Captain Korah,
LOL! Most of the time I played only the ship battles and saved favorite situations at the start point (i.e., 2 Romulans, 1Elasi Pirate, 3 Klingons, etc.) and went to the game just to shoot phasers and photons. It took a looooonnng time before I even decided to play the main storyline with the Enterprise's characters! As far as game went in those days, it wasn't bad, but stalking around facilities looking for Petri dishes or escaping from force field cells wasn't nearly as much fun as interstellar battle!
Oh, if anyone can, please DO make an Elasi pirate ship. They didn't look bad at all and they bragged how it could wipe the floor with the Enterprise!