It is NOT a Star Wars game (but your "atmosphere" isn't far off). It DOES have space flight sim aspects. It isn't on GoG (should be! ;)) but IS DRM free. I feel like I'm giving a bad riddle here :)

"Damn! The Drones attacked another planet! At least I didn't lose it this time, but now I need to reconstruct the turrets that were destroyed."

I'd assume the universe is that of Star Trek, right?

It is NOT a Star Trek property!

"Well at least I'm in the same system as the colony being attacked this time. I'll have to jump down planetside and make this one personal, fighting as a grunt on the ground."

With drones and turrets ST seemed unlikely to me.

Is it Red Shirt? I haven't played that many other scifi games, and MOO2 probably isn't it either, so could you drop another hint?

It's not Red Shirt.

It's a 3rd person shooter, but also has flight sim segments (the player is free to jump into their fighter at any time). There's also some base management and when a certain rank is reached, I can assign attacks and build defenses...

It's NOT an MMO or MOO / Star Control type game. Maybe a poor man's Mass Effect, but with fewer RPG aspects? PC only (as far as I know). I'll probably reveal it later today if no one gets it. Didn't want to break out a stumper!

pssst You should post over here in this thread ;)

LOL just found it, read up and posted! Thanks for the heads up. We are underway, yay!

Protagonist is pre-set, depending on your faction choice. You heard about the Drones, but you can also pick a human faction, an all female MUTATED human faction that looks suspiciously like a Twi'leck and a fourth faction of odd android (I think?) pranksters that were infused with human DNA. No, I don't know how you infuse DNA into a robot. Not really sure I want to ;)

The game was... Salvation Prophecy! I guess a bit too obscure :(

Let's put this one up on a tee to make up for killing the thread with my last one!

"My word, these woods are so frigid! My shoulders ache from pulling that damned cart, but at least we've found a river by which to start our new life. We must construct shelter before the deep winter chill sets in."

Banished

Incoming 85 MPH straight as an arrow fastball to the fat part of the bat and... gone!

Yup, you're up!

I need to fix a light in this room. Just a little bit longer... here it is! Shit! A bulb from another room has just blown. Again! Shall I come back or... or shit! What is this! Flee! Run for your life! Don't turn back! Where is a ladder, damn, where is a ladder!!!

Sounds familiar, but not related to a game :(

That would be Knock Knock

I need to pass on my turn if I'm correct ;-)