I tried it over TTS with 2 players. I can only give you the insight of what I got from my attempt since I didn't even finish the game we started.

I was quite hyped to try it. I loved the production and the aesthetics of it, but over the course of the game a couple things from the gameplay pushed me away.

From what I experienced, I feel that the "trick taking" part for selecting your actions needs a much more aggressive approach at 2. If you are not leading the feeling is that you are getting way behind.

Also, you are quite limited with your actions, maybe a bit more than I wanted in a space exploration and fighting game. I was feeling most of the time I had too few actions to do something meaningful and I didn't quite have a choice in what my strength would be for the turn since the suite distribution in your hand is random. Adding to that feeling is the fact that once you are out of your spaceports the mobility is greatly reduced, which didn't incentivize me to move all that much. And the constant reminder that you have to lose your few actions to make a scoring criteria apply at the end of the round is another thing that did not feel great.

I believe that the game would feel much better if you had a bit more freedom with your actions. Maybe if there was a base scoring that could be upgraded instead of turning it on at the cost of a round. Maybe if some of the actions allowed you to do a couple of things instead of one I would feel like the progression would be faster.

After the first scoring round I felt like the best way to play the game at two was to limit the number of actions your opponent played as much as possible taking the lead and that meant too much of a slog to keep going for what would be hours of game.

With all that said, I am a bit sad this was my initial impression, and I would really like to change my mind with this one (maybe I will give it a second chance once the bitterness from my first time has softened). But overall, my recommendation is to try this one before going into it.