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Only in the WC universe. In reality, frigates are marginally smaller than destroyers. For example, the de facto US Navy frigate (the OLIVER HAZARD PERRY-class) is about 445 feet long and 4100 metric tons, while the ARLIEGH BURKE-class destroyers are about 505 feet long and displace 8400 metric...

Can't say for P1, but it works wonderfully for WCP.

Consider yourself let known. :) I run it on Win98 without trouble.

LOAF, there are twelve-step programs for such problems... ;)

Anyone got the list of the movies (since they are merely numbers in the file names)?

Actually, I believe it IS a bug. Some time ago (a LONG time ago), I seem o recall seeing where one of the programmers mentioned that we weren't supposed to be able to cloak on Kilrah -- that we were supposed to fight our way there. However, the same bug that causes all your power/shields/guns...

They were? In 25 years of studying WWII naval operations, I can't think of an instance of a fighter being used as torpedo bomber in anything other testing, or the most remote/rare instance. Certainly not "like mad". Would you please elaborate a bit on this?

NN6.0 and 6.01 were quite buggy. NN6.1 was much better, and the current 6.2.1 is infinitely better than the previous point versions.

Ella is one of the three "major" decisions affecting the outcome, major in that it pits Hawk against Panther directly -- one's morale is lowered the other raised as a result of your one decision. (Yes, WCP does indeed have morale ratings.) The other two "major" decisions are Circe/Speradon, and...

I can't remember any of the term papers I wrote in high school...how's that date ME? Seriously, I've been studying military aviation for some 25 years. A good deal of the info I spew is almost second nature to me. When I have a good idea of the accuracy, but am not sure, I look it up in my...

Indeed. The Prowler (and the USAF EF-111) are among the premier electronic warfare platforms in the world. One of the ways they jam enemy radar is by producing immense amounts of "noise", effectively putting so much crap on the view screens that the operator can't begin to decipher which are the...

Sorry, should have specified -- I meant during the Gulf War. Nope. The F-14 Tomcat continues to be the only aircraft in the world that carries the AIM-54 Phoenix missile. This isn't because of any inherent size of weight limitation, but because the missiles' systems are so closely tied to the...

Until their retirement not long after the Gulf War, the Navy and Marines used the A-6E Intruder and A-7E Corsair II for dedicated Wild Weasel missions. The EA-6B Prowler began carrying AGM-88 HARMs shortly before the War, but more as a weapon of opportunity than actual intention. IOW, they were...

I was always kind of impressed with the Vaktoth. Had the Kilrathi had any pilots of decent ability, that fighter could have been downright dangerous. Heavily armed and armored, reasonably quick, and jump-capable. And it looks cool, too. I was tickled when I finally got a chance to fly it with...

Yes and no. Primarily, the second atomic bomb (the plutonium "Fat Man") was dropped on Nagasaki because the Japanese did not immediately agree to surrender terms. Several members of the Japanese War Department urged the Emperor to continue fighting, even after the first bomb was dropped, and...

Constant taunting also helps. If you continually cycle through targets and taunt, it gives you a few extra (and very important) seconds.

Agreed. Bombing Kilrah was an "us or them" last ditch effort. Dropping the a-bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was an effort to shorten the war and ultimately save more lives than invasion would have cost. Also of some import is that Japan was very clearly warned that the US had developed a weapon...

Why does everyone think that kills are the most important aspect of combat flying? 'Tis why I like the system that WCP uses -- you get credit for accuracy, lack of damage, mission accomplishment, etc. As far as I'm concerned, the success of shooting down 10 enemy craft is rather lessened when...

Re: When will the Kilarathe be elimnated? Who are the kilarathe?

Bah! A couple of dumbfires fired inside the hangar at the walls takes the VESUVIUS down.