Captain quintet boards Star Trek: Legacy

Shatner, Stewart, Brooks, Mulgrew, and Bakula will all lend their voices and likenesses to Bethesda's era-spanning sci-fi sim.

This summer, Bethesda Softworks revealed that Star Trek: Legacy would cover the far-future eras spanned by all five Star Trek television series--the original Star Trek (spanning the years 2265 to 2269 AD), Star Trek: The Next Generation (2364 to 2369 AD), Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (2369 to 2375 AD), Star Trek: Voyager (2371 to 2376 AD), and the prequel Star Trek: Enterprise (2151 to 2155 AD). The news had barely hit when speculation began as to whether the actors from these series would lend their voices and likenesses to the game.

Patrick Stewart as Captain Jean-Luc Picard.

Today, those questions were answered with a resounding "Yes." Bethesda today announced that the lead actors for all five series have joined the voice cast for the Xbox 360 and PC game. William Shatner will reprise his role as Star Trek's swaggering Captain James T. Kirk, while Patrick Stewart will once again polish off the pate of The Next Generaton's Captain Jean-Luc Picard. Avery Brooks will return as Deep Space Nine's Captain/Commander Benjamin Sisko, and Kate Mulgrew will don the unitard of Voyager's Captain Kathryn Janeway. Last--and in some fans' estimations, least--Scott Bakula will make the quantum leap back into the uniform of Enterprise's Captain Jonathan Archer.

As outlined in GameSpot's recent preview, Star Trek: Legacy is a space combat sim that will cast players as a Starfleet admiral commanding a task force of vessels through large- and small-scale battles. It will feature over 60 vessels culled from the entire Trek timeline (2151 to 2376 AD), including Klingon birds of prey and Romulan warbirds. The game is being developed by Mad Doc Software (Star Trek: Armada II) and is set for release in the fall.

107 Comments

  • imbacon

    Posted Dec 5, 2006 10:37 am GMT

    This is probably gonna be 10x better then Bridge commander.

  • slim70

    Posted Dec 4, 2006 1:30 pm GMT

    trek fans check this out!! http://on10.net/

  • si_j_s

    Posted Aug 30, 2006 7:14 am GMT

    It should feature the Voyager as it was in its ending... The one with a cool shields and firepower.

  • qwestmaster

    Posted Aug 20, 2006 9:09 pm GMT

    this game is going to rock and stop spaming about the pic rent first contact and then you will see what its all about

  • Ardus

    Posted Aug 20, 2006 4:22 pm GMT

    AIIIIIEEEEEE!!!!
    This is the next best thing to a new Star Trek series coming out!
    Just because of this fact alone I'm buying this game!
    I can't wait to hear Avery Brooks and Patrick Stewart back in action!

    I also would love to see some Michael Dorn, Brent Spiner and Armin Shimmerman action. Come on guys!!! YES YES YES! THIS IS GONNA BE AWESOME!

  • FENIXfan

    Posted Aug 18, 2006 6:30 pm GMT

    You HAD to get in one last ENT dis didn't you? I think it'll be cool having Scott Bakula, this being the first game to feature the Enterprise era. A good way to fill in the gap after it’s cancellation, and an interesting opportunity to connect Enterprise to the rest of the series. With all the captains on board, it'll help do just that.

  • truckingpete

    Posted Aug 17, 2006 12:47 pm GMT

    This is gonna be a good game!!

  • trekkerguy

    Posted Aug 16, 2006 12:04 pm GMT

    Hahah! "Last and least, Archer." Right on Gamespot!

  • evilyoda861

    Posted Aug 16, 2006 9:26 am GMT

    OMFG this is already teh best kick butt star trek game ever! yes yes I know dont quite jump the gun but from what I have seen helps, but actualy having the real actors doing the voices will make it the most real star trek game ever! I am super happy! I cant be any more happier how this game has turned out if possible I would shake their hands, all of them and feel joy.

