Star Trek: Bridge Commander
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Star Trek: Bridge Commander puts the player in the role of the new captain of the starship USS Dauntless right after the previous captain perished in a sudden and mysterious explosion of the Vesuvi star which wiped out the nearer half of the planets in the system. Narrowly escaping the fallout, the ship is repaired, receives a new first officer and is tasked with investigating the background of the event throughout the region of space referred to as the Maelstrom, encountering other Federation, Klingon, Ferengi, Romulan, and Cardassian ships, as well as a new race known only as the Kessok.
The player can control the ship and its operations by speaking to the relevant personnel (e.g. hailing and moving the ship by talking to ensign LoMar, or managing the ship's power output and repairs by talking to chief engineer Brex), and can do so either from a first-person perspective from the captain's chair or by viewing the ship from the outside. The ship is almost entirely controllable through hotkeys, and its weapons can be fired manually via mouse controls. If the player's ship is joined by other friendly ships, they can be given simple commands.
The singleplayer campaign is split to 8 episodes, each with its own sub-missions, which form a larger storyline. Unlike many other licensed Star Trek games, combat is not the only focus of the game, as there are missions where exploration and assisting endangered colonies and ships is the main objective. A diplomatic decision late in the game affects the circumstances of the finale. Between missions, the player often moves to Starbase 12 for repairs, stocking on torpedoes, and occasionally to receive more delicate assignments.
Aside from the singleplayer campaign, the game has a so-called "Quick Battle" mode where the player can initiate battles using ships, stations and other objects which appeared in the main campaign, and the player can control any ship from the list. This game mode is also available in multiplayer.
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Network & Interface Programming | |
AI & Sound Programming, Physics & Simulation Programming | |
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Character & Bridge Programming, Save/Load Programming | |
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Game Design, Mission Scripting, Story | |
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If you click on Brex several times in a row, he will say some amusing things.
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Bridge Commander Universe
Page with game info, forums and various mods. -
Star Trek: Bridge Commander
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Star Trek: Bridge Commander on Wikipedia
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Star Trek: Bridge Commander: Kobayashi Maru
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- MobyGames ID: 5920
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Game added by Kartanym.
Additional contributors: Apogee IV, Erik Novales, Independent, Picard, Plok.
Last modified March 8th, 2023.