The first Star Trek game to feature full-color graphics and digitized portraits of the U.S.S. Enterprise's key officers, Star Trek: The Rebel Universe is a point-and-click adventure set in a quarantined region of space, where Klingons are believed to be turning Federation starships against Starfleet Command. You'll control Captain James T. Kirk and six of his closest advisors on board the Enterprise and on away missions to exotic worlds in multiple solar systems. The unusual presentation, referred by the publisher as a "multivision system," features a large display window surrounded by seven smaller panels of each crew member.
Clicking on Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Sulu, Scotty, Chekov, or Uhura's portrait lets you access his or her specialties while flying the Enterprise. To solve the mystery behind the rogue Federation vessels, you'll need to chart a course through space, beam down to a planet's surface, and follow potential leads or acquire specific equipment. On a planet's surface, you'll need to rely on each crew member's advice and expertise to overcome various puzzles. While in space, you'll periodically have to engage Romulans and Klingons in ship-to-ship battles, which involves firing phasers and torpedoes after locking onto your target. You have five in-game years to successfully complete your mission before the adventure ends.