Star Trek fans everywhere are surely anticipating the upcoming Star Trek Online (STO), a very promising looking take on the universe, due in part to the MMO premise to which it lends itself well.

Plenty of screenshots have been released, but they're a world apart from gameplay footage, of course. That's exactly what we get with this new video documentary, the first in a series. Aside from space battle footage, tons of background is included for those into the lore. Take a look:

Still no release date on this one, unfortunately, but that may mean publisher Atari is giving Cryptic all the time it needs. Keep a look out!

Update: We just got word from Atari closed beta begins today! Sign up right here.