As Captain Ace Powers, the hard nosed swine of the Star Police, you’re mean, mad and out to get even. You are out to track down, and wipe out, an interplanetary drugs ring that, along with dealing death and devilishness, is responsible for the disappearance of one of your colleagues. You are now on the case.

As adventures go, the plot for Omnicron Conspiracy is not entirely novel. What is however, is its setting. Putting clues together to solve a mystery seemed easy to Sherlock Holmes – he never seemed to have to go much further afield than a Sedan ride in order to catch his miscreants.

Ace Powers hasn’t the reputation of old Sherlock, and the nearest thing to a medical friend that Ace has is the nurse droid aboard his ship. The droid comes in useful if he gets hurt but only as long as he’s in transporter range, at which time it’ll do a quick Scotty and beam Ace aboard when he’s in trouble.

So, armed with a fully fueled ship, a credit card, a stun/kill blaster, a keyboard which will open some doors, and his badge, Ace must boldly go where no Star Policeman has boldly gone before (and never come back!)

Control is ropey stuff on mouse but the simple use of keyboard cursor keys is the best way to help Ace truck his way around the cosmos, both in his ship and guiding his size 11’s in the right direction each time he uncovers the coordinates to a planet that he needs to visit.

Unlike many recent adventures, the graphics are disappointing: they’re blocky and movement is far from smooth or rapid. Maybe this is to bring home the idea that a policeman’s lot is not...

Overall though, Omnicron Conspiracy is entertaining and funny. The plot unravels nicely and provides the player with all the clues that they need to see justice done.

Interaction with other characters within the game is easy with no ‘Say "Hello to drunks in alley"’ keyboard nonsense and both music and sound FX are atmospheric and complement the overall feel of the game.