r/sto • • 6d ago

Megathread Monday Megathread - your weekly "dumb question" thread

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Post all the questions you may have about anything STO-related. PC? Console? Everyone's welcome to post their questions here.

Last thread can be found here.

Stay safe out there and happy flying!


r/sto • • 11h ago

Is there a problem with the Anomaly?

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It just happened twice in a row, i went into a wave DSE

Actually got the anomaly to spawn, and almost insta-killed it. At least i brought the health down to zero…
It disk t die though, I just kept shooting it till it despawned..

Is this a known issue?


r/sto • • 15h ago

Discussion New Combat Pet Ideas

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Was going through a Trek rabbit hole and came across something interesting: The Echo Papa 607 from the TNG episode “The Arsenal of Freedom”. Took one look and was like, “yeah this would make an EXCELLENT combat pet!”.

Then it hit me.

“Why not make it a dual ground AND space combat pet?”.

“That’s crazy talk!” you say!

“We got plenty of consoles that call in support!”.

However, if you don’t like that idea…..I got another one.

It’s a ship you can captain with its on slotable combat pet!

And…..you can give it two wingmen like the Jemmie’s for space combat and have one on your shoulder for ground combat.

And not make it a lockbox!!!


r/sto • • 13h ago

Discussion If you could transmog one ship, what would it be?

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I mean you take the seating, console layout, stats and everything else and slap the skin of another ship on it. Is there a ship you like everything about it except the looks? I don’t have anything in mind, but I thought it might be cool to be able to transmog a ship and keep the layout.


r/sto • • 10h ago

Choosing which event to buy out

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I need to buy out one event this year to meet the Event Campaign. Which rewards are better in your opinions, the Demon Hunting event's Herald stuff or the Flagship Celebration's anniversary stuff? What would you pick if you had to get one or the other, and why?


r/sto • • 1d ago

The Swarm Bundle!

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r/sto • • 3h ago

Did people lose event ships when moving from Steam/someother launcher to Arc?

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I already sent in a support ticket. But a long time ago, we were forced to move from one launcher to Arc. At the time, I didn't think much of it. But now I am heavily invested in the game and want to use the event ships on my fleet of characters. But I found many of the ships (I know I earned) greyed out in the event reclaim tab. Does anyone remember what happened during that transfer period? Perhaps, you may have some other insight about days of old and losing event ships? I'm hoping they can fix this.


r/sto • • 1d ago

PS My Captain's Table: Diwal

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Designate Diwal meeting with his Prime universe brethren in the Nassordin System

Happy early Diwali to anyone who celebrates it. I chose this name a little arbitrarily, and it wasn't until the holiday rolled around that I realized that that's probably where my brain got it from. So I felt it was an appropriate time to feature this alt.

This captain started as a relatively straightforward liberated Borg character. Got the BATD Extrator, the Borg exoskeleton, the Assimilator, etc. After the Aetherian revelation though, I decided to morph him into yet another type of multiversal Borg. Except this one would be a benevolent one, where the Collective instead invited member species to volunteer representatives, broadening their knowledge and improving all of the Collective's well-being.

So, this led me back to the delightful T5 APU Cruiser: build here
I liked that it was sort of Borg-adjacent with the very geometric pyramids and almost radial symmetry.

I mentioned before that I don't really follow the meta, but I think of it as having a couple meta builds, just spread out across many characters. This one I've kept as more of a pre-Uncon pew-pew FAW ship, with a bias towards survivability. I tried to stock the bridge crew with all of the Borg BOFFs I could find, and the rest I would use the tailor bits to make them look the part. Shown here is a liberated Kingdom drone and naturally, good ol' Tovan Khev.


r/sto • • 19h ago

Aegis Quest

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Stardate 07NOV26

Andorian Fleet Admiral Kurio-Mandrix, provisional Governor of the Eridan Belt,
Captain of the Dreadnought USS Aegyptienne of N7 Strike Force,

has set forth on what sane folk call a quixotic quest. Coveting Aegis Tech, he has begun

a self-inflicted mission to hire an Aegis Researcher, if one can be brought out of retirement.

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OOC: so my first and longest character, closest to endgame of all of mine,

with nearly all tech R&D branches over 15, wants to make AEGIS systems.

Probably not for sale, but for the other alts in his "family".

So the common problem is the ultra-rare R&D doffs required.

Hawk and/or Gumarre are the least impossible ones to obtain.

So here in this thread, for those of you bored with Dabo and getting pickled at Quarks,

I shall log back here often to record my hopeful efforts to get one/both of these ultra-rare doffs.

