I'm having the same problem. No matter how I set everything, it reverts on my next login. I've even found a prefs file in the game folders that has my chosen video settings in it, from how I set them in the game, but none of it is carrying over. [Edit]I just looked in the PWE forums, and someone posted a solution that…
You can't install the game without ARC, but you can run it without opening ARC if you use the executable from the install folder. Just go to where the game is installed, and run Star Trek Online.exe The only time I can't run the game this way is when a patch is released, and on those days I run the launcher through ARC to…
http://fsd.trekships.org/art/1701.html This link actually details in Matt Jeffrey's own words why he designed the original Enterprise the way he did. Really interesting stuff. There are pages for each of the main ships from the series'. Nothing on ships from other factions, though.