[6] It depicts close-action combat between individuals on board the Azhanti High Lightning, a large military starship.

Designers Marc Miller and Frank Chadwick deserve a hefty round of applause for this offering.

"[7] In the November 1980 edition of Dragon (Issue 43), Roberto Camino found the production values to be excellent, especially the maps of the decks, and the "prodigious amount of additional background material" in the supplementary booklet.

[9] In the January 1981 edition of Ares (Issue 6), Eric Goldberg liked the combat system, but since it was supposed to be a stand-alone board game separate from the Traveller role-playing system, he disagreed with the inclusion of the technical manual, which he said would be "useful only to the Traveller aficianado" and would be "no more than a curiosity for the purchaser who does not eat, sleep and breathe the parent game."

Although he felt the game was good, with "a unique flavor which allows the players to feel they are fighting across the decks of a gigantic spaceship", Goldberg concluded "The package is also, because of the supplementary material, too expensive.

Olivier concluded, "Of course, some mechanisms are outdated and could be updated to reflect current standards, but wandering across some beautifully drawn ship plans and zapping all over the place is quite fun.