Star Trek Online Executive Producer Craig Zinkievich has confirmed to the Associated Press that ship bridges will appear in the upcoming MMO as social hubs where players can hang out with their bridge officers and other captains.

"We didn't want to have interiors at launch," Zinkievich said. "We thought it was just a little bit too much. We really wanted to make sure we delivered a really deep experience, but your bridge not being in the game, it really felt like a hole in the game, and it was just something that we had to put in."

Zinkievich said players will be able to choose from about 20 different bridges in Star Trek Online. You can view a screenshot of a bridge that Cryptic gave to the Associated Press after the jump.