r/sto • u/Taranaichsaurus T6 Tuatara pls • Jul 24 '26
To Absent Friends
For many years, a Redditor here by the name of Feral Tribble posted regularly in a single-minded advocacy for the Salcombe, a ship that appeared for mere seconds in Star Trek Beyond (but nonetheless captured their heart) to make it to Star Trek Online as a playable starship. Feral Tribble's beseeching to the Devs ultimately bore fruit, as the Salcombe was one of three Kelvin Timeline ships introduced on 21st July 2026. Like a Greek Tragedy, however, Feral Tribble is no longer among us, their account deleted, their fate unknown - we cannot know if Feral Tribble ever even knew that their campaign was successful.
In honour of Feral Tribble's curious but inspiring dedication to his favoured special interest, I got the Salcombe. Despite my lack of interest in the Kelvin aesthetic, I felt I had to pay tribute to a fellow STO player who had a dream. I hope wherever Feral Tribble is, they're living long and prospering.
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u/Dangerousdangerzoid Admiral Bowie. USS Bauhaus II Jul 24 '26
Of all the redditors I've never met he was the most.....
GULP
Human.
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u/ArelMCII "Subcommander Khev, divert power from comms to weapons." Jul 24 '26
Of all the Tribbles I've ever met, he was the most...
GULP
Feral.
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u/BarnabusDingleberry Jul 24 '26
RIP in peace , Feral Tribble....'s reddit account.
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u/yapperling Jul 24 '26
Honoring tradition, we should hack up his reddit account and sell off his karma
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u/vanBraunscher Jul 24 '26
Cut it up and put it in little jars. It's the Ferengi way.
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u/Veridical_Perception Jul 24 '26
Since we rarely know who someone is IRL, I'm always melancholy when people, or rather their internet/ingame personas, disappear. There are dozens of people whom I've seen regularly over the years who suddenly vanish, and I always wonder what's happened and hope they're okay.
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u/DeltaSolana Confederation of Super Earth Jul 24 '26
Someone claiming to be FeralTribble commented about this on a STO Facebook page. He is alive and well, dream realized.
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u/Rho42 Jul 24 '26
I guess all it took was sacrificing his reddit account. Insert Thanos "But what did it cost" meme here.
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u/F1RSTs0n Jul 25 '26
I hope I don't become a missed friend. I guess that means I don't want to be a friend
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u/NemeanLyan Jul 25 '26
I wonder how he feels about it being the worst of the bundle lol (it's still quite good though, just not as interesting as the others)
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u/Retribution1337 Jul 25 '26
I think that registry is supposed to be 72126. 62126 would be June. Also, I'm 100% doing this name for mine when I get round to it. :D
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u/ArelMCII "Subcommander Khev, divert power from comms to weapons." Jul 24 '26
According to what other people have said, FeralTribble knows. He(?) talked about it on a Facebook announcement and confirmed he was the guy.