Priority One: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast

Greetings, Admirals! You’re listening to EPISODE 208 OF PRIORITY ONE PODCAST, the premier Star Trek Online podcast! This episode was recorded on Thursday, February 5th 2015 and made available for download on Monday, February 9th 2015 at PriorityOnePodcast.com! We have another big show for you this week, Admirals! We’ll be jumping right in to STONews to continue our initial reviews of the Fifth Anniversary Content. Then, we have two interviews to share with you. First is the second part of our interview with Star Trek Online’s Lead Designer, Al “Captain Geko” Rivera. Followed by an interview with newly appointed Executive Producer, Stephen “Salami Inferno” Ricossa. So sit back, relax, and let’s look at what’s in store for Star Trek Online over the next several months! Finally, before we wrap the show, we’ll open hailing frequencies for your incoming messages! Don't miss our video demonstration of Command Space Powers with special guest, Systems Designer, Jeremy "BorticusCryptic" Randall! TOPICS DISCUSSED R&

Greetings, Admirals! You’re listening to EPISODE 207 OF PRIORITY ONE PODCAST, the premier Star Trek Online podcast! This episode was recorded on Thursday, January 29th 2015 and made available for download on Monday, February 2nd 2015 at PriorityOnePodcast.com! Brace yourselves for a long episode, Admirals! For starters, Sir Patrick Stewart has been making some news and we'll Trek Out what he has to say. In Star Trek Online News there's a lot to celebrate now that STO has turned 5 years old! Elijah, Cookie, and Jayce will be reviewing the news with featured guest - Star Trek Online Lead Designer - Al "CaptainGeko" Rivera. Then, of course, before we wrap the show, we’ll open hailing frequencies for your incoming messages! Don't rely on someone else to do it! There are only a few days left to nominate Priority One Podcast in the Best Produced and Gaming categories in the 10th Annual People's Choice Podcast Awards! You nominated us last year and now we need your support again this year! http://podcastawards.com/

Greetings, Admirals! This is a special message from Captain Elijah Léandros of the U.S.S. Priōritās! Please nominate Priority One Podcast in the Best Produced and Gaming categories in the 10th Annual People's Choice Podcast Awards! You nominated us last year and now we need your support again this year! http://podcastawards.com/

Greetings, Admirals! You’re listening to EPISODE 206 OF PRIORITY ONE PODCAST, the premier Star Trek Online podcast! This episode was recorded on Thursday, January 22nd 2015 and made available for download on Monday, January 26th 2015 at PriorityOnePodcast.com! This week we Trek Out an interesting development on the third installment of the Star Trek Movie Reboot. In Star Trek Online News the blogs keep churning out as we draw nearer to the 5th anniversary event along with secondary deflectors, and updates to the foundry and story arch in STO . Later, we’re joined by UI Artist, Thomas Marrone to share more insight on the changes to the icons in-game and the new UI for DoFF development. Then, of course, before we wrap the show, we’ll open hailing frequencies for your incoming messages! Please nominate Priority One Podcast in the Best Produced and Gaming categories in the 10th Annual People's Choice Podcast Awards! You nominated us last year and now we need your support again this year! http://podcastawards.com/

Greetings, Admirals! You’re listening to EPISODE 205 OF PRIORITY ONE PODCAST, the premier Star Trek Online podcast! This episode was recorded on Thursday, January 15th 2015 and made available for download on Monday, January 19th 2015 at PriorityOnePodcast.com! This week we Trek Out the 3 rules of robotics. In Star Trek Online News, more Dev blogs have been released regarding the new features coming to the game with the Anniversary Event. For starters, we have a new quality of life improvement that is aimed to ease switching between ships and later we speculate the meaning of the new Kobali personal log that has surfaced. Then, of course, before we wrap the show, we’ll open hailing frequencies for your incoming messages! TOPICS DISCUSSED SCIENTIST AND ENGINEERS WARN OF THE DANGERS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SMARTER THAN US: THE RISE OF MACHINE INTELLIGENCE SIMPLE SHIP TRANSITION ANNIVERSARY: PERSONAL LOG (PART 1) STAR TREK: VOYAGER: SEASON 6, EPISODE 18: ASHES TO ASHES STAR TREK: VOYAGER: SEASON 2, EPISODE 21:

