Welcome to the Foundry Roundtable, a weekly podcast dedicated to Foundry missions, mission building and other UGC issues starring Foundry authors Drogyn1701, Markhawkman, Hippiejohn and Greendragoon.

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Subjects:

Minor Foundry News – 2:50
Neverwinter Foundry – 26:36
Social Map NPCs – 1:15:42
Foundry Updates – 1:02:35

Missions:

Tribbling the Borg by dalolorn – 17:48
Desperate Reflections by Nebular – 21:00

If you have a topic you’d like to see us cover or would like to be a guest-host, e-mail us at FoundryRoundtable@live.com or follow us on Twitter: @FoundryRoundtab

A secret project to enhance existing Federation ships has been hacked by the Tal Shiar. Who is the spy and what is the link to the Iconians?
An epic tale set over 15 maps of deceit, friendship and unlikely alliances. Just who is telling the truth and what do they know? Could this be the end of the Alpha Quadrant and how is the Empress Sela connected?
Find out in this movie style mission which takes you from Utopia Planetia to New Romulus and finally to the Anesta system, the Tal Shiar’s most secret hideout in a gripping and spectacular conclusion.

Level 16+ Star Trek Movie style writing Medium length dialogue Intense ground and space battles Epic special effects
Running time 90 – 120 min Can be played as a team but you will need to read the dialogue Recommend you set your ship to stop moving at dialogue prompts
Travel to the Andorian system to begin.
I hope you enjoy this adventure as much as I enjoyed writing it.
http://youtu.be/OC-zWscdDxE

From Star Trek Online:

This week’s spotlighted mission is “Repairing Utopia Planitia“ by bruckner.

Faction: Federation
Level Requirement: Any
Mission Summary: Utopia Planitia is having communication problems. The recent Klingon raid on the Mars ship yards have left the area heavily in need of repairs. Assist the third fleet there in getting things back in order and find out why communications from there are having so much trouble getting back to Starfleet.

To play this Foundry mission, log onto a Federation 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

From this thread:

General:

• Foundry mission rewards have been updated.
  • Players will only receive rewards for one mission at a time, once per hour.

Also, more updates in these notes:

Foundry:

• Waypoints for contacts on Earth Spacedock have been adjusted so they are correct now.
• The Foundry contacts in Qo’noS First City now have they waypoints pointing to them again.
• Replaced the missing “to” in Bridge Officer dialog descriptions.
• Removed all reference to attachment sidedness for Borg NPC Contacts.
• Renamed some of the Tellarite NPC Contacts to reflect the fact that they are alien, and not Tellarite.

Tune in for some quick Foundry News and a review of the final part of Captain Revo’s Klingon series, Into the Nightmare!

In this thread, the following updates have gone to Tribble:

Foundry:

• Updated the following template maps so that they will have proper pathing information after they are published:
  • Argelius II Interior
  • Borg Interior 02
  • Briarpatch Research Interior
  • Cardassian Interior 02
  • Ice Caves Interior 03
  • Kassae Station Interior
• Added an “Alien” option to the species dropdown menu for both ground and space NPC Groups.

Welcome to the Foundry Roundtable, a weekly podcast dedicated to Foundry missions, mission building and other UGC issues starring Foundry authors Drogyn1701, Markhawkman, Hippiejohn and Greendragoon with guest-host Bluedarky.

Now available courtesy of cerberusfilms as well as Soundcloud and drogyn’s YouTube channel.

Also with more detailed show notes!

Subjects:

28-Hour Foundry Author’s Academy Mission Contest – 1:48
What we’ve been working on – 4:30
Legacy of Romulus Beta Impressions (and especially what it means for the Foundry) – 29:57
Cryptic’s exploit response – 1:09:08

Missions:

Relics by Kirkfat – 19:17
Crouching Tygokor, Hidden Demon by Captain_Revo – 24:41
The Rising Phoenix by H20rat – 26:44

Other notes:

Here’s the site where people can help H20rat out with his medical expenses: gofundme.com/valentine
We wish him well!

If you have a topic you’d like to see us cover or would like to be a guest-host, e-mail us at FoundryRoundtable@live.com or follow us on Twitter: @FoundryRoundtab

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 Files team this episode will review Infiltration Point.

Welcome to the Foundry Roundtable, a weekly podcast dedicated to Foundry missions, mission building and other UGC issues starring Foundry authors Drogyn1701, Markhawkman, Hippiejohn and Greendragoon with guest-host Bazag.

In Episode 11 we discuss bugs, super heroes, Romulans, Crystaline Entities and much more.

listen to it here and here:

Missions discussed:
Broken Mirror by Radkip
Time the Enemy by Havraha
Finding Lascaux by Gulberat
A Radio Blast from the Past by Telatheus
In a Mirror Lightly by wolfpack12c

Other notes:

Little later than usual this week. I got distracted by the Legacy of Romulus beta. No Foundry additions from tribble to report so far, sadly.  On the plus side, we should have better audio quality from now on!

