I was too young to truly appreciate this when I played it all those years ago. I remember the automated space battles and the different generals you could hire, oh and the planet building...
My friends and I used to share games and do challenges back in those days. We did civ, wing commander, star control (and star control 2), battle isle 2, etc.... We each had a week to complete the game before they got rotated around. Among others this was one of the ones I remember the most.
I've always wanted to revisit it to see if I could actually make better sense of it these days and maybe even complete it! It probably won't be as good as I remember, but I'd still buy it to find out! XD