Tilting Point LLC, the digital gaming company behind Star Trek Timelines, rolled out their next Star Trek mobile game today, tying almost all generations of the Trek franchise together in Star Trek Legends.
Launching today on the Apple Arcade gaming platform — playable on iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, and Mac devices — the new Star Trek Legends game ties together characters from the Original Series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, Enterprise, Discovery, Star Trek: Picard, and the TOS and TNG feature films using the time-traveling anomaly featured in Star Trek: Generation, the mysterious Nexus.
From the game’s official synopsis:
Engage in an epic storyline for control of the mysterious Nexus and the fate of the universe as players step into the role of their favorite Star Trek heroes and villains in the hit franchise’s official team-based RPG. Players will embark on missions, experience epic turn-based combat and make choices that influence the entire story as they take command of the U.S.S. Artemis.
They’ll warp into the Nexus, where they’ll discover new worlds and recruit over 40 of their favorite characters from the entire Star Trek franchise – Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek: The Next Star Trek: Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Enterprise, Star Trek: Discovery, and Star Trek: Picard.
Their crew’s skills and ingenuity will prove critical as players choose the right team members from their collection for the task at hand. Each legend has their own unique set of skills, abilities and weapons, from Spock’s Vulcan Nerve Pinch to Worf’s deadly Bat’leth.
Explore beautifully rendered 3D worlds, fully realized and lovingly animated characters, and a dynamic graphics system that provides a console-level experience on your Apple device.
Characters like Dr. McCoy, the Borg Queen, General Martok, Phillipa Georgiou, and Soji Asha all share the screen in this crossover game, which was also the subject of a feature interview on the official Star Trek website today — shedding a little more light behind the game’s story.
Something is happening within the Nexus that is causing its walls to break down. It would have started long before the events of ‘Star Trek: Generations’, where the Nexus rifts were a known phenomenon, and it’s becoming more and more of a threat.
‘Star Trek: Generations’ established that travel into the Nexus isn’t a simple matter, but it would stand to reason the Federation has been hard at work understanding more about it. When the events of ‘Star Trek: Legends’ begin, the Federation is finally successful in constructing a starship – the U.S.S. Artemis – capable of withstanding the power of the rift and traversing the Nexus. At least, theoretically.
And that is where we are bringing the player in. The maiden voyage of the U.S.S. Artemis is a perilous one. No one knows what awaits on the other side of the rift and how the ship and its crew will be able to come back from the Nexus. If there ever was a mission you would “boldly go” on, this is it. As captain of the U.S.S. Artemis, we are immediately casting the player as a true model of a Starfleet officer: stalwart in the face of danger and committed to the greater good in the face of immense risk.
It won’t be long before the player learns of other Starfleet officers that have been pulled into the Nexus from other eras of Star Trek history. The Nexus is not bound by our principles of time and space, and you start the journey ignorant of the circumstances that have led to this time-spanning union. It’s a considerable part of the overall mystery as you and your crew delve deeper into the origins of the extradimensional realm.
That’s not to say everything about your adventure in the Nexus will be alien and shrouded in mystery. We’re using the liberty it affords us as a realm consisting of multitudes of realities to tell self-contained stories and even follow up on old plots that have become iconic to ‘Star Trek’ fans.
The Gorn captain wants a rematch, Kirk!
If you’re interested in checking out this new Star Trek Legends game and have a compatible device, you can find it at Apple Arcade today.