Star Trek Online has launched a web-based shipbuilding program called the Star Trek Online Architect, which allows you to design your own galactic starship.

While customization is limited in ship colors and type, you can change four major components: the saucer, nacelles, pylons and the hull. When you’re finished customizing your starship, you can save it and see it get stored on a shared gallery.

The STO Architect flash site also has the Ship Shaper mini-game where you have to pick up random ship parts racing across the screen and assemble them into whole starship. Extra points and time will be awarded when you choose the right combination of parts.

Your custom-built ships and game scores can be shared on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. But the neatest thing about the site is the free sweepstakes opportunity. Just enter your name and e-mail address and you have the chance to win one of these prizes:

• 1 Star Trek: The Original Series: Classic Captain’s Chair Replica
• 3 Intel Core i7-920 Processors
• 10 Copies of Star Trek Online and 1 month access to the game

Quite nifty for signing up for a mailing list–besides, you can always unsubscribe after the sweepstakes ends.