Bethesda Softworks is currently working on getting Star Trek: Legacy out the door. It is being called an epic real time strategy game, as it spans the entire timeline of the Star Trek television shows and movies. With ships ranging from the NX-01 Class all the way to the Sovereign Class.
As the Admiral of the Fleet you choose the ships, equipment, and captains that you will lead into battle. The game is designed to provide dramatic large-scale battles with easy-to use controls.
Not only do you get to partake in missions ranging in the Star Trek timeline from Enterprise, The Original Series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, and Voyager, but you also get a storyline written by the D.C. Fontana with her partner Derek Chester. And if that is not cool enough as it is, they also got all five captains to do voice overs for the game.
One of the things that got me excited about the game is the damage modeling. This means you can blow off pieces of an enemy ship. The only downside of that, is that they will probably be able to carve off hunks of your ship as well, but never the less, it will make for some great gameplay realism.
If you think you would get bored only playing the Federation, don’t worry, Bethesda has got you covered as you can command the Klingon, Romulan, and Borg races as well.
The system requirements for the PC version are a little steep. It looks like I am going to have to upgrade, as my processor does not mean their requirements. Maybe I will be lucky and my video card as well as my RAM will take some of the load, so that I can run it without too many problems.
PC System Requirements
- Windows XP (Home, Media Center or Pro Editions) with Service Pack 2
- DirectX Version 9.0c
- Intel Pentium 4 (2.66ghz or higher) or AMD Athlon XP 2800+ or higher
- DX9 compatible AGP 8X or PCI Express video card, 128 MB VRAM, Pixel Shader 1.4
- 16-bit Direct Sound compatible sound card, speakers or headphones required for audio
- 512 MB RAM
- 5 GB free space
- LAN or Broadband connection (DSL or Cable Modem) for Multiplayer
- Windows compatible Keyboard & Mouse
If this game looks exciting, that is because it probably will be. By now you are probably wondering when you can pick it up. It was originally slated for sometime in September, but was pushed back to November 7th. The sad part is that it was recently pushed back again, but only to November 21st.
Hopefully, it will come out in the third week of November, so we can get some Star Trek gaming going on.
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We can all count 2007 a financial and work wash for me. I officially will not be leaving the house but playing Firefly 24/7 now that they are going to launch an online game around it. 