    The only thing that can make it any more cool is if it indeed released in September 6, or had a demo soon, but I am willing to wait when I will actualy hear all of the captains voices again, not just from old shows but from nows time.

  • CaptainArcher

    Posted Aug 16, 2006 7:01 am GMT

    Star Trek game's + the real captain's + next gen = AWESOME GAMES.

    Now all is PERFECT in this world, i just need HALO 3 now. lol

    CaptainArcher.

  • dchardrocker1

    Posted Aug 15, 2006 3:54 pm GMT

    im a very happy bunny now

  • DiscGuru101

    Posted Aug 15, 2006 12:09 pm GMT

    Looking like one of the best Star Trek games to come out in a very long time...

  • Chocoholic_Jedi

    Posted Aug 15, 2006 11:09 am GMT

    This game should turn out interesting....

  • fluffebunnie

    Posted Aug 15, 2006 9:17 am GMT

    Also, anyone who doesn't know what is on Picard's face in that picture or what movie it is from should not be reading this article or playing this game.

  • fluffebunnie

    Posted Aug 15, 2006 9:15 am GMT

    Nope. Kirk would sleep with Mrs. Ackbar.

    THERE ARE FOUR LIGHTS!

  • avamarine

    Posted Aug 15, 2006 8:16 am GMT

    Admiral Ackbar would whoop the hell out of Admiral Kirk. Go Star Wars!!!! Although Picard kicks ass.

  • SemiMaster

    Posted Aug 15, 2006 8:14 am GMT

    I desperately hope this game is good.

    TNG FTW yo!

  • Nick_Rc

    Posted Aug 15, 2006 8:06 am GMT

    cant wait thougth i dont agree with Captain Jonathan Archer being the least captain

  • Dav_id83

    Posted Aug 15, 2006 7:59 am GMT

    Yep that thing on Picard's face is from when he was looking into the mirror in his quaters in First Contact. He was dreaming about whne he was borg and that thing came out of his face good job it was a nightmare.

    Anyways this is great excellent news I'm hoping this game turns out to be the what some fans have been waiting for. A proper Star Trek game that has a dam good storyline and excellent ship battles and great player customizations for there own ships. I loved Voyager as the best ship but Picard has to be the best captian a debate I know but sorry he is.

  • Xavi3n

    Posted Aug 15, 2006 5:02 am GMT

    for those asking "WTF is wrong with/on his face" . Let me enlighten you

    It is a borg implant, more specifically from Start Trek: First Contact. Nearly at the beginning when picard/stewart has a nightmare within a nightmare where hes being assimilated.

    IMHO first contact is the second best start trek film, first being Start Trek VI (ignores all those who say "OMG NOT II???").

    Anyways Stewart and Mulgrew do a lot of voice acting anyways so im not surprised. The other two rarely do voice acting so im not entirely sure if they will be good at it, since voice acting is quite different from normal acting.

  • soulknight63133

    Posted Aug 15, 2006 2:45 am GMT

    I disagree vamrock- I think the toughest opposition of any series was going up against "Q".

  • manwithaplan42

    Posted Aug 15, 2006 1:35 am GMT

    Fantastic, I had a feeling that these guys would do the voices as they all like Star Trek and want to see it back on its feet.

    Star Trek Legacy here I come!!!

    PS: I do not agree with the article where it says that Scott Bakula is the last and least, I think he ranks as one of the best captains, especially from seasons 3 & 4

  • Digital-Devil

    Posted Aug 15, 2006 1:33 am GMT

    People get too into ST...o.O

  • vamroc

    Posted Aug 15, 2006 1:19 am GMT

    WRONG everyone knows Star Treks best villian was Gul Du Kaat. He killed Warf''s wife Jad'zia and lead a take over of Deep Space Nine. When his people were beaten by the Klingons (in a war he started) he sides with the Dominion instead of accepting Federation help. Oh and let's not forget he tried to release the Pa' Wraiths and usher in a new dark age with that b!tch Ki Wynn. I could go on and on like when Du Kaat posed as a holy man and nearly convinced over 50 bajorans to kill themselves. Just so he could boast about having a grand purpose in the universe. That man had an ego the size of Jupiter. No contest Du Kaat kicks Kahn's a$$ hands down

  • coxmartin

    Posted Aug 15, 2006 12:30 am GMT

    Please no 'Q' some love him, some hate him.

