As part of the campaign efforts for Star Trek Online (you can read our current thoughts on the game here), Star Trek fans are being invited to be part of an attempt to beat the world record for the ‘largest gathering of people dressed as Star Trek characters’ on February 14th at 1.00pm on London’s Millenium Bridge.

Star Trek fans can dress as anything Star Trek related and representatives from the Guinness Book of records will be on hand to adjudicate. (So no comedy Jedi please!) The best dressed fans on the day will win exclusive Star Trek Online prizes including lifetime subscriptions worth over £150 and copies of the recently released digital version of the Star Trek movie.

“This should be an absolutely fantastic fun filled day and definitely one all fans of Star Trek should get involved in,” said Lee Kirton, Head of UK PR for Namco Bandai Partners, the distributors of Star Trek Online  who are organising the day. “This is the chance to become part of history with a ‘World Record’ for the largest group of dressed up Star Trek characters in one place. Namco Bandai will also have a bunch of fantastic prizes up for grabs on the day for the best dressed ‘Trekkers, and some prizes for just being part of the day should make it a trip worthwhile!”

And it’s on Valantines day, so what better day to declare your love for all things Trek?

Star Trek Online officially launches on February 5th, but the ‘Head Start’ (allowing early access for players who pre-ordered) kicked off last Saturday. Due to large numbers of players, there were some issues of overcrowding and queues to get into the game over the weekend. The STO team at Cryptic are promising increased server capacity for the new MMO this week.

For more information regarding the record attempt, you can visit www.namcobandaigames.eu and www.startrekonline.com