Starglider (Amiga)

From the Starglider Novella by fiction writer James Follett, former technical writer for the Ministry of Defence:

Of all the races of the innter worlds, the Egrons were the most repulsive of them all. [..] Like his fellow Egrons, he had no sense of smell. This had the effect of making the Egrons unpopular with those races [..] who did possess such a sense.

What the hell am I reading?

The first Starglider does not impress a fraction of its amazing sequel, and starting it up for the first time was a bewildering experience. First, we get Nigel Greave's fun title music, and then you are thrust into a 3D world full of weird wireframe creatures/robots. It looks like the surface levels of Atari's wireframe Star Wars game. I have no idea what I'm supposed to do? Shoot everything?

This game was originally made for the Atari ST in 1986.