Star Trek: The Next Generation - Birth of the Federation

The Good
(Civ for Star Trek fans) The tech tree was well thought out and it had a great idea. In some flops the whole basis for the game is flawed to varing degrees. In this one the foundation was well layed and could go anywere.

The Bad
... its just that it never did go anywhere. First it only included New Generation ships and tech. A major major mistake. You start out on earth with no other planets and ships that look like the picards generation? In all fairness to the designers I am sure they would have loved to included a look of the old, and a proper tech progression but were restrained due to contract infringement. They only had rights to produce a game based on the New Generation not the whole series. However the damage was done and if you play the game you just cant get past that major flaw. Second major gripe is that some minor races (Vuclan, Bajoran, ect) that should never join certain powers will.

The Bottom Line
If you can find it in the bargin bin under five dollars its worth a few hours of play but not more.