Star Trek Online's First Contact Day Celebration Now Live on Consoles

Console gamers of Star Trek Online can finally take part in the First Contact Day Celebration thanks to the latest patch.

You can grab the event from the Events Tab. There are a few ways you can earn progress through the event. You can compete against other players to build and launch a Phonix rocket. Alternatively, you take part in a new boarding event back in time on April 4, 2063.

The event also contains a new event patrol, called One Night in Bozeman. Event rewards include a First Contact Day Badge Box, and First Contact Day Event Grand Prize which contain:

• "Console – Universal – Temporal Vortex Probe (Account Unlock)
  • Inspired by Borg technology, this probe is capable of opening a dangerously unstable Temporal Vortex that can travel through local space to damage and debilitate enemy vessels in the area.
  • The drone will travel toward the targeted foe's current location, dragging the anomaly with it while emitting chroniton radiation in a large cone facing away from its trajectory.
  • This console also provides a passive boost to Exotic Damage and Cooldown Reduction for Temporal Operative Bridge Officer Abilities, as well as a scaling bonus to Turn Speed that scales with Auxiliary Power.
  • This Console can be equipped in any console slot on any starship.
• First Contact Day Bundle – contains all of the following:
  • 1x Captain Specialization Point (cannot reclaim)
  • 25,000 Dilithium Ore (cannot reclaim)
  • “Launch Toy Rocket” Social Device (Account Unlock)
  • Holo-Emitter – Phoenix Shuttle (Account Unlock)"