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This week’s spotlighted mission is “Silent Night“ by NX-89.

Faction: Klingon
Level Requirement: 16+
Mission Summary: A suspected traitor and a Reman assault on Rura Penthe lead to an even greater mystery where you’re never sure who’s telling you the truth.

Go to The Great Hall in Qo’nos First City and talk to the House of Kriton Political Aide to begin.

To play this Foundry mission, log onto a Klingon character, open your Mission Journal (J), and click on ‘Hail’ under the section labeled ‘FOUNDRY’ in the “Overview” tab. You will see that this Foundry mission is spotlighted in that section.

Warrior testimonials about this mission:

“Great story line – really enjoyed. Thanks!” – @frankhs30

“Great mission! I really hope it becomes an official KDF mission.” – @NeilCell

“Very nice, balance of space and ground combat. Good story as well.” – @Odelagga

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

This week’s spotlighted mission is “Shipwrecked!“ by Gregg247 .

Faction: Klingon
Level Requirement: 16+
Mission Summary:
A small, frozen, seemingly unexceptional planet near the H’atoria system is the key to a nearly endless supply of energy. The Klingon Empire, desperately in need of resources for their ongoing war efforts, has assigned you to assist General Q’Marco on a detailed geological survey expedition. When a trio of Romulan ships shows up, looking for a fight, you find yourself trapped in a frigid, barren wasteland, with nothing but your skills, your bravery, and your Honor.

To play this Foundry mission, log onto a Klingon character, open your Mission Journal (J), and click on ‘Hail’ under the section labeled ‘FOUNDRY’ in the “Overview” tab. You will see that this Foundry mission is spotlighted in that section.

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

The Foundry for Star Trek Online gives players a chance to create and share their very own stories with the world. These Spotlight Missions were designed by members of the Star Trek Online community and are great playable examples of what you, too, can add to the Star Trek Online universe.

This week’s spotlighted mission is “Order of Hov’lw“ by SBCouto.

Faction: Klingon
Level Requirement: 16+
Mission Summary: The Empire has gotten wind of a growing cult within the slums of Qo’noS – The Order of Hov’lw (Star of Blood). You are asked to join the cult, find its purpose and then destroy it all.

This is the first episode in a 7-part series.

To play this Foundry mission, log onto a Klingon character, open your Mission Journal (J), and click on ‘Hail’ under the section labeled ‘FOUNDRY’ in the “Overview” tab. You will see that this Foundry mission is spotlighted in that section.

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

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The Foundry for Star Trek Online gives players a chance to create and share their very own stories with the world. These Spotlight Missions were designed by members of the Star Trek Online community and are great playable examples of what you, too, can add to the Star Trek Online universe.

This week’s spotlighted mission is “Depths of Nukara Prime“ by P_Sutherland. A KDF version of the same mission, “Bowels of Nukara Prime“, is also being featured.

Faction: Federation/ Klingon
Level Requirement: 31+
Mission Summary: Civilian traffic in the Eta Eridani neutral zone has been caught in the violent clashes with the Tholian Assembly in the Nukara system.

When the crew of a freighter are forced to abandon ship, their only choice for survival means entering Nukara Prime’s atmoshphere. Would you expect someone to survive in a Class Y environment?

“Depths of Nukara Prime” is also the mission that won Foundry Challenge #6!

To play this Foundry mission, log onto a Federation or Klingon character, open your Mission Journal (J), and click on ‘Hail’ under the section labeled ‘FOUNDRY’ in the “Overview” tab. You will see that this Foundry mission is spotlighted in that section.

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

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Some recent experiences got me thinking about “Drive-by’s” …those pernicious “1″ votes that people get on their missions. Now it must be said that “Drive-by” ratings are like blackholes, every sector has at least one, and while they all stink…they happen nonetheless, or as they say on Vulcan, “You can please some of the people some of the time, but not all the people all the time.”

Plus some people are just obnoxious Tellarites.

Anyway, this brought me to examine the 1 votes of the Spotlight and Top 32 missions to determine what mission creators should reasonably expect from the dreaded “Drive-by” ratings.

Below I’ll use the following nomenclature:
“O” = Number of One (1) votes for a mission
“P” = Number of Plays for a mission (minimum of 10)
“OP” = Ratio of O per P, a higher OP is better than a low OP.

First, the FED side.

FED Spotlight Missions had an average O of 236 over an average of 9951 P, for an OP of 42.
The Top 32 FED Missions had an average O of 18 over an average of 1068 P, for an OP of 59.
The combined averages were O/P/OP 127/5510/43.

