With Star Trek: The Video Game set to launch in the latter days of April 2013, Namco Bandai have today released further details on the upcoming game. The title reunites the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise for (hopefully) an amazing, completely new Star Trek adventure – and alongside Kirk, Spock, Bones, Scotty, Uhura, Chekov and Sulu will be two new characters making their first appearances in the Star Trek universe.
T’Mar
As the game begins, Kirk and Spock are called to aid in the rescue of a mysterious space station that is heading towards catastrophe. Upon their arrival, Kirk and Spock meet a female Vulcan scientist named T’Mar, who plays a prominent role in the action-packed journey that awaits.
Brian Miller | Paramount Senior Vice President and Executive Producer
T’Mar is the captain of the space station and was a childhood friend of Spock. Her blend of incredible intelligence and unexpected beauty prove intriguing to Kirk.
Surok
As the story progresses, T’Mar joins Kirk and Spock as they travel to New Vulcan, a planet that orbits a binary star and was colonized by Vulcans after the destruction of their home world, seen in 2009’s Star Trek. There, they find Surok – a great Vulcan leader. As the game progresses, players will learn that Surok is one of the lone survivors of a vicious attack on the New Vulcan planet by the villainous Gorn. Why they have attacked and what they want are at the heart of STAR TREK The Video Game.
Brian Miller had this to say on Surok…
When we crafted this story we wanted to make sure the player realizes that the usually logical, Spock can have very emotional connections to the ones he cares about. Surok was one of Spock’s childhood mentors and is also T’Mar’s father. Together, they are helping to lead the colonization of New Vulcan.
Throughout the story, both T’Mar and Surok play key roles in helping Kirk and Spock uncover more about the brutal attacks that the Gorn have been engaging in across the galaxy. They also reveal that the Gorn have stolen a mysterious machine known as the Helios Device – one whose functions could prove disastrous in the hands of an enemy as ruthless as the Gorn.
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Released just before the May 2013 theatrical release of Star Trek Into Darkness, Star Trek: The Video Game is developed by Digital Extremes and published by Namco Bandai Games for the Playstation 3, XBox360 and Windows PC devices.
