Star Trek: Encounters
Encyclopedia
Star Trek: Encounters is a video game set in the Star Trek
fictional universe
., which was released on October 4, 2006, for the Sony
PlayStation 2
console. The game was developed by Scottish studio 4J Studios
for Bethesda Softworks
.
game, and takes ships and characters from all five Star Trek series: Star Trek: The Original Series
, Star Trek: The Next Generation
, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
, Star Trek: Voyager
, and Star Trek: Enterprise
.
Seven classes of Starfleet vessels are available for play. These are:
, that the match will be played to. Battlefest is when the player must choose a pre-set group a three ships to fight another group of three ships. The player first starts with Ship 1 as does the enemy. When the first ship of either the player or the enemy is destroyed then they move onto Ship 2, then Ship 3 if Ship 2 is destroyed. Onslaught allows the player to only choose from the Starfleet ships currently unlocked in the game. Once a starship has been chosen the player must continuously fight against waves of ships that never stop coming until the player is destroyed. The goal is to destroy as many waves as possible. In skirmish mode, generally, the Xindi ships have the good weaponry, but poor armor. Starfleet has well rounded ships with nearly even hulls and weaponry. The Cardassian ships have powerful weapons, but weaker hulls.
, Star Trek: The Original Series
, Star Trek: The Next Generation
, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
, and Star Trek: Voyager
). The sixth era is based on the untold missions of the Enterprise-E
.
The Enterprise missions all involve defending Earth from the Xindi threat. The Original Series missions are not set during the television series itself but possibly between Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
and Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
movies, with the last mission of the era set taking place in orbit of the Genesis Planet as it is self-destructing. The Next Generation era missions don't really have a recognisable time frame in relation to the television series. The Deep Space Nine missions are set during the Dominion War
, and the Voyager missions have two different time frames involved. The first mission, 'The Chase' could be set just after Voyager
was stranded in the Delta Quadrant, with conflict with the Kazon
. The rest of the missions all involve conflict with the Borg
set possibly during the fifth or sixth seasons.
The primary enemy for the Enterprise
under James Kirk
is the Klingons. The primary enemy for the Enterprise-D
is the Romulans. The Cardassian
s and Jem'Hadar
are the primary enemies for the Defiant
. The Borg
are the primary enemy for Voyager
, although you have to fight Species 8472
and the Kazon
also. The Enterprise-E
has no primary enemy as there are only two missions in its era. One is against the Orions and the other is a mission that involves all the ships and enemies in the game.
Star Trek
Star Trek is an American science fiction entertainment franchise created by Gene Roddenberry. The core of Star Trek is its six television series: The Original Series, The Animated Series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and Enterprise...
fictional universe
Fictional universe
A fictional universe is a self-consistent fictional setting with elements that differ from the real world. It may also be called an imagined, constructed or fictional realm ....
., which was released on October 4, 2006, for the Sony
Sony
, commonly referred to as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan and the world's fifth largest media conglomerate measured by revenues....
PlayStation 2
PlayStation 2
The PlayStation 2 is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Sony as part of the PlayStation series. Its development was announced in March 1999 and it was first released on March 4, 2000, in Japan...
console. The game was developed by Scottish studio 4J Studios
4J Studios
4J Studios is a video game developer based in Dundee, Scotland. The company has worked with a wide range of publishers including ZeniMax Media, Mojang AB, and Microsoft Game Studios...
for Bethesda Softworks
Bethesda Softworks
Bethesda Softworks, LLC, is an American video game company. A subsidiary of ZeniMax Media, the company was originally based in Bethesda, Maryland and eventually moved to their current location in Rockville, Maryland...
.
Gameplay
It is an arcade style shoot 'em upShoot 'em up
Shoot 'em up is a subgenre of shooter video games. In a shoot 'em up, the player controls a lone character, often in a spacecraft or aircraft, shooting large numbers of enemies while dodging their attacks. The genre in turn encompasses various types or subgenres and critics differ on exactly what...
game, and takes ships and characters from all five Star Trek series: Star Trek: The Original Series
Star Trek: The Original Series
Star Trek is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry, produced by Desilu Productions . Star Trek was telecast on NBC from September 8, 1966, through June 3, 1969...
, Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: The Next Generation is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry as part of the Star Trek franchise. Roddenberry, Rick Berman, and Michael Piller served as executive producers at different times throughout the production...
, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is a science fiction television series set in the Star Trek universe...
, Star Trek: Voyager
Star Trek: Voyager
Star Trek: Voyager is a science fiction television series set in the Star Trek universe. Set in the 24th century from the year 2371 through 2378, the series follows the adventures of the Starfleet vessel USS Voyager, which becomes stranded in the Delta Quadrant 70,000 light-years from Earth while...
, and Star Trek: Enterprise
Star Trek: Enterprise
Star Trek: Enterprise is a science fiction television series. It follows the adventures of humanity's first warp 5 starship, the Enterprise, ten years before the United Federation of Planets shown in previous Star Trek series was formed.Enterprise premiered on September 26, 2001...
