You would think Rule 9 note opportunity plus instinct equals profit would attract every Ferengi and their mother Rule 31 never insult a Ferengi's mother, clamoring hand over fist to mine it for themselves. Latinum can apparently occur naturally in nebulae which can be mined and processed into GPL as a trade and research commodity.Also notable is the prevalence of traversable wormholes - something that was so rare in canon that only one is known in the galaxy.Well Star Trek reality - if the Federation really had the ability to churn out Sovereign class battleships as quickly and easily as you can in game then the entire franchise would be radically different.2-D Space: Played straight in the first game but this gets Downplayed in the sequel where you can move units and build stations above or below what the game calls the Zero-Grid, this does not allow you to build stations above or below each other.Both games will soon be available at GOG.com if you'd like to play them.