The mean OP for Spotlight missions was 43 with a standard deviation of 16.
The mean OP for Top32 missions was 48 with a standard deviation of 25.

If the scores are normally distributed, approx. 68% of the population of missions will fall within 1 standard deviation of the mean, and 95% of the population within 2 standard deviations.

This allows us to class the OP ratings of the two categories of FED missions (Top32/Spotlight…they cannot be evaluated directly because they are effectively to different samples, the Spotlight missions obviously receiving far more “attention” per mission)

For non-spotlight FED missions, if your mission has an OP within the bounds of 23 to 73, you are receiving a normal amount of Drive-By ratings. If you are below 23 you are receiving a higher than normal amount and if your OP lands between 74 and 98 you are doing well above average. If you are above 98 you can safely consider your mission a resounding success with the player base.

By comparison, FED Spotlight missions are clearly held to a higher standard by the player base. The lower end of average is fairly equitable with non-spotlight missions, but the upper band is significantly lower, for a range of 27 to 59. Additionally, the data is tight enough that a “well below average” band comes into existence with OP’s of 11 or lower. The well above average band for Spotlight missions sits between 59 and 75, but interestingly enough none of the existing Spotlight missions falls within the outer most “excellent” band above 75.

You can really see how much harsher the upper band is if you find the differences between the Top32 and Spotlight missions for each band:

Top32-Spotlight = Differences
98-75 = 23 points
73-59 = 14 points
48-43 = 5 points
23-27 = 4 points
0-11 = 11 points

These differences will become more interesting as we move on to the Klingon side of the missions.

The Klingon Side

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Mission Name: Legend of the Inspector General
Author: Malize
Faction: Klingon
Level: 16+

Enemy activity has been reported near the Chos Nebula, you are to investigate and destroy any enemies found.

This mission is partially a homage to Theodore Cogswell and his famous short story “The Spectre General“

This week’s spotlighted mission is “Storm Clouds“ by drkfrontiers.

Faction: Klingon Level Requirement: 31+ Mission Summary: Set amid the tumultuous intrigues of a dissident group known as the “Triumvirate,” seeking to bring an end to Chancellor J’mpok’s reign, a ruthless adversary has arisen from the ashes of Romulus.

Hesiod Severus is unforgiving in his loathing of the United Federation of Planets, and the Klingon Empire alike.

Vowing to restore the Romulan Star Empire to greater glory, Hesiod will stop at nothing to uncover the mysteries of the “Totality,”an ancient creature whose destructive power he will unleash to give birth to a new empire.

“Storm Clouds” is the first episode of the epic 5-mission series, “A Crucible of Battle War”. Episodes 2-5 are also available to play in-game. The player-created trailer for this series can also be viewed here.

To play this Foundry mission, log onto a Klingon character, open your Mission Journal (J), and click on ‘Hail’ under the section labeled ‘FOUNDRY’ in the “Overview” tab. You will see that this Foundry mission is spotlighted in that section.

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

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Title: “Grapok in the Generals Lung”

Faction: Klingon

Level: Any

Description: A pathetic Gorn scientist-chef and wild-eyed old warrior make a routine trip to the frontlines a dangerous task for you and your crew.
Speak to Artok in the Klingon Academy bunker to begin.

Author’s Note: Bring your blade and fight like a real Klingon.

I came up with the idea for this mission, by hearing Altexist and his rant on ‘Delivering Pizzas to the Klingon’ missions on Podcast UGC a while back.

Name: Honour in Delivery
ID: ST-H1315HLPK
Language: UK English
Faction: Klingon
Level: Open

With a special cameo appearance from the ‘Great Link’ podcast hosts, Capt.PFDennis, Soriedem and Alimac30 and everyone’s favourite Rigelain, Helna and the not so favourite Rigelian, Gleena.

Woody has also made in the foundry these missions:
Collective Voice of Freedom (Fed)
The Floods at Home Parts 1 & 2 (Fed)
Katra & Katra: Continued (Fed)

The Foundry for Star Trek Online gives players a chance to create and share their very own stories with the world. These Spotlight Missions were designed by members of the Star Trek Online community and are great playable examples of what you, too, can add to the Star Trek Online universe.

This week’s spotlighted mission is “Vulture Wheel“ by Darren_Kitlor.

Faction: Klingon
Level Requirement: 16+
Mission Summary: Against the backdrop of a Gorn revolution, a Lethean doctor stands accused of murder on a corrupt Klingon border world. Exonerate her and bring order to the region…

To play this Foundry mission, log onto a Klingon character, open your Mission Journal (J), and click on ‘Hail’ under the section labeled ‘FOUNDRY’ in the “Overview” tab. You will see that this Foundry mission is spotlighted in that section.

