Star Trek Online Adds Terran NX Ship in December 2026

Fans of Star Trek: Enterprise will see a familiar era return to video games when Star Trek Online introduces the Terran NX starship to its PC version in December 2026. Developer Cryptic Studios announced the planned addition in its development roadmap for the franchise's 60th-anniversary celebrations, bringing a Mirror Universe-inspired vessel into the online game's expanding collection.

The upcoming ship draws inspiration from the NX-01 Enterprise era, which featured Scott Bakula as Captain Jonathan Archer in the prequel television series that aired from 2001 to 2005. However, the Terran NX represents an alternate-universe interpretation rather than the original starship commanded by Archer.

According to the development roadmap, Cryptic has confirmed the December 2026 release window for PC but has not disclosed the vessel's specific capabilities or how players will be able to obtain it.

The Terran NX connection recalls Enterprise's fourth-season two-part storyline, "In a Mirror, Darkly," which explored an alternate reality known as the Mirror Universe. In this setting, the peaceful United Federation of Planets is replaced by the authoritarian Terran Empire.

The episodes follow the crew of the ISS Enterprise NX-01, including an alternate version of Captain Archer who operates within the Terran Empire. The storyline also features the discovery of the USS Defiant, a powerful Federation starship displaced from another time and universe.

The planned addition arrives as Star Trek Online expands its anniversary content across multiple periods of the franchise's history. The game is also preparing further starships and updates connected to several television series, with Cryptic's roadmap extending into early 2027.

The game's latest season, Rediscovered, launched on PC on September 22, 2026. The update introduces a time-spanning adventure involving multiple versions of Spock and incorporates characters and material from different eras of Star Trek.

Ethan Peck reprises his role as the younger Spock from Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, while Piotr Michael portrays an older version of the character. The season also includes archival dialogue from Leonard Nimoy, whose portrayal of Spock helped establish the character as a central figure in the franchise.

Cryptic's roadmap identifies additional content drawn from Deep Space Nine, Voyager, Discovery, The Next Generation, Prodigy, and Starfleet Academy for release through early 2027. The Terran NX is scheduled to arrive during the December portion of the anniversary program.

Star Trek: Enterprise originally followed humanity's earliest deep-space missions aboard the NX-01, decades before the voyages of James T. Kirk and Spock. Although the series ended in 2005 after a mixed initial reception, it later developed a dedicated following interested in Starfleet's early history and the origins of the United Federation of Planets.