I was a big fan of the Star Control series. I've played 2 and 3, but 3 always takes a lot of heat though I found it more entertaining than the 2nd one. Continuity and bugs were somewhat of an issue, but it was still very neat in concept.

This project looks very interesting, but I think it's a bit too ambitious for a 4 week mini competition. Maybe next challenge aim a little smaller and more focused towards the actual theme it's self?

Also if you have something that is playable, it would be nice that you at least upload something. I only have whats on the FTP server to showcase so when the 2n PGD Challenge page comes up and there was only X number of submitted games out of Y actual attempts, it makes the event look like only X actually cared, when there was actually Y many people who did.