<s>
StarQuest	B-Application
Online	I-Application
was	O
a	O
massively	B-Protocol
multiplayer	I-Protocol
online	I-Protocol
role	I-Protocol
playing	I-Protocol
game	I-Protocol
taking	O
place	O
in	O
a	O
large	O
universe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
created	O
by	O
Castle	B-Application
Thorn	I-Application
Software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
over	O
17,000	O
star	O
systems	O
in	O
StarQuest	B-Application
Online	I-Application
,	O
and	O
approximately	O
100,000	O
individual	O
planets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Star	O
positions	O
were	O
taken	O
from	O
Hipparcos	O
satellite	B-Application
data	O
for	O
positional	O
accuracy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
StarQuest	B-Application
Online	I-Application
went	O
live	O
on	O
September	O
21	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
after	O
more	O
than	O
two	O
years	O
of	O
beta	O
testing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
StarQuest	B-Application
Online	I-Application
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
only	O
space-based	O
MMORPG	B-Protocol
where	O
individual	O
players	O
can	O
work	O
together	O
as	O
crewmen	O
on	O
the	O
same	O
vessel	O
,	O
operating	O
different	O
control	O
stations	O
on	O
the	O
bridge	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PC	O
Gamer	O
editors	O
James	O
Davenport	O
and	O
Wes	O
Fenlon	O
described	O
StarQuest	B-Application
Online	I-Application
in	O
retrospect	O
as	O
an	O
"	O
unconventional	O
,	O
and	O
ugly	O
,	O
sci-fi	O
MMO	O
that	O
let	O
players	O
fly	O
starships	O
together	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
Star	B-Application
Citizen	I-Application
before	O
Star	B-Application
Citizen	I-Application
,	O
minus	O
the	O
millions	O
of	O
dollars.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
German	O
gaming	O
magazine	O
MeinMMO	O
remarked	O
that	O
StarQuest	B-Application
Online	I-Application
had	O
a	O
decent	O
7-year	O
run	O
despite	O
its	O
"	O
very	O
weak	O
graphics	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
survey	O
asking	O
which	O
of	O
17	O
dead	O
MMORPGs	B-Protocol
readers	O
would	O
like	O
to	O
see	O
returen	O
,	O
StarQuest	B-Application
Online	I-Application
came	O
out	O
last	O
.	O
</s>
