Next Friday, #STO Community Manager Brandon “BranFlakes” Felczer will be hosting a special preview livestream for our upcoming update, Season 8! He’ll be showing off some of the new content, answering your questions, and giving out prizes* during the show. Learn more here: http://sto.perfectworld.com/news/?p=1015621

This week’s spotlighted #STO Foundry mission is “Grapok in the General’s Lung” by malize! Read more about it here: http://sto.perfectworld.com/news/?p=1015551

We’ve added a new screenshot to our gallery! Our upcoming Feature Episode, “Sphere of Influence,” premieres next Thursday, October 31, 2013 and will advance the #STO storyline.

In part two of this week’s episode of Priority One Podcast, #STO Lead Designer Al “CaptainGeko” Rivera stops by to answer community submitted questions about Season 8. Listen to the interview here: http://priorityonepodcast.com/po146sup/

Our latest Season 8 Dev Blog has just been posted! The intercepted log reveals information about Romulan Republic’s plans to reactivate the Iconian Gateway that was found on New Romulus. Read it here: http://sto.perfectworld.com/news/?p=1014021

For a limited time only, all CXP and XP Boosts are on sale for 25% off their regular ZEN prices! Learn more details here: http://sto.perfectworld.com/news/?p=1013251

Q is back on Earth Spacedock, Qo’noS and New Romulus Command, and he’s in a giving mood! Visit him to get a boost that will DOUBLE your rewards of Skill Points* and Expertise for four (4) hours**! Learn more details here: http://sto.perfectworld.com/news/?p=1013231

#STO Maintenance is now complete! Thanks for your patience. We’ll see you back in-game!

Our weekly scheduled #STO maintenance has begun! We expect downtime to last for 2 hours and will post again once it is complete. Thanks!

Greetings Captains! We will be performing this week’s scheduled maintenance tomorrow, October 24th, at 7AM PDT. Downtime is estimated at 2 hours, and patch notes (which include the addition of the Cruiser Advanced Comm Arrays on other eligible ships, and bug fixes) can be found here: http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=890841 Thanks for your patience and understanding!