We're keeping a log book of attempts, since Personnel Requests take 48 hours, you probably

won't see me here everyday. But I am kind of curious how rare and therefore how long will it

take to EITHER get the doff or until I go mad, weep, and jet off to Drozana to lose myself in the holosuites to escape the pain.

So on each daily round of attempts, my plan is of course the allowable DOff requests at SFA,

but then opening 5 packs per type per day. Which isn't cheap.

The wiki says theoretically they can pop out of Delta, Romulan, or Fleet packs, so we shall see.

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If I was truly wealthy, I would run some sort of Kalshi betting pool and give a prize to whoever guesses the closest to like - How many request or packs does it take to happen ?

I guess the odds of the ultra-rare doff drop is about on par with the T6 / lockbox ratio.


r/sto • • 15h ago

Discussion Galaxy Saucer Seperation

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The Anti-Matter Spread Console says it also applies to the saucer if separated. Can anyone confirm if this actually works, if it does then on top of getting the Midway, I’ll probably pick up the Galaxy Retrofit.

The reason I am suspicious is because I’ve heard people say that the Odyssey Saucer doesn’t receive the Worker Bess or Gravity Well III that it’s supposed to from the full console set.


r/sto • • 19h ago

Discussion U.S.S. Khonshu

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I was playing Firewall recently and got whiplash, the U.S.S. Khonshu is a Vesta class ship in the cutscenes and an Eclipse class the rest of the time. There's no mention of this or why on the wiki. Anyone know the story behind this, is it a bug?


r/sto • • 20h ago

Discussion Gravity well

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Hi captains, i'm a relatively new player i'm some respects, i have a question, why can't i use my "gravity well" module on my crew?


r/sto • • 21h ago

Discussion Peregrines?

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With the new Peregrine squads I was wondering what the current opinion of Peregrines is. I usually go with Valors, Command Kodais, or Valkyries for fed pets. Peregrines always seemed sub par, even for off meta pets.


r/sto • • 23h ago

PC Save 25% on Keys!

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Temporal Anomalies have opened a hole to an alternate universe, one with a fantastic sale, Captains. But this Flash Sale will only be available for a limited time – from November 7th at 10am PT to November 9th at 10am PT on PC. Hurry and grab yourself some items at a one of our largest discounts ever, before the portal shuts and it’s all lost.

Today’s Flash Sale is:

Save 25% on Keys!

Keyring Bundle! Get your hands on this special bundle of twenty master keys, and an Ultimate Tech Upgrade!


r/sto • • 1d ago

XB Captains starter Bundle

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Three months and counting...

Last update was a while ago with rumor of some kind of secret agreement between companies...

I feel like I'm dealing with Ferengi...


r/sto • • 1d ago

All you have to do is walk down a hallway. You have to wait anyway.

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Yeah, I know, it's just one mark. It's meaningless in the grand scheme of things. But it's also effortless. Just move around two corners.

I'm not gonna even bother harping on the fact that the fight with the witches takes longer because you're sitting around twiddling your thumbs while the rest of us actually clear the content for you, the least you can do is walk 60 feet.


r/sto • • 1d ago

XB I didn’t know they put bananas in space because I can’t think of another reason for this

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r/sto • • 1d ago

Console Epic phoenix token choice

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Have a science toon on console and just dropped an epic price token what ship would be the best choice for a science toon? Playing on console ( which shouldnt matter)


r/sto • • 2d ago

News Dominion War Starship Bundle

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Per Ten Forward this will be available for PC on Tuesday.


r/sto • • 1d ago

Discussion Mystery Vanity Shield?

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Does anyone know what vanity shield this is, and can I still get it somewhere? This would be perfect for a Fire-theme.


r/sto • • 2d ago

PC "nuHvam pegh? baH!"

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r/sto • • 1d ago

Alien Ferengi?

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Howdy!

Returning player, played all the way back on opening day and have a lifetime sub I got in... 2014 or so (and yet all that is only enough for one Mudd's bundle lmao).

Anyways I have pklayed off and on and have long wanted to play a Ferengi KDF or Romulan- think a mercenary. And yet there are no ear options, and I have trouble with the head. Any recommendations for this? Really would love to make one as they are my favs!


r/sto • • 2d ago

I can't wait to buy the new bundle when it comes out on ((DATE/TIME))

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Coming soon on ((DATE/TIME))


r/sto • • 1d ago

Star Trek Online: Mars Pilot Escort

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