the proud and noble sea monkey

i should make a new pixel jacket soon

that's it, that's the post

To be clear: Star Trek Online is a fun generic space adventure game in a Star Trek wrapper. It's very similar to modern Star Trek shows with its focus being more on phaser battles and kabooms rather than humanity striving to be much better than we are now while facing a scary galaxy. If you enjoyed Picard or Discovery more than TNG or TOS, you'll vibe with STO. And if you don't know what any of those meant, you might still enjoy the game.

TO BE CLEARER: It is very aggressively monetized and if you're not willing to drop cash on it your experience will be a lot harder, slower, and pretty frustrating at a lot of points. You CAN play it with what the game gives you as drops and rewards, but you will always remain subpar and prone to exploding. It is built around milking whales and the neurodivergent who obsess on certain things behind the pay wall to the point they open their wallets.

Clearly: I'm one or the other. Likely both though I never bothered to get diagnosed and I'm too old for it to be useful for helping me navigate society now. I'm a lot more in control of my wallet these days now that I have things to do besides play MMOs all day, but the game would not exist without folks like me. If you're also like me, I suggest avoiding the game. Especially if you, like me, have few financial responsibilities. If you're still curious, then play until it starts feeling like a phone game.

Final point of clarification: I just wanted to make a cute space goth with my Romulan. I figured that also meant having a crew of groovy ghoulies at her side. These guys I had to work for to complete the look.