k, about the demo, i would guess its still gonna be another month, i would buy it if i were you hehe i already did and its great
look it up on youtube for some info and such u can gather from it

the TEC are basicly the human trader coalition changed into the trader emergency coalition to defend against the dual threats of the Vasari and Advent
there ships are more or less converted merchant vessels except for some of the capships (namely the Kol)
since their ships are converted merchant vessels, they have fairly weak shields, pretty strong hull strength
the weapons are mostly older style particle weapons such as particle cannons and autoturrets on most of their lower ships, with some of the higher ships putting to use other types of weapons (such as the 4 laser beams of the Kol, its most distingishing attack)
their play style revolves around trading, boosting their credit income alot which enables them to create a large number of ships
well at least thats how i see them


the game's weapons are pretty much typical sci-fi space weapons, each faction makes heavier use of some types (for example the vasari use alot of phase missiles)