hey, dont know if the game is still being worked on or not but, its really fun and loving the shield and weapon effects and the game seems like fun, but i just feel like starting out everything is off balance, like i feel im under powered for even the starting area,sectors seem to be taken to quickly, i dont know if im just missing something in terms of how to start and get going , but i tend to get ripped apart pretty quickly , i dont want the game to hold my hand at the start , but i do feel overwhelmed...

I was gifted this from a friend and immediately went back to gratuitous space battles.

I defeated the pirates at the request of the Federation. Perhaps the Federation occupied the Empire. Then a screen with a battleship passing by was shown. A planet is left on the screen. Is this an ending? Are there other endings?

- tutorial explains how to select a ship - tutorial explains ships shoot automatically at enemies - tutorial says everything else should be clear, the controls will be like in every other game, and please close tutorial - started game and no enemies to attack - weird faction buttons at the bottom of screen - arrows point to ships far away off-screen - nothing happens for a few minutes, in the far distance we hear someone fighting - we press WASD to move ship and notice they are completely the wrong way - ...

Is Research automatic? Do I have any control over what I research? Some Stations - after combat - have missions available. Can you only have 1 mission active at a time? Some Stations only show an overall allegiance or somesuch... what does this mean? Am I meant to interact with these screens? If I swap my ship for a news one, do I lose everything I had equipped to it? Should I strip it first? I enjoy the demo so far - enough to bite on the full game. But I'd like a more complete understanding of things....