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Star Trek Online players have gathered in-game to pay tribute to Sir Patrick Stewart, who died this week aged 86.
The game’s community organized a virtual memorial service to honor the legendary actor, who played Captain Jean-Luc Picard in The Next Generation and a number of Star Trek films. Elsewhere, players held torches aloft in various in-game locales as they paid tribute to Stewart, who passed away following a brief battle with Alzheimer’s Disease and Lewy Body Dementia.
Spontaneous Guards of Honor made up of space ships formed in-game, too, with players letting off fireworks from their Galaxy Class ships to mark the occasion.
Honour Guard – Present Arms !!
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“Like so many others, absolutely devastated to hear about the passing of Sir Patrick Stewart, to lose the Captain who defined Star Trek for my generation,” redditor ‘wskelding’ said in a post on the STO subreddit.
“One of the amazing things to see after the announcement was the spontaneous reactions and gatherings of so
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