Divide et Impera

"Divide et Impera" was a mission in Star Trek Online. At game launch it was the fourth mission of the "Romulan Mystery" episode, but it was removed from the game as part of a revamp of the episode for the game's fifth anniversary on 29 January 2015.

The mission's title is Latin for "divide and rule" (possibly a mistranslation of "divide and conquer").

Description

Admiral Zelle is our expert on the Romulans, <rank>.
She has been dealing with them for most of her Starfleet career, and I trust her opinion.

She needs a ship and a crew for a top-secret mission. Speak to her and follow her instructions.

Summary

The player character collects Admiral Zelle in T'nae's office on Starbase 39-Sierra and travels to a Romulan base in the Vendor system. After destroying several Romulan ships in space they beam aboard the space station.

Zelle claims that the Romulans are developing banned weapons but it quickly becomes clear through examinations of cargo and computers that they are in fact medical researchers working on countermeasures against the Undine. Upon being cornered, the base CO, Commander Selok, says she has heard many stories of Federation hypocrisy and depravity but never believed them until now, and accuses the party of being Undine. She attacks and is killed. Zelle now reveals herself to be a shapeshifted Undine.

The player defeats the Undine but it transforms into Selok and beams away, and the player is forced to mount a fighting retreat from the station.

References

Characters

Selok • T'nae • Zelle (Undine)
Referenced only: Zelle

Locations

Starbase 39-Sierra • Vendor system

Races and cultures

Reman • Romulan • Undine • Vulcan

Ranks and titles

admiral • centurion • commander • guard • psi master • shadow guard elite • sublieutenant • uhlan

Appendices

Reception

Cryptic Studios lead writer Christine Thompson remarked that "Divide et Impera" was supposed to be part of a three-mission story arc that was never completed due to time constraints during development. Before its deletion the mission was universally reviled for railroading the player character into committing war crimes by attacking the Romulan medical personnel, and at least two missions were created by players using Star Trek Online's Foundry toolset to complete the arc and explain the actions.

Connections

Federation episodes in Star Trek Online
Tutorial (DSC)	Graduation Day • Routine Maneuvers • Trial by Fire • The Shadow Knows • Children of War • Reporting In
Tutorial (TOS)	I Sing of Arms • Search and Rescue • Bull by the Horns • Dislodging Klingons • The Taurean Affair • Earthward Bound
Tutorial	Graduation Day • Training Cruise • Field Promotions • Communication Breakdown • Assimilation of the Innocent
Agents of Yesterday	Explore Earth Spacedock • In the Shadow of Cestus • Painful Omens • Return to Babel • Tangled Webs • The Battle of Caleb IV
(Tour of Duty)	(Prelude to a Crisis) • (Khitomer Crisis) • (The Price of Liberty) • (Assimilation) • (Gather Equipment) • (Line in the Sand) • Welcome to Earth Spacedock • (Skills Trainer) • (New Orders?)
Klingon War	Welcome to Earth Spacedock • Diplomatic Orders • Stranded In Space • Researcher Rescue • Secret Orders • The Doomsday Device • The Galaxy at Large • (Hide and Seek) • (Stop the Signal) • (The Kuvah'Magh) • (War is Good for Business) • (Treasure Trading Station) • (Task Force Hippocrates) • (The Ultimate Klingon) • (City on the Edge of Never) • (Past Imperfect)
Romulan Mystery	Heading Out • Empress Sela • Desperate Measures • Shadow Play • Taris • (Under the Cover of Night) • (Minefield) • (Divide et Impera) • (Saturday's Child) • (Preemptive Strike) • (Hunting the Hunters) • (Project Nightingale) • (By Any Means) • (Ground Zero) • (Ghost Ship) • (Friend of My Enemy) • (Trapped) • (S'harien's Swords)
Diplomacy	Ancestral Sin • Standoff • Temple Offerings • The Breen Connection • Trade Deal • (Diplomatic Investigations) • (Family Ties) • (First Contact) • (Hostile Takeover) • (Quarantine) • (Relief Effort) • (Shady Supplies) • (Taste of Home)
Patrols	Aido System Patrol • Aihai System Patrol • Alth'ndor System Patrol • Andoss System Patrol • Aokii System Patrol • Aria System Patrol • Bavar System Patrol • Beytan System Patrol • Bhea System Patrol • B'lii System Patrol • Breshar System Patrol • Caralun System Patrol • Celes System Patrol • Cernan System Patrol • Cero System Patrol • Ceron System Patrol • Chapel System Patrol • Chulan System Patrol • Corwin System Patrol • Crown System Patrol • Culver System Patrol • Dace System Patrol • Daise System Patrol • Danteri System Patrol • Dera System Patrol • Donia System Patrol • Dubhe System Patrol • Eirhess System Patrol • Elvren System Patrol • Elwing System Patrol • Enocha System Patrol • Eriksson System Patrol • Europani System Patrol • Fitzan System Patrol • Fvillhaih System Patrol • Hana System Patrol • Hfihar System Patrol • Honod System Patrol • Icari System Patrol • Kalesta System Patrol • Kalferi System Patrol • Kei System Patrol • Khaiell System Patrol • Khellian System Patrol • Kinjun System Patrol • Koolhaas System Patrol • K'shan System Patrol • Lahra System Patrol • Lateri System Patrol • Lilitu System Patrol • Lilsis System Patrol • Lirss System Patrol • Liuen System Patrol • Llaiir System Patrol • Lonco System Patrol • Maiewski System Patrol • Malon System Patrol • Mandel System Patrol • Maro System Patrol • Mec System Patrol • Mirish System Patrol • M'rade System Patrol • Mryax System Patrol • Muso System Patrol • Obrom System Patrol • Omar System Patrol • Oradhe System Patrol • Pellme System Patrol • Phi System Patrol • Pico System Distress Call • Pico System Patrol • Ponor System Patrol • Ra'kholh System Patrol • Reimers System Patrol • Reytan System Patrol • Rhi System Patrol • Ruben System Patrol • Sardah System Patrol • Sarita System Patrol • Seedea System Patrol • Shahr System Patrol • Sienae System Patrol • Tazi System Patrol • Tephrei System Patrol • Terrh System Patrol • T'iokol System Patrol • T'liss System Patrol • Toron System Patrol • Una System Patrol • Vesper System Patrol • Vestalan System Patrol • Veyga System Patrol • Vhoran System Patrol • Vor System Patrol • Watran System Patrol • Xleen System Patrol • Zenik System Patrol • (Kern System Patrol) • (Servin System Patrol) • (Veela System Patrol)
Missions in parentheses are no longer available as of the current version of Star Trek Online.

External link

Mission: Divide et Impera article at Star Trek Online Wiki.