Player-Created Missions Coming To Star Trek Online

In order to breathe new life into Star Trek Online, Cryptic Studios is releasing a tool set called The Foundry (or Mission Authoring Tool) that will allow players to create their own content.

Through The Foundry, players will be able to customize pre-made planet surfaces, star systems with their own encounters, objects, and storylines. They will also have the ability to create star systems from scratch, with Cryptic promising more map features in future updates.

However, Cryptic stresses that The Foundry is not a modding tool. “The goal of this tool set is to allow players to put their stories in the Star Trek universe using the same look, feel, and capabilities that Cryptic’s own design team utilizes. So while there are a lot of features for creating content, players cannot import their own images, 3D models, or audio into the game.”

A review system using a 5-star scale will ensure that these so-called “Community Authored Episodes” are of good quality.