.
Seven classes of Starfleet vessels are available for play. These are:
- The Enterprise, NX-01 under the command of Captain Jonathan ArcherJonathan ArcherJonathan Archer is a fictional character in the Star Trek franchise. He is the protagonist of the television series Star Trek: Enterprise, where he is played by Scott Bakula...
. - The USS EnterpriseUSS EnterpriseUSS Enterprise may refer to the following vessels:-United States of America:In watercraft, the prefix "USS" or "U.S.S." is applied to ships commissioned by and for the United States Navy. Private citizens also use the name unofficially...
, NCC-1701, under the command of Captain James T. KirkJames T. KirkJames Tiberius "Jim" Kirk is a character in the Star Trek media franchise. Kirk was first played by William Shatner as the principal lead character in the original Star Trek series. Shatner voiced Kirk in the animated Star Trek series and appeared in the first seven Star Trek movies...
. - The USS Enterprise, NCC-1701-D, under the command of Captain Jean-Luc PicardJean-Luc PicardCaptain Jean-Luc Picard is a Star Trek character portrayed by Patrick Stewart. He appears in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation and the feature films Star Trek Generations, Star Trek: First Contact, Star Trek: Insurrection, and Star Trek Nemesis...
. - The USS DefiantUSS DefiantThe USS Defiant is a fictional starship in the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and the feature film Star Trek: First Contact...
, NX-74205, under the command of Captain Benjamin SiskoBenjamin SiskoBenjamin Lafayette Sisko, played by Avery Brooks, is the main character of the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.-Early life and career:...
. - The USS VoyagerUSS VoyagerUSS Voyager can refer to:*USS Voyager , a motorboat that served in the United States Navy from 1917 to 1919 and in the United States Coast Guard from 1919 to c...
, NCC-74656, under the command of Captain Kathryn JanewayKathryn JanewayKathryn Janeway, played by Kate Mulgrew, is a fictional character in the Star Trek franchise. As the captain of the Starfleet starship USS Voyager, she was the lead character on the television series Star Trek: Voyager, and later, a Starfleet admiral, as seen in the 2002 feature film Star Trek...
. - The USS Enterprise, NCC-1701-E, under the command of Captain Jean-Luc Picard.
- A Nebula class starship that does not have a stated captain.
Skirmish
In the Skirmish section of the game single and multiplayer options are available, but each of the things you can do in both modes are the same. Head-to-Head gives the player the chance to choose a ship to fight with, and choose an opponent to fight against. The player then sets the score limit, or the number of fragsFrag (video gaming)
Frag is a computer and video game term originating from the word fragging, a term indicating to kill an unpopular superior officer with a fragmentation grenade. A frag is roughly equivalent to "kill", with the typical main difference that the player being "fragged" can instantly respawn in most...
, that the match will be played to. Battlefest is when the player must choose a pre-set group a three ships to fight another group of three ships. The player first starts with Ship 1 as does the enemy. When the first ship of either the player or the enemy is destroyed then they move onto Ship 2, then Ship 3 if Ship 2 is destroyed. Onslaught allows the player to only choose from the Starfleet ships currently unlocked in the game. Once a starship has been chosen the player must continuously fight against waves of ships that never stop coming until the player is destroyed. The goal is to destroy as many waves as possible. In skirmish mode, generally, the Xindi ships have the good weaponry, but poor armor. Starfleet has well rounded ships with nearly even hulls and weaponry. The Cardassian ships have powerful weapons, but weaker hulls.
Story missions
The game consists of six eras. Five are based on television series (Star Trek: EnterpriseStar Trek: Enterprise
Star Trek: Enterprise is a science fiction television series. It follows the adventures of humanity's first warp 5 starship, the Enterprise, ten years before the United Federation of Planets shown in previous Star Trek series was formed.Enterprise premiered on September 26, 2001...
, Star Trek: The Original Series
Star Trek: The Original Series
Star Trek is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry, produced by Desilu Productions . Star Trek was telecast on NBC from September 8, 1966, through June 3, 1969...
, Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: The Next Generation is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry as part of the Star Trek franchise. Roddenberry, Rick Berman, and Michael Piller served as executive producers at different times throughout the production...
, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is a science fiction television series set in the Star Trek universe...
, and Star Trek: Voyager
Star Trek: Voyager
Star Trek: Voyager is a science fiction television series set in the Star Trek universe. Set in the 24th century from the year 2371 through 2378, the series follows the adventures of the Starfleet vessel USS Voyager, which becomes stranded in the Delta Quadrant 70,000 light-years from Earth while...
). The sixth era is based on the untold missions of the Enterprise-E
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E)
The USS Enterprise is a Sovereign-class starship in the Star Trek franchise. It serves as the primary setting of the films Star Trek: First Contact, Star Trek: Insurrection, and Star Trek Nemesis...
.
