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you can actually use your mouse for one,but there is little feedback on most of the changes you make in it (direct feedback I mean,like there is no confirmation box,when you change something in a scrollbar,it changed,instantly) and everything is wrapped up in "windows 95" windowswhere you can change things through scrollbars,and the game is in pseudo real time,since you actually need yourself to move time forward to see the result of what you did.
Maybe I'm making it sounds more difficult than it is,because even after watching somebody who knew what to do I'm still confused.
Comparing it to DF is weird,since yes it's way easier to navigate,but you still have a shitton of menus to go through,going all the way to where you can just change the design of one type of missile of one of your ships (but that's not obligatory so it's fine).
if you're not scared,go for it.