Star Trek Online

So, I'm not even out of the tutorial yet (I think...

spoiler

we just blew up a Borg Cube and I need to speak with Janeway on Starbase 1

), and flight during combat feels "wrong" somehow. I'm finding it very hard to maintain any sort of focus on the target.

All of the tutorials/faqs seem to focus on stats and optimization, but nothing about basic flight controls. Something just doesn't seem to be clicking for me. Maybe it's just the slow intro ship, or should I not be constantly trying to maintain an orbit around the target?

If it makes any difference, I'm playing as a Starfleet (post tng) officer.