FWIW, this game is what put FFG on the map, and the designer (Christian T. Petersen) is also responsible for their A Game of Thrones board game and CCG, their WoW board game, Tide of Iron and the recent Starcraft board game.
Following that rabbit trail, the other designer of Starcraft (Corey Konieczka) worked with Petersen on Tide of Iron and the expansions for Game of Thrones and TI3, before going on to design the Battlestar Galactica board game.
These two, in my opinion, are an excellent pair of game designers.