Escalation they call it and escalating it does. The 13th season of Star Trek’s Online begins now on PC. PS4 and Xbox One updates are coming later.
Prepare yourself for a new story episode, Smoke & Mirrors, new war game scenarios, a competitive wargame reputation system, and balance changes to space battles. On top of that, there are tons of other minutia changes for quite a few scrolls of the wheel.
You can read the full patch notes on the official site, included are links to more information on the big features of the patch.