STO: Third Faction

When STO was announced I remember reading Federation vs Klingon's and it sounded awesome, going back to kirk era Klingon bashing which was awesome but with the lack of solid information on the game I started to think about it in depth eventually came down to the point that I think Cryptic need to consider a third faction which is neutral of the war...in a way.

I tried thinking of a few different races that could fit a neutral stance inside the Star Trek Universe.

The first solution I came down to was the Ferengi


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The Ferengi could simply play the merchant faction of the game since their lust for latinum takes them down many different paths. Some are honest businessmen while others will do anything to make a strip or two.

Unfortunately it doesn't seem like the Ferengi will be a possible third faction as according to the Path To articles the Ferengi are now a part of the Federation.

Another idea that came to mind was a new Maquis or remnants of the last one.



With the borders between Federation and Klingon space in constant change, the Maquis would fit in nicely here since they could be made using the same concepts as the Cardassian Marquis resistance.

One problem with this group as a faction is they couldn't very well be neutral to be Maquis.

Finally another thought that came to my mind was a conglomerate of different factions from the Delta Quadrant banding together. There are so many to choose from. Vidian, Malon, Kazon etc etc.

I think the only drawback to this idea is that people might not like Delta Quadrant races.

So those would be my three choices for a third faction in STO.

• Ferengi Alliance
• Maquis Remnants
• Delta Quadrant Conglomeration