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New Limited-Edition Borg Cube ITX PC

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A new officially-licensed small Star Trek Borg Cube computer case PC, eight inches cubed, is now available from Cherry Tree .

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“To Commemorate The Battle of Wolf 359 , We Will Be Releasing:”

• 359 cases available in the US and Canada
• 359 cases available in Europe
• 359 fully-built and configurable machines (US only)

The Borg Cube ITX is hand-assembled by Cherry Tree ‘s team in California. “Depending on the case color you choose; it’s made of injection molded ABS (black) or Polycarbonate (translucent).”

Purchasers may choose from a full build at $799.00, or a case only. The cost for the case only is 359.00-$419.00. Both options will be available in late September.

To pre-order the full build, head to the link located here , or pre-order the case here .

Full specs can be found at the Cherry Tree links directly above.

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“Star Trek: Infinite is a 4X grand strategy game that shares a lot of qualities with a good Star Trek episode: It’s cerebral, accessible, occasionally a little clumsy, and overall a good time.” Polygon “...If you’re a huge Trekkie and just happen to also like video games, Star Trek: Infinite will beam boatloads of fun right into your living room.” Video Games (Sports Illustrated) “This game is made for Star Trek fans through and through. From the well-crafted story elements to the small random easter egg events, there is something for those with various entry points into the fandom.” But Why Tho?

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• Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
• OS *: Windows® 7 SP1 64 Bit
• Processor: Intel® iCore™ i3-530 or AMD® FX-6350
• Memory: 4 GB RAM
• Graphics: Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 460 or AMD® ATI Radeon™ HD 5870 (1GB VRAM), or AMD® Radeon™ RX Vega 11 or Intel® HD Graphics 4600
• DirectX: Version 9.0c
• Storage: 15 GB available space
• OS: Windows® 10 Home 64 Bit
• Processor: Intel® iCore™ i5-3570K or AMD® Ryzen™ 5 2400G
• Graphics: Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 560 Ti (1GB VRAM) or AMD® Radeon™ R7 370 (2 GB VRAM)
• DirectX: Version 12
• OS: 10.11 (El Capitan)
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• Memory: 15 GB RAM
• Graphics: Nvidia® GeForce™ GT 750M or equivalent AMD® card with 1GB Vram
• Network: Broadband Internet connection
• Storage: 10 GB available space
• OS: 10.13 (High Sierra)
• Processor: Intel® iCore™ i5-4670
• Graphics: Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 780M with 4GB Vram or AMD® Radeon™ R7 370 (2 GB VRAM)

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In the original 1960s TV show Star Trek , the voyagers on the starship Enterprise could chat with the computer from any room on the ship. The computer, voiced by the late actress Majel Barrett, sadly had no name, but responded to voice commands seeking information or to control the vessel.

It was a vision of the future that would go on to influence some of today’s biggest tech luminaries. Google’s voice-controlled digital assistant was codenamed Majel . And the Star Trek computer was also the inspiration for Alexa, as Jeff Bezos has explained to many.

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Star Trek: Infinite is a fun strategy game and a great entry point to the genre for newcomers that doesn't cost as much as many big games, but a plethora of bugs bog down the gameplay and mission design.

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What is Star Trek: Infinite?

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Have you ever watched situations unfold in Star Trek and thought "If only I had been in charge?" Star Trek: Infinite puts that idea to the test, allowing players to revisit a large chunk of Star Trek history in a grand strategy format by guiding different civilizations through force or peace. It has solid ideas and fun empire management mechanics, as well as a lower than usual price point. 

Unfortunately, a large number of bugs bring down the overall experience, causing serious issues for when you try to complete missions or scale production lines across your controlled worlds. There's fun to be had, but Star Trek: Infinite needs a few big fixes before it could become a must-play. Disclaimer:  This review was made possible by a review code provided by Paradox Interactive. The publisher did not see the contents of this review before publishing.

Developer: Nimble Giant Entertainment Publisher: Paradox Interactive Genre: Grand strategy Playtime: 15+ hours Platforms: Windows PC Reviewed on: Windows PC Install size: 15.14GB Xbox Game Pass: No Price: $30 Release date: Oct. 12, 2023

Star Trek: Infinite is a grand strategy game developed by Nimble Giant Entertainment and published by Paradox Interactive. Players assume control of one of four powerful factions in the Star Trek universe — the Federation, Klingon Empire, Romulan Star Empire, and Cardassian Union are all available — and guide their chosen faction through history. 

