A very deep and quite challenging (shot wise) game. Being a big Trek fan then it might be a good game for him. The depth will mean he'll take quite a while to beat it (unless he's a wizard out of the box). Personally I do not like the game theme (despite liking ST), I find it a little embarrassing to play!! But that's a very subjective thing, overall your friend could do a lot worse than this great playing game.