Would be interested to know if You have kickback issues from Rescue and have ball hang ups at lower pop bumpers.

If you don't that means Stern figured out fix in later games...but not to worry pinsiders did too if You have the issues!

Out of the box game is easy to get setup. And make sure and upgrade to 1.41.

Game is unreal and fast!!! Can't stop playing it! WOZLE is getting no love since STLE showed up...LOL

Curious as your game is late production... Does it have this screw in the playfield by the pop bumpers?
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If you press it during multi ball a boxing glove will fly out of the coin door and junk punch you

Seriously though the punch it button will launch the ball when you start a game and it also fires photon torpedoes and phasers at vengeance when available.

Turn feature adjustment #33 to NO. Not a big gameplay change but if you do ever decide to go 3 deep in modes; this adjustment makes it worthwhile.

There's a screw in the top right of the pf that has a passageway between the ramps if you ever want/need to adjust your warp ramp return. I've played with mine a few times and got it perfect for normal hits. Fast hard hits are still a but wild.

Make sure your pitch is about 6.6 deg. If you have problems with the ball flying off the left wire form ramp, you can give the nut on the left slinger that mounts the ramp about a full turn clockwise to tighten the ramp more firm.

Good luck, congrats, and have fun

When you 1st turn on game the screen displays version on the right side. Mine now says V1.41

You'll know You have the kickback problem when you lose the ball down the right side where the Rescue light is and it doesn't kick ball back on the playfield when the Rescue is lit.

Enjoy Your game. Fast game with lots of flow and a light show that is amazing!

Look on pinside at the various ST/STLE "x.xx code out now!" threads for gameplay suggestions. Or watch videos that have been posted.

I'd offer this highlight:
ST rewards combo shots in a big way during modes, multiballs, and Vengeance modes -- and I'm glad it does, because it encourages you to hit combos, which is where this pin really shines. Aesthetically, the alternating ramp combos are satisfying, but the best is nailing the R ramp -> L orbit -> Warp Ramp.

Eligible combo shots are the red Enterprise inserts -- they will temporarily light on the shots that combos.

Has anyone put a pro or premium translate in their LE?

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So what's the deal with the screw by the pop bumpers? Has anyone removed it?

its used to fix a ball trap in the pop area.

Also if you haven't watched this all ready.. a great start to understanding basic modes and strategy..

Mine still hangs up at times even with the screw. I'm going to look into other mods when I re-rubber the upper playfield.

Here's a tip - I noticed RVDV's machine was getting a better disco laser show than mine. He had dots all over the asteroids, the back panel...mine was tame by comparison. I took a look at my laser & figured out if I aim it down just slightly, more laser FX come out of the half-circle hole in the apron. The base was raised off the playfield by a hair...but just getting it down even with the playfield made a huge difference in the laser show. I put a washer under the right-most screw hole in the base which causes the left side to get pushed down flat with the playfield.

Looks far better with that translite rather that the back glass

A matter of taste. I am one of those people who dislikes translite/backglass art made up almost entirely of faces.

To each his own but I like the LE backglass way better than the pro and premium translight.

Had my LE for about a week. The right flasher (the one that looks like a spotlight near the right flipper) popped out. Used my wife's awesome "glue spot" - a disk of pre-formed glue to keep it in. Looks like it was originally held in with some type of rubber cement or hot glue.

Also, put a round felt pad (like the ones you use under a lamp when on wood) on the screw in the pop bumpers. Be careful that none of it touches the pop bumper itself or it won't fire correctly. I trimmed one side of it to keep it from touching the pop up. So far so good, not confident it will be a good long-term fix though.

That's a good number. Never had a problem with pop bumpers so I'm guessing they fixed it in later numbers - mine is very late like yours. Only had the rescue miss the ball twice in over 200 hundred games. Why I never like early numbers as there is no chance for any revision if a problem pops up. Of course we could just be lucky.

x's 2, look what happened with STTNG, everyone wants one without the faces

I had a few questions about gameplay that might be helpful for this new owner too.

1. What is Captain's Chair for? I get it lit regularly but have no idea what the goal is during it, and how to use it to score more points.

2. How do you win Level 2 modes? I can clear Level 1 and get Kobyashi Maru done, but I can almost never intentionally clear a Level 2 mode. They usually eventually time out somehow, or I win them unintentionally in a multiball.

3. How do you get into Victory Lap? How do you stay there? What shots do you make and what do you get for them? I have gotten it a few times but am not sure how and not sure how it ended (new mode shots maybe?).

4. What's "Special" and how do you light it?

Also, some suggestions:

1. Set the warp ramp extra ball from "AUTO" to something fixed. I am using 6, but even then my kids can't get it almost ever.

2. Immediately buy some of those 3/8 or 7/16 bumper rings for the posts. I had mine under two weeks before they started failing. I ordered 20.

3. Hold a flipper when launching a ball (or right after launching it) to get the ball to go down that orbit instead of into the pop bumpers. You can then also get a skill shot. I almost always try for the warp ramp skill shot for 1.5 million.

As of 1.41, it's just an indicator that you've acheived 3-in-a-row and have Super Pops, Super Spinner, or Super Ramps.

