Ezri Dax returns to Star Trek Online to face a Lovecraftian threat

Over the past 16 years Star Trek Online has been building what senior narrative designer Flo McQuibban calls “soft canon,” bringing TV stars into the game while creating new threats for them to face. The next event, Corruption, launches on March 10 to celebrate the free-to-play MMORPG’s 16th anniversary and will see Ezri Dax (Nicole de Boer) of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine leading the charge against the Chimerans, a new species of invaders from another universe.

The Chimerans have been teased in recent releases as part of the ongoing multiversal Borg saga and will be seen in action for the first time in Corruption. “They’re quite Lovecraftian,” McQuibban said. “They’re kind of creepy and skeletal, with a fast zombie vibe.

We’re really playing up the sense of dread for this release.” Chimerans infest ships with eggs and veiny nests, include hulking monsters that can easily knock out players, and are targeting the MIDAS Array that was used to contact the U.S.S. Voyager when it got lost in the Delta Quadrant.

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