I think that's how we keep things fresh and giving people answers to questions and new ideas and going in new directions. We did a large " Deep Space Nine" Dominion arc and got to catch up with Kira and Odo and people on the other side of the wormhole and delving into things that happened in that quadrant. We've done content in previous eras, but we'll think about whatever happened to those people that showed up in one episode of " Voyager" or what are some of the cast members up to in the show. Paul Reed: One of the things we've done over the years is revisit moments or events or the after-effect of events that happen in the canon shows and the films. : AS STO salutes its 12th anniversary, how do you stay inspired and keep the game engaging for players old and new? That style guide got to go to everybody which is why everything feels like it's coming in step because we're all working from the same playbook.Ī look at some of the ships of Star Trek Online's Shadows Advance update. Then that's what we were given to flesh out who these characters were. They're the ones who came up with the idea to create a style guide for Mirror Next Gen which never existed and recruited J.K.
Scott Tipton: And a lot of credit has to go to CBS. The way that they use Mirror stories and how characters work in that universe now has a unified canon. What Star Trek Online has done with their Mirror content and what we’ve done has been consistent. In the same way, both IDW's comics and Star Trek Online have picked up and run with the new interest in Mirror stuff coming out of "Discovery" using the Mirror Universe. We've seen those characters and ships pop up in Star Trek Online. Woodward, is what produced the Next Gen Mirror characters. There's a lot of material to mine there.ĭavid Tipton: One of the things that came out of the past Mirror stories that Scott and I and others worked on at IDW, and some of that work with J.K. Once they see what we're doing with some of our characters and how they're going to be moving forward, especially with a story as big as Mirror War is, then that gives them all these new parts to play with to incorporate into their storylines. It's more about putting these thing out in the universe and inspiring each other. Scott Tipton: We both are trying to see what strikes everyone else in the Mirror Universe. : How will fans see Mirror elements of IDW's comics crossover into STO? IDW Comics' Star Trek: The Mirror War saga revisits the iconic Mirror Universe of Star Trek lore in comics. Woodward designed the Mirror Enterprise-D and to see that out in the world in the Star Trek Online game is so cool. It's great to play off each other's strengths whenever we do that. STO does that really well and the comics do that really well. We're all pushing at the margins and the boundaries of the universe to fill in the blanks. So there've been a lot of these little back and forth partnerships over the years. It's exciting to work with people who love "Star Trek" as much as we do. We actually brought J'Ula into Star Trek Online for our "Discovery" arc. We also talked with writer Mike Johnson about his character, J'Ula, that he created for the "Star Trek: Discovery" comics that IDW did.
That was fertile ground for IDW and for us when we were exploring it in the game. We never saw the "TNG" characters in the show as their Mirror Universe counterparts. IDW, especially for their Mirror arc, has done a lot of great visual development through the artist J.K Woodward and CBS to define the look of the Mirror Universe in the "TNG" era. Thomas Marrone: Back in 2018 at Star Trek Las Vegas we started talking to IDW about how we’d developed many environments and ships and it would be cool to see that in the comics. : How did this ambitious new creative partnership come about? chatted with STO Associate Art Director Thomas Marrone, STO writer Paul Reed, and the Tipton Brothers to learn more about this creative marriage, and how this will affect seasons within the online game to deliver a smoother integration of Mirror Universe tales. Star Trek Online: Shadow's Advance will go boldly to the Mirror Universe in a new collaboration with IDW Publishing.
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