In this episode, Bazag and Galactrix playthrough “Forget Me Not” by Sovereign77x and are joined on the show by Sovereign77x and guest from the chatroom CaptainMarshal.
If you missed the live version of the show, you can watch it (now in HD!) on YouTube above.
A constant battle these cables are! This week, Nem bows out, but guest host Gettysburg7 rules the show with his naughty G and T Show ways! Two pieces of Foundry news dropped this week (to a resounding thud with my other cohosts), but there was no shortage of thoughts on the newly revealed Ferasans!
Also, Borticus and Gozer say some things that get them in trouble. We explore (or at least try to explore), those topics and what went wrong!
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Show Notes
-Nem is Gone
-Now You’re Thinkin’ With Portals! … err .. wait what?
-KDF Foundry Klingon Dialogue Popup Bug, FIXED!!!!!!
-The Fugly Ferasans
-Borticusgate
-Foundry Replacing Official Content?
-Gozer’s PVP Announcement
Reviews
Argus Array Repair Daily by Duke-of-Rock
Grazorak City by woghd911
Mailbag – Email us and send us mission recommendations to podcastugc@starbaseugc.com !
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Mission Title: Life Absorbed
Author: @chaddy18
Project ID: ST-HLLM8HQEV
Faction: FED
Minimum rank required to play: 16+
Length: 30-45 minutes
THIS MISSION IS DESIGNED FOR SINGLE PLAYER PLAY AND HAS HARDLY ANY COMBAT!!!!!!!
An old NX class Starship has been discovered crashed into the side of a passing asteroid. When you and your crew beam over to investigate you find all is not as it seems…….
It’s time to get the fight deck ready for incoming foundry missions:
Fed side
Stiletto by woghd911
Achaemia: Episode One by Zadama
Sisyphean Ordeal by Gingie
Once Upon A Time: Part VI By XerosArmera
Ep1: Kizmari by Admiral3Nick
Tour The System by sp3c7rum
Somewhere in Time by drogyn1701
Acheamia: Episode One by Zadama
Shakedown Cruise by intrinsical
Phoenix Vanguard by cloudinfinity
The One World part III by adamboyen
KDF side
They’re raiding a Caitian ship yard too slow down the Feds on the carrier fleet.
Now if you have a new foundry mission is week please let us know by leaving a comment below or go the forums and leave a post in the thread called promote your foundry mission. And remember not all nations go to war, but all nations can defend themselves
This week on BitesizeUGC we have the first of 2 entries to Gates of Stovokor’s Foundry Mission Contest.
It’s The Honour of Profit by Bazag.
In this week’s “Founder Spotlight,” we sat down with the (in)famous Havraha. Grab a drink for this interview and enjoy!
Q: You are the author of To Helna and Back, Rema Donna, Time the Enemy, Time the Ally, and Animations With Helna. What inspired you to create these missions? Is there one that you are most proud of? Will we see any more sequels?
What inspired me to do each mission varied wildly from one to the other. “To Helna and Back” was my first Foundry mission and I suppose the one I’m most proud of simply because I consider it a flagship mission. I wanted to reintroduce a tried and true Star Trek episode plot, the classic “a bridge officer has been abducted!” episode, into STO for no other reason than “it hasn’t been done yet”. And the reason why was painfully clear: because Kestrel had no way of knowing anything personal about the player’s bridge officers, it’s pretty much impossible to write a story focused around them. My solution to the problem was an obvious one: invent an officer that belongs to the player. That way, they could take ownership of the character but you could control the background and actions without the player feeling encroached upon. This officer ended up being “Helna”, a Rigelian stellar cartographer. Of course, since then, Cryptic has gotten more bold in their willingness to invent new characters and make them leading drivers of episode plots (Obisek, Eraun, Loriss, what have you), but at the time To Helna and Back was written, I believe it was not only unique in the Foundry but also unique to the game. Nowadays its probably lost its luster, since not only has Cryptic made episodes that were character focused, but Helna is just one of dozens upon dozens of Foundry-created characters, recurring, that are driving the plots of missions. One of my favorites is Tat, from many of Nagorak’s missions. That Ferengi is going to get herself killed one of these days!
Of course I’m really proud of “Rema Donna” too, which so far has a higher rating than To Helna and Back, probably because it addresses a mission that many players took offense to, which was called “Divide Et Impera”. I think players might find it interesting that the original inspiration for the mission was “I like Romulans. I like Gorn. Hmm. You don’t see Romulans and Gorn fight very much …” and so I made it. But it just goes to show how missions can evolve as you work on them and find a bigger meaning. Don’t be afraid to retcon (retroactive-continuity) what you’ve already written! It’s almost always better for it.
Mission title: Stiletto
Author: @woghd911
Project ID: ST-HQKWZLIXH
Faction: FED
Minimum rank required to play: Any rank
First published: May 10 2012
Synopsis:
A routine mission is transformed into a personal nightmare.
Notes:
Authors’s second offering
It is possible to not be able to complete this mission. This is not a bug, but the nature of the mission.
Story and roleplay based, single-player
Although combat is possible, this scenario may be completed without combat.
