<s>
Star	B-Application
Trek	I-Application
:	I-Application
New	I-Application
Worlds	I-Application
is	O
a	O
strategy	B-Application
game	I-Application
published	O
in	O
2000	O
by	O
Interplay	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
player	O
can	O
choose	O
to	O
command	O
the	O
forces	O
of	O
the	O
United	O
Federation	O
of	O
Planets	O
,	O
Klingons	O
or	O
Romulans	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Star	B-Application
Trek	I-Application
:	I-Application
New	I-Application
Worlds	I-Application
is	O
set	O
in	O
the	O
year	O
2287	O
,	O
shortly	O
after	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
Star	B-Application
Trek	I-Application
V	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Final	I-Application
Frontier	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
new	O
planets	O
are	O
rich	O
in	O
natural	O
resources	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
sector	O
-	O
which	O
intersects	O
Klingon	O
,	O
Romulan	O
,	O
and	O
Federation	O
territory	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
Neutral	O
Zone	O
-	O
becomes	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
"	O
Tabula	B-Application
Rasa	I-Application
"	O
(	O
Latin	O
for	O
"	O
blank	O
slate	O
"	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
the	O
Tabula	B-Application
Rasa	I-Application
is	O
sealed	O
by	O
the	O
detonation	O
of	O
another	O
Shiva	O
device	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
planets	O
return	O
to	O
their	O
former	O
dimension	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Interplay	O
lost	O
its	O
claim	O
to	O
the	O
Star	B-Operating_System
Trek	I-Operating_System
franchise	O
,	O
and	O
no	O
other	O
gaming	O
company	O
seems	O
interested	O
in	O
the	O
New	O
Worlds	O
storyline	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
late	O
1990s	O
,	O
the	O
British	O
studio	O
Binary	O
Asylum	O
–	O
developer	O
of	O
Zeewolf	B-Application
–	O
was	O
approached	O
by	O
Interplay	O
to	O
develop	O
a	O
real-time	O
strategy	O
Star	B-Operating_System
Trek	I-Operating_System
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
1999	O
,	O
Interplay	O
announced	O
a	O
port	O
to	O
the	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Dreamcast	I-Operating_System
with	O
hints	O
that	O
online	O
cross-platform	O
games	O
would	O
be	O
possible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
received	O
"	O
mixed	O
"	O
reviews	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
website	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Doug	O
Trueman	O
of	O
NextGen	O
said	O
,	O
"	O
Star	B-Application
Trek	I-Application
:	I-Application
New	I-Application
Worlds	I-Application
is	O
caught	O
in	O
a	O
temporal	O
anomaly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
preview	O
piece	O
on	O
Star	B-Application
Trek	I-Application
:	I-Application
New	I-Application
Worlds	I-Application
in	O
PC	O
Zone	O
,	O
Mark	O
Hill	O
said	O
that	O
he	O
was	O
"	O
pleasantly	O
surprised	O
"	O
by	O
the	O
game	O
because	O
it	O
was	O
suitable	O
for	O
players	O
who	O
are	O
n't	O
fans	O
of	O
the	O
franchise	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
"	O
slick	O
and	O
easy	O
to	O
use	O
interface	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
German	O
web	O
portal	O
golem.de	O
did	O
not	O
recommend	O
buying	O
the	O
game	O
because	O
the	O
graphics	O
lacked	O
details	O
and	O
overall	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
not	O
as	O
convincing	O
as	O
Star	B-Application
Trek	I-Application
Armada	I-Application
.	O
</s>
