Episode 12 hits us like a train wreck of information. Down a podcaster, we look at the new patch brings us Terradome, better crafting, and more. We try to contain the nerdrage over some crucial changes to the game this week that are up and coming. Rodel is in the process of moving to a new location for a new job, so for the next month or two we have a guest host filling in for him, Cohas. Follow the jump for Episode 012 for more information.

You can get it with a direct MP3 download ( http://www.redshirtarmy.com/podcast/episodes/RedShirtArmy_Episode012_5-16-2010.mp3 )

Show Notes Episode 012 -

Quadrant News – A new STF, a somewhat-kinda-better crafting, a ship that should never be in this game and huge nerfs to Tactical/Escort players, we cover a lot of ground in terms of news.

Tactics & Gameplay – Athos and Cohas give us a overview of the new STF; Undine Terradome. Whos on your side, and who isn't? Find out.

Doc Watch - With Rodel m.i.a for a few weeks while he moves, we bring you a new segment, the Doc Watch. Each week we'll be bringing you updates on Doc's progress from lvl 1 to lvl 45 on his only character in game. This week; Doc is still Captain 3. Tune in for the details


QQ-Continuum – A user wrapped up in the discussion of the Escort/Weapon Power level debacle, Pheonixphyre, takes his hate of these changes to a new level when he considers canceling his account over them! A user wrapped up in the discussion of the Escort/Weapon Power level debacle, Pheonixphyre, takes his hate of these changes to a new level when he considers canceling his account over them! http://forums.startrekonline.com/showpost.php?p=2670464&postcount=16


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Episode 11 brings us a big pile of community and game news as Cryptic unveils the Refer A Friend feature, with nice prizes. A great engineering report and a mass of noobs unleashed on us. We also are joined by the returning Doc, who managed to paddle his way back from Haiti in a rubber tire. Take a gander at this weeks episode for community events that are a happenin. Follow the jump for Episode 011 for more information.

You can get it with a direct MP3 download ( http://www.redshirtarmy.com/podcast/episodes/RedShirtArmy_Episode011_5-09-2010.mp3 )

Show Notes Episode 011 -

Quadrant News – We take a look at this weeks bombshells, Refer A Friend causing some panic amongst the playerbase polarizing us down the middle, free trials for noobs and updates a plenty in the latest engineering reports.

Tactics & Gameplay – We cover the conversational topic of Canon Races vs Create an Alien features of STO. Since Aliens get 4 chosen traits and Canon Races get specific abilities which is better? We give them both a quick glance at the math behind it for traits and choices.

Are You Smarter Than? - Another round of Are You Smarter Than Mav? This week. Listen in and see if Athos, and even some of our uStream listeners, know more Trek trivia than Mav. Who knows more about the Undine, or Species 8472 as some of us call them? Find out.

QQ-Continuum – Lotta candidates this week, as the RAF program rolls out, we had to pick and choose. This week, we salute the guys from the DOB Fleet, as a pvp tournament becomes organized these fine fellows decide to become forum trolls, extraordinare! http://forums.startrekonline.com/showthread.php?t=156177


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In Episode 10 while being down a caster, we take a look at STO's large Season 1.1 update. From the drop rates of the difficulty setting, to the polarizing issue of death penalty causing some outcry, veteran rewards set some lifers recoiling in anger, as we try to dash onto the main points of this weeks patch news and more. Hope over to [url=http://www.redshirtarmy.com/forum/news.php?readmore=18Episode 010[/url] for more information.

You can get it with a direct MP3 download ( http://www.redshirtarmy.com/podcast/episodes/RedShirtArmy_Episode010_5-02-2010.mp3 )

Show Notes Episode 010 -

Quadrant News – Big patch news as season 1.1 lands, veteran rewards, dev posts on actual flight and flying changes in game, raid fixed and a ton more.

Tactics & Gameplay – With 1.1, Khitomer is finally fixed, Athos and Rodel give us indepth looks into it. Gather round as they lay out how to win against the onslaught of Borg on this multi tier raid. Bonus - supplemental video log from Athos on Khitomer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgLV7ilhZlo&feature=player_embedded

Are You Smarter Than? - Another round of Are You Smarter Than Mav? This week. Listen in and see if Athos, and even some of our uStream listeners, know more Trek trivia than Mav.

