Actually, being a hardcore Trekkie seems to help a bit in this game.
I saw alot of similarities beside the LCARS system (it's even called LY CAR in the game) this game really seems to be inspired by Star Trek. First, the race "Cybers". Borg anyone? ^^
Then the whole gameplay. The weapon system is pretty similar, all the ship systems, then the possibility of pinpointing several systems. I mean, OK, Star Trek is not the only science-fiction series with this system. But it is really really similar to Star Trek.
And it isn't that hard to figure out how to hunt down and destroy/board a ship. The first mission was a piece of cake, I just ordered my two ships to destroy the Transport and then concentrated on boarding the scout.
Only problem I had was with communications. After I orderd my ships to attack the enemy, I switched to the "enemy-channel" and wanted them to surrender (which, of course, didn't work) but then I couldn't switch back to the dialogue options for friendly ships, so I had some troubles ordering my ships back to the waypoint.
So, I think it's not that hard to figure out the basics, but a manual would really help.
Oh and I need a bit of help with a problem: I can't create a new game somehow. Everytime I create one with my Commander, it doesn't pop up in "Existing Games" :/ It only worked one time.
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