    Me I hate him, big time.

    But this game will be if it lives up to half of the hype amazing

  • SnuffDaddyNZ

    Posted Aug 14, 2006 11:54 pm GMT

    I'm pretty sure that every Star Trek fan just had a Borgasm after reading this news!

  • JeffreyCor

    Posted Aug 14, 2006 11:30 pm GMT

    This is sounding better and better. I can't wait to work with Archer

  • the_real_VIP

    Posted Aug 14, 2006 10:32 pm GMT

    I love the picture. don't know why you guys are bashing 'bout the pic. In a small article, you gotta make it unorthodox. I would have also added a pic of Kirk yelling "Khaaaaaan" on his communicator or Janeway fighting that weird alien bug... ahahahaha.

  • DS_fan_atic

    Posted Aug 14, 2006 10:01 pm GMT

    pretty sweet, definately getting it for my PC, and I'm looking forward to the upcomming DS game as well

    I just can't let star trek leave my life...

  • Drachman

    Posted Aug 14, 2006 9:04 pm GMT

    I love the entire Star Trek series, including Enterprise. I know a lot of people bashed Enterprise for it looking too high tech and poor acting in the beginning. But if you watch seasons three and four (mostly four), the acting picked up with the characters who sucked at first really began to stand out as main characters (Connor Trineer, Trip). There are many episodes where they spend time creating systems and weapons that are standard in the other Star Treks which does give the notion that they aren't as high tech as they look.

    The other Star Treks need no explanation as to why I like them, they rock. It's not the looks it's the content and substance in the episodes.

  • CountZero

    Posted Aug 14, 2006 8:34 pm GMT

    I would enjoy it if George Takei was brought in to play Captain Sulu of the Excelsior, John Ruck (Capt. John Harriman of the Enterprise-B, and Tricia O'Neil (Capt. Rachel Garrett of the ill-fated Enterprise-C).

    As for whoever suggested Capt. Christopher Pike, unfortuantely Jeffery Hunter, who played Pike in the first pilot, died after suffering a skull fracture after a fall in his home in 1969, which in turn happened after a minor stroke he suffered on the flight back from filming in Spain.

    All in all, though, this is superb news. I was planning on picking the game up before, but now it's clinched.

    (Though, on a side note, if they could also get Sean Connery to do the voice of Com. Elias Vaughn from the "8th Season" DS9 novels, that would we hawesome.

  • jamesjjjjj

    Posted Aug 14, 2006 7:37 pm GMT

    I love them all. I wish they would have Captain Pike too!!!

    I love Mr. Shatner. He is so awesome. He definately is enjoying life to the fullest!!!!

    Did you see his show on tvnow? He is the best!

  • nintendorocks

    Posted Aug 14, 2006 7:18 pm GMT

    Awesome! I can't believe they would all come back for a video game. Especially Shatner. Woot!

  • Icheb

    Posted Aug 14, 2006 7:10 pm GMT

    Couldn't you people find a better picture of Stewart than this crap? :p

  • Maquis_UK

    Posted Aug 14, 2006 6:16 pm GMT

    woot. living long and prospering =/\=

  • Ground_Zero

    Posted Aug 14, 2006 6:08 pm GMT

    ah sweet cant wait, lol @ the pic of Patrick, thats a very bad pic

  • chikahiro94

    Posted Aug 14, 2006 5:54 pm GMT

    All I gotta say is...

