Star Trek: Voyager Elite Force
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| Developer(s) | Raven Software {{#if:{{{publisher|}}}|<tr><th style="background-color: #ccccff;">Publisher(s)<td>{{{publisher|}}} |
| Release date(s) | September 15, 2000 |
| Genre(s) | first-person shooter |
| Mode(s) | Single player, multiplayer {{#if:{{{ratings|}}}|<tr><th style="background-color: #ccccff;">Rating(s)<td>{{{ratings|}}} |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, Apple Macintosh {{#if:{{{media|}}}|<tr><th style="background-color: #ccccff;">Media<td>{{{media|}}} |
Star Trek: Voyager Elite Force is a first-person shooter computer game made by Raven Software and published by Activision in 2000. It is powered by the Quake III engine and set in the Star Trek universe.
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Gameplay
The game is based on the science-fiction television series Star Trek: Voyager, and the player takes on the role of Ensign Alexander or Alexandria ("Alex," either way) Munro as a member in an elite security force - The Hazard Team. When the USS Voyager becomes stranded in a mysterious graveyard of ships, it's up to Munro to save the day. She or he will encounter a number of aliens from the Star Trek universe. This includes aliens like the Borg, the Klingons, the Hirogen and Species 8472, as well as many new races. Besides fighting hostile aliens, Munro must complete tasks aboard the ship, such as helping to prevent a warp core breach, and assisting in ship repairs.
Between the standard run-and-shoot-sequences of all first-person shooters, Elite Force contains a vast amount of in-game cinematics to drive the plot forward. The film sequences are made with the game engine itself.
Voice acting is provided by all the primary members of the series cast. Jeri Ryan did not voice Seven of Nine in the initial release, but a later patch and expansion pack added her voice to the game.
Storyline
The Hazard team and the Infinity Modulator (I-Mod), an experimental anti-Borg weapon, have been captured by the Borg on a mission, with only Ensign Munro evading detection. Munro manages to retrieve the weapon, but upon encountering the rest of the Hazard Team, shoots the control panel for the shield holding them in, causing it to explode. It is at this point that the entire mission was revealed to be a Holodeck exercise, which Munro failed.
Voyager is then attacked by a mysterious alien ship. Although the ship is destroyed, it sends out an energy wave that transports Voyager to an unknown location. While the bridge crew tries to find out where they are, Munro is sent to help stop a warp core breach. Passing through many obstacles, he eventually arrives at engineering, and stops the breach.
The Hazard Team is then sent to an alien ship to gain information on the area. Soon after arriving, however, they are attacked by large flying aliens. The mission turns into an escape mission, though some members of the team are captured. However, it is then revealed that the attacks were a misunderstanding, and the alien race, the Etherians, were only trying to communicate. With the information that is gathered from the Etherian ship, the Hazard Team is then sent to a hodgepodge space station, made up of various ships that have been trapped in the same area: Klingon, Imperial Terran, and Hirogen. The mission is to collect isodesium, which will hopefully stop the power drain that has been affecting the ship, and interfering with several systems. Munro manages to collect his samples, but since a fellow crewmember is injured before he can finish his duty, Munro goes after the final sample. In the process, Crewman Murphy is captured by members of the station. Munro goes to rescue her, and is successful, though when the two get back, the Borg attack. Lt. Foster is captured, Ensign Lathrop is killed, and the isodesium is stolen. A mission, on which 7 of 9 takes part in, is organized to recover the isodisium, and if possible, rescue Foster.
Using the I-Mod, the team proceeds through the ship, and finds Foster. Munro rescues him, and he is beamed back to Voyager. The Hazard Team then proceeds further in, but is captured by the Borg, who offer them a deal through 7 of 9. Species 8472 was aboard the ship when it was captured, and in exchange for killing them, the Borg will let them go and give them back the isodesium. While the team is successful, the Borg attempt to double cross them, but Crewman Chang detonates explosives he has placed, and the team escapes. During this mission, there is a small alternate storyline that happens when the player fails to rescue Foster. Foster is turned into a borg, and it is he who offers the deal to the Hazard team, rather than the Borg talking through 7 of 9. Either way, the overall story is not affected, as Foster does not appear in the game again after this mission.
