The latest in a series of articles called "The Engineering Report" from Star Trek Online Executive Producer Dan Stahl has arrived on the official site. The new letter goes into some detail about the forthcoming Update 4, The Foundry and the announcement that more free content will hopefully be released before Update 4.

In the last report I talked about the schedule and Feature Episodes and there was concerns that there wouldn't be any "new" content until after the Season 4 update. We have been discussing the feedback and working on a way to squeeze some more content in as soon as possible. At present we are looking at an update as early as May that would add in some new surprises prior to the release of Season 4. I'll keep you posted as we finalize our plans.

As the team tackles many of the features of the Season 4 update, we often find ourselves discussing additional ways to improve the game and many of those discussions are reflected below in the discussion section. while not every feature we are working on is listed below, we are continuously making small tweaks to the game that will be reflected in Season 4. You'll be able to get your hands on these changes in late May/early June when we open up our test shard to begin hammering on all these upcoming changes.

Read more on the Star Trek Online forums.