Starfleet Command 3

Starfleet Command 3 is a tactical starship combat game developed by Taldren and published by Activision in 2002. It is set just shortly before Star Trek Nemesis. The game was a try to overhaul the Starfleet Command series to appeal to a wider audience, on one side bit more polished, on the other side fewer features.

The campaign lets you play as Federation, Klingon and Romulan. In the story the Klingon-Federation alliance construct a new starbase, Unity One, close to Romulan space, which results in new hostilely between the factions.

Additionally to the singleplayer story, you can play the conquest campaign. In it you can play the before mentioned sides plus the Borg, in an attempt for galactic domination.

Where can I get it?
After the legal war Activision and Viacom/Paramount Pictures and the following dropped off the Trek license, it's again a game which is hard to get. Either you find it on ebay, amazon or flea market.

How can I install it on Windows 10?

 * 1) Install Starfleet Command 3
 * 2) Install the Patch v534b
 * 3) Install HD & Gamespy patch
 * 4) Get dgVoodoo2 and copy the following files into the main folder of SFC3
 * 5) dgVoodoo.conf and dgVoodooCpl.exe
 * 6) All the files from MS folder

Multiplayer after 2014?
After the death of Gamespy, it was very hard to play the multiplayer campaign online. Recently, with a new tool it became much easier. You have to use a VPN-Client like Radmin or Zerotier and additional the SFC Launcher. For just the skirmish mode it's also possible to use Gameranger.

To play on the unofficial community server you need to do the following:
 * Join the Zerotier Network: d3ecf5726dccbb73
 * Make sure to click on "Allow Global"
 * Start the SFC Launcher and go to the Service Options Tab
 * Change the Remote Addresses to: 192.168.191.125
 * Under file locations select for your sfc3 client the sfc3.exe
 * Next go to Game Options and set your resolution and windowed mode
 * Finally start the game via the Main tab

Trivia
In the game is a refers to Star Trek Away Team, also published by Activision. The Romulans got the holo-cloaking technology by stealing it from the Federation, which used it on the USS Incursion. This was the ship featured in Away Team.

Links

 * HotandSpicyforums: a helping community for all Starfleet Command games
 * Moddb: for mods check this place
 * Radmin VPN/Zerotier two different VPN clients, I recommend ZeroTier for the community server