Although the isodesium is recovered, the Hazard team is not allowed to rest, as another alien ship has been detached to attack Voyager. To stop it, the Hazard team infiltrates an old dreadnaught and uses its weaponry to disable the ship. This is accomplished just as the ship reaches Voyager, so as soon as the team returns to Voyager, they must stop the aliens that are attacking the ship. The invasion force is stopped, and the Hazard Team uses the vessel to sneak onto the station holding all the ships in place, known as the Forge. While on the station, it is revealed that there is a plan to start another Forge, and Munro disobeys orders in order to destroy it. The mission is a success, and the Forge is destroyed, allowing Voyager to continue on its way home.
Multiplayer
Users can also compete against each other in a separate game, referred to as a Holomatch. This program allows you to play against bots, real human opponents, or mixtures of the two.
In a Holomatch, there are a number of game types including deathmatch, team deathmatch and capture the flag. The Elite Force Expansion Pack adds additonal game types including assimilation, specialties, and action hero.
Over time, user-made modifications have added even more game types and maps to multiplayer. Some of these mods include EFAdmin, Federation, ERPG, RPG-X, in2tagib, pinball, Team Elite, and Gladiator.
Community
Elite Force has a modest but active community of players. While most players of the game are unaffiliated, there are a few active clans for the game. Some of these include:
Mac Fleet, whose members play on Macintosh computers, run a Gladiator mod server.
Frag Café have a dedicated server that runs the basic deathmatch game with the maps included in the box.
>DG< ("Disfunctional Generation" among other things) runs an Elite Force server with many mods on it, but usually it runs disintegration or instacube.
[Dark] One of the oldest overall groups in EF, whose members' primary quality is honor on the field of Combat. Operates game servers from time-to-time. Membership specializes in Free For All (FFA) play.
[EVIL] runs servers that often rotate mods and game types.
wiZ operates a master server and recently released a new server search program called Echelon.
FR (Federation Reborn) is an active role-playing group in the community.
Elite Roleplaying is the oldest role-playing group for Elite Force.
-=CF=- (Coalition Forces) Just branched out into Elite Force by getting many members from an old Group called {SFEF}. They run 24/7 Assimilation and Disintigration servers.
Star Fleet Elite Forces is a fairly old clan which was originated from TFC at the same time as [SFI]. Both {SFEF} and [SFI] were created upon the breakup of TFC. It was the largest with over 250 members.
ST-RP (Star Trek Roleplaying) is another very active role-playing group in the community.
[GEN] The Generals, an older clan based in Elite Force, have a long history of fair play and friendship. They have recently returned to the game after a downtime and an attempt to branch out to other video games.
|Elit3| A newer clan created during late 2005, with exclusive membership. Members include some of the most skilled players in the game. Members do not regularly carry clan tags, however are known to be in the 'elite circle'. E.G Bobby Valentino, HERESJOHNNY, d0pey and ProphecY etc. Other players who have not been scouted, but wish to join must initally put up a fight against d0pey (currently undefeated) in 1v1 AW Duel Server.
Sequel
In 2003, Ritual Entertainment released a sequel to Elite Force titled Star Trek: Elite Force II. Elite Force 2 also features Lieutenant Alexander Munro and his Hazard Team, although this time aboard the Enterprise-E, after Voyager's return home. Currently members of the online gaming community are working on a second sequel called Elite Force: Total Conversion, which will be a mod for Half Life 2.
External links
- Elite Force official homepage
- Elite Force at the Star Trek Games Wiki
- Map download site for Elite Force
- EliteForce.com - fan site
- Effiles.com - largest EF file database
- SpaceStation K7 - TOS-based modding site
- the SYNAPSE - mods, tutorials, skins and more
- EF:TC Homepage
- RPG-X Mod Homepage
- Elite Force entry at Memory Alpha
- Elite Farce - Hundreds of bots/skins for EF and home of Starbase 11 Mod
Clans
Updated version April 2006:
- (STX) Clan Home Page
- {MAC} Clan Webpage
- >DG< Clan Webpage
- wiZ Clan Webpage
- <(>FEF<)> Home Page
- =G|f|H= Clan Home Page