You'll build fleets and starbases, colonize worlds, manage populations, and through force or diplomacy, eventually integrate weaker civilizations and smaller factions into your space-faring kingdom. Naturally, each faction has advantages and disadvantages, with the Federation encouraged to peacefully approach new cultures and act defensively. Meanwhile, the Cardassians may take a more unsubtle approach in acquiring new pre-populated worlds. All of this requires managing dozens of resources in a careful balancing act. 

Star Trek: Infinite This is a solid entry-level strategy game that fulfills dreams of controlling the Federation or other Star Trek space empires. Just be mindful of some bugs right now at launch. Buy at: <a href="https://www.anrdoezrs.net/click-100624765-14473384?sid=hawk-custom-tracking&url=https://www.humblebundle.com/store/star-trek-infinite" data-link-merchant="humblebundle.com"" target="_blank"> Humble Bundle | <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/1622900/Star_Trek_Infinite/" data-link-merchant="store.steampowered.com"" data-link-merchant="humblebundle.com"" target="_blank"> Steam

Star Trek: Infinite — Gameplay and customization

No matter who you're playing as, you must balance resource consumption with the growth of your empire, surveying solar systems and colonizing worlds to keep your population from getting too cramped. 

I appreciate the game's structure here, as it simplifies a tremendous amount of information, offering multiple ways of automating your output. For example, you can designate a planet to be a Mining World and let the game AI choose the best ways to improve it over time. It's a good balance, providing minute details to tweak for veteran players like me without being too overwhelming for newcomers. 

As mentioned above, each faction in Star Trek: Infinite has some unique qualities that allow you to play in different fashions, but you've still got options no matter who you've chosen. This ties in with the Mission Tree, which can allow you to take the Star Trek timeline down different avenues, exploring things that did happen or might've happened in other circumstances. 

You could eventually build the Federation in such a way that it becomes a more militarized entity.

For example, you could eventually build the Federation in such a way that it becomes a more militarized entity, leading to offensive campaigns that bring peace to the galaxy... by force. It's a shame then that the Mission Tree is designed in an obtuse fashion. There's a large number of events that appear from time to time with absolutely no details on how you're actually supposed to proceed, leading to frustration as you have to hunt through the Mission Tree for any clue that something could be connected to a timed event that's popped up. 

Unfortunately, there's also an absolutely massive amount of bugs right now. Some of these are fairly minor issues, such as needing to reselect a ship before it could be ordered to move. Others are far more massive, such as hearing the AI advisor say one of your characters has died without telling you who it is, suddenly losing the ability to move a fleet that's somehow become stuck in a system, or even (perhaps most egregiously) being unable to finish a mission despite filling every requirement.

Star Trek: Infinite — Visuals and audio

Star Trek: Infinite doesn't feature cutting-edge visuals, but given the zoomed-out approach, it really doesn't need to. The visuals are mostly fine, with decent-looking ships, star systems, and nebulae across the vastness of space that you'll explore. Static images are used for most species and worlds, and while there's definitely a bit more repetition here than I'd like, it's never so egregious as to be immersion breaking. 

The soundtrack is a bit understated but still extensive, with a large number of tracks that fit the quiet mood you'll usually be in as you manage your empire. You can also directly select which tracks you'd like to hear on repeat, which is a nice touch.

It's also worth mentioning that the game has a very lengthy load time when you first boot it up, averaging around 50 seconds on a Samsung 850 SSD. After that loading however, subsequent loads to different save files only took a couple of seconds, so it's not an issue outside of when you first sit down to play. 

Star Trek: Infinite — Accessibility and approachability

Star Trek: Infinite doesn't have a large number of accessibility options, but players can tweak their playthrough to make things easier, adjusting the difficulty, AI advisor, and game speed to make things more hectic or relaxing.  

All of this combined with a simplified structure mean that it's fairly easy to learn and understand compared to something like Stellaris. This does come at the cost of not having as many gameplay options or mechanics to play around with, but DLC support could change that over time. Similarities to Paradox's sister title Stellaris will abound, and rightfully so. The Star Trek IP isn't just used for set dressing here, though, and instead feels real and well-utilized. Ethical dilemmas and mysterious problems crop up from time to time and they feel like situations that would've appeared across the shows, especially The Next Generation.

