Star Trek: Picard just made a bunch of Star Trek Online ships canon.
✖ In case you missed it, the first episode of Star Trek: Picard Season 2,"The Star Gazer," premiered this week on the Paramount+ streaming service, and while fans have certainly been excited to see the series return for a new season, the first episode also includes some surprising news for fans of the free-to-play MMORPG Star Trek Online. Thanks to a sequence in the first episode, several ships from the video game are now, officially, canon.
"It's been such a great honor working with the STO people because they are passionate people who know Star Trek design," said Dave Blass, Production Designer for Star Trek: Picard, as part of the announcement."They know how to design a Federation starship and it's so important, both to me and the fans, to work with collaborators who can capture the nuance of these ships, down to the last detail.
— Star Trek Online March 3, 2022 "As a childhood fan of Star Trek and Star Trek ships, I have spent my life fascinated with the incredible machines that boldly took our heroes into the final frontier," said Thomas Marrone, Associate Art Director for Star Trek Online, as part of the announcement."Now, thanks to our collaboration with Picard, I can say that starships my team has created for Star Trek Online are now a part of the larger Star Trek canon.
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