Greetings, Admirals! You’re listening to EPISODE 204 OF PRIORITY ONE PODCAST, the premier Star Trek Online podcast! This episode was recorded on Thursday, January 8th 2015 and made available for download on Monday, January 12th 2015 at PriorityOnePodcast.com! This week in Star Trek Online News, we get a glimpse into the upcoming revamp of the new Bridge Officer Training system, upcoming events on the calendar, patch notes and we improve our DPS with the help of members of the DPS League! Later we’ll talk to Star Trek Online Community Manager Captain Smirk. Then, of course, before we wrap the show, we’ll open hailing frequencies for your incoming messages! Topics Discussed Bridge Officer Training RUMOR: Possible new Vaudwaar Assault Cruiser? Vaudwaar Assault Cruiser –STO WIKI Release Notes: January 8th, 2015 Priority One Podcast Twitch Livestream Featuring STO’s Content Manager, laughing Trendy and RyanSTO and SarcasmDetector of the DPS League! Garrett Wang at Cryptic Studios Star Trek Online Convention Recap

Greetings, Admirals! You’re listening to a special Year-End presentation of Priority One Podcast - the premiere Star Trek Online Podcast. This special edition podcast highlights some of the funniest bloopers throughout 2014 with a special message from Priority One Podcast's Executive Producer Elijah and the team. Share in the laughs and celebrate a wonderful year with the Priority One Podcast Team. Thank you to everyone who has helped make 2014 an Out-Of-This-World year! - DESIGN A PRIORITY ONE PODCAST DUTY OFFICER CONTEST - Enter for a chance to win 5,000 ZEN! From NOW until January 29 visit the Star Trek Online website, pull the art assets for creating a DoFF, and bring the Priority One DoFFs to life!! The best single DoFF submission wins 5,000 ZEN! RULES: Multiple entries are encouraged! Make one for each host!! Don't post any entries containing inappropriate or offensive material. All entry images must be submitted in JPEG form. No images containing visual material from the TV/Movies or any licensed mater

Greetings, Admirals! You’re listening to EPISODE 203 OF PRIORITY ONE PODCAST, the premier Star Trek Online podcast! This episode was recorded on Friday, December 19th 2014 and made available for download on Monday, December 22nd 2014 at PriorityOnePodcast.com! This week, Dr. Hurt joins us and treks out some astounding science news, In Star Trek Online news, we discuss patch notes along with some upcoming events on the calendar. We also have a special editorial piece by Elijah inspired by an MMORPG article, and of course as always, we will open hailing frequencies and see what’s incoming from you, our listeners! Topics Discussed Trek It Out Wanderers - a short film by Erik Wernquist Universal Translator Energy Weapons Release Notes: December 18th, 2014 Star Trek Online's Design A Duty Officer Contest Announcement Rules Winter Event Ice Skating Competition Sign Up - 1/10/2015 EVE Online Column: Why A Trailer Matters - DESIGN A PRIORITY ONE PODCAST DUTY OFFICER CONTEST - Enter for a chance to win 5,000 ZEN! From

Greetings, Admirals! You’re listening to EPISODE 202 OF PRIORITY ONE PODCAST, the premier Star Trek Online podcast! This episode was recorded on Friday, December 15th 2014 and made available for download on Monday, December 15th 2014 at PriorityOnePodcast.com! This week we Trek Out a major update in the production of Star Trek 3. In Star Trek Online News, the Winter Wonderland is in full swing and players are slippin’ and slidin’ all over the place to get their hands on that [T6] Breen Ship! In Command School, we give some tips on the Piloting Ability - Rock & Roll. Then, of course, before we wrap the show, we’ll open hailing frequencies for your incoming messages! Topics Discussed Trek it Out Roberto Orci is not direction Star Trek 3 #BringinRiker Release Notes: December 11th, 2014 Geko talks Upgrade Items (Forums) Additional information of changes to MkXIII & MkXIV Space Weapons (Forums) Building A Winter Wonderland R&D Pack Promotion -- Elachi Sheshar Dreadnought This week’s Community Question:

Greetings, Admirals! You’re listening to EPISODE 201 OF PRIORITY ONE PODCAST, the premier Star Trek Online podcast! This episode was recorded on Thursday, December 4th 2014 and made available for download on Monday, December 8th 2014 at PriorityOnePodcast.com! For starters, we Trek Out advancements in tech that are absolutely Star Trek inspired! In Star Trek Online News this week, Q makes his presence known with this year’s Winter Wonderland Event. We also have a special guest this week, Thomas “TheCrypticCat”! He discusses an interesting chart he made that helps players understand power and weapon icons in Star Trek Online, along with taking us through the process of creating the Pathfinder. Later, we’ll open hailing frequencies for your incoming messages! Topics Discussed Trek it Out Maglev Elevators Haptic Holograms Release Notes: December 3rd, 2014 Q’s Winter Wonderland Overview Rewards Breen Sarr Theln Carrier [T6] Work-Around Fix of Load-Outs STO Guide to Power Icons, By Thomas Marrone Pathfinder Starsh