All maps are custom
Stats
* Five maps
* 571 items
* 50 costumes
* 119 dialog trees
* 14 objectives
* Entire build took 33 days
This week’s spotlighted mission is “ Federation Desperation” by Maziken. It also won Foundry Challenge #1.
Faction: Klingon
Level Requirement: 16+
Mission Summary: The Federation and the Klingon Empire are conducting peace talks on Risa. The Federation hopes to form an alliance to combat the Borg forces that continue to encroach into both governments’ territory. Can you help ensure that these treaty talks go smoothly or will the Borg have only limited resistance when they fully invade?
For more information about the Foundry, including how to play community-authored Foundry missions and resources on how to create your own mission, check out this Guest Blog.
Foundry Spotlight Missions Index
Also, please revisit the following community links:
BitesizeUGC’s break-down is here.
PUG TV’s Playthrough is here.
Maziken’s forum post is here.
Broadcast UGC played through the mission in episode 25:
If your podcast has done a review of this mission, please post a link in the comments. I will add.
Hello
My name is Deparoto, a new member here at Starbase UGC. Although I’ve been playing STO since release and I have 4 foundry missions out, as well as a few STO videos. I never joined UGC until now.
Let me tell you a little about myself. I live in the United States, in the great state of Georgia. I’m currently going to school hopping to be a Pilot (part 121 or 135 operations I don’t care). I currently hold a Privet pilot Certificate with an Airplane Single Engine land rating. I do Foundry mission and video editing on the side for entertainment. I also play on my Xbox from time to time. My favorite games at the moment include Battlefield Bad Company 2, Ace Combat 6, and Saints Row the Third. My favorite movie is Star Trek First Contact, and my favorite drink is a Classic martini. And for the Ladies yes i am single.
I have 4 foundry missions
Of the 4 id say Via Calypso is the best, Deep Space hero is nobody’s best work, and Things to come is all combat, with little to no story. Shore bird is in Beta version 0.9 now. Just spell checking and bug fixing is all the remains for it. It’s live if you want to play it.
I have done several videos. 2 Star trek online videos and Meany more videos of my Favorite PC game Microsoft’s Flight simulator X. I work on these when time allows, I don currently have any videos under construction at the moment.
My YouTube page is here
I will say I have visited the UGC website before. Meany of you may remember a guest the logged into the chat room a few months back to inform you of a complete Demo Record tutorial explaining all the paths, and how and when to use them. I was the one who made that tutorial. You can find it here.
Good Day All.
Achaemia: Episode One
Author: Zadama
Minimum: Any Level
Allegiance: Federation
ST-HCKSPY9Z2
Estimated Mission Length: 30 Minutes
Mission Description
When an archaeological survey ship discovers an expanse of Tkon ruins deep within the Arucanis Arm, close to the end of its tour of duty, your ship is dispatched to resupply and assist them.
Sometimes, however, history is better left untouched.
Content: A text heavy mission with limited combat. If that is an automatic turn off, you have been warned!
Reposted from the announcement:
The votes are in, and we have a winner! Actually, we have two due to a tie!
Huge congratulations are in order to our winning Foundry missions for Challenge #2…
“A Splint in Time” by @milesredria
Mission Summary: A request has been made for Starfleet’s aid in repairing satillites that secretly are a part of our military operations in the Xarantine sector.
And…
“Grazorak City” by @woghd
Mission Summary: Grazorak City is a the greatest luxury resort in its quadrant. Owned by the Tellerite Duft Grazorak, it is a playground for the wealthiest and most successful people in the Galaxy. But what evils hide just below the surface?
We also had a tie for second place! The runners up are “A Good Ship Goes to War” by @sbcouto and “Death Clock” by @Commadore_Bob.
Congratulations to everyone! You all did amazing work with this challenge and we can’t wait to see what you come up with for Foundry Challenge #3!
For more information on Foundry Challenge #2, check out this news post.
Hello and welcome to the third Foundry Challenge! These challenges will be posted every 6-7 weeks, which includes 4 weeks to make your mission, and 2 weeks for the community to play through all of the missions and cast one [1] official vote for a winner. At the end of the 2 weeks of playthrough and voting, a winner, based on a simple majority of votes, will be announced and awarded 500 STO Promo Points for the C-Store.
Today we start the six-week run of the third Foundry Challenge: Holodeck Hypocrisy
You’ve received a request from your superiors to make your way to a secret outpost where new holodeck technology is being developed. During your investigation, you discover that there is more to this technology than meets the eye.
*NOTE: Based off feedback from the past challenge, I have tried to make this challenge a little more “open” and “vague” to allow authors to customize their story as they wish
You will have from today, Wednesday May 9th, until Wednesday June 6th to make your Foundry mission and reply to this thread with its information in this format (this needs to be filled out completely by the due date/ time for your mission to be considered):
Mission Title:
Your @Handle:
Faction:
Level Requirement:
Mission Summary:
NOTE: Please do not publish your mission until the morning of Wednesday, June 6th***.
