I'm posting these questions in the suggestions board because if the answer to any of them is "No" (or in the case of the last one, < 5), then they are my humble suggestions for the game.

Will the game support joysticks and gamepads? If so, will the controls be conveniently remappable to accomadate a lot of control axes and buttons, like with a HOTAS setup?

Will there be a cockpit model for first person view? If so, will different ship types/classes have unique cockpits?

Lastly, how Newtonian is the flight model--on a scale of 1 to 10, 1 being Wing Commander, 7 or 8 being Frontier Elite, the I-War{/b] series, or Evochron Mercenary and 10 being Orbiter? I've pieced together an answer from things Josh has said/written, but I'm hoping to hear an answer with a higher value.