1. Daron, what are your feelings about the level of interest from fans and the community response to ST:O at this stage of development?

I'm amazed that we have such a strong community spread all around the world this early in our development. In fact it's so strong, that at times it resembles a community one would expect for a near-shipping product. Which of course is a double-edged sword. On one hand, it is reassuring and helpful to have an active community. On the other it takes a lot of effort for the development team to stay involved and support the community. But on the whole, I'm very pleased. It has been a unique pleasure to have the community's support and feedback on our ideas.