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THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE FUTURE! Where is my holographic keyboard? Probably on back-order with my jetpack and flying car. Oh wait, here it is: http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/e722/ They boast of 80wpm.

Or convert a fighter into a destroyer and call it a Ralari ;)

Oooh Victory! I like that! Dunno tho, might want to stick with whatever naming convention other carriers in Sq42 go by... (Paul Steed being the only example so far huh). I really hope they stick to established military lingo & conventions for the social aspect. So instead of 'Clans' or...

It was someone from this community who passed away recently. Catscratch? Pish! He misses when it really matters.

Could be a naming convention based on Commanders past... Eisen, Devereux, Halcyon... whoever gave the briefings. Or just long running characters? Blair, Devereux, Marshall, Eisen, Tolwyn, Taggart... Should create a list and do a poll!

It's already been established that players will be able to control destroyer/frigate level ships... so if you imagine a Carrier & it's escorts, y'know, the CIC Fleet? Whats that in Roman numerals? 199? So, the One-Hundreth & Ninety Ninth UEE Fleet? Pushing that metaphor along nicely. Ha...

One wonders if there might be a WC CIC community carrier... y'know, just for those of us that hang out here. This was mentioned in a thread in the early days of the pledge drive as a pie in the sky idea; I can't believe it actually looks not just possible, but probable!

I'm kinda with you, I don't DISLIKE the look of the constellation, but I'm happier with my Hornet. I'm also glad the community chose option 1 for the 'Freelancer'... reminds me of the old Galaxy a little.

Answer to my question! Should have waited that extra 4 minutes before posting in the previous thread... Are we going to get some kind of summary of the webcast? For those of us that needed to work/sleep?

So the total was 6 mil? You can't view the pledge counter anymore...

Just drawing from material in the film & the Condeferation Handbook, the Pilgrims didn't have 'super powers' as such, it appears they had more of a 'sixth sense' in terms of navigation. There was an article floating around here about how migratory birds can sense magnetic fields and use these...

Pity we can't spell it 'Role Pole'. I can only predict how I might play by how I played Freelancer & Privateer. Take any mission, for whoever. Merc all the way. Does that mean deep down I'm a bad person with no loyalty to anyone but myself?

Oh how I wished for a turret auto-fire/gunnery crew! I just found I never used turrets apart from tractoring equipment in. As soon as you start flying in a straight line, it's game over... Massive props for finishing the game in a Tarsus, danr! I think I played through with each of the other...

Pish. All you folkles choosing the Centurion as your favorite. Hit an asteriod in that thing and you're toast! It's weapon spread scatters your shots all over the sector, you'll only get a few salvos off before your energy banks are empty, and extended afterburner burns? Forgetaboudit! Oh...

Sigh. Going to have to self-lobotomise again... at least for now I can ram pencils in my eyes.

I'll go 'nanas if they follow/make movies of the three Timothy Zahn novels...

How awesome would that be! Would have to think carefully about the name of the Carrier... A Wingnut past perhaps? Having it existing in the persistent universe, taking it on operations, getting emails to come defend it... the mind boggles. "Sorry boss, I can't come to work today. My Carrier...

I'm floored by how many high-level pledges there have been - there are some crazy passionate people for this genre out there! I seem to recall Roberts mentioning that once the 2M mark is reached, some large backers will kick in. I wonder if some of these high-level pledges are some of these...

What Quarto said ^^ From the sounds of it, they're using CryEngine primarily as a rendering engine, but building the rest from the ground up. I'm a huge fan of 3rd-party software/middleware. Imagine how much cashmoneydollars they would need to crowd source if ey were building the whole...

My only suggestion is for inspiration - look at the historical Gladiator & Hurricane (from pre-ww2 and during, respectively) and try to reflect those designs. For instance, in the case of the Hurricane, perhaps instead of 2 laser cannons and 2 something-else cannons, you might want four (or...