Burdette said:(...)I don't know what the Academy manual says offhand, but if the Morningstar was so successful, why wasn't it in WCIII?(...)
Blair flies a few missions in this little itty-bitty corner of the universe. Because he doesn't personally run into a type of ship in those missions, that ship doesn't exist then? It's a great big galaxy, with thousands upon thousands of ships going against each other. There's no guarenetee that those ships will be anywhere near Blair in whichever game.Burdette said:I don't know about whether not they were successful, but you'd think that Blair would have encountered of flown some of them at a later date (WCIII). I checked the Academy manual and you are right -- it says that the Moringstar is considered the current state-the-art capital ship killer. Maybe they were only in service in Enigma. The way that in a few years they had all these new guns and missiles and technologies astounds me. All of a sudden we have leeches, meson blasters, photon cannons, plasma cannons, tachyon cannons, and phase shields were no longer torp only. I know it's only a game, but in many ways WCIII was inconsistent with WCII. That's to be expected given the improved game engine.
The death of loved ones, plus fighting in a war that's been going on for years can take a toll on people, and make them do things others would consider insane. Take Tolwyn - the man who dedicated his life to saving humanity from the Kilrathi, through the course of the war, broke down, and tried to destroy almost all of humanity. With Jazz, the thought that the people on the Claw let his brother die filled him with so much rage, he was willing to side with his brother's killers, in order to get his revenge, as his grief/rage-twisted mind saw it.There were always a lot of inconsistencies between games, and sometimes even the story didn't make perfect sense. Why did Jazz want to join the Kilrathi (who destroyed Goddard) and kill everyone from the Claw because they couldn't get there in time (five hours late, but could they have gotten there sooner)? What kind of idiot was that man? Why join the cats who were responsible for your brothers death and destroy the people who avenged Goddard and eliminated the Sivar? I have always wondered about that. Again, things didn't always make perfect sense, but the series was definitely the best I have ever played. It's a shame about Origin... Long live Wing Commander.
Burdette said:When I say "supership" I mean it was one of those hyped-up special Confed projects, like the Rapier was in WCI and the Excalibur was in WCIII. The Morningstar was arguably the gem of WCII.
I don't know what the Academy manual says offhand, but if the Morningstar was so successful, why wasn't it in WCIII?
What's your opinion on all this?
Burdette said:
I don't know about whether not they were successful, but you'd think that Blair would have encountered of flown some of them at a later date (WCIII). I checked the Academy manual and you are right -- it says that the Moringstar is considered the current state-the-art capital ship killer. Maybe they were only in service in Enigma. The way that in a few years they had all these new guns and missiles and technologies astounds me. All of a sudden we have leeches, meson blasters, photon cannons, plasma cannons, tachyon cannons, and phase shields were no longer torp only. I know it's only a game, but in many ways WCIII was inconsistent with WCII. That's to be expected given the improved game engine.
Burdette said:
There were always a lot of inconsistencies between games, and sometimes even the story didn't make perfect sense. Why did Jazz want to join the Kilrathi (who destroyed Goddard) and kill everyone from the Claw because they couldn't get there in time (five hours late, but could they have gotten there sooner)? What kind of idiot was that man? Why join the cats who were responsible for your brothers death and destroy the people who avenged Goddard and eliminated the Sivar? I have always wondered about that.(...)
Jazz: Well, Maestro, I guess this is good-bye. I’m glad I had a chance to serve aboard the Tiger’s Claw. I’ve learned a lot here. And I’ve been doing a lot of thinking ’bout what I’m going to do when I’m back on the Austin. I think my experience here is going to change my entire career.
Maverick: Glad to hear it, Jazz. And I hope we’ll see each other again.
Jazz: I’d bet on it, Maverick