    Avery Brooks.

    Looking forward to the DS9 related material. That was such an interesting and dynamic series ^_^

  • doomsoth

    Posted Aug 14, 2006 5:48 pm GMT

    I'm actually looking forward to this game I hope it's as good as it looks.

  • dchispirtle

    Posted Aug 14, 2006 5:22 pm GMT

    For those of you who bash Enterprise, have you ever really given it a chance? I was like you when the show first aired...turned off by the theme song and the notion of a prequel. However, I actually went back and watched the first two seasons and so far the show is pretty incredible. I'm still not keen on the idea that it was a prequel, but the crew was good and the choices made sense. They would probably have fit pretty well in either the Kirk era or the Next Gen era.

    But anyway, as a big fan of the shows...I have to agree with another poster that it just wouldn't be the same without the original actors voicing their characters.

  • vanhalendlrband

    Posted Aug 14, 2006 5:04 pm GMT

    CAPTAIN KIRK IS BACK!!!!! Its been so long, i would see this as the last possible William Shatner as Kirk for the rest of eternity people.

  • GohanSSJZ

    Posted Aug 14, 2006 4:35 pm GMT

    Good news indeed, i had no doubt Patrick Stewart would be in as he always been ready for any voice acting and Kate Mulgrew wasn't a big surprise either as she done a few Star Trek things after finishing Voyager (Admiral Janeway in Nemesis, and she did Borg Invasion 4d which is basicly a ride that is supposed to give you the feeling you are in it), but the others, especially Avery Brooks who hasn't done much acting since Star Trek, and hasn't got anything listed after 2001 on IMDB is a pretty big surprise, and a positive one, because although Patrick Stewart is a great actor, and he has really embraced Star Trek, i always thought Brooks played the best Captain.
    As for Bakula, he's not a wonderful actor, but he had nothing to do with Enterprise being bad, he did a good job, it was just that most of the cast was pretty bad, exceptions being John Billingsley (Phlox) who did a excellent job, and Conner Trinneer (Tucker) wasn't bad either, although they writers did do a bad job at the character.
    So i'm glad he's in aswell, if he wasn't then that would have been a shame, even though Brannon Braga and Rick Berman ruined a lot, it's still Star Trek.

  • Seymour47

    Posted Aug 14, 2006 4:29 pm GMT

    I don't know that I've every seen this many positive posts about anything on this site. There is always a large contingent of grumps who have to spoil things for everyone else. But, not today! Long live Picard!

  • satjome

    Posted Aug 14, 2006 4:01 pm GMT

    that pic is fricking scary!!!
    lol.........
    patrick stewart was cool in oblivion
    (notable mentions include xmens films)

  • glhx1rush

    Posted Aug 14, 2006 3:50 pm GMT

    I hope "Q" makes an appearance too!!!!!

  • Nafda

    Posted Aug 14, 2006 3:31 pm GMT

    Captain Jean Luc Picard of the USS Enterprise!

  • reece590

    Posted Aug 14, 2006 3:12 pm GMT

    PATRIK STEWART!!!!!!!

  • SpiderFreak

    Posted Aug 14, 2006 3:06 pm GMT

    PATRICK STEWART!!!!!

  • captainspork87

    Posted Aug 14, 2006 2:44 pm GMT

    Excellent..They have the voice casting now.........Even without them the game would still be great.........I cant wait to here Shatner and Stewart do their work..

  • hortencia

    Posted Aug 14, 2006 2:20 pm GMT

    please, trekkers ans trekkies, do not made a point blank of Bakula. PD Picard Rules!!!! I`m eager to play this game

  • Generic_Dude

    Posted Aug 14, 2006 2:06 pm GMT

    Hate Star Trek, but love Bethesda games... I'm torn! By the way, Shatner PWNS. Patrick Stewart is a hella good actor though, and did great as the Emperor in Oblivion.

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