Greetings Captains,
You probably thought traversing the Delta Quadrant was already enough of an adventure … but apparently we are only getting started.
Past
Over the last weeks, we’ve seen countless stories, screenshots, feedback posts, theories, bug reports (yes, many discussions about manual saving and difficulty levels), and an incredible amount of passion from all of you. Seeing the Star Trek community embrace Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown the way it has, continues to be surreal for everyone here at gameXcite & Daedalic.
Since launch, we have already updated the game several times with a variety of fixes, balancing and quality-of-life improvements based directly on your feedback, new content and new features including:
Manual saves
The option to customize your difficulty
Additional Ship Quests
The Delta Flyer
Tom Paris’ legendary shuttle was added as a free update and can appear in missions and points of interest - including its own dedicated ship quest. And we are not done yet!
Present
With today’s update, we are officially launching the Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown Expansion Pass as well as the first of 4 DLCs: Delta Chronicles.
At the same time, Patch 1.8 is now live for all players, continuing our ongoing efforts to improve and expand the game experience for everyone aboard the U.S.S. Voyager with numerous balancing changes and bug fixes as well as 7 new ship quests/events ("The Replicator Bypass", "Gel Pack Dilemma", "To Eat or to Empty", "Prixin", "A Lesson of Ethics", "A Soul Divided", and "Forever the Ensign").
But first things first…
Delta Chronicles DLC
Delta Chronicles brings five new side missions inspired by some of the most beloved episodes in Star Trek: Voyager history.
Without spoiling too much, you’ll revisit themes and ideas from episodes such as:
“Distant Origin”
“The Omega Directive”
“Homestead""
“Cold Fire”
“Inside Man”
As always, your decisions matter - and some of them might have consequences you absolutely did not see coming.
Additionally, two new heroes are joining your roster:
Reginald Barclay (holographic Barclay, anyone?!)
Professor Forra Gegen, a Voth molecular paleontologist
Both come with their own unique combat abilities and playstyles.
We are also expanding the galaxy itself with new NPC ships and encounters, including:
the mighty Voth City Ship
a Ferengi Marauder that can potentially become your ally
additional faction ships and encounters across the quadrant
And of course: new technologies and other surprises waiting to be discovered.
Future
Free Updates
Beyond the Expansion Pass content, we are continuing to work on additional free updates for all players. This includes:
more ship quests
additional improvements and balancing
and later this year… a completely new game mode
We are not quite ready to fully talk about that last one yet.
But let’s just say: the Delta Quadrant may soon become even stranger than before, adding many more hours of gameplay, challenging even seasoned Captains!
Expansion Pass
The Expansion Pass itself is our roadmap for the months ahead.
In total, it will include four premium DLCs, adding major new content to the game:
new story missions with all the “What If” Scenarios the game is known for
new playable characters, among them some fan-favorites
the U.S.S. Equinox as a playable ship (for the soon to be announced game mode)
a new sector based on one of Voyager’s most famous episodes
We will reveal more details over the coming months - step by step, as we get closer to each release. For those of you that don’t own the game yet and don’t need, or rather, want to wait for further information, you can already purchase the Captain’s Collection, which will give you immediate access not just to the base game, but to the Deluxe Edition Content and all four Expansion Pass DLCs, when they go live.
Thank You
None of this would have been possible without the incredible support we’ve received since launch.
From launch celebrations in Discord, to bug reports, fan theories, memes, emotional mission reactions, and all the discussions around choices and consequences:
You continue to shape this game together with us.
The Delta Quadrant is vast.
And our journey through it is far from over - most importantly, because there’s always coffee in that (next) nebula!
gameXcite & Daedalic Entertainment
Patch 1.8 — Patch Notes \[English-only]
DLC \[available for purchase]
Added Expansion Pass (containing four premium DLCs) and upcoming DLCs to the main menu
New DLC “Delta Chronicles” with new Side Missions “Distant Origin”, “The Omega Directive”, “Homestead”, “Cold Fire” and “Inside Man”, two new heroes (“Reg” and Forra Gegen), new NPC ships (Voth City Ship, Ferengi Marauder, Nacona’s Ship, Allos’ Ship) and new techs (Limited Omega Power, Advanced Neutron Microscope, Evolved Plant Seeds, Interphase Cloaking Device, Geothermal Charging Stations, Delta Quadrant Ambassador)
Tech Tree
Improved description for navigational deflector techs
Renamed tech "Talaxian Delight" to "The Survivalist's Cookbook"
“Ultra thin reactor plating” tech: Decreased warp core damage reduction from 25% to 20%
Away Missions
Only one holo hero is allowed in away missions (due to single mobile emitter)
Hovering over a hero in the away mission loadout screen now highlights that hero’s abilities/traits and recommended traits
Ship Events
Ship Event “Outbreak” is now more managable: The sickness now only spreads 3 times after the initial event
Added 7 new ship quests/events ("The Replicator Bypass";"Gel Pack Dilemma"; "To Eat or to Empty"; "Prixin"; "A Lesson of Ethics", "A Soul Divided" and "Forever the Ensign")
POI
Point of Interest “Crashed Borg Probe” Holodeck option: Decreased excellent outcome chance and reduced Borg Nanites reward
PoI “Glaciated Planet”: The option using the Borg Cutting Beam now won’t appear before sector 7
UI
The battery resource tile in the HUD now shows the total energy amount stored in batteries, even if these are switched off
Added a visual indicator to the UI to show the influence of the Limited Omega Power tech
Removed - and + for values from tech tree descriptions since the words in the text already describe increase or decrease, which resulted in a double negative
Added a separate analysis bar to the tech tree button in the HUD for science lab item analysis
General
All Ending Scenes now include a pop up for Joe Carey if he made it to the end
Point of Interest “Marginal Planet” Option 2: Increased excellent outcome chances
The grey mode tutorial is not assuming anymore that the player is out of Deuterium
Significantly increased phenomenon “Ion Storm” warp core damage per cycle since its effect barely had impact and could be negated too easily
Leaving an POI event to revisit later no longer increases the autosave counter
“Old friends new enemies”: Increased morale when receiving letters from home
Bug Fixes
Ship Quest “Hunter's Due”: The quest now accounts for the Heroes death or unavailability and assigns random outcomes properly
“Innocence”: Rivus’ portrait now looks more suited to his condition
“Scorpion”: Kes is no longer visible after she already left the ship during the final dialogue
“Eye of the Needle”: The crafting recipes in the dialogue options are now displaying their correct name
“Prey” and “Old Friends New Enemies”: The dialogue of “Prey” now correctly changes if the player already met Hirogen through the main mission
“Tomorrow's Yesterday”: The diplomat’s ear technology is no longer automatically researched when unlocking the tech. This won’t affect already unlocked techs of existing save games
“Child’s Play”: Janeway now acknowledges the existence of Nine of Nine during dialogue
"Alliances”: Added missing text so the dialog option "Claim a planet" makes sense
“Loyalties”: Characters now appear and disappear at the correct time during the final bridge dialogue
“Dark Frontier”: Morale reward during dialogue is now correctly displayed
“Uprising”: Fixed an issue where Borg were unable to surrender
“Tribble Trouble”: The research quest can now be completed when attempting it after a failed first attempt
“Cold Fire”: Fixed quest tracker counter for Kes being assigned to Hydro Bay
Fixed being able to navigate to resource HUD (and potentially opening notifications or overview) outside of sector/system/side view
Fixed an issue with homesickness being delayed
After "Game Over", the last save will now be loaded, regardless if it's manual or autosave
Fixed an issue with cycle calculation when saving manually during a flight
Fixed an issue with hull repair not working properly with two work teams
Fixed an issue where combat reticules were getting too big
Suppressed calls are now properly cleared when returning to the main menu
Fixed Biolab in certain circumstances removing resources without progressing
A skill check now correctly requires Seven of Nine
Ensured that removing a room only grants resources once
Loading save games now correctly retains progress on some multi-cycle tasks where it didn’t before
Activating batteries now immediately updates the UI
Dialogue text now always only displays the typewriter effect once
Fixed an issue where Voyager was unable to fire upon the Think Tank from certain sides
Removed false surrender Threshold from Borg for the sector: Endgame
