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The Grind (STO)

Description

Calling all prospective Captains!  The Federation of Planets wants you!  How far can you take the opportunity to advance your career in Starfleet?  Apply for Command, and find out today!

The goal of this competition will be to take a newly created character and see how far you can level it up in the course of two weeks.  Take a break from your existing toon to re-live some of the old days, try out a different faction, or take this opportunity to give Star Trek Online a try if you’ve never played before.

Your screenshot must be able to prove that this character was created during the range of this competition.  That can be accomplished by accessing your Journal and going over to the Log tab (hotkey ‘L’ on the PC).  When you create your character, you may find a ‘Welcome to Star Trek Online!’ entry that will display the date and time your character was created.  This must be prominently displayed in your screenshot in order to show when this toon was created, with the contents of that entry selected in order to display said date and time.  Your current level will be visible in the upper left corner of the screen, so make sure you do not obscure that.

Good luck, Captains!  And happy grinding!

Criteria

  • The character must be made on a date that falls within the course of this competition.
  • Your proof must show the 'Welcome to Star Trek Online!' Log entry described above with the date and time its entry details being clearly visible.
  • You of course must also ensure that your ending level is visible in this shot. At minimum this may be the level up by your character portrait. If you want to be extra helpful, you may display the character pane and the above Log entry side by side.
  • Ties will be broken by whichever entries show the earliest submission time as recorded by the BMFS. The early bird gets the worm!

Winners

Submissions

User Content Date Entry
Michael Angelus (#3090)

Finally got around to playing a Disco Captain. I've made a TOS Captain before, and that felt alot more unique to me than the Disco Introduction felt. Disco felt more rushed, as if they just copied the 2409 Intro and turned all the Borg into Klingons.

2025-06-22 16:46:46
Mamof (#2848)

0 to 65, 35 hours and 14 minutes

 2025-06-18 06:22:57

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