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

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This week’s spotlighted mission is “A Klingon Honor Carol” by soriedem.

Faction: Klingon
Level Requirement: 31+
Mission Summary: “A Klingon Honor Carol” is loosely based on Charles Dickens’s ‘A Christmas Carol’, but with a Klingon twist. It is narrated by Worf and the player takes the role of a dishonorable Klingon Warrior named Scourge.

To play this Foundry mission, log onto a Klingon character, open your Mission Journal (J), and click on ‘Hail’ under the section labeled ‘FOUNDRY’ in the “Overview” tab. You will see that this Foundry mission is spotlighted in that section.

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

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Imperium

@Soriedem

Klingon

Any Level

This is an entry into Foundry Challenge #5. Please feel free to play it and don’t forget to vote.

Thanks

The Foundry for Star Trek Online gives players a chance to create and share their very own stories with the world. These Spotlight Missions were designed by members of the Star Trek Online community and are great playable examples of what you, too, can add to the Star Trek Online universe.

This week’s spotlighted mission is “Dead Men Tell No Tales“ by Aavarius.
Faction: Klingon
Level Requirement: 16+
Mission Summary: A secret mission in the Kahless Expanse to save the Klingon homeworld from the Federation trickery where one human discovers that apparently it wasn’t a good day to die. Journey to a realm out of time, out of space… and out of your mind!

To play this Foundry mission, log onto a Klingon character, open your Mission Journal (J), choose the ‘Available’ tab from the top, and then click on the ‘Community Authored’ tab to the left. Once in this menu, click the arrow at the top to bring down the search function and search for “Aavarius”. Once the mission “Dead Men Tell No Tales” by Aavarius appears, click on it and press the ‘Hail’ button on the bottom-right of the Mission Journal to accept the mission.

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

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This week’s spotlighted mission is “The Fire In Which We Burn“ by Captain_Revo.

Faction: Klingon
Level Requirement: 16+
Mission Summary: A distress call sends you on a rescue mission to an obscure outpost, yet all is not what it first appears. Several factions now vie for control of the most precious resource in the universe. Time itself.

To play this Foundry mission, log onto a Klingon character, open your Mission Journal (J), choose the ‘Available’ tab from the top, and then click on the ‘Community Authored’ tab to the left. Once in this menu, click the arrow at the top to bring down the search function and search for “Captain_Revo”. Once the mission “The Fire In Which We Burn” by Captain_Revo appears, click on it and press the ‘Hail’ button on the bottom-right of the Mission Journal to accept the mission.

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

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Reposted from STO:

Mission Title: Terrors of the Past
Your @Handle: kahn
Faction: KDF
Level Requirement: 41+
Mission Summary: The spoils of war are sometimes not as glorious as the Empire would lead you to believe. Delve deep into the mystery of a 1000 year old vessel drifting along near the KDF front with the Federation and learn the true meaning of Terror!

This mission was submitted as part of the Foundry Challenge #4. I appreciate any feedback you have with the mission! Good luck to all my fellow Foundry authors who submitted missions for the challenge.

STO’s Foundry Challenge #4 is underway, now in the voting stage.  Please participate in the voting after playing all of these missions:  Visit this thread for voting rules and procedures.

“Ancient Dreams” by SBCouto (Fed Any)

“The Answer” by Raptorwalker (Fed 16+)

“Atlas” by rickysmith1 (Fed 31+)

“The Darkness between the Stars” by Marhawkman (Fed 31+)

“The Long Sleep” by Pendra80 (Fed 16+)

“Mudd’s Treasure” by Q400 (Fed 31+)

“Relics” by Kirkfat (Fed Any)

“Terrors of the Past” by Kahn (KDF 41+)

“The Twilight of the Gods” by Diogene0

“The Zypex Revelation” by Klintobean (Fed 16+)

We have 3 weeks to play all of these missions and vote for a winner by sending an ingame mail to BranFlakes.  Good luck to the contestants.

Reposted from STO forums:

Spotlight on the Foundry

I almost got the helmet regulated fixed but here is this weeks foundry misisons that have been published

Fed Side:

Borgrification by Thunderspank

Operation Demon Storm by Eurrsk

Damaged Goods by djf021

Hidden Sands by Titusolrich

Mirror Wars (Last Step 5/5) by P_Sutherland

KDF side

Wreck of the Gort’Cha by timandrus

Now you know the drill, comment below or go the thread called promote your foundry mission. And remember time is not a straight line.