Stars have always appealed to people making them do things that were previously considered to be impossible or, at least, very complicated. Akella offers you one more opportunity to feel like a space ranger who zips around the interstellar desert with a big task ahead - save people in the dying galaxy.
Tarr Chronicles is the space combat game full of dogfights and a wide variety of missions from escorting to minesweeping duties. A peculiar feature is your ability to customize your ship with different gadgets. You can also craft entirely new parts from some raw materials that you'll manage to salvage during your missions. However auto-configuration is always at your disposal if you're too lazy to do that. Gamespot has dug into some more detail of the game publishing their hands-on impressions here:
"...looks like a solid space action game for fans who grew up on the epic space battles in Star Wars and other movies."