![]() Plot? The Borg have been repelled back into the Delta Quadrant and StarFleet is on a mission to chase them down and engage the enemy on their home turf. Romulans, Federation, Species 8472, Borg, Klingon, Cardassian, and Ferengi are all accounted for (Federation, Klingon, and Borg being playable in the single-player campaign, with the rest making cameos and only going controllable in multiplayer and skirmish modes, sans the NPC Ferengi). In brief, Armada II is the fully 3D RTS sequel to 2000's Star Trek: Armada, a game based out of Next Generation universe. ![]() On one level, the prospects of playing out a real-time strategy game based on and in keeping with the Star Trek universe is awesome, but then again, failure to deliver on expectations the fiction inherently brings with it could be detrimental to the package as a whole. On the other, a slew of disturbing images of failed attempts of past clutter your mind, inhibiting any hopes of greatness. On the one hand, the promise of gallivanting about a richly defined universe partaking first-hand in the kinds of things that all science fiction buffs dream of is tantalizing and orgasmic (so you're obviously not as big a fan as me). ![]() ![]() With every new Star Trek game comes inexplicable feelings of apprehension and anticipation.
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