Epic MMO Battles of History: Star Trek Online vs. Star Wars: The Old Republic

Asking whether Star Trek or Star Wars is the better science fiction series is like asking whether Game of Thrones or The Tudors is a better fantasy series. That hasn’t stopped it from being hotly (and pointlessly) debated in fandom circles more or less since the dawn of time, with the only unity to be found in both sides telling the guy who brings up Doctor Who to be quiet. I’m willing to bet pretty much everyone reading this knows where I stand on that, since it’s not exactly a secret, but I will say that in spite of my inclination toward Trek, I’m still very excited about Star Wars: Can’t Take The Sky From Me and really didn’t like Star Trek: James T Kirk Completely Ruins The Enterprise Yet Again.
This article isn’t going to answer that debate, obviously. But it can deal with the fact that we have two active “free-to-play” MMOs based on these IPs. Star Wars: The Old Republic is set a good three millennia before the movies, sure, but Star Trek Online is also set during a time period that neither movies nor TV shows has touched for 15 years now. So how do these games do head-to-head? Which one is the better game, and which one more closely resembles the IP it’s meant to be an adaptation of?