Jack Emmert recently sat down with MMORPG.com's Keith Cross at Gen Con to discuss the upcoming Star Trek Online mmo. If you don't feel like watching the full 7 minutes here's a quick recap.

Factions-Yes you can play a memeber of The Federation or the Klingon Empire. Factions will compete for resources as well as PvP.

Acqusition of the IP Jack discusses how they got the IP from P3 fomerly known as Perpetual. Jack also talk about not really taking anything from the previous designer although he admits that there may be some aspects of the game that mirror the previous developer.

Player made races Jack talks about alien race creation and that the player will have a variety of tools in which to create your own race, but admits at launch you will only be able to make "humanoid" type aliens.


Customizable Ships Jack reports that the player will be able to customize their ships both interior and exterior, but you will be limited to better keep the look and feel of your faction.

Speedy Production Jack discusses how Cryptic having an exisitng engine allows them to produce STO very quickly since they mainly have to worry about the in-game assests rather than engine development or porting first. Jack hints that Champions Online will launch next spring.

Combat System Jack reports that ship combat will be slow and tactical where the ground combat will be much more action oriented.

STO for the Xbox Jack says there is nothing preventing the development of the game for the Xbox save the business end of things. Jack also states that they are always looking at moving games to consoles since they have the technology to do so.

Will STO be a more traditional mmo? Jack says that he wants this to be a Star Trek mmo not just a mmo that happens to have a Star Trek back drop. Jack ststea that they have looked at game mechanics from Mass Effect, Hellgate:London, abd Tabula Rasa for inspiration.

Well that's about it for this ST:O update. Stay tuned I'm sure there will be more to come.