QQ-Continuum – With the dealth penalty hitting the live servers, some people on the forums have taken to voicing a..dislike. A few, take that extra step to either go so overboard or just so ignorant, it's humorous. This week, Rojon hits our spotlight http://forums.startrekonline.com/showpost.php?p=2624912&postcount=1


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Got a question to be read on air? Want to record an audio question and have us play it on the air? Email us at [email]redshirtarmy@gmail.com[/email]

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This week in Episode 009, we take examine this weeks news from Tribble, some Engineering Reports, and give you the scoop on the debacle that is the Khitomer Accord. We also have a guest host joining us this week, Acidrain from the Gamers Lounge podcast joins us in the round table discussion, for Episode 009

You can get it with a direct MP3 download ( http://www.redshirtarmy.com/podcast/episodes/RedShirtArmy_Episode009_4-25-2010.mp3 )

Show Notes Episode 009 -

Quadrant News - Updates ongoing, we take a look at whats still progressing on Tribble, what's in coming up in the Engineering Reports and a brief look at the next STF, Undine Terradome.

Tactics & Gameplay - Argh, is the word of the day as Athos and Rodel tell us about the bug fest that is Khitomer Accord. Is it playable? Like getting stuck? We bring you the sordid details.

QQ-Continuum - Irony is a long time friend of RSA, as this week's QQ Continuum entrant is actually by a forum user named.. Q of the Continuum.. Join us as we look at not only how much money this poor guy spent on the game but a massive nerdrage i-quit post to boot!

Contest Conclusion - We announce the winner of our Free Copy of STO contest - Cohas. He wins for his entry, one of only several we received. Congratulations Cohas, from all of us at RSA.

Don't forget you can keep up to date with immediate RSA/STO news at our Twitter feed, Twitter.com/RedShirtArmy

We're also live every week now on uStream, right at uStream.tv/channel/redshirtarmy 5pm EST on Sundays (or as close to it as we can get lol)

Got a question to be read on air? Want to record an audio question and have us play it on the air? Email us at [email]redshirtarmy@gmail.com[/email]

We also now have video related indepth material on gameplay, tips, tricks and more over at our official Youtube channel, Youtube.com/RedShirtArmyPodcast

Next week in Episode 010, we hit our stride as we break out our tenth episode. We'll be covering Khitomer more indepth hopefully, bringing you new show...

Join us this week as we take a quick, and we do mean quick look at this weeks C-Store offerings before we plunge into some Khitomer Accord spoilers, death penalty discussion and more inEpisode 008

You can get it with a direct MP3 download ( http://www.redshirtarmy.com/podcast/episodes/RedShirtArmy_Episode008_4-18-2010.mp3 )

Show Notes Episode 008 -

Quadrant News - With a few Tax Week specials in the C-Store we look over this weeks additions, talk about the new death penalty and difficulty slider on Tribble and more.

Tactics & Gameplay - With Khitomer fresh on the surface from this past weeks patch, we discuss some of the storyline points of it since we haven’t had a chance to run it. Want spoilers of the storyline’s new big bad? FAIR WARNING!

QQ-Continuum - Somehow we manage to land another humorous QQ by RSA favorite Kirkfat again (this guy gets around don’t he?). Old Kirkfat this week asks a hilarious question on the forums “If STO was a car, what kind of car would it be?”. Needless to say, the funny ensued.

Final Contest Update - We’ve gotten a couple entries thus far, we played one on air this episode. So, want a free copy of STO? Send us your entries via audio attachment via email, help Doc get to 45, something! You have until next Sunday, 12pm EST to send us entries before we record Episode 009.

