IGN gave the game a rating of 7.8 out of 10 and said, 'There are twelve new campaigns here along with 26 skirmish missions. On the review aggregator Game Rankings, the game has an average score of 80% based on 13 reviews. A backup of the original file should be kept, as modified ships cannot be used for online play, unless the other players are using the same ship file. The records are fixed length, and can be easily edited by any spreadsheet program such as LibreOffice Calc or Microsoft Excel, allowing the player to design their own ships. The Star Fleet Command:Orion Pirates data files which contain the information on the ships is actually a simple flat database file. In addition, they can double their engine power for a short time at the expense of doing damage to their engines over time. However, Orion ships usually don't have as many weapons to charge, and they can still be energy efficient and fast. Their ships usually don't have the engine power of other ships- for example, the Orion light cruiser might have 25 or 27 power while Empire races have 31. Generally speaking, the pirate ships are manoeuvrable and have average shields. Because they have all the technology this makes them a very formidable enemy, and not one to be taken lightly. The Orion Pirate ships are very strange in comparison to the other government ships, Orion ships tend to have all kinds of different technology from all of the major governments. In addition to these 8 which were in the original Starfleet Command II: Empires at War there are 8 Pirate cartels.

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