Atari Offering a Lifetime Subscription for Star Trek Online

If you find yourself enjoying the Star Trek Online open beta that just recently kicked off, you may want to get in on the lifetime subscription offer that Atari is offering for a limited time. Anyone who pre-orders a copy of STO will be eligible to sign up for either a $240 lifetime subscription or a $120 per year annual subscription. Either way, you'll end up saving money if you plan to play the game long term -- plus, you'll also get some unique bonuses.

Annual subscribers, in addition to the discount of roughly $60 per year (you'd be paying $180 each year if you go the $15 per month route), will get two additional character slots. Lifetime subscribers will get the two additional character slots and, more significantly, a playable Borg race. Of course, this comes at a hefty upfront fee of $240 (which works out to the same amount you'd pay over the course of 16 months at the usual $15/month price).

The Liberated Borg begins with the following two traits:

Borg Nanites: +10% Health RegenerationDescription: Ground Trait. Constantly regenerates shields and health.

Efficient: +5 Starship Shield Efficiency, +5 Starship Engine Efficiency, +5 Starship Energy Weapon Efficiency, +5 Starship Auxiliary Systems Efficiency Description: Space Trait. Provides a bonus to efficiency stats, improving the effectiveness of many of your power management abilities.

The Liberated Borg also has a unique optional trait.

Neural Blast: 30 second debuff. Drastically reduces run speed. Every 4 seconds, Neural Blast has a 40% chance to hold the target for 3 seconds. Description: Activatable Ground Trait. Inject the target with neural toxins, which continually attempt to hold the target for the duration. Also reduces the target's movement speed.

You can still pre-order the game and be eligible for the discounted plans, and anyone who has previously done so can also get in on the deal here.