If that's the case, you might end up in Nerfworks anyway; engineering is under Nerfworks' direction. I can also say you've done well to choose Invid/Nerfworks as your home if that's the case. That said, there's not much that can be done with the game's current level of completion, however I have full faith in Selatos' (SWC's game master) plans and ability. Future updates to the game are going to be really interesting for us.
They did recently implement early space combat.

I'll send you a PM on the forum real quick. I've also added you to the Invid membergroup, so you can see a lot more forums now.