Shoot all the lit shots to complete. Some are timed, some aren't. For timed ones, If you run out of time before you hit all shots (ex. Prime Directive), when you restart the mode you'll continue where you left off. Non-timed ones, like Nero...just hit all the shots. Look at the DMD, you'll see 3 Romulans - lit shots correspond to which one you'll shoot. It says on screen how many hits are left. If you lose the ball, you'll continue where you left off if you start again.

Level 3 are the hardest as you have to complete them in one go. If you time out or lose a ball, you start from scratch each time.

Destroy the Vengeance during Vengeance Multiball. This starts Victory Laps. All lit white shots are Victory Lap shots. Shoot them. It ends when you're down to 1 ball again.

I don't think it's coded yet.

Why would you?

I've emailed Stern about this, but have still not gotten a response. I am having a problem with the Vengeance multiball. When I shoot the captured ball at the start, the second ball just sticks to the magnet with the first one 90% of the time. It doesn't release and award the third ball. When the timer runs out, it will drop both balls. My first thought was the optos, but they test fine. Anyone else seeing this and found a solution?

I saw this on another machine...assumed that it had to be the front opto line not registering. Mine is actually very sensitive - sometimes a weak roll up into that shot registers without even getting way up in there. A few times the drop target went up and launched the ball before it got behind it!

I saw it several times during the tournament at Robert's. I feel like we saw it on your machine too, but I could be remembering wrong, you'd certainly know better.

In the feature menu, there are 2 settings labeled Klingon Battle timer - one defaults to less than a minute and the other defaults to 500 seconds. Any idea what this second one is??

That happens on occasion with mine as well. It was happening back at Expo on the Pro models in the tournament. It's either a software bug or a design flaw. The 2 or 3 times it's happened to me, the shots were varying in strength.

Another piece of advice: Cliffy protectors ASAP. He does make ST:LE protectors... just not up on his site yet.

Ordinarily I don't recommend wax for new games, but... If you haven't already, I would try waxing the playfield on both sides of the magnet. Less grip there should improve your knock off percentage. Also make sure your drop target is flush with the playfield when it's down.

Seems like it's mostly doing what they want (a feature). My knock off success rate is increasing the more I play the game. Just like my warp ramp success rate.

I got my Bird of prey and most of my cliffys installed today
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Personally that bird of prey would bug me...it blocks the view of the left orbit shot. Or it distracts from it anyway.

How are you liking the pin??

I don't believe it is supposed to be a physical knock off from the magnet. The rules state that a hit to the captured ball will add a ball to the playfield. On the rare occasion it works correctly, it immediately releases the 2 balls from the magnet and ejects a third ball. Most of the time it doesn't put the third ball in play and when the timer runs out it releases the 2 balls. Many times the hit is hard enough to drive the captured ball up the lane and the ball you hit rests on the magnet. On the METLE, there was an issues with stray light affecting the optos on the grave marker lane. I've tried removing the Vengeance flasher, but it didn't make a difference.

Rob I am totally loving the pin! The Bird prey is adjustable i like that it hides the up kicker it doesn't seem to block my view but I just installed it so the jury is still out.

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I ordered several Cliffy sets including the STLE and in the box, I had some loose pieces. How many pieces are in the Cliffy set for the STLE? I had 4 pieces in the bag itself (left lock, magnet, and the 2-piece ball eject). Any others in the set?

Could be that the Pinball you are using is slowly becoming Magnetized. I found this to be the case with the Silver Jet's I was using to replace the OEM balls with.

I posted about this and somebody said it was always like this on this type of shot. You have to either hit it very hard or avoid it. I thought the black hole target added the extra ball. At least I aim for that and it seems to start 3 or 4 ball multiball.

I had this issue on an ST Pro. My LE hasn't had the problem. On a rare occasion, if hit with a VERY weak shot, the ball has hung on to the magnet with the captured ball, and a slight nudge will release them both. 95% of the time, a hit of any force will release both balls.

I saw that too... I'm assuming it's just the timer for Klingon Multiball. At 500, you're likely to lose the multiball before the mode times out. I think that's the point of it.

Nope that's the whole Cliffy kit 4pc but I added a right lane eject gaurd. Over time the ball kicking into the shooter lane will begin to crush the wood rail in so I added the protector, it bolts on where the bubble level goes (I just moved the bubble level up)... I'm pretty sure it's not a cliffy can't remember who makes them.
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What can we add to the right apron to remove the warning sticker?

You would need to order the pro sticker set to replace the warning.

The game is called start trek which is all about the crew taking a trek through space the game is not called the enterprise . The best place for the back glass is on the wall behind the machine or try sell it on ebay GOOD LUCK !

Actually you are wrong! the best place for that MIRRORED BACKGLASS is on my game! The last thing I want is a bunch of actors in random poses on my machine. (I assume your also a fan of the STTNG backglass?)

FairPlay but this is coming from a true Trekkie

Back attacha, I have seen every Star Trek episode ever made
Lets agree on one thing ST is an Awesome game!

It will be even better if I have one in my house maybe in the upcoming years ?

All I got is a translite well That said all

Where do they sell these?

Yes, it is a mirrored backglass not a piece of plastic and I was surprised how good it looks in the flesh.

Who wants actors on the backglass unless they are hot chicks!!!!!!