What's up, everyone? Figured I'd toss something up on here since I've recently joined up into the SC community. Hard to explain how excited I am for this game and to see it evolve. I don't normally get wicked hyped for games, but this one seems to hit all the right spots should everything the developers want end up making it into the game.

Been a life-long fan of Star Trek and the concept of exploring space is one of the things I've yearned for in a game. I played Star Trek Online and, while entertaining, felt like it was lacking so many things. The sense of exploration wasn't really there, the space flight and combat felt 2-dimensional, and it just didn't really give you the freedom to exist in that universe. It was missing something, and from the looks of it, SC fills in all of those gaps and then some.

Immersion is something I genuinely look for. I have very little experience with using a joystick, but felt it was really key for the experience. I was given a Thrustmaster T Flight HOTAS X stick by a friend (had to repair a severed usb cable and one of the buttons on the throttle seems to not work). I do plan on upgrading to something higher quality in the future, but it works great to just get used to the feel and control method.

Anyway, now that I have the alpha build, guess it's time to play around in it. Set up controls to my liking, find a good balance of performance and visual quality, etc. Hope to see fellow players around in the future, especially when the FPS module gets released into the wild.

Also, feel free to leave any feedback on anything you can think of to enhance the existing experience. Control/stick settings, game/graphic settings (running an i5, 16gb, GTX 770, SSD), any other hardware or peripherals that really lend to the game, etc. Thanks again!