EVERYONE GO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1964463742/the-mandateA friend of mine linked it on facebook yesterday and after taking a look at the game I just had to throw some money at it. It's rpg-strategy-adventure-management game where you play as the captain of a ship. And I really do mean that you play as the captain, not a fleet commander, not a fighter pilot (and you are certainly not commanding a capital ship like a fighter as some Star Trek game did.)
You command the ship, manage the crew and one of the things I love about it is that they force you to delegate. For example: Want to command ship-to-ship fighting? One of your officers must lead the boarding party/defence or vice versa.
The crew members gain experience and skills and have different personalities, though they are not immortal and it appears that the redshirts are going to die a lot. (though you can toggle wether or not the officers are immortal if your are afraid of losing your dearest and most long timed npcs...)
Also, I love the shield effect as the weapons force a hole into them. I don't care if they physics behind it are stupid, it is so incredibly cool looking and will be a fun feature.
It seems I'm not the only one excited about this as Angry Joe, Totalbiscuit and some others are also promoting the game.
Oh, and one of the first voice actors hired is the guy who played Filch the in Harry Potter movies and apparently also was in the Game of thrones series though I haven't watched it. His voiceover in the trailer was pretty good.