I’d forgotten how much this game likes to kill you. I played one game, in which I did the tutorial missions, then got killed by a pirate as soon as I’d finished.

I started a second game, did the tutorial missions again (with a quick detour to sell some weapons to a planet experiencing a civil war), then got a mission to deliver an historic computer virus named “Windows” to some chaps who wanted it for research purposes. The first problem was that I had to deliver it to a system that wasn’t on my map. So I headed out in the direction of uncharted space and, er, was shot down by a pirate. (I might have made it to safety, but I was also being shot by a transport ship I’d tried to rob earlier, who obviously decided to bear a grudge.)

Two games, two early deaths. I could reload, I guess, but I think I’ll start again.

Also, the planetary missions crashed the game when I tried to play them. I think I’ve worked out why, though, so they may be okay in future. Though I’m not sure I want to play an RTS on a trackpad, so I may just avoid them.