapointed me a little. This game looks to open the doors of Trek onto console!

  • Mechwar37

    Posted Sep 10, 2006 8:20 am PT

    After the release of morrowind, and how awsome oblivan was i can't wait for the level of detail this game will bring. Also we can't love a company that saved the Fallout Series. If you have not seen the game informer Fallout 3 will be out in 2008 or so and it will be belt on the oblivan engen but nothing concreat all hail our Fav company Beth!!!

  • soulknight63133

    Posted Sep 9, 2006 7:49 am PT

    I've been a Star Wars and Trekkie fan for years. Unfortunately most devs are unable to develope games for Star Trek titles as well as they have done for Star Wars titles. Granted Star Wars is a little easier since it lends itself to a more fast pace type of gameplay. Star Trek is more "cerebral" but Star Trek has just as much technology to offer if a developer can find a way make it interesting and fun when it comes to gameplay. Star Trek by nature is more "tactical", but I have faith in Besthesda to find a way to make it fun for die-hard and casual fans to enjoy. Phantagram's "Kingdom Under Fire" series incorporates controlling your army ( in Star Trek using fleets) and being able to personally enter the battle works well, maybe that type of system may work in this game. P.S. with characters like Warf, Data, Seven of Nine and others with the physical and mental abilities they have, there's no reason why Star Trek can't be just as action oriented and fun as any Star Wars game outside of controlling fleets.

  • Hawaiianc

    Posted Sep 6, 2006 12:27 am PT

    got damn it jim im a gamer not a doctor!!!! oh wait lol

  • peeweeshift

    Posted Sep 5, 2006 4:37 pm PT

    "beam me up scotty"

  • santiagochile

    Posted Sep 5, 2006 4:19 pm PT

    Where are the Jem'Hadar?

  • DiscGuru101

    Posted Sep 5, 2006 1:09 pm PT

    I want this game to come out. -Like right now.

  • Elhoim

    Posted Sep 5, 2006 12:26 pm PT

    For PC and XBOX 360... Expect big interface, PC users!

  • Shadow_Pro

    Posted Sep 5, 2006 6:48 am PT

    good game

  • miiiguel

    Posted Sep 4, 2006 1:37 pm PT

    Don't flame me and all, but I kinda agree with cocjack...
    Not homophobic, you know, it's just an expression, that I guess all can understand why it is said.

  • The_Weekend

    Posted Sep 4, 2006 8:18 am PT

    engage!!! hope it turns out as good as it seems

  • CapcomGroove2

    Posted Sep 3, 2006 4:57 pm PT

    really cant wait i really really hope this gets an 8 or over i trust gs reviews completely

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