Star Trek: Starship Creator Deluxe lets you design and build your own starship, then send that ship out on missions across the galaxy.
You have seven starship classes from which to choose, including the Defiant Class from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the Galaxy Class from Star Trek: The Next Generation, the Intrepid Class from Star Trek: Voyager and, of course, the Constitution Class from the original Star Trek series.
The game helps you choose a class of starship, then equip the vessel with various items needed to fly missions, such as Photon Torpedoes, Phasers, probes, science labs, detectors, power plants and warp drives. Each item costs a certain amount of credits, which limits how much equipment you can provide.
Once the ship is equipped, you select a crew from a wide assortment of Star Trek characters spanning the Star Trek movies and all four of the Star Trek series. Name your ship and see it displayed as a 3D model you can examine from any angle.
With your ship built and your crew selected, you then choose from dozens of missions and put your ship in service. Missions run the gamut of classic Star Trek fare, from the initial shakedown run to exploring gravimetrical anomalies to exploring strange, new worlds and going where no one has gone before.
For the most part, you don't participate in the mission. You watch the ship and the Captain's Log that reports any problems with which your handpicked crew has to deal. The entire process is largely hands-off. As you complete missions, you get more money, which allows you to further equip your vessel or buy new vessels, adding to your fleet.