If you have a topic you’d like to see us cover or would like to be a guest-host, e-mail us at FoundryRoundtable@live.com or follow us on Twitter: @FoundryRoundtab

Hello all, while it’s been out for a short while now, I would like to ask you to play my first KDF mission, Hero of the Empire! It’s KDF any level. Please let me know what you think in your review or post a comment here.

Teaser Text:

Every once in a while, a soldier of the Klingon Defense Force truly distinguishes themselves on the field of battle, making their honor and bravery known across the Empire, their deeds worthy of song.

You are being summoned to a less than ideal assignment by the Chancellor himself. Are you up to the task of becoming a true Hero of the Empire?

Welcome to the Foundry Roundtable, a weekly podcast dedicated to Foundry missions, mission building and other UGC issues starring Foundry authors Drogyn1701, Markhawkman, Hippiejohn and Greendragoon.

In Episode 10 we discuss alternative ways of using the player in Foundry missions, the guys help Drogyn brainstorm for his upcoming mission and more.

Listen to it here and here:

Missions discussed:
Klingon Academy’s Khamlet by MolotovZav
KDF Spotlights
Depths of Nukara Prime by P_Sutherland
The Sky Above, The Clouds Below by Malize

Other notes:

I did get a good idea through our brainstorming, so look for that mission soon(tm).

If you have a topic you’d like to see us cover or would like to be a guest-host, e-mail us at FoundryRoundtable@live.com or follow us on Twitter: @FoundryRoundtab

Short editorial:  This week’s spotlight goes to a Cryptic dev who took time to make a great Foundry mission.

We at SBUGC congratulate the mission.

Also, we really hope that H20rat gets well soon.  He is fighting mouth cancer.

I would like to encourage all Foundry authors and players to give more than a dilithium tip for his spotlight.  Please make a donation here.

Repost from STO:

This week’s spotlighted mission is “The Rising Phoenix – Part One“ by h2orat.

Faction: Federation
Level Requirement: 41+
Mission Summary: This mission is inspired by epic Trek events that require the best of the best to answer the call and save the day. It includes those Kirk, Sisko and Picard moments where the galaxy’s fate balances on the edge of a knife. Duty and sacrifice are your watchwords… Do you have what it takes to save the Federation?

To play this Foundry mission, log onto a Federation 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.

I can take a fair guess everyone has heard of what happen to Caspian Division and the Klingon counterpart House of Caspian. If not you can have a read of Terilyn’s Massively Column, it give a insight in what has happened.

Caspian is moving on and reformed the fleet to be Caspian Rising and Caspian Honour Guard and we have receive a lot of support of help and the fleet bank is full with great thanks to the community with there donations of items, EC an alternate characters joining and helping to grind out Fleet Marks. continue reading…

For those of you that would like to have use of a chat server to talk with one another. I have a vent server that can be used. The address is vent83.light-speed.com port 6092. Using it will help those of us in the foundry author community be better able to communicate and share ideas. The download link s here http://www.ventrilo.com/dlprod.php?id=1.

This week on Foundry Files, we cover the week’s foundry news, and then we sit down with Community Manager BranFlakes to discuss his involvement in all things Foundry!

Welcome to the Foundry Roundtable, a weekly podcast dedicated to Foundry missions, mission building and other UGC issues starring Foundry authors Drogyn1701, Markhawkman, Hippiejohn and Greendragoon. Our guest this week is Skydawn.

In Episode 9 we discuss tropes, what we envision for the Romulan Foundry, using minor canon events and more.

Listen to it here and here:

Missions discussed:
In the Shadow of Midas Part 1 – by greendragoon
General Rebellion – by CaptPFDennis
Captain Revo’s five-part mission series (Begins with Worst of All Worlds)
Operation Demon Storm – by Eurrsk (greedragoon got the mission name slightly wrong)

Other notes:

We do actually have an answer now on the Foundry for Romulans, it came out the day after we recorded. Essentially we will be able to make exclusive missions for Romulans, but not at launch. For a while they’ll be limited to Fed or KDF mission listings.

If you have a topic you’d like to see us cover or would like to be a guest-host, e-mail us at FoundryRoundtable@live.com or follow us on Twitter: @FoundryRoundtab

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

Link to the forum post

In this thread, dstahl gave us this update on Foundry updates (or the lack thereof) concerning the Romulan faction:

At launch, Romulans will not be able to play Foundry missions until they choose an ally, and then they can only play Foundry missions created for that Ally. As many have suggested, we will be adding a new filter that will allow Foundry authors to create Romulan specific missions that only Romulans (allied with* either faction) can fly and team together for. No ETA has been provided at this point.

So, if a Romulan wants to play a Foundry mission, they need to borrow a Fed or KDF mission from an ally. No ETA on when that will change.

A new “Choose My Adventure” series at Massively led Eliot Lefebvre to explore two Foundry missions.  In this case, he played Galactrix’s “The Syndicate Extraction” and RogueEnterprise’s “First Cause, Then Effect.”  Check out his article here, and leave some feedback.

Personally, I’m disappointed that readers voted to send him back to official story content, which he found disappointing for compelling reasons.  Read his follow-up article here.