Star Wars Galaxies: Jump to Lightspeed Preview

Frictionless Insight has put together a short preview of Jump to Lightspeed, the upcoming expansion for Star Wars Galaxies. An excerpt to follow:
Lightspeed seems so different in gameplay (albeit in the same Star Wars universe) from current SWG play that you might be wondering how the expansion ties in with the core game. As with SWG, you'll be able to hunt and destroy enemies for experience, but combat and missions will be heavily loot-driven, as each encounter has the potential to provide you with new equipment that can be used to upgrade your vessel. To use that loot, you'll have to return to the ground and hire a skilled player to equip the new hardware or just repair your hull. Even new ships will need to be acquired from the players that can build them.