![]() So even if you buy a Tier 5 ship-like, say, the Multi-vector Attack Escort (i.e., the USS Prometheus)-you won’t be able to redeem it (much less use it) until your federation aligned character hits level 50. This includes ships bought with real money. But here’s the thing, the vast majority of ships are locked by player level. However, if you have a ship you want regardless of playstyle, you may be tempted to buy it. The rule of thumb is to not buy a ship with real money till you know what style you want to play-tank, DPS, or space wizard. Tier 6 Ships Scale to Your Level (but Almost All Other Ships Do Not) That said, all of these free ships can be bought using in-game currency (i.e., dilithium) after the fact, so even if you don’t end up getting a specific one for free while leveling you can buy it later. Do note that Romulans do get the short end of the stick here because they only get one type of ship to choose from at levels 10 and 20 while the other factions get to choose from a group of three both times. Not only do you get a ship at the start of the game as part of your faction’s plot, you’ll also get an additional free ship at levels 10, 20, 30, 40, and 61 (except for Dominion characters as they start at level 60). You Get Several Free Ships as You Level Up Basically, if you’re free-to-play and/or are just playing for the plot, make sure you pick a faction that allows you to pick the ship you want to fly. That said, you can technically make all ships useable by any faction-but you either need to get a Klingon character (not a Klingon-aligned character but a straight up KDF Klingon character) to the level 65 level-cap or buy the privilege in the real money shop. This means that Federation aligned characters can’t fly Klingon ships and visa-versa- including ships purchased with real money. You Can’t Use Ships That Don’t Belong to Your Faction The biggest impact of your Klingon/Federation faction choice is that… Moreover, though certain factions have meatier stories than others that continue on from that point, everything eventually becomes a more or less unified narrative regardless of the side your on. While each of the eight factions has its own playable prologue to set everything up, once it’s done, you’ll either be railroaded into one of the two factions-or be forced to choose joining one or the other. When it comes down to it, there are really only two factions gameplay-wise, the Federation and the Klingons. So, you boot up the game for the first time and notice there are six factions to choose from: Starfleet, the Klingon Defense Force, the Romulan Republic, the Dominion, TOS Starfleet, and DSC Starfleet. ![]() Here are the things I learned along the way. Now more than a decade later with it being free-to-play, I decided now was the time to dive headlong into the sprawling world of post-TNG Star Trek. Yet, for some reason, I never got around to playing it. As a lifelong Star Trek fan, I remember being excited for Star Trek Online back when it launched in 2010.
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