Star Trek: Starfleet Command 2 Expansion - Orion Pirates

by Vivendi Universal

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005JD51
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: July 5, 2001
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,162 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

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Star Trek: Starfleet Command II Expansion--Orion Pirates allows gamers to experience the dark side of the Star Trek universe. The network of the brutal intergalactic crime families known as the Orion Pirates are loose in the galaxy. Players now have the choice to uphold galactic law or to join the Orion Pirates' assault on the Federation.

Known for keeping their identities secret, the mythic Orion Pirates are a deadly cartel of privateers and criminals controlling "territories" of Federation space. Starfleet Command II Expansion--Orion Pirates features an improved user interface and crew voices, 12 new single-player campaigns, and 12 new multiplayer missions. Additionally, there are 26 Star Trek skirmishes andthree bonus missions based on the "A Piece of the Action" TV episode.

This standalone product does not require Star Trek: Starfleet Command Volume II--Empires at War to play.

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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I still play this, January 20, 2007

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Maros - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Star Trek: Starfleet Command 2 Expansion - Orion Pirates (CD-ROM)

I love this game and it has gone on every PC I've upgraded to. (It works fine on 2k & XP.)

However, if you are looking for a flight sim this will not be for you as the "feel" models more on old ships-of-the-line that fired then spent some time maneuvering for the next shot. (Things are not quite that simple since there are things such as transporter bombs & drones requiring a decision on whether to fire everything or not.)

For those coming from a Starfleet Battles boardgame background, there will be some things to get used to, (probably the most important being it's RTS) but otherwise it's very faithful.

Those coming from a purely Trekker background should be the type to make allowances: This game is based off an alternate-universe Star Trek without license from Paramount for the majority (all?) of the old-series ST movies, so there's lots of creative licensing with things such as races, background, and ship systems.

The support for this game is still very active and some surfing on the net will bring up everything from alternate weapon bitmaps to models of hundreds (thousands) of ships from various sources and TV/movies series. Playing lots of such custom monster behemoths with large, detailed bitmaps and drones and fighters can quickly demand a faster machine. For example, my current 3ghz Celeron will stutter a second of two when a Death Star goes up in flames. (It should be noted that playing the game as-is will not stutter any but a serious ancient machine.) Get the update! Bugs are not fun.

This game gets four stars because the same-ol' monsters and "unknown aliens" that show up in the single-player campaign get seriously old. Otherwise, this is an incredible game.

Addenda: This game is one of the most solid with Wine (0.9x+) on Linux. It's worked with the proprietary nVidia drivers (8400GS, 9400GT, 9800GT, 9800GTX+, 250 GTS, tested so far) under Debian 5.x, OpenSUSE 11.x, & Ubuntu 8.04+. (However, the intro movie will sometimes crash although the game continues on fine.)

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Game, May 27, 2002

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LoneWolfe (Colorado) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Star Trek: Starfleet Command 2 Expansion - Orion Pirates (CD-ROM)

As long as you are not the type of player who needs to feel his heart pumping 120 Beats per min. you will be very happy with this game. It takes a little while to get used to, as it has alot of micro managing involved. But it is totally worth it. It is one of the best RTS (real time strategy) out there. Graphics are nice and if you love star trek, this is a MUST. If you get this title, you can play online (which is what most people do) at Gamespy, for free. Look me up if you need a friend, my call sign is LoneWolfe.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hey hey!, December 8, 2001

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Mitch "The Yellow Dart" (Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Star Trek: Starfleet Command 2 Expansion - Orion Pirates (CD-ROM)

Give it a try! This is almost a new genre, considering it's Action/Sim/Strategy combo. Anyway, it's worth the (money), and is a great addition to your game collection, escpecially you Trekkies! The characters, ships, and story are somwhat tedious however, in that the Enterprise is not in it, neither are the Borg, or many Klingon and Romulan ships, oh yeah, there isn't really a story. Hmm, a good game anyway.