I'm not sure if its been covered, but I have a question. If I get a preorder through Game stop or whereever, do they give you a key for open Beta and the head start?

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Lieutenant Ta'vana Dorn
Known simply as Dorn
USS Republic-A
12th Fleet Honor Guard
Intelligence Division Alpha Squadron
12th Fleet United Federation of Planets
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Never, never, never give up.
Winston Churchill

I have not pre-ordered STO yet, but yes this is what should happen. I have pre-ordered from Gamestop before and they will send you your beta key via e-mail.

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Lieutenant Alexandria Ash
The 12th Fleet
Valkyries Tactical Division - Beta Squadron -
Current Mission: Shore Leave
Current Location: Trill
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I'm your huckleberry.

I believe they should give you the bonuses.

I preordered in person, but I am also nervous wether they will give the same bonuses out for preordering in person. I preordered before they said anything about bonuses.

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Retired Rear Admiral-Jay Maverick-
Known simply as -Maverick-
Klingons should Beware of Maverick.
Maverick loves a fight and tends to be victorious even as the underdog.
He has an aptitude for tactics,guerrilla warfare and security.
"United Federation of Planets"
12th Fleet - Intelligence Division "Khalija" - Alpha Group
Not on Current Assignment.-On Retirement leave at Leach Lake in Minnesota.
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You will get your stuff. Gamestop is pretty good about making sure you get everything you are supposed to.

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Ensign-Amadus Diaw-
United Federation of Planets
12th Fleet
Diplomatic Division
Beta Squad

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"A diplomat who says “yes” means “maybe", a diplomat who says “maybe" means “no”, and a diplomat who says “no” is no diplomat.”
Charles Maurice De Talleyrand-Perigord (1754-1838)

Here you can see where you can preorder from and what bonus you will get for preordering from a particular site: http://startrekonline.com/retail

They (STO page above) however do not mention that this one is for anyone (worldwide): http://www.direct2drive.co.uk/8805/prod ... n-Download
As far as I understand you can download from direct2drive.co.uk the game a few days before release plus get a borg shield bonus. I am sure that hard copies will be sold on time but in my case I don't want to be left behind just because I am not in one of those countries which easily gets their orders quickly (i.e. I am not in US/CA or UK).

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Mendal@Mendal
Vice Admiral of Resources
USS Volga
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I pre-ordered from Gamestop when I did not get a key I called them. Their service rep told me they would email the key once Cryptic gave them out and that would probably be closer to the start of open beta.

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Retired Admiral James Alexander Knight
Medical Division, Command Advisor
Current Mission: Intelligence Review
Current Location: USS Osprey
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"In war there is no substitute for victory." -General Douglas MacArthur

Ya, that's typically what happens. In my experience, Gamestop has a pretty good track-record about getting those keys out.

I'm still trying to determine where I want to pre-order from

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Lieutenant Alexandria Ash
The 12th Fleet
Valkyries Tactical Division - Beta Squadron -
Current Mission: Shore Leave
Current Location: Trill
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I'm your huckleberry.

Not amazon. I pre-ordered I think it was Warhammer Online from them. It did not get mailed out for like a week after launch, and WaR only let you play for two days without typing in the key from your boxed copy. So yeah I regretted doing business with them, massively.

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Retired Admiral James Alexander Knight
Medical Division, Command Advisor
Current Mission: Intelligence Review
Current Location: USS Osprey
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"In war there is no substitute for victory." -General Douglas MacArthur

I'm kind of interested in the digital deluxe edition from atari...one of the bonuses lets u play as a joined trill so that might be kind of neat

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Lieutenant Alexandria Ash
The 12th Fleet
Valkyries Tactical Division - Beta Squadron -
Current Mission: Shore Leave
Current Location: Trill
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I'm your huckleberry.

Yeah if I wanted to play a Trill I would definitely be going for the Atari pre-order option.

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Retired Admiral James Alexander Knight
Medical Division, Command Advisor
Current Mission: Intelligence Review
Current Location: USS Osprey
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"In war there is no substitute for victory." -General Douglas MacArthur