Clear Flight Deck For Combat Launching Sequence (January 28, 2007)

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  1. ChrisReid Super Soaker Collector / Administrator

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    Klavs81 has returned with a breathtaking shot of the TCS Tarawa flight deck. His familiar Rapier, Ferret and Sabre fighters are back, and this scene shows them in the middle of action-packed flight ops aboard a cramped Light Escort Carrier. The individual craft and flight deck have been newly rendered, and the detailed effects were carefully added to the image in Photoshop.

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    Original update published on January 28, 2007
    ChrisReid, Jan 27, 2007
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    Wow, simply breathtaking! Any chance of larger or widescreen versions for wallpapers?
    hurleybird, Jan 28, 2007
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    Really nice... one of the best Wing commander wall papers... great work! :) :)
    Houkiboshi, Jan 28, 2007
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  5. ChrisReid Super Soaker Collector / Administrator

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    There's a Gold Star for whomever knows where the headline comes from...
    ChrisReid, Jan 29, 2007
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    Hot! Absolutely hot! I love the color scheme.
    Gaal Dornick, Jan 29, 2007
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    sounds like something that wouldve been said in wc1.

    excellent image, hope to see more
    Iceman16, Jan 29, 2007
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  8. NinjaLA Alex Von T.

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    sounds like the launch sequence for Top Gun the Nintendo game if I remember right :p
    NinjaLA, Jan 29, 2007
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    Thats what I say everytime I take my barracuda out for a drive =X So I have to ask if I can be the first to propose to that rendering! Its beautiful! Outstanding work!
    jaeger, Jan 29, 2007
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  10. gevatter Lars Vice Admiral

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    Realy greate image. It captures the feeling of the Tarawas small fighterbay very well...again greate job.
    gevatter Lars, Jan 29, 2007
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    End Run ? I'm at job, so I don't have it handy, but it does ring a bell in my memory :p
    PopsiclePete, Jan 29, 2007
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    Thats so cool! It's so dynamic, I really like the smoke or whatever coming up from the forward gear
    Vinman, Jan 29, 2007
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  13. ChrisReid Super Soaker Collector / Administrator

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    Pete wins! It's a quote from Lyford Beverage, the Tarawa's flight deck officer.
    ChrisReid, Jan 29, 2007
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    I knew that!

    Beverage appears again in Fleet Action, albeit in a slightly different capacity. :D

    Mmmm... Lyford Beverage...
    Unregistered, Jan 29, 2007
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    Forstchen just had to be pulling someone's leg with that particular name...
    Death, Jan 29, 2007
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  16. McGruff Banned

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    That is probably the best single piece of Wing Commander art I have ever seen.

    The only recommendation I would have is to put the human figures in action, laboring with missiles or fuel lines, or simply running to give it all a sense of urgency.
    McGruff, Jan 29, 2007
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  17. Quarto Unknown Enemy

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    When LeHah interviewed Forstchen a few years back, he explained that Lyford Beverage was actually the name of a friend of his, unbelieveably enough.
    Quarto, Jan 30, 2007
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  18. Bandit LOAF Long Live the Confederation!

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    Yup, and a quick Google search confirms that Mr. Beverage is a real person -- here's his blog, LyfLines: http://lyflines.blogspot.com/

    There's another name that gets shared between two characters in End Run and Fleet Action -- Noragami is both a rookie pilot on the Tarawa and the Admiral in charge of the Navy and the JCS.

    (The Lyford Beverage in Fleet Action was commander of the First Cruiser Squadron.)
    Bandit LOAF, Jan 30, 2007
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    Hey, I've heard a lot of end run and fleet action... I haven’t seen them, does anybody know is they are available on line?:) :)
    Houkiboshi, Jan 30, 2007
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