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This overhaul may come as a surprise who remember Star Trek Online as the sad and rather barren MMO that launched in 2010 with a surfeit of bugs and almost no endgame to speak of but since then, Cryptic has been working quietly behind the scenes to make their trek through the stars one worth taking. I have no idea what most of the icons on my hotbar mean anymore. I was, for all intents and purposes, a beginner. I was Lieutenant Uhura trying to regain her skills after having her mind wiped by Nomad. And there were the new systems-reputation, fleet contributions, and more, all of them coming on top of a dramatically overhauled user interface.

The quest status log was loaded with missions that I had accepted back in 2012. My screen filled with accolades and status messages as I tried to remember how to fly my ship. Last week, I dusted off my Star Trek Online account and logged in for the first time in three years, where I found myself confronted by a harsh reality: I barely had any idea what I was doing.
