I didn't have much time to review before jam end but here's my thoughts.
I've played a few adventure novels before, so I began quite enthusiastically but then became frustrated with a few things.
- There is a lot of random number generation just to get started. (I ended up with Pilot: 2 Eng: 3 Dip: 2).
- I wasn't sure if I could re-roll for weapons slots until I was happy, but basically I got two high cost weapons, couldn't fill my third slot and then ended up with a speed of one.
- I had 4 areas for merchants and finds (both gave me high cost weapons I already had, but not sure if this was an RNG problem.
- I got a battle with a Military Officer in Area 5. Having to roll for their stats and mech makes sense for replayability, but I personally would have enjoyed some pre-made enemies to make things slicker.
- The enemy won every initiative but I lucked out with him getting diplomacy. I stopped playing at this point.
Hope that helps, I would play the game again after some tweaks and without trying to squeeze a quick review out in time, but my preference would be a little more narrative and maybe a smoother way to generate everything at the beginning.