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.
“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 many people who wanted to express their grief. From the mass gatherings at ESD, Academy and even Qo'noS to my personal favourite, the mass gathering of Galaxy Class ships outside ESD to form an Honor Guard. About 40/50 ships just started appearing at ESD, and without a word everyone just gathered into formation and let fly the fireworks.
“There's something beautiful about that to me, to see so many people just come together without any prompting to just be there for each other, to show their love and respect for this incredible person.
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