Recent content by Strigoi

Just to see if I was completely out of my gourd about this little nitpick, I thought I'd google 58th Wildcards. On the first page alone, I have 3 non-SAaB related groups using that exact designation. Now, I'll admit, that's 3. And I din't move on and I will admit that the majority on the...

Yes, one could call them a tribute, although I find that when someone names a guild or clan it dilutes the individuality and personal attitude of that group. As an example, when Top Gun came out, fighter pilot registries became swamped with Maverick and Iceman callsigns (yes, I'm sure...

Nothing on their own; honestly I think that Wildcards is actually quite a good squadron name. My problem is that there aren't any 236th Wildcards, or 9th Tactical Air Squadron "Wildcards". No, it's ALWAYS the 58th Wildcards. Obviously this is in regards to the internet, I suspect that if there...

Aside from all the moral ambiguity... And Wing Commander never created the most annoyingly copied Squadron name/number ever...

This isn't a huge surprise, considering that his first Johnny Maxwell book, Only You Can Save Mankind was basically a huge parody on space combat sims. It's a nice quick read, so I woudl reccomend it if anyone is interested. (Apparently, according to alt.fan.pratchett, his callsign is Flash...

You're right, my bad. For some reason I always remember Blair's internal turmoil over destroying the Lex and somehow it mnemonically connects to the destruction of the Lexington.

Yes, Catscratch died in the book, although he got killed when the Lexington was destroyed, instead of due to a stupid move brought on by Maniac's foolish advice. Personally, I believe this was due to book constraints over plot preference; many of the missions were skipped, and I expect either...

Once again, going back to False Colours, Seether is just going through training, according to Tolwyn. (p 205 pa. 3. That's right, I used a reference, the worst way to prove a point on Teh Intarweb) Admittedly, this could be special secret Black Lance training, but as we don't know what Seether...

Odds are, no. If one is going strictly by media put forward by Origin-affiliated sources, the GE project was a product of the Belasarius Conspiracy (described in False Colours, which I haven't quite FINISHED yet, but from what I'm seeing GE was a recent development) HOWEVER, the GE project...

Strangely enough, if I were going to do a Wing Commander movie, I wouldn't focus on Blair or the Tiger's Claw or anything. I'd do something separate and stand-alone that would be able to stick viewers into the WC world without trampling on previously established characters. Perhaps a depiction...

What I mean is that Tolwyn's actions in regards to the Black Lance (creating it, remorseleslly using GeneSelect weaponry, etc. etc. etc.) Fit entirely with his attitude and actions in the books, just exponentially intensified. My bloodthirsty comment stems from, specifically, his attack on...

I personally found that Tolwyns actions fit quite well with his persona in the books, as he always seemed to me to be slightly more bloodthirsty than is healthy in your average wartime leader.

As a student living in residence I would reccomend the apartment. Odds are the rates are better than almost any other apartment you'll find near campus, you'll be meeting some new people right away and as a freshman you'll be able to enjoy frosh week in all of its depravity. The house isn't a...

Although this is digging back a ways, I do feel that this should be touched upon. This isn't ACTUALLY WC2. It's Fleet Action, where the Confederation, exhausted from fighting, has agreed to Kilrathi demands to disarm most of the fleet. If this were in one of the core sectors, I would be...

I think a better choice for information on Landreich would be the novel False Colours, as most of the novel takes place in that area. To throw my own cents into the theories, I would say that the Landreich was created because Forstchen knew that the Kilrathi would eventually be defeated, and...