In this game, you can chose to play as one of several races in the Star Trek universe; The Federation, Klingons, Romulans, Cardassians, and Feringi. You manage production, diplomacy, research, intelligence, the military, and the economy/trade. You can negotiate with minor races and convince them to join you, or you can ruthlessly conquer them. It's all up to you. There are a diferent customizable options, and no game will ever be the same. You can research and design new ships, build them (if you have the facilities), and send them out into the galaxy. Battle scenes aren't too detailed and are oversimplified, giving little depth to the battles, but winning them is still fun. Each race in the game has it's own strengths and weaknesses, and so they are all fun to play as. As nice as this game is, it tends to slow down later in the game when there are a lot of things going on, this even happens on fast computers. This game is a lot of fun, but is rather dated and more features could be added. This game is in great need of a sequal, as it seems to be the only real Star Trek strategy game available.
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