Dogbert
Helsinki Smash Rod
Got my beta code last night. I'm optimistic.
And the Briar Patch mission will drive you crazy.
You get the cruiser at lvl 11 (or 10?) which translates to lt.cdr grade 1. So first you need to level up through all the liutenant grades.
Anyway I agree with you completely on the music. Most times I turned it off in EVE, but here it seems sorta familiar and appropriate, obviously coz it's very similar to what's in the modern ST series. It is getting a bit old now about 10-20 hours into the game, especially the klingon opera part, but I still haven't turned it off. The main thing that saves the music is you go very quickly from one type of situation to other, all of which have their own music.
You might wanna give ground combat another few chances to redeem itself, I found it quite fun after I got a nice weapon (phaser rifle) and changed the controls to my liking.
Ummm... Captain... I know you told me NEVER to hit the big red button. You see, I took it as a suggestion, sorry.