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SimulationStrategy / tactics

Star Trek: Starfleet Command

1 August 1999Everyone
PCWindows

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Star Trek: Starfleet Command is the tactical, ship-to-ship combat simulator set in the world of Star Trek. It is based on the tabletop game Star Fleet Battles and it follows its rules almost to the letter.

The player can choose to play a career that will span 30 years as the captain of a Federation, Klingon, Romulan, Gorn, Hydran, or Lyran ship. They begin with a small frigate class ship, and as they complete missions they gain prestige that is then spent on acquiring larger ships, and better crew. The campaigns are randomly generated by the "Dynaverse" generator, with certain key missions that will come up as the player go through their 30 year career. Missions range from escorting and patrols, to space monster investigation and starbase assault.

There are over 300 different ships and ship mods to choose from and a wide array of weaponry. Phasers, Photons, Disruptors, Missiles(Drones), Expanding Sphere Generators, Plasmas, Hellbores, Fusion Beams, Mines, Marines, and Fighters. Effective management of the ships energy resources on the fly is critical, especially with all the weapons, shields, ECM, ECCM, tractor beams, shield reinforcements, and other options available for the player to use.

The game is played on a 2D plane, like the original boardgame's "hexmap."

The developers also released the .dll files to the public, so anyone adept at C++ programming can use these files to construct ships, missions, even entire campaigns. These can be downloaded at their website.

Releases marked as the Gold Edition come patched to version 1.03, and include all the missions which were previously downloadable for free from the official website (3 for the Federation, 3 for the Klingons, 10 for the Hydrans, 7 for the Gorn, and 3 for the Romulans).

Ways to play

Modes

Single playerMultiplayerCo-operative

Expanded from

Star Trek: Starfleet Command

Languages

2 languages, with audio, subtitles and interface
Languageaudiosubtitlesinterface
English
German

Game details

Business Model

Commercial

Supported Systems/Models

x86 (32-bit)

Drivers/APIs Supported

Direct3D

Media Type

CD-ROM, Download

Sound Capabilities

Dolby Surround

Input Devices Required

Keyboard, Mouse

Additional Hardware Supported

3D Accelerator

Multiplayer Options

Internet, LAN, Modem, Null-modem cable

Multiplayer Game Modes

Co-Op, Free-for-all / One-on-one (VS)

Number of Offline Players

1 Player

Number of Online Players

2-6 Players

GOG.com

Co-op, Multi-player, Single-player

Save Game Methods

Manual Save, Internal Storage

System requirements

Min. CPU Class Required

Intel Pentium

Min. OS Class Required

Windows 95

Min. RAM Required

32 MB

Min. DirectX Version Required

DirectX 6

Min. CD-ROM Drive Speed Required

4X (600 KB/s)

Min. Video Memory Required

4 MB

Video Modes Supported

Full screen

Video Resolutions Supported

640×480, 800×600, 1024×768

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Also known as

SFCCommon abbreviation

Star Trek: Starfleet Command - Captain's EditionGerman re-release with pre-installed patch 1.03 and downloadable missions title

Star Trek: Starfleet Command - Gold EditionRe-release with pre-installed patch 1.03 and downloadable missions title

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Facts

Released

1 August 1999

Series

Star Trek

Platforms

PCWindows

Age ratings

ESRBEveryoneUSK12ELSPA3+

Standing

Top 95% by 24hr peak players

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