By Captain Pyke | January 30, 2010 - 12:06 am

Star Trek Online's official head Start begain today with tremendous response from the community. We were there at 10:00 AM PST and had a tough time logging in and we weren't the only ones. Many reports around the twitterverse were complaining of the same issue. Finally, at a little after 10:30 we got our first response from the login server.

Another key problem right off the bat, was the availability of the "Lifetime Subscription" liberated Borg. Many users were reporting that the Borg wasn't listed as a character option

Cryptic did release a quick update letting fans know that they are on top of the issues.



We’ve seen a number of you are having some trouble in a few specific areas, and we just wanted to touch base with you to let you know where things are and where they’ll be.





First, claiming the Liberated Borg character creation option should be available to most Lifetime subscribers. To claim them:



- Simply access the character creation screen. Your Liberated Borg will appear in the list of available species.



It’s currently a known issue that if you’ve purchased a Lifetime subscription after 10:00 a.m. PST on January 29, 2010, you won’t be able to claim your Liberated Borg yet. We're currently working on addressing this issue for you throughout the weekend.



Second, we’ve noticed some of you asking where some of your other exclusive goodies are. Those will become available on launch day, once you’ve applied your retail key, which you’ll receive either with your box or from your digital retailer.



Lastly, some of you may have noticed some trouble with our account server early in the day. We’ve since resolved much of those problems, and just wanted to thank you all for reporting the trouble. Please continue doing so! (source Star Trek Online)

Other than the few hiccups described here, STO has been running quite well. Which is good, considering the amount of users online. There are also a few surprises that weren't available in the previous closed and open betas We won't give any spoilers, but the new cut scene will make your inner Trek fan "live long and prosper".