The game begins with a standard mission, the Galaxy-class starship USS Dauntless (NCC-71879) is in orbit of a planet in the Vesuvi system. Captain Wright is onboard a shuttle en route to an orbital research station when the Vesuvi star suddenly goes nova. The resulting shockwave is devastating, destroying the planet's orbital stations and obliterating the Captain's shuttlecraft. The USS Dauntless escapes under impulse power, but sustains damage to her warp nacelles. The ship is towed back to a Federation drydock by an Akira class, and fully repaired by worker bees. The executive officer(the player) is promoted to Captain. Soon the player is joined by Captain Jean-Luc Picard. The ship departs drydock for Starbase 12, the command center for operations in the Maelstrom region. As the game progresses, you and your crew are transferred to the USS Sovereign, the pathfinder of the Sovereign class. The vessel will eventually become a key factor in solving the mystery in the Maelstrom
What to Expect?
SFC 3 missions were short, and we have not really changed much on our end in that regard. The new campaign is a cinematic blend with BC, though.
We have reinterpreted some story elements, but mostly we try to follow the source material. For example, we cannot use voices from SFC 3 directly; therefore, we had to cut Picard's appearances in the missions.
You may also have noticed that for cutscenes, we use exterior view instead of showing the bridge or character faces. There is a reason for that as well. This is not due to limitations or anything, but due to paying homage to SFC3, which only had an external ship view.
All in all, expect the story to follow the general flow of SFC 3 campaigns, with a few twists of our own added to them. You will see these when you play the campaigns.
Why is the captain voiced?
Why not? In all seriousness, we thought it would be fitting to have the captains voiced.
As usual, this idea was the result of a late-night brainstorming session discussion with Blackrook32. It might not be for everyone, but it gives the campaign a nice flow in the dialogue sequences.
The goal is to have every captain voiced.
How many missions?
If memory serves me correctly, there should be about 43 missions. The Klingon and Romulan campaigns had 15 missions, while the Federation campaign had 13 missions.
Expect several hours of gameplay.
Can I play the Federation or Romulan campaign directly?
Missions are unlocked once you achieve win conditions; therefore, the answer is no. Though you can edit a file to unlock them if you wish.
When do I get to play?
When it's done... Hopefully in late 2024 or early 2025.
Will there be more campaigns?
There are several ideas, but that's a story for another time.
Previews:
Follow previews here: YouTube Sovvie
Here are some existing previews:
Originally written by Bridge Commander modder Lurok91 in 2011, to lay out the proof of concept behind what has become known as the Maelstrom Mod.
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Here is a simple way to play even the vanilla version of BC in Widescreen!
Hey fellows need help the game turned backscreen with cursor on me my game is the GOG version
Anyone know where to buy this game?
GOG had it recently
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Does anyone know how to create my own mod? Or know a useful tutorial?I want to start doing my own mods!
Try here...
Bc-central.net
how very annoying i used Gamefront.com for getting mods for BC and other old games RIP Gamefront
So...now that we only have half a month until Gamefront closes its door, anyone willing to download and backup all these Bridge Commander mods before April 30th?
Gamefront.com
You can acess them at Nexus Mod!
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