Greetings, Admirals! You’re listening to the 200th EPISODE OF PRIORITY ONE PODCAST, the premier Star Trek Online podcast! This episode was recorded on Wednesday, November 26th 2014 and made available for download on Monday, December 1st 2014 at PriorityOnePodcast.com! 2-0-0 Episodes!! To help celebrate this monumental episode, we're joined by several special guests throughout the episodes. First, this week we Trek Out interstellar science with Dr. Robert Hurt! In Star Trek Online News -- things are a little quiet this week because of the Holidays; but, there’s still plenty of discussion to be had with an old friend of Priority One Podcast! Later, we’re joined by Star Trek Online’s Lead Designer, Al “CaptainGeko” Rivera to give us the scoop on recent changes to Delta Rising systems in addition to what might be coming down the pike in the coming weeks. Finally, before we wrap the show, we’ll open hailing frequencies for your incoming messages! Topics Discussed Interstellar Science - WIRED & Interstellar Mea

Greetings, Captains! You’re listening to EPISODE 199 OF PRIORITY ONE PODCAST, the premier Star Trek Online podcast! This episode was recorded on Thursday, November 20th 2014 and made available for download on Monday, November 24th 2014 at PriorityOnePodcast.com! In Star Trek Online News, several new things have hit the game including the new T6 Intrepid Class Starship, a long list of patch notes, and, finally, Club 47 has re-opened! With so much community discussion regarding the Upgrade system and its cost to players, we talk with the man behind the system, Star Trek Online Game Designer - Jesse Heinig. Finally, before we wrap the show, we’ll open hailing frequencies for your incoming messages! Topics Discussed Intrepid Class Starship Intrepid Ship and Bundles Release Notes: November 20th, 2014 Al Rivera's Forum Post on Skill Points Gorngonzolla's Forum Post on Crafting Materials Charles Gray's forum post regarding upcoming Reward updates Club 47 Is Ready For Business! This week’s Community Question: What ar

Greetings, Captains! You’re listening to EPISODE 198 OF PRIORITY ONE PODCAST, the premier Star Trek Online podcast! This episode was recorded on Thursday, November 13th 2014 and made available for download on Monday, November 17th 2014 at PriorityOnePodcast.com! This week we Trek Out the final frontier and go where no man has gone before -- the surface of a comet! In Star Trek Online News - another week, another patch. Changes have been made to some of the core features of Delta Rising and we’ll get into that. In our Community Spotlight segment, we help you break down those Item-Upgrade costs with MightBOB and his informative spreadsheet skills available for everyone to use. We also have an interview with Content Designer Jaddua Ross and Environment Artist Keenan Daufelt and they discuss the creation of the mission Dragon’s Deceit. Finally, before we wrap the show, we’ll open hailing frequencies for your incoming messages! NOTE: In STONews Elijah suggests that it would require 339 Superior Tech Upgrades to up

Greetings, Captains! You’re listening to EPISODE 197 OF PRIORITY ONE PODCAST, the premier Star Trek Online podcast! This episode was recorded on Thursday, November 6th 2014 and made available for download on Monday, November 10th 2014 at PriorityOnePodcast.com! Admirals, this week we “Trek Out” the birth of an Alien Planet! In Star Trek Online News, we turn our attention to the Dev Tracker and Patch notes. Later, we present our interview with Star Trek Online’s Lead Writer Christine Kestrel Thompson and Content Designer Kate Bankson. Finally, we’ll open hailing frequencies and review your incoming messages! Topics Discussed BEST-EVER VIEW OF ALIEN PLANET BIRTH Delta Rising Patches This week’s Community Question: What are your thoughts on Delta Rising? What do you think about the changes to Content Rewards, Ship Mastery, and Content Difficulty. Let us know YOUR thoughts by commenting below! In case you missed it, we’ve already published several video interviews on our YouTube Channel from Priority One Podcast’

Greetings, Captains! You’re listening to EPISODE 196 OF PRIORITY ONE PODCAST, the premier Star Trek Online podcast! This episode was recorded on Thursday, October 30th 2014 and made available for download on Monday, November 3rd 2014 at PriorityOnePodcast.com! Admirals, this week we have a mini “Trek It Out” segment where we take a short trip to an intriguing vacation spot halfway across our solar system. In Star Trek Online News, the Mirror Invasion Event is back and we discuss our initial review of Delta Rising. Later, we’ll open hailing frequencies and review your incoming messages! Topics Discussed Solar System Exploration Mirror Invasion Event (MIRROR) Zephram Cochrane Video This week’s Community Question: What are your thoughts on Delta Rising? Let us know YOUR thoughts by commenting below! In case you missed it, we’ve already published several video interviews on our YouTube Channel from Priority One Podcast’s on-site visit to Cryptic Studios in October 2014. BE SURE TO VISIT OUR CHANNEL AND SUBSCRIBE

