Priority One Armada

Community Info

Game

• Star Trek: Online

Status

• Active

Years

• 2013–2026

Join

Resources

• https://www.priorityonearmada.com/

Clan Roster

Winters

Star Trek: Online

Priority One Armada

Founder

Founder

Active

Priority One Armada is one of the largest, most active cross-faction alliances in Star Trek Online (STO). Originally established on June 17, 2013 and deeply connected to the legendary Priority One Podcast, the Armada operates across both PC and Xbox platforms. With a steadfast commitment to a strict "no drama" atmosphere, the community focuses heavily on cooperative gameplay, fleet progression and mutual support, acting as a welcoming haven for both veteran captains and brand-new players.

Activities

The Armada focuses exclusively on Star Trek Online, orchestrating a massive, calendar-spanning schedule of community events:

• Weekly Operations: The fleet hosts regular weekly gatherings, including "Tier 4 Thursdays" (where teams run random Task Force Operations for an hour) and massive weekend fleet flash mobs in active battlezones, often broadcast live via Priority One Armada LIVE!.

• Mirror Month (March): For the entire month, the community masquerades as the "Priority One Empire." Members adopt Terran titles (Lords, Emperors) and the leadership gives out Mirror Universe ships to random winners every single day.

• Anniversary Month (June): Celebrating their founding, June is packed with daily giveaways and major weekend events, including space races, ground races and the famous "Where's Winters?" hide-and-seek minigame where players must locate the Fleet Admiral based on cryptic clues.

• The Great Holiday Giveaway (December): A massive end-of-year celebration featuring daily high-value giveaways, distributing billions of Energy Credits (EC) worth of rare prizes like Rainbow Tribbles, TR-116B sniper rifles and rare Duty Officer packs.

Structure

• The 2016 Merger: By 2016, the original fleet tied to the Priority One Podcast was suffering from inactive leadership due to real-life commitments. At the historic 50th Anniversary Star Trek convention in Las Vegas, Elio (the podcast's executive producer) met with Winter, a dedicated player and military veteran who was running his own highly successful fleet, Starfleet Task Force One. Winters agreed to take the reins, merging the fleets to officially forge the modern Priority One Armada.

• Fleet Admiral Winters: As the lead administrator, Winters (P1_Winters83) manages the day-to-day bureaucracy of the massive alliance, dedicating countless hours to processing applications, planning events and managing the website.

• Massive Scale: The community is an absolute juggernaut within STO. It consists of 26 active fleets spread across both the Federation and the Klingon Defense Force (KDF) on PC and Xbox, supporting thousands of members. They even occasionally spin up brand-new Tier 0 fleets (like Priority One Zeta) just to let newer players experience the thrill of building a starbase entirely from scratch.

Current Status

Surviving over a decade in the volatile landscape of live-service MMOs is a massive achievement and the Priority One Armada shows no signs of slowing down. While the original Priority One Podcast gracefully concluded its 10-year, 535-episode run in late 2021, the Armada it inspired continues to thrive. Celebrating its major milestones with custom physical merchandise (like patches, beanies and mugs) and billions of EC in in-game prizes, the Priority One Armada stands as one of the most dedicated, well-organized and generous player communities in the history of Star Trek Online.