When I was 15 and playing this game (11 years ago) it could drive me crazy. The time limit to the game meant that you had to be fast, yet exploring the galaxy was often a slow task and yet necessairy. So I ended up with 100 notes sticking to my desk with all planets of interest and their coordinates. And I kept reloading, and reloading, just so I wouldn't waste time and fuel on empty solar systems.
Still, this game is vastly underrated and was a real mile stone. It was funny, had amazing depth, real time inter-species conflicts changing territory, a very dynamic story, awesome combat AND was an adventure game and strategy game all mixed into one.
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