Greetings, Admirals! You’re listening to Episode 195 of Priority One Podcast, the premier Star Trek Online podcast! This episode was recorded in part on Thursday, October 23rd 2014 and made available for download on Monday, October 27th 2014 at PriorityOnePodcast.com! With so much content remaining from Priority One Podcast's visit to Cryptic Studios, it gives some of the Priority One Podcast team an opportunity to take a much needed break - and a chance to play Delta Rising - without going dark for several episodes… So we’re going to jump right in and present our interview with Lead Content Designer Charles Gray... then an interview with STO’s Lead Producer Stephen Ricossa and Producer Maria Rousseau. Later, we’ll open hailing frequencies and review your incoming messages! In case you missed it, we've already published several video interviews on our YouTube Channel from Priority One Podcast's on-site visit to Cryptic Studios in October 2014. Be sure to visit our channel and subscribe to the premier Star Tre

Greetings, Captains! You’re watching the second video interview featuring Lead Systems Designer Phil "Gorngonzolla" Zeleski & Systems Designer Jeremy "BorticusCryptic" Randall. Be sure to subscribe to the premier Star Trek Online podcast and don't miss a single post! This episode was recorded on Thursday, October 10th 2014 and made available for viewing on Saturday, October 25th 2014 at PriorityOnePodcast.com! Guests: -- Phil "Gorngonzolla" Zeleski -- Jeremy "BorticusCryptic" Randall Executive Producer / Host: Elio "Elijah" Lleo Video Editor / Host: CookieCupcakes Host: Jayce Topics Discussed Tier 6 Ships & Abilities This week's Community Question: What are your thoughts about the new Tier 6 Ships, their consoles, and their mastery traits? Let us know YOUR thoughts by commenting below! Captains, if you haven’t already filled out our “Game Ideas” form on our website, check it out at http://priorityonepodcast.com/gameideas and let us know your thoughts! The Priority One Productions is always looking for

Greetings, Admirals! You’re listening to Episode 194 of Priority One Podcast, the premier Star Trek Online podcast! This episode was recorded in part on Thursday, October 16th 2014 and made available for download on Monday, October 20th 2014 at PriorityOnePodcast.com! For starters, we Trek Out the Fall edition of Star Trek Magazine’s coverage of Delta Rising expansion. With Delta Rising live on Tribble, we're going to take the opportunity to actually play the game for the next few weeks. Which is fine, because this gives us an opportunity to produce all the content from our trip to Cryptic Studios! In this episode, we interview QA Lead Phil "Farktoid" Farkaly followed by an interview with Adam Flores (Environment Artist), Chris Dods (Content Designer) and Matt Miller (Content Designer) on PVE, STFs, and Patrols, and Queues. No feedback this week but, we’ll keep hailing frequencies open for this week’s show and review your incoming messages next week! In case you missed it, we've already published our first in

Greetings, Captains! You’re watching the first (of many) video interviews featuring System Designer, Jeremy "BorticusCryptic" Randall from Priority One Podcast's on-site visit to Cryptic Studios in October 2014. Be sure to subscribe to the premier Star Trek Online podcast and don't miss a single post! This episode was recorded on Thursday, October 10th 2014 and made available for viewing on Friday, October 17th 2014 at PriorityOnePodcast.com! Guest: Jeremy "BorticusCryptic" Randall Executive Producer / Host: Elio "Elijah" Lleo Video Editor / Host: CookieCupcakes Host: Jayce Topics Discussed Intelligence Powers This week's Community Question: Have you used or watched the powers in action? What are your thoughts? Let us know YOUR thoughts by commenting below! Captains, if you haven’t already filled out our “Game Ideas” form on our website, check it out at http://priorityonepodcast.com/gameideas and let us know your thoughts! The Priority One Productions is always looking for new team members that have a passion

Greetings, Captains! You’re listening to a very special Supplemental episode of Priority One, the premier Star Trek Online podcast, made available for download on Monday, October 13th 2014 at PriorityOnePodcast.com! As you are aware, Captains, we've taken this week off as we're heading deep into the Dev's lair... and we just couldn't resist giving you a bit of a teaser about what you can expect from our trip to Cryptic. Captains, if you haven’t already filled out our “Game Ideas” form on our website, check it out at http://priorityonepodcast.com/gameideas and let us know your thoughts! The Priority One Productions is always looking for new team members that have a passion for Star Trek. Please know that all of our positions are volunteer, but we do offer a well known outlet for your work. If you have a skill that you believe could enhance our content, then send your contact information and experience along with a few writing samples to incoming@priorityonepodcast.com Did you miss any of our great Blogs last w