Good morning everyone,
Last night we returned to Star Trek Online for the first time since February, as two new episodes were added, titled 'Blue Shift' and 'The Calling'.
'Blue Shift' continues from where the previous mission 'Red Shift' ended, as a rescue plan to rescue Ilia from the Terran Empire, and I believe this is the second mission to ever to make use of mechanics used in a Task Force Operation, as one was introduced that involved raiding Terran Space Dock and guarding three Exocomps (who steal the show with how sassy they are... I mean one is called Cereal Killer!). Beyond that, there are nice space battles, as well as the payoff of getting Marshall Janeway back in command of the Mirror Universe version of Voyager. Once Illia is retrieved she lets the player know that there is a Mirror version of V'ger that is very pissed off and is being summon by the Terran Emperor.
'The Calling' sees another trip into the Mirror Universe, where we get to play as our mirror counterpart 'The Inquisitor' in what is a glorified flash back scene to show what is happening on the alternate version of Pahvo (a payoff to 'Killy's' escape from when that character first tried to take over Pahvo and escaping when her plans were thwarted). There is a major space battle, a re-taking of the Mirror Universe Enterprise to put Admiral (Mirror Universe) Leeta back in command as well as dealing with the alternate version of V'ger for the first time... and out first look of the Terran Emperor's flag ship.
Of course I should talk about Forged in Fire, which is a remake of Assault on Tarok Nor using the remodeled Deep Space Nine interior from FOUR YEARS AGO (let's keep in mind Assault on Terok Nor was introduced seven years ago). It basically plays the same, with some things simplified down and made more obvious. I do like the twist of having to run up different levels in the Ore Processing portion to avoid getting nuked by Admiral Leetha's nova blasts. Plus you finally get to take down Kurland... and make the joke that 'Kurland WAS here'.
Overall, the new content is great, Both missions are really well done as the pace is kept moving with both,
even with all the dialog, but of course this is Star Trek Online, so we
won't see the next chapter of the story for like another two months..The new Task Force Operation is a quick in and out affair, that most people in PUGs can tackle in 5 minutes. Overall it took about two hours and change to get through all the new stuff... that was not the new tutorial for Federation 2409... I'm debating featuring that next week.
For the remainder of last night's stream we played Smite, going six and four in ten matches that were a mix of Arena and Assault. Big thanks to LvStkr for being apart of a few matches, always cool to team up with one of the channel regulars! We also managed to pick up a couple of achievements as well.
SMITE Achievements
- Love to Guard: 5 Mastered Guardians.
- Get Over Here: "Unlock the Smite Award "Get Over Here"!
Twitch Clips
- We don't need a HUD!
- We'll just look at you...
- Ooo that was a terrible line!
- Coming through!
- One for me
For the raid we dropped in on Flint_Locke as they were doing VRChat things over at twitch.tv/Flint_Locke!
Knocked out Today's Daily Death in Friday the 13th Killer Puzzle right after last night's stream ended (and a much needed trip to the rest room) I need to do the next two on Thursday and Friday to unlock the final achievement. Progress is being made!
Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Hook Combo #2, Double Combo #1, Defensive Combo #2 and Defensive Combo #1.
Added two games to the Xbox digital library, From Earth to Heaven and Sam & Max Save the World. The later we have played before but it's the remastered version that was released after Telltale originally closed down, so if we stream it'll be good for a few laughs, plus the challenge of playing a point & click game with a gamepad may make for a unique experience. From Earth to Heaven, it's a first person platformer that is supposedly an easy completion. We shall see if that's even true or not.
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For tonight's stream, I'm going to start off with Fallout 76, and we'll see if Iceman joins in or if we may be teaming joining in for a four person run of Gears of War 3, who knows! Regardless we'll see you later over on twitch.tv/fredcasden!
