Decent enough, but gets samey
Starts off very easy, half-prepares you for your first loss, then delivers it with a "what just happened?" moment - I'm used to tactical turn based games, so I wasn't playing on Story or Normal.
You learn the ropes (pun intended) the randomness throws you some curveballs early on. Despite some of the fights feeling rigged (also intended) you realise that you just don't have the points to compete, so its back to repeating missions to build up crew/ship/equipment so you can survive the more difficult tiers. The difficulty tapers off, but you still get broadsided (still intended) now and again by a perfect random combo.
All said, its not too bad, but a couple of the mechanics make it a bit of a slog, and the lack of variety lets it down.