▁Academy ▁is ▁a ▁pre quel ▁to ▁Star ▁Tre k ▁VI . ▁Like ▁Star f le et ▁Academy , ▁K ling on ▁Academy ▁features ▁space ▁batt les ▁inter sp ers ed ▁with ▁full - m otion ▁video , ▁with ▁real ▁actors ▁and ▁sets ▁and ▁frequent ▁branch ing ▁dialog ue ▁response ▁options . ▁ ▁As ▁soon ▁as ▁K ling on ▁Academy ▁was ▁officially ▁announced , ▁developers ▁ran ▁into ▁problems ▁with ▁the ▁old ▁source ▁code ▁from ▁Star f le et ▁Academy . ▁Part s ▁of ▁the ▁code ▁were ▁lost , ▁gar bled ▁or ▁in co her ent , ▁and ▁del ays ▁began ▁to ▁mount . ▁One ▁of ▁the ▁biggest ▁limitations ▁of ▁using ▁the ▁old ▁code ▁was ▁a ▁built - in ▁constraint ▁that ▁restricted ▁the ▁game ' s ▁on - screen ▁resolution ▁to ▁ 6 4 0 ▁x ▁ 4 8 0 ▁pixels , ▁even ▁though ▁some ▁similar ▁games ▁were ▁capable ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁being ▁run ▁at ▁higher ▁resolution s . ▁This ▁problem ▁was ▁not ▁solved ▁until ▁just ▁before ▁release ▁in ▁June ▁ 2 0 0 0 . ▁ ▁The ▁goals ▁of ▁the ▁developers ▁were ▁quite ▁am bit ious : ▁ 1 ) ▁They ▁wanted ▁to ▁add ▁detailed ▁damage ▁model ing ▁to ▁the ▁ships , ▁dub bed ▁" g ins uing " ▁after ▁the ▁inf am ous ▁late - night ▁G ins u ▁kn ives ▁commer ci als ▁on ▁American ▁television ; ▁ 2 ) ▁they ▁had ▁to ▁create ▁and ▁flesh ▁out ▁a ▁large ▁number ▁of ▁new ▁ships ▁with ▁high ▁polygon ▁counts ▁and ▁superior ▁graphics ;