MAY 11, 2023 - Last week we brought you the news that Star Trek Online’s new event, “Unraveled,” was to be released on May 9. The event has begun with a new episode entitled “Wish Upon a Star,” “Leviathan,” a new task force operation, new patrols, and new Star Trek: Strange New Worlds items to be obtained.

Now that the event’s in full swing, we’ve received a trailer to whet players’ appetites.

The trailer features a voiceover by Kipleigh Brown, reprising her role in STO as Admiral Kuumarke. Brown also played the role of Jane Taylor in Star Trek: Enterprise’s third-season episode “The Forgotten” and was seen as Smith in the fan series Star Trek Continues.

At the beginning of the event, the players’ captain has inadvertently created a transdimensional Reality Vortex, which is disrupting space-time. As Kuumarke tries to set things right (presumably with the player’s help) the Tholians pop by to cause trouble. It seems likely that the event will tie back to Star Trek: The Oiginal Series’ “The Tholian Web,” which established the Tholians, and Star Trek: Enterprise’s “In a Mirror Darkly,” which showed that the interphasic space the Enterprise encountered in the TOS episode was connected to the Mirror Universe in the past. Got all that?

Whatever canon connection may or may not be involved, players of STO will find out soon enough. If you haven’t started playing the MMO yet, you should dip your toe in. It’s free and fun. Just visit STO’s website to sign up.