On your first start of the game you will be supplied with a ship and crew and then
you will go through a tutorial ingame, so you should try that first before being scared of it :)

And if you want to learn more about the game I'd suggest you to view the guides:
http://www.hosting.nsagames.com/obst/NF_Guides/guides.html

Some other good threads are in the Tips&Tactics section fo this forum.

And/Or feel free to ask about stuff you want to know, since this forum does not house the threads of the old forum you cannot get many of the answers from existing threads now you would have been able to get on the old forums.

Hmmm, I looked in there and read through it, but it still leaves me with some questions. How do I go about starting a game? I am still downloading one now, so I am guessing it's going to have an introduction with it to get started. Thanks for the speedy reply, I don't mean to be such a pain here! :-D

go to you left all the way down to support and then click faq that will tell you what you need to know