This book satistifes my Transhumanist dreams. In most games with starships, you play a member of the crew or a passenger. Your ship is external to you. Not so here! You ARE the ship! More to the point, you are the ship's AI, and the ship is your body. And you can potentially live on after the loss of your ship!

Imagine the freedom of flying anywhere you want, officially following your mission orders, and finding yourself in charge of the well-being of your (in)organic passengers and crew. Now imagine when your mission conflicts with the desires of the crew! Now you're cooking with Crisco!

You crew may call you hero, villain, best friend, impersonal, or even creepy. Your interactions with them will determine whether you become HAL 9000 or Andromeda. Sometimes your crew may need to be dealt with lest they cause you to fail your mission. Sometimes you may have to decide whether the mission is worth succeeding if its success leads to the harm of your crew. Maybe you just want to be a ghost ship, and simply kill off the crew and try your hand at pirating, enslaving those you defeat and forcing them to service your needs. You can be space's version of the Flying Dutchman!

I personally love the idea of uploading a copy of myself to be the ship's AI, uploading copies of myself to androids tailored for crew stations, and maybe uploading copies into clones tailored to their positions to see how interesting things could turn out. I could see such an idea going horrible wrong, blessedly right, or downright boring my Mary Sue to tears. :D I want to try that!

This game uses the Apocalypse World ruleset. It is simple to pick up and play, has structure, but also freedom to play out the concept you desire. I find it to be a fun concept, and am impressed with the book.