This can't have been a surprise to Goodman Games before all the announcements. Honestly I'm thinking GG may be just as bad as JG if they were willing to work with JG to any degree.
One would think making something with Traveller in mind would be more simpatico, but I can see why they wanted to cast the widest possible net and went with fantasy.
While I doubt ship combat as a whole will get a complete rework, I do hope that they consider releasing an alternate version that takes facing into account, with separate quadrants for shields. It'd be more in line with the franchise, and it'd make me a happy Trek fan. Plus, if they're just...