Got to preview this on a steam free weekend, and now planing to buy it. This game is kind of like Babylon 5, except instead of being a man actor in a space opera , your one of the people trying to ether make a living, or a soldier trying to be come a hero. Caution this game has a massive learning curve , you will probably die a dozen times before you really know what your doing ( as far as basic flight goes ). To get to the point where you build and run your own manufacturing sector / production bases will take weeks. Think of it as " eve online " without the need to pay a monthly fee, and single player. The investment of time is defiantly worth it.