Star Trek: Infinite — Should you buy?

Overall, I do like playing Star Trek: Infinite, but that comes with a healthy number of asterisk marks. There's a lot that isn't explained to the point that it's hard to tell if an issue is actually a bug or not, while a large number of unambiguous issues weaken what is otherwise a decent strategy title. 

Steadfast Trekkies will have fun, as will anyone looking for a watered-down, less-punishing entry point into grand strategy games. It's also aided by the low cost of entry, at less than half the price of most big games. Is it one of the best PC games for strategy fans? Perhaps not now, but I'm looking forward to seeing how Star Trek: Infinite evolves through future updates and mod support in the months ahead. 

Star Trek: Infinite is an unfortunately buggy experience right now, but there's still fun to be had managing an empire as you acquire new worlds through combat or subterfuge.

Samuel Tolbert is a freelance writer covering gaming news, previews, reviews, interviews and different aspects of the gaming industry, specifically focusing on Xbox and PC gaming on Windows Central. You can find him on Twitter @SamuelTolbert .

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Star Trek: Infinite review

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What is it?  Paradox style grand strategy, but Star Trek. Release date October 12, 2023 Expect to pay $30/£27 Developer Nimble Giant Publisher Paradox Interactive Reviewed on  Intel i5, 16GB RAM, GTX 1660 Link Official site

I am opening this review with a warning: I am going to spend a lot of time here talking about a different game. This isn't something I usually do, but as you may have guessed from the screenshots, Infinite is very much built on the chassis of Stellaris with some appropriately Star Trek twists. Consider it the Napoleon: Total War to Stellaris's Empire: Total War: a more focused, narrative spin off from a larger and more sprawling game.

The game is set firmly in the Next Generation/Deep Space Nine era (it actually begins with the Romulan attack on Khitomer, where Worf's family were killed) and portrays the Federation, Klingons, Romulans and Cardassians as four superpowers locked in constant competition. In my game for example, an early decision brought the Federation and the Klingons closer together, and the Romulans and Cardassians immediately responded by forming a counter-alliance to stop the perceived threat.

Unlike Stellaris, Infinite is only semi-random. The four great powers collide in the middle of the map in roughly the same way every game while the rest of the galaxy is full of randomly placed "minor powers". So a classic Federation member like Trill can feasibly spawn on the opposite side of the galaxy and end up getting invaded by Romulans. It's not unlike joining a Stellaris game a third of the way in, after the big power blocks have formed. For the most part this works surprisingly well, but there are some oddities: for example playing as the Federation I was prompted to colonise the uninhabited planet of Denobula. I know, Nimble Giant, I like to pretend Enterprise never existed sometimes too.

Here's the good news: Star Trek: Infinite expresses the Federation fantasy far better than Stellaris ever did. You can genuinely expand by diplomacy here, buttering up minor species and inviting them, one by one. The other playable factions have their own spin on this, with the Romulans setting up puppet governments and the Cardassians using something similar to Stellaris's overlord system. The Klingons just invade people, they don't really do subtle.

One of the other big changes from Stellaris will be familiar to players of other Paradox games. There's now a narrative structure to the game in the form of a branching mission tree, where events can be triggered by objectives as exciting as "have Bajor join the federation" or as banal as "survey 10 systems". Some of these events follow classic Trek storylines, but others present compelling 'what if' moments, like Romulan and Vulcan reunification. They're as much about steering your playstyle as getting the rewards, and I ended up enjoying them a great deal.

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One of the best of these mission chains is the Enterprise itself. Completing the first step will reward you with a jack of all trades super ship that is equally adept at science, war and diplomacy. Sending the Enterprise out to do various tasks will reward you with a Next Generation crew member, who might give you a generic empire bonus, or might physically appear as a recruitable leader. Other major and minor Trek characters can also emerge in this fashion, meaning that, entirely organically, I once ended up in a situation where the Enterprise was valiantly holding the line against an unstoppable Borg sphere, only to be rescued by Benjamin Sisko commanding a fleet of Voyagers.

I once ended up in a situation where the Enterprise was valiantly holding the line against an unstoppable Borg sphere, only to be rescued by Benjamin Sisko commanding a fleet of Voyagers.

