Games where you command a starship

[Krauser]

This isn't quite Starfleet Command but it kind of is. It's a strategy game named Homeworld 2. If you love all the space stuff and like strategy games you would probably like it. There's a demo available too. Excellent graphics and sound, and pretty fun gameplay too. No bad AI like RTW. The computer gives a pretty good challenge. It's also fully 3D. You can use free camera and go anywhere, follow a particular ship, or view the battle from afar watching all the neat effects. The interface looks a lot like Star Trek too.

[The_Doctor]

I have Homeworld 2. It is a very good game.

Have you played the point defence systems mod?

[Zalmoxis]

On Nexus, has anyone been able to connect to multiplayer yet?

[hoom]

The Nexus multiplayer has been a huge dissapointment.
Nobody ever seems to be online.
This being rather ironic since in its earlier incarnation Imperium Galactica 3, its was singleplayer only and it was only after big public pressure for multiplayer that they started developing multiplayer.

Anyway, there is a patch that changes the IP address that you go to for multiplayer as the publisher changed the server.

[Zalmoxis]

Yeah, that worked and now there's only one server with only one person on it, and sadly, it won't connect to that one server, sad.

[Geoffrey S]

Babylon 5: I've Found Her ( http://ifh.firstones.com/ ) proved itself to be an enjoyable (but brief) experience, and it's free. I'd never seen a Babylon 5 episode in my life but the plot proved engaging and well written too.