A streaming video player might play when one of half a dozen races:

Federation Klingon Gorn Romulan Hydran Lyran

These are divided into triad independent arethe: a "Campaign" game, "Skirmish" games & the "Multiplayer" game. A "Dynaverse" campaign resembles an adventure in which the captain of the ship (the streaming video player) earns prestigiousness by with success completing missions. These prestigiousness points may be utilized to 'buy' recently ships, too when repair & refit the children & assign crewman. A "Skirmish" & "play-and-forget" games come convenient & self-contained & facilitate a streaming video player get acquainted a game & a high total of missions available in the "Dynaverse". Within multistreaming video player mode, the player connects via IP or even utilizing a stake matching service (passe Gamespy) to challenge more human being players instead of game AIs.

A game was followed by ternion sequels, Star Fleet Command II: Empires at War, Star Fleet Command: Orion Pirates, and Star Fleet Command III.