▁ 3 ) ▁implement ▁control ▁and ▁ship ▁movement ▁changes ▁to ▁make ▁the ▁game ▁a ▁more ▁authentic ▁Star ▁Tre k ▁space ▁combat ▁experience . ▁ ▁Origin ally ▁sl ated ▁to ▁be ▁released ▁in ▁the ▁spring ▁of ▁ 1 9 9 9 , ▁development ▁del ays ▁( not ▁un common ▁with ▁many ▁games ) ▁pushed ▁the ▁ult imate ▁release ▁date ▁back ▁until ▁the ▁summer ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 0 . ▁At ▁several ▁points ▁during ▁the ▁game ' s ▁hal ting ▁progress ▁it ▁was ▁nearly ▁cancel led ▁by ▁Inter play , ▁like ▁a ▁previous ▁game ▁entitled ▁Star ▁Tre k : ▁Secret ▁of ▁V ul can ▁F ury , ▁which ▁had ▁been ▁cancel led ▁some ▁years ▁prior . ▁The ▁game ▁entered ▁beta ▁testing ▁by ▁the ▁spring ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁and ▁was ▁hast ily ▁r ushed ▁to ▁completion ▁by ▁Inter play ▁in ▁June ▁ 2 0 0 0 . ▁ ▁Release ▁and ▁reception ▁ ▁K ling on ▁Academy ▁was ▁sh ipped ▁on ▁six ▁CD - ROM ▁disc s . ▁Once ▁the ▁game ▁went ▁gold ▁in ▁June ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁Inter play ▁terminated ▁the ▁entire ▁development ▁team , ▁which ▁did ▁not ▁b ode ▁well ▁for ▁the ▁future ▁prospect s ▁of ▁the ▁game . ▁Game ▁exp ans ions ▁and ▁a ▁promised ▁mission ▁builder ▁were ▁never ▁released . ▁Two ▁minor ▁technical ▁patch es ▁were ▁later ▁released ▁by ▁a ▁ske leton ▁crew ▁of ▁staff ▁kept ▁on ▁the ▁project , ▁but ▁Inter play ▁had ▁effectively ▁ended ▁their ▁support . ▁ ▁The ▁game ▁received ▁" aver age