Interplay Entertainment Corp. proudly announced today that the latest
addition to the critically acclaimed Star Trek: Starfleet Command franchise,
Star Trek: Starfleet Command - Orion Pirates has gone gold! Starfleet
Command - Orion Pirates is a stand-alone mission pack that adds a new
storyline and significant new features to the Star Trek: Starfleet Command
series and will allow gamers the unique experience of playing as the
ruthless Orion Pirates for the first time. Starfleet Command - Orion
Pirates will be available for Windows® 95/98/00/ME based computers.
Developed by Taldren Inc., Starfleet Command - Orion Pirates centers around
the deadly Orion Pirates, a popular, long-standing element of the Star Trek
Universe. A brutal force of privateers and criminals controlling
territories of Federation Space, the Orion Pirates consist of eight cartels,
each with unique histories, user interfaces, crew voices and identifying
logos. The game features a 12-mission campaign plus 26 skirmish missions
and three bonus missions based on the classic TV episode "A Piece of the
Action". In these bonus missions, players must return to the Planet Iotia
to execute a deal negotiated by the Starship Enterprise, collecting dues
from 1920's style gangsters. Instead, they find that the "Orions" have been
hard at work muscling in on the Iotians, carving up that part of the galaxy.
This latest installment of the Starfleet Command series features new phaser
types, including shield piercing, along with other new weapons such as heavy
photons.