The Enterprise missions all involve defending Earth from the Xindi threat. The Original Series missions are not set during the television series itself but possibly between Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is a 1982 American science fiction film released by Paramount Pictures. The film is the second feature based on the Star Trek science fiction franchise. The plot features James T...
and Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock is a 1984 motion picture released by Paramount Pictures. The film is the third feature based on the Star Trek science fiction franchise and is the center of a three-film story arc that begins with Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and concludes with Star Trek IV:...
movies, with the last mission of the era set taking place in orbit of the Genesis Planet as it is self-destructing. The Next Generation era missions don't really have a recognisable time frame in relation to the television series. The Deep Space Nine missions are set during the Dominion War
Dominion War
The Dominion War is an extended plot concept developed in a number of story arcs of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, an American science-fiction television series produced by Paramount Pictures...
, and the Voyager missions have two different time frames involved. The first mission, 'The Chase' could be set just after Voyager
USS Voyager (Star Trek)
The fictional Intrepid-class starship USS Voyager is the primary setting of the science fiction television series Star Trek: Voyager. It is commanded by Captain Kathryn Janeway....
was stranded in the Delta Quadrant, with conflict with the Kazon
Kazon
In the Star Trek fictional universe, the Kazon are a Delta Quadrant race. The Kazon are technologically inferior to the United Federation of Planets as it exists in the twenty-fourth century...
. The rest of the missions all involve conflict with the Borg
Borg (Star Trek)
The Borg are a fictional pseudo-race of cybernetic organisms depicted in the Star Trek universe associated with Star Trek.Whereas cybernetics are used by other races in the science fiction world to repair bodily damage and birth defects, the Borg use enforced cybernetic enhancement as a means of...
set possibly during the fifth or sixth seasons.
The primary enemy for the Enterprise
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)
The USS Enterprise, NCC-1701, is a fictional starship in the Star Trek media franchise. The original Star Trek series depicts her crew's mission "to explore strange new worlds; to seek out new life and new civilizations; to boldly go where no man has gone before" under the command of Captain James...
under James Kirk
James T. Kirk
James Tiberius "Jim" Kirk is a character in the Star Trek media franchise. Kirk was first played by William Shatner as the principal lead character in the original Star Trek series. Shatner voiced Kirk in the animated Star Trek series and appeared in the first seven Star Trek movies...
is the Klingons. The primary enemy for the Enterprise-D
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D)
The USS Enterprise is a 24th century starship in the Star Trek fictional universe and the principal setting of the Star Trek: The Next Generation television series...
is the Romulans. The Cardassian
Cardassian
The Cardassians are an extraterrestrial species in the Star Trek science fiction franchise. First introduced in the 1991 Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Wounded", the species originating on the fictional Alpha Quadrant planet Cardassia Prime...
s and Jem'Hadar
Jem'Hadar
In the fictional Star Trek universe, the Jem'Hadar are the shock troops of the powerful Dominion located in the Gamma Quadrant. Genetically engineered for strength and resolve, they are also short-lived and believe that "victory is life." They are bred to perceive the Founders, enigmatic...
are the primary enemies for the Defiant
USS Defiant
The USS Defiant is a fictional starship in the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and the feature film Star Trek: First Contact...
. The Borg
Borg (Star Trek)
The Borg are a fictional pseudo-race of cybernetic organisms depicted in the Star Trek universe associated with Star Trek.Whereas cybernetics are used by other races in the science fiction world to repair bodily damage and birth defects, the Borg use enforced cybernetic enhancement as a means of...
are the primary enemy for Voyager
USS Voyager (Star Trek)
The fictional Intrepid-class starship USS Voyager is the primary setting of the science fiction television series Star Trek: Voyager. It is commanded by Captain Kathryn Janeway....
, although you have to fight Species 8472
Species 8472
Species 8472 is a fictional extraterrestrial race in the science fiction television series Star Trek: Voyager. They inhabit another dimension called fluidic space. These beings are rendered by animation from Foundation Imaging, Inc...
and the Kazon
Kazon
In the Star Trek fictional universe, the Kazon are a Delta Quadrant race. The Kazon are technologically inferior to the United Federation of Planets as it exists in the twenty-fourth century...
also. The Enterprise-E
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E)
The USS Enterprise is a Sovereign-class starship in the Star Trek franchise. It serves as the primary setting of the films Star Trek: First Contact, Star Trek: Insurrection, and Star Trek Nemesis...
has no primary enemy as there are only two missions in its era. One is against the Orions and the other is a mission that involves all the ships and enemies in the game.
See also
- Star Trek: ConquestStar Trek: ConquestStar Trek: Conquest is a video game set in the Star Trek universe. The game features both turn-based strategy and real time strategy gameplay...
- Star Trek: LegacyStar Trek: LegacyStar Trek: Legacy is a video game released by Mad Doc Software for Windows-based PCs and Xbox 360. The game, a strategy/action and space combat game, was published by Bethesda Softworks...
- Star Trek: Tactical AssaultStar Trek: Tactical AssaultStar Trek: Tactical Assault is a Star Trek video game for the Nintendo DS and PlayStation Portable that was developed by Quicksilver Software, also the creators of Star Trek: Starfleet Command.-Single-player:...