Starting on Wednesday, June 6th, around 10AM PST, the 2-week playthrough and review stage will begin. Only entries made in this thread prior to 10AM on that Wednesday will be eligible to participate in the challenge. Look for a voting thread to be made which will explain the voting process (some info below).
This is the author’s thread — only entries should be made here.
The Discussion Thread can be found HERE.
A link to the Voting Thread will be provided in this thread when that period begins.
We also have an Index of previous challenges HERE.
IMPORTANT: The rules may change from one challenge to another, but I’d like to let everyone know what the base rules are. These may grow as we move on (and have since the 1st challenge), so feel free to give feedback in the discussion thread about what should be added!
Each Challenge will run for 6 weeks. For 4 weeks we will sticky the challenge and let you make your entry. After the 4th week, the 5th and 6th week will be the time when the mission is published and reviewed by the community.
There is no right or wrong entry.
The background story should be the main foundation for your mission. You will put the player into the main role.
The mission should take only 30 minutes for a player to complete, but MUST not take more than 45 minutes. Error on the side of 30 minutes. This is to allow players to be able to play through all of the missions so they can consider all when voting.
In your mission description, opening diologue, and the last doilogue, please include orange “out-of-character” text that explains that your mission is part of the STO Forums’ Foundry Challenge #3 — do not include a link to this post, but let the player know they can visit the “The Foundry for Star Trek Online ” section of the forums for more information.
Please keep discussion about the entries in the appropriate Discussion Thread.
In the Discussion Thread, feel free to write what inspired you and what your thoughts on the topic are.
Regarding Voting:
Once you have played through all of the missions during the Playthrough Period, please send me an in-game/ forum mail with the mission you feel should win this month’s challenge.
Unless you play through all of the missions pretty quickly, I should not be getting votes until midway through the 6th week.
Reviewers can only send one [1] in-game/ forum mail to me to act as an official vote for a winner.
Reviewers can write reviews of some of the other missions if they wish.
A few other important reminders:
Please heed the Foundry’s EULA when submitting your entry! This applies to any mission made in the foundry. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT!
Each author can only have one entry, no matter how many accounts they have.
After six weeks time, the thread will be unstickied as we move on to the next challenge.
We’ll have three threads: One to post the entries in, one to discuss the entries and one with the official entries list for voting.
Cross-linking between these two threads is acceptable for these challenges ONLY!!
***If you are unable to push the “publish” button at this time due to timezones/ work schedules, please wait until the latest possible moment before this day/time. Also, if you need to publish your mission to test things, that is fine too, but please make sure to unpublish after testing is complete.
I apologize for lag between me and Terry/Bob this week, guys. These cables prove they come with growing pains.
Too much stuff went down on the podcast this week for me to even keep track of. Because of this, we had a super long episode! We talk about everything from new additions, our thoughts on free lobi crystals, whether MACOS should be in STO, and Terry takes up the entire second hour of the show with her own topics, like STO story being shoved into Star Trek Magazine instead of the game, and Dayton Ward’s opinion on when a fan fiction ceases to be a fan fiction. I honestly can’t keep up with it all. Its soooo good. So I’ll add show notes later on as I relisten to it myself. For now, ENJOY!
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Show Notes
-Dedicated to Gettysburg7
-Free Lobi Crystals!
-Gated Content Rage from Other Sources, and Hav Regrets the Compromise Idea He Proposes
-Foundry Slot Purchasing Bug Exposed!
-How Much Money Have You Spent?
-To MACO or Not to MACO: Do they belong?
-Has Hav Changed His Mind on STF Endgame Loot?
-Terry Mini-Rages on Lack of Story in STO
-Hav Explores Ways to Improve The Captain’s Table
-Hav, Terry, and Bob Discuss the Impossibility (or Not) of The Crystalline Entity
-Terry Reads Star Trek Author Dayton Ward’s Opinion of when a Foundry Mission Ceases to be a Fanfiction
Reviews
Fed: Golems – Extended Edition by Chooch99
KDF: Boqrat Day by Soriedem
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My first Foundry Mission since 2011!
“Somewhere in Time”
Federation
31+
Begins at the round door on Deep Space Nine Promenade
“One of the top scientists in the Federation comes on board your ship for a dark matter experiment. But is everything as it seems?”
What follows is a time-traveling adventure back to the days of Deep Space Nine! This is a 30-45 minute story mission with a bit of combat thrown in.
Some pictures after the jump:
In this episode, Bazag and Galactrix welcome guest author alimac30 back on the show to playthrough his latest mission: The Mayns of Balnar Moon.
If you missed the live version of the show, you can watch it (now in HD!) on YouTube above.
Another huge episode of PrimetimeUGC featuring the conclusion of our exclusive with
Al Rivera, Penned in Primetime with Alimac30, Christine Thompson, and Terry Shull.
We’ve also got our Guest Author interview with RogueEnterprise.
Contact us at mailbag@PrimetimeUGC.com. Follow us on Twitter @Primetime_UGC
The Bitesize Boys review a pair of missions by WoodyValley called Katra and Katra: Continued.
Faction: Klingon
Level Requirement: 16+
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