Each player takes the role of a faction (or race) from the universe.
In the base game, the choices are Klingons and Federation. Each faction
has a number of ships (on Clix dials similar to the Heroclix line of
components) of varying ability and with a corresponding "size.” Fleets
of ships are drafted to a given size total which reflects the victory
points required to win. Thus, larger fleet sizes lead to higher point
(and longer games).