The hints and clues about Star Trek Online are getting thick enough to cut with a knife. The schedule for Las Vegas Star Trek Convention lists the following event for August 10: "1:30 PM 'Star Trek Online Revealed" indicates the game will be revealed, presuming you don't count when it was first revealed going on four years ago (story). Meanwhile with the countdown timer on the Cryptic Studios Website (story) is down to a little under 13 hours, so the announcement that Cryptic is the studio that picked up development of the game from Perpetual Entertainment is likely to come in the wee hours of tomorrow morning. Even that poorly kept secret is now moot, as WarCry Network (thanks Ant and Joystiq) has dug up a job listing for Cryptic Studios that lets Schrödinger's cat out of the box by saying "Cryptic Studios, a leading independent developer and publisher of massively multiplayer online games, including the upcoming Champions Online and Star Trek Online, is expanding …" Update: The countdown ended as predicted, with the announcement of Star Trek Online and the launch of the Star Trek Online Official Site. Word is:

Powered by the Cryptic Engine, Star Trek® Online will be developed for both console and PC formats. With customizable ships and characters from the Klingon Empire and United Federation of Planets, ground, space and shipboard gameplay and unique options for player-generated content set in the Star Trek universe, Star Trek Online is the MMOG that allows you to boldly go where no one has gone before!