- Breaking News – We discuss the new United Council of Fleets, the community’s response to the abortion of potential that was the “Advisory Council”. We discuss it in detail in this episode, but if you wanna check out their site you can at www.trek-online.com

Don't forget you can keep up to date with immediate RSA/STO news at our Twitter feed, Twitter.com/RedShirtArmy

We're also live every week now on uStream, right at uStream.tv/channel/redshirtarmy

Got a question to be read on air? Want to record an audio question and have us play it on the air? Email us at [email]redshirtarmy@gmail.com[/email]

We also now have video related indepth material on...

n our installment this week, we take a look at some brief news and information, and a rather exposed look at the development process of content, and we also try out hand at a live stream in Episode 007

You can get it with a direct MP3 download ( http://www.redshirtarmy.com/podcast/episodes/RedShirtArmy_Episode007_4-11-2010.mp3 )

Show Notes Episode 007 -

Quadrant News - We take a short look at this weeks news, the upcoming Khitomer STF, news on the controversial Advisory Council and the indepth look into how some content really is made for STO.

Tactics & Gameplay - We continue a little bit of last weeks space combat discussion, with some minor information on combating Borg NPC's, and a little more.

QQ-Continuum - A certain forum user this week complains about STO's 100k mark player population, stating how other games like Age of Conan or Warhamer Online are barely surviving with 300k. Needless to say, he didn't quite consider all the facts before making a rant post

Contest Update - Still no entries this week, really. So we expanded the contest some. Since Doc still isn't quite level 45, people that want to help him get to 45, show him some content and fun in game, have a chance of winning the Free Copy of STO. So, we're still accepting emails with audio attachments of favorite STO moments so far as entries or people helping Doc level along in game, either or enters to win!

Don't forget you can keep up to date with immediate RSA/STO news at our Twitter feed, Twitter.com/RedShirtArmy

We're also live every week now on uStream, right at uStream.tv/channel/redshirtarmy

Got a question to be read on air? Want to record an audio question and have us play it on the air? Email us at [email]redshirtarmy@gmail.com[/email]

We also now have video related indepth material on gameplay, tips, tricks and more over at our official Youtube channel, Youtube.com/RedShirtArmyPodcast

Check back next week for Episode 008, we're going to definitely increase our quality for the uStream show,...

With the dust settling from Season 1's update, we dive into the news, updates and gameplay of this week. Follow the jump for the news and comedy of April's first week in
Episode 006

You can get it with a direct MP3 download ( http://www.redshirtarmy.com/podcast/episodes/RedShirtArmy_Episode006_4-04-2010.mp3 )

Show Notes Episode 006 -

Quadrant News - With Season 1 here and in the wild, we take a look at this weeks bigger news headlines. A STO Armory style player lookup tool, minor patch for bug fixes, and a look at April/May's calendar for updates (STF Khitomer next week!) plus much more.

Tactics & Gameplay - Going over some basics of space combat, we round table over powered skills like Viral Matrix, to Cannons getting the big nerf bat hit. We also introduce our Supplemental Video Logs that we rolled out over the weekend, with many more to come.

QQ-Continuum - Mav and Doc's sentiments for broken pvp against Klingons gets highlighted by a community forum user who thinks "its too easy for Klingons to run away!". Which is true! lol.

Contest Update - We take a glimpse back at last weeks contest we started for a <b>Free Copy of STO</b>. No real entries this week so the contest is still open. Win a copy of the game folks, hand it off to family or friends who may enjoy it, or use the 30 free days for yourself! (see Episode 005 for details

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Got a question to be read on air? Want to record an audio question and have us play it on the air? Email us at [email]redshirtarmy@gmail.com[/email]

We also now have video related indepth material on gameplay, tips, tricks and more over at our official Youtube channel, Youtube.com/RedShirtArmyPodcast


Check back next week for Episode 007 (Bond, James Bond), as we go over Space Combat part 2, more news and information and maybe even a few contest entries.


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With Season 1 (the 45 Day Patch) out, we took a couple extra days this week to make sure it was stable and out the door before hitting the airwaves. Join us as Athos, Doc, Mav and Rodel sit down for another roundtable discussion of this weeks news, content updates, and much more in Episode 005

You can get it with a direct MP3 download ( http://www.redshirtarmy.com/podcast/episodes/RedShirtArmy_Episode005_3-28-2010.mp3 )

Show Notes Episode 005 -

Quadrant News - Oh god where do we start? Events-a-happenin on Tribble, we dive in and try not to sink as we cover the Season 1 patch, C-Store shenanigans and everything else under the sun.

Tactics & Gameplay - With Season 1 released we jump back into the fray and examine The Cure. planetary raid goodness. We jump back to the Infected with some updates and tweaks in this recent series of patching as well as discuss some changes to ground combat (primarily pvp) in how holds and exposes have changed

QQ-Continuum - The server decided to die on us this past Saturday, most people couldn't change zones without lagging out of the game, pvp queues were a bust, etc .Well one lucky forum user decided to take his TARMOK AT DENAGRA meme to it with some funny light hearted results.

We also look at the raid progression of the STO community. With some Fleets out there racing to beat the raidisodes, some are claiming to have beaten then better and faster than others. Athos takes a look at this and some of the talk of the forums on it.


Contest! - We finally announced our contest details. Want to win a free copy of STO? Got a friend whos interested but hasn't purchased the game? Check out this episode for the details to win a free copy courtesy of the RedShirtArmy podcast, entry details and how to win are within the episode, where? That's part of the scavenger hunt lol

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Pardon our delays, with the test server going live, the massive details of the 45 Day Patch and more, we had a lot of ground to cover this week! We've narrowed our cast down to us four, and occasionally bringing guest cast (ala Tweedle) for more specific info. This week, we attempt to cover the large amount of information with our final cast lineup change in Episode 004

You can get it with a direct MP3 download ( http://www.redshirtarmy.com/podcast/episodes/RedShirtArmy_Episode004_3-17-2010.mp3 )

Show Notes Episode 004 -

Quadrant News - We nail all of this weeks topics, from Destra's blog, "the patch" as it is now on Tribble, upcoming raid content and a whole lot of laughter.

Tactics & Gameplay - We take a review look at The Infected while getting a sneak peak at the next Special Task Force: The Cure, as well as discuss some of the current finer points of ground pvp gameplay.

QQ-Continuum - The lucky soul this week, was actually someone who made us laugh in a good mannered way. Kirkfat, our hats off to you good sir, a well written roleplay rant of a mission? Hilarious outcome.


Don't forget you can keep up to date with immediate RSA/STO news at our Twitter feed, Twitter.com/RedShirtArmy

Got a question to be read on air? Want to record an audio question and have us play it on the air? Email us at [email]redshirtarmy@gmail.com[/email]

Check back at RedShirtArmy.com for information about Episode 005 this weekend, and yes, we will come up with the contest for the free copy of STO. Irony; being able to give back to the community easily (i.e. paying for copies of the game), but not being able to come up with a creative way to do so, websters dictionary loves us!

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Episode 003 is online and ready to be heard. We cover a lot this week, updates, patches, end game raid content in the form of The Infected and more!

You can get it with a direct MP3 download ( http://www.redshirtarmy.com/podcast/episodes/RedShirtArmy_Episode003_3-08-2010.mp3 )

Show Notes Episode 003 -

Quadrant News - Mega update week detected on the port bow captain! We jump head first into the large updates of the week, from three patches, to the new Raid content and fixes to general gameplay, we cover it all.

Tactics & Gameplay - Athos gives us the heads up about the new Special Task Force - The Infected. Apparently it's the bees knees. With the Engineering Reports, gameplay looks to get a big boost soon.

QQ-Continuum - the one lucky soul to get highlighted this week, a user from the official STO forums, who flat out called Cryptic and Atari the equivalent of Nazis during the Holocaust. Yes folks, we aren't making this up. The thread is locked but if you search for it.. it is indeed there. To this person, we salute you sir, without your valiant QQing, when would we laugh?

Don't forget you can keep up to date with immediate RSA/STO news at our Twitter feed, Twitter.com/RedShirtArmy

Got a question to be read on air? Want to record an audio question and have us play it on the air? Email us at [email]redshirtarmy@gmail.com[/email]

Check us out every Saturday evening as we give you a new episode of RSA. Episode 004 should hit the airwaves next Saturday, as we bring you more STO news and information. Tune into the show and the site for information about the contest for a Free Copy of STO!

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