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For those keeping track, Colonel Blair has managed to survive the hair-raising compaigns so far without dying in my play through. I'd like to thank the makers of Unknown Enemy and Standoff for making such difficult mods and really boosting my skills. I've got 683 kills to this point, but with...

Since DaveO and I seem to be the only ones playing at this point, I'm not too worried about spoilers. I have to say that the Drakhai were the toughest part of this series. I swear those Sartha have been souped up. K'Tithrak Mang 1: The Concordia jumps into the K'Tithrak Mang system...

Having read both of them, I really like the joint idea that Prophecy's aliens aren't the problem, they're just the start. I wonder how Star*Soldier would have turned out with this information available to them?

I find the asteroids easy in the Broadsword, actually. They're slow enough that your guns play a huge part in clearing the field instead of maneuvering.

Wow, this was a short week. Enigma 1: I head to the Observation Deck to hear some terrible news. Downtown is dead, ambushed by 10 Drakhri. Apparently he fought well, but 10 to 1 odds aren't something most pilots can handled. Jazz attempts to console Hobbes by sharing his experience of...

I didn't have any troubles this week, most of the missions I landed without a scratch. It was still a tough week, though. I still find myself a little sniffly after Heaven's Gate 4 :( Heaven's Gate 3: The chatter around the poker table revolves around the upcoming assault on Heaven's Gate...

Wow, I can't believe Doomsday took out the Fralthra. Wingman torpedo runs always seemed to resemble the novels to me with Broadswords hanging helplessly in space getting gunned to bits left, right & centre.

Damn, it's been one hell of a week. Today was my first chance to sit down and play some Wing Commander. Novaya Kiev 1: Had a chat with Paladin in the barracks. The usual topic of Tolwyn's treatment of me. You'd think the Admiral would be a bit more even-handed than he's currently being...

The trouble with that is, of course, that you would get lobster goo all over Deadman's ice cream still and it would completely ruin the entire event. Better stick to the basics! When people ask me this question, I tell them: neopolitan! This is an Italian word which means three kinds of ice...

The Grikath's turret is particularly nasty for some reason. The Jalkehi's rarely causes me problems but I'm always damaged after an encounter with Grikaths.

Gah! Look at the time! It's past midnight without realising it. Good thing I'm only doing 6 missions tonight. Niven 3: I meet another Concordia pilot on the ground at Niven. Downtown's escorting food shipments to the rebel Kilrathi system of Ghorah Khar. He didn't seem too eager to detail...

All six missions from me today and I had trouble stopping there. There's just something about Wing Commander 2 that really draws me in. Chris, I'm sorry to report that my attempts to grab screenshots from the KS version all failed miserably. It looks like I'm only catching the pixels that...

That sounds a lot more likely, I realised my question sounded a little dumb when I re-read it today. Do we know how detailed the outlines given to the writers were? They must have had a fair level of detail on how to set the universe up for the next game. Especially the transition from SO2 to...

I haven't had much trouble with that. The Drakhai have an extensive missile evasion routine so you can keep them off balance with a missile while you sit behind his friends as they strafe the transports. I agree that staying alive in the Dralthi is diificult. I've managed to do a Blair run...

It may also have been an attempt to keep things simple with "Humans = Good, Aliens = Bad". Do you think that Forschten was asked to have the Firekkans leave the Confederation at some point, leading to that scene in Fleet Action?

They did a good job of it. There are a lot of little hints floating around the two. It's strange the Firekka didn't show up in WC2, though, if they were the focus of the setup pieces.

Corsair 5: A much happier bunch of pilots today. Our actions on Firekka have really made a big difference to ship morale. Losing Angel to the Austin will be a blow, but it's great to see her career moving along. Spirit's morale is back up, it seems she's less likely to pull a Maniac now. I...

I'm just about to head into my final play session, so expect an update shortly. I'll try to grab some, but KS WC2 