Games (or Mods) with Multiple Generations?

[RookieBatman]

I remember when I was a kid, getting the first Starfleet Command game, and being disappointed that it had different versions of a ship class from different eras, but the models themselves were all the same (for example, the date the earliest cruiser was available was pre-TOS era, but the model you see is just the same movie-era ship as all the other cruisers). Eventually, I learned about modding, but by then, SF1 was old news, so it took a lot of digging to cobble together enough mods for it to make a collection of ships that truly represented the different eras.

Birth of the Federation was a similar experience; it's supposed to simulate the entire history of the Federation, but only with TNG-era ships (and a few TOS-movie era)? What a letdown.

Is there anything out there that actually goes through all the periods of Trek history with fully individualized models for each era? I guess Legacy counts, but the linear nature of that decreases the replay value (it is kinda pretty to look at, though). If there were any other official game, I assume I would've heard of it by now, but there must be a mod out there somewhere. I can't be the first Trekkie who's wished for something like this, right?

It doesn't even need to be a mod of a Star Trek game. If anyone knows of a multi-era Star Trek mod for some other game (especially in the 4X or strategy genre), I'd be just as excited by that.

 

[bbjeg]

Personally, my top two Trek games were Star Trek Bridge Commander and Star Trek Legacy, both modded with as many ships as I could find, where I could load any battle that's been aired.

 

[RookieBatman]

I guess that's probably a pretty good place to start, I guess I'm just looking for something with more of an ongoing campaign system. (Am I being too picky?)

 

[bbjeg]

Maybe Star Trek Armada (1 or 2)?

 

[RookieBatman]

I do remember reading up on mods for Armada and getting the sense that those games were made to be pretty modder-friendly. It probably wouldn't be too hard to get individual ship mods and combine them together into a multi-era setup.

 

[StalwartUK]

Birth of the Federation was a similar experience; it's supposed to simulate the entire history of the Federation, but only with TNG-era ships (and a few TOS-movie era)? What a letdown.

Licensing reasons. MicroProse only had the rights for TNG (and its movies), hence the lack of TOS-era ships, Trill using their older TNG design instead of the newer DS9 look etc.