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The player can play as one of six races:

• United Federation of Planets
• Klingon
• Gorn
• Romulan
• Hydran
• Lyran

It is divided into three main parts: a "Campaign" game, "Skirmish" games and a "Multiplayer" game. The "Dynaverse" campaign resembles an adventure in which the captain of the ship (the player) earns prestige by successfully completing missions. These prestige points can be used to 'purchase' new ships, as well as repair and refit them and assign crew members. The "Skirmish" and "play-and-forget" games are fast and self-contained and help the player become familiar with the game and the high number of missions available in the "Dynaverse". In multiplayer mode, the player connects via IP or using a game matching service (eg GameSpy) to challenge other human players instead of game artificial intelligence. In the Star Trek fictional universe, the United Federation of Planets is a federation of more than 150 constituent planets and thousands of colonies; it is the parent organization of Starfleet. ... Klingons (tlhIngan in the Klingon language) are a race of humanoids in the fictional Star Trek universe. ... Memory Alpha has more about this subject: Gorn A Gorn In the fictional Star Trek universe, the Gorn are highly intelligent reptilians from the Gorn Hegemony in the Beta Quadrant. ... The Romulans, a fictional race in the Star Trek universe, are descended from Vulcans and are characterized as being deceitful, cunning, and treacherous. ... Thrull is a fictional planet in the original Transformers cartoon series. ... In the fictional Star Fleet Universe as represented in the range of games from Amarillo Design Bureau Inc. ... Adventure is a genre of video game typified by exploration, puzzle-solving, interaction with game characters, and a focus on narrative rather than reflex-based challenges. ... Captain is both a nautical term and a military rank. ... Ariane 5 lifts off with the Rosetta probe on 2nd of March, 2004. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Wikibooks has more about this subject: Artificial Intelligence Artificial intelligence (AI) is defined as intelligence exhibited by an artificial entity. ...

Starfleet Command was released by Interplay at a time when the gaming franchise for Star Trek was at an all time high. Previously Interplay had released Star Trek: Starfleet Academy which placed Interplay on the top position with regards to the standings of the 3 main publishers at that time. Starfleet Command also spawned a massive new community due to the "modding" (a term used for fan made add-ons) ability of the game. Now the ordinary gamer was able to create his/her own ship and add it into the game.

Many new sites evolved around Starfleet Command itself just to cater for the ever growing numbers of new gamers which Interplay's latest game had brought into the Star Trek gaming community fold. Some "modders" of that time would later go on to work full time in the gaming industry. The release of Starfleet Command is considered in the Star Trek gaming community as that start of the "Golden Age" of the franchise this was a period in time between 1999 and 2001 when Interplay and Activision started producing more and more better games into the franchise, finally ending in 2001 when Interplay bowed out of the franchise and Activision took over all of the main components of the gaming franchise. Activision, Inc. ...

To this day Starfleet Command is one of the longest running serials of trek games, considered a mini franchise with a franchise as Starfleet Command was followed by three sequels, Starfleet_Command_II:_Empires_at_War, Starfleet Command: Orion Pirates, and Starfleet Command III.

External link

• The Dynaverse Gaming Association Site
• Star Trek Gamer's review, info and "Mods" for Starfleet Command 1