Star Trek: Voyager: Across the Unknown is a story-driven survival strategy game in which the fate of the iconic starship is in your hands. Take the helm, manage the ship and resources, and make difficult decisions. Will you be able to bring home the ship and its crew...?

See how you would fair if you were captain of the starship Voyager

For any Trek fan who has ever screamed at the TV screen that the crew are heading into a trap; or were left wondering why on earth captain Janeway and her team made a call when they, sitting at home on their sofa, had a much better idea... Star Trek: Voyager: Across the Unknown gives you the opportunity to see how you would fair if you were captain of the starship Voyager.

Play to your own strengths. Take a risky approach or play it safe. Be diplomatic or let phasers do the talking. Research technologies that were shunned by the crew. But be prepared to deal with the consequences of your actions.

The game starts, pretty much as the TV series did. In the Delta Quadrant, the U.S.S. Voyager ends up heavily damaged and in dire need of repairs as well as internal reconstruction. Restore destroyed rooms, secure life support and energy supplies, and start constructing. Ship systems, crew quarters, industrial and research facilities: You must decide what to build and when, to ensure the ship has what it needs for the perilous journey.

The dangers and opportunities of the Delta Quadrant are yours to explore. Scan celestial bodies to locate precious resources that fuel your journey. Find points of interest and oddities along your way, but beware: While the Delta Quadrant may reward the bold, it punishes the careless just as quickly.

Restore destroyed rooms, secure life support and energy supplies

You decide every outcome in alien contact. Will you opt for diplomacy, or use force? As you plod along, on your quest to return your crew home, you'll stumble across scenarios and characters that will be familiar to you from the TV series. Will you tackle these situations differently to how Janeway did? Or will you act with the best interests of Starfleet at all times?

It's an intriguing, enjoyable game that will appeal to Voyager fans who want a trip down memory lane... with a twist.

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Nick Smithson