After the game opens, I only see panoramic view of hangar. How do I bring up in-game menu? I tried escape but it asks me whether I want to exit the application. Please help.

I had same problem and used Sithmaster's set your own resolution posting to fix it. Check out his instructions that were posted two days ago. Good Luck

Yes, it's a game resolution issue that Sith has quite neatly foudn a work-around for. The game defaults to 1280x1024 resolution, but it may start with your (lower res) desktop resolution instead, meaning that the in-game menus across the bottom of the screen are actually drawn outside visual range. The menu buttons are there, you just can't see them or get to them. (which makes no sense at all now that I read that line again ... I hope you understand what I'm trying to say!)

Thanks for your help, gentlemen. I was finally able to see in-game options when I changed resolution in startup.cfg file. But if I check Fullscreen=1, the game still does not open.