The game showcases events in the Alpha Quadrant between the United Federation of Planets, the Klingon Empire, the Romulan Star Empire, the Cardassian Union, Species 8472, and the Borg. Like its predecessor, Armada II is set in the Star Trek: The Next Generation era of the Star Trek universe. It was the first of the three major Star Trek video game sequel titles that were released by Activision from 2001 until they departed from the franchise in 2003. Star Trek: Armada II was released by Activision a year after they acquired the full rights to all the franchise holding of the video game's franchise from Viacom. The game was developed by Mad Doc Software. Star Trek: Armada II is a real-time strategy video game published by Activision in 2001, based upon the Star Trek universe.
