All I can say, is Shame on you Microsoft, Shame on you. The production of this game is the equivelant of pissing on a disabled kitten. Avoid at all costs.

My reviews are usually long winded and hit the word cap, but this is going to be short;

A Stronghold skinned clone of Evony and other pay2win card MMORTS games and an insult to the entire stronghold series.

Shame on you FireFly studios, shame.

Confusing, Insulting to the player's general intelligence and overall daft.

That sums up the entire game in a sentence. Upon entering the game, you create your character in a creation very similar to Champions Online, Allowing for a suitably enjoyable level of customisation.

After creating your own alien race (or choosing from an existing, amazingly humanoid race) you are given the choice of choosing what part of the ship to man, which entirely makes no difference to the gameplay at all.

Upon entering the world, you are thrust into a tutorial, that simaltaneously treats you as a moron, and sprays you with incohorent terms that only a diehard trekkie would understand, telling you the most basic of keys to move, while "forgetting" the more advanced you would need, but telling you to use an item with a ridiculous name that you spend at least a minute searching for on your interface.

All in all, If you love Star Trek, give it a go, but prepare to be dissapointed. Elsewise, run away!