At this point I have to talk about the targ in the room. Stellaris already has a Star Trek mod, so why should you pay for a game when a mod is free? Well Stellaris's New Horizons mod is a sprawling epic that covers the entirety of Star Trek history and every faction in the galaxy, while Infinite is focused on the Alpha and Beta quadrants of the Next Generation era, and frankly I think it's better for it. This means, for example, that the Borg are more akin to the terrifying invader from nowhere they are in the show, rather than another player faction. It's also, paradoxically, the cheaper option if you don't already own a full deck of Stellaris DLC.

Something Infinite should have over any mod is polish, and while it does feel less clunky than New Horizons, there are still more issues than there should be at launch. Like a decidedly un-silent notification for a "silent alarm", or the strange bug that caused the voiceover to claim a character had died every five minutes, or the time I ended up with two Rikers. Although to be fair that last one also happened in the show.

It's things like this, and the more direct ports from Stellaris, that make Infinite feel a little unfinished. I don't mind that Nimble Giant haven't really changed the planet building interface, but I feel like I probably shouldn't be trading energy credits for alloys as the famously post capitalist Federation. There's also a disappointing lack of interactions with pre-FTL civilisations, a Prime Directive dilemma or two would've been nice. In the end I stopped playing well before the victory conditions, but that's also frequently true of Stellaris, a game I've played for hundreds of hours.

Nevertheless at the end of every review I ask myself "do I still want to play this game some more, now that I'm not being paid?" and the answer here is yes. I really do want to try that reunification story arc, I want to see if I can evacuate the Romulans before their sun explodes this time (sorry guys), I want to actually get the Enterprise E before Jean Luc Picard dies of old age.

I don't mark games on what they could be, but I certainly hope that Infinite gets the same kind of post release support as its bigger brother. I think it would be fascinating (captain) to see how the two games grow and inform one another over the years. Now that would be the best of both worlds.

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• Guide, pp. XIII-XVIII
• Introduction, p. XIX
• Storing the Press of a Key, pp. 4-7
• Displaying a Key Press, pp. 8-9
• Printing a Key Press, pp. 10-12
• Inside the System Unit of a Twentieth Century PC, pp. 16-19
• A Closer Look at the CPU or Microprocessor, pp. 20-22
• The PC's Bus, pp. 23-25
• A Closer Look at RAM, pp. 26-28
• How a Microchip Was Build, pp. 31-32
• How a Microchip Stored Information, pp. 33-36
• The Keyboard, pp. 38-39
• The Mouse, pp. 40-42
• The Trackball, pp. p. 43
• Graphic Tablets, pp. 44-45
• Scanners, pp. 46-47
• Touch Screens, pp. 48-49
• Musical Interfaces, pp. 50-52
• The Monitor, pp. 54-57
• Printers, pp. 58-64
• Hard Disk Drives, pp. 66-69
• How Information Was Saved to a Hard Disk, pp. 70-72
• Diskettes and Floppy Disk Drives, pp. 73-74
• CD-ROM, pp. 75-78
• Flopticals and Magneto-Optical Disks, pp. 79-81
• Tape Drivers, pp. 82-84
• Modems, pp. 86-92
• Local Area Networks, pp. 94-97
• Network Architecture, pp. 98-100
• Wide Area Networks, pp. 101-104
• The Role of the Operating System, , pp. 106-108
• How MS-DOS Managed Its Tasks, pp. 109-111
• How MS-DOS Managed Memory, pp. 112-117
• The Role of Software, pp. 118-120
• Popular Types of Applications, pp. 121-124
• Robots and Cybernetics, pp. 126-128
• Artificial Intelligence, pp. 129-134
• Artificial Life, pp. 135-136
• Virtual Reality, pp. 137-138
• Fractals, pp. 139-141
• Morphing, p. 142
• Chaos, p. 143
• Nanotechnology, pp. 144-146
• Appendix: Galaxy-class Starship Computer Systems, pp. 147-152
• Index, pp. 153-161

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• In order to enhance the presentation of the book as a work set in the Star Trek universe, the book included a preface from Lieutenant Commander Data , featured full-color illustrations from both Hans & Cassady, Inc. and husband Scott Fulton in the style of Michael Okuda 's okudagrams , and included, as an appendix, the fourth chapter of the Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual , " Galaxy -class Starship Computer Systems".
• At the time of the book's publication, both the Alpha Books imprint and publisher Prentice Hall were owned by Simon & Schuster, which itself was owned by Paramount Communications, then Star Trek 's rights holder.
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