The Liberated Borg Becomes a Playable Star Trek Online Race

If you're a Star Trek fanatic, then you should already know that the ST Online beta is already up and running, with beta keys disappearing from every available distributor faster than you can grab one. In order to turn gamers into dedicated STO players, Atari has decided to release special, one-year and lifetime subscription deals for a limited time only. Besides the money you'll save with these deals if you actually plan to play the game until the end of times, there is also a very special bonus that should be the Holy Grail for trekkers.

First of all, those that decide to go for a-year-long Star Trek Online commitment will save about $60, having to dish out a mere $120 for the 12 months, compared with the $180 that they would have to pay otherwise and also get two additional character slots. These two slots will also be available to those that choose the $240 lifetime subscription, who stand to save even more money as long as they plan to stick to the game. What's pretty important to note is that this isn't really one's life Atari is talking about, but most likely STO life, as this subscription will most likely become useless if, or when, the servers go offline.

And if you think that this offer isn't worth $240, then Atari has one more thing to lure you in. Lifetime members of Star Trek Online will have access to a playable Borg race. An exact description of the race, along with its traits and strengths, is listed below, to mark the final incentive for your purchase.

The Liberated Borg begins with the following two traits:

Borg Nanites: +10% Health RegenerationDescription: Ground Trait. Constantly regenerates shields and health.
Efficient: +5 Starship Shield Efficiency, +5 Starship Engine Efficiency, +5 Starship Energy Weapon Efficiency, +5 Starship Auxiliary Systems Efficiency Description: Space Trait. Provides a bonus to efficiency stats, improving the effectiveness of many of your power management abilities.

The Liberated Borg also has a unique optional trait.

Neural Blast: 30 second debuff. Drastically reduces run speed. Every 4 seconds, Neural Blast has a 40% chance to hold the target for 3 seconds. Description: Activatable Ground Trait. Inject the target with neural toxins, which continually attempt to hold the target for the duration. Also reduces the target's movement speed.