From Watson's Disease in the original Wing Commander (named after David Watson, a friend of Origin founder Richard Garriott) to a variety of fan appearances in 'classifieds' scan of Wing Commander Arena's Star*Soldier, Wing Commander's designers have a long history of tuckerizing friends and fans. Another prominent example appears in the "Survival Tips" article of the original Privateer's Playguide: Who was Mark Thornton? Imagine my surprise when he e-mailed us - apparently our spam-blocking software had accidentally banned him from the forums! That sorted out, he was nice enough to explain to me how he wound up in the Privateer manual: How cool - and what a complement, being referenced like that! He also sent in three pictures, so we could see what Mark Thornton looks like. The story gets even better for those familiar with the Wing Commander novels - he actually served onboard the USS Tarawa! -- Original update published on July 18, 2007
Now if he could only get "First to Kilrah" stenciled on her That really is fantastic and it's great to see this type of WC tradition extending back and still moving forward today.
indeed this is great btw, in Star Soldier manualy there is a very interesting mentioning of... Keenan Weaver (Goku) Check it out here - http://cyberionsystems.com/echosector/index.php?topic=321.0
