The Open Beta just started at 6pm today, so try to grab a key for yourself wherever you can!

Fileplanet has quite a few, but some more may appear on the official page soon!

After you have your beta key, you'll need to make sure you have a login at the official website. You can use those login details to use the patcher which you can download from the ATK Download Area. Once you've installed the patcher, you'll start downloading the ~8GB file. You'll find that any other links are dog slow.

The Open Beta will end on January 26, 2010. Here is some more information about what you can do in the Open Beta:

Open Beta will start with characters restricted to playing Federation and Klingon sectors only. You will not be able to access Romulan, Cardassian, or Borg space until we update a little later on into the Beta.

In addition, all players will hit a level cap at 16 - which will allow you to complete all missions available in your respective sectors. You'll be unable to spend new skillpoints until we open up the other sectors. We ask that you play through all of the content you can find available to you. This will ensure coverage of everything in the sectors before you move on. You will progress enough to advance past your initial ship and into and through your first tier Cruiser, Escort, or Science vessel.

The servers are warming up and we're all very excited to open the doors and let you experience Star Trek Online.

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