Well, I had hoped to get some time in on it this weekend, but problems on their end prevented that, maybe tomorrow...the game is mostly a kind of online super Elite, you decide which careerpath, fly what type of ship, etc. Set in a persistent state environment which can be altered by other players during the time you are offline. 
The downside is that they 
are planning to charge for a subscriptionfee...  

didn't know that when I applied...we'll see, for now they allow us to play for free during the beta... 

 at least I'll have first hand experience  

Will get back with some more when I've played a bit more...