In what’s probably the most unique event in Star Trek Fleet Command in a long, long while, it’s Scrambled Communication. It’s also a good chance to earn some TOS Uhura shards.
It’s got some pretty good rewards. Crystal and parsteel. Here are mine at level 40, obviously yours will be different by level.
Scrambled Communication Sub-Events
You’ll compete “Scrambled Communication” by completing the sub-events. Each of them will present a different challenge. But what you’ll get are incomplete event descriptions, and you’ll have to figure them out on your own (or with the help of those in your alliance. For me, this is the fun of it. I’ve been hoping for an event like this for a while.
So for this part one, in levels 40+, you’ll have to kill 15 Klingon Separatists for two points each. Keep in mind that this event has three tiers. Players in level 20-29 will have different goals than players in level 30-39, and players 40+.
The puzzle, that I’m not going to give away, is which system you need to kill them in, and with what ship, and with what officers. You’ll know you’ve got the right combination once you see the points banner start popping up. (Extra Hint for level 1, level 40+.)
(Here’s another tip. When you’re trying to find systems, you can put whatever portion of the system name you’re given in the system finder search on the bottom right of your screen.)
Once you complete this sub-event, the next one will pop-up, and you’ll have to figure out how to complete it.
All of the events will not involve killing hostiles. Some of them might take you more than a day, as they’ll require you collecting a resource with a timer on it (hint.) It’s possible to finish this event in a day, though you’ve got a week to complete them all.
The key to this event will be talking to the other players in your alliance.
Here’s one last hint, for players level 20-23. You may find that your puzzles involve you completing armadas. And you can’t start them. So you’ll need a friend in your alliance, level 23+ who can start an armada to start one for you.
Klingon Dictionaries
Here’s my tangent.
So the picture above (and video below) are obviously from Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. Great movie.
But the one thing I don’t understand from that movie is why, even if they don’t want to use the universal translator, why, why, why are they using a big book to look up the words. Why not just put it in the 23rd century of Google Translate and let Uhura, who’s a communications expert and has got to speak Klingon, paraphrase?
I mean, I know why it’s done in the movie – Nicholas Meyer, who saved Star Trek, and is a brilliant man who loves books. And he uses them as a way to ground action in the far future in present day life. It’s why Spock gives Kirk a copy of A Tale of Two Cities in Star Trek II as a birthday gift. It’s also great for comic relief… and I really like the scene. It’s funny.
But my rational side still can’t rationalize it.