In the November 1st edition of Ask Cryptic, Star Trek Online executive producer Dan Stahl discusses the impact of Cryptic stable-mate, Champions Online, going free to play and what it means to Star Trek Online. Among other things, Stahl also talks about PvP and whether or not a new faction is coming.

Q: sithterror: ...Romulans.

A: We are in fact discussing Romulans and how to get more of their story and faction into the game. We have always talked about the next faction we add to the game being Romulan. This would involve them having their own ships and storyline content. It is a big endeavor and as we've learned with the KDF, not something we could do in the span of a single update. So our long term plans are working on ways to start tackling this over multiple updates but I've no specific dates to give on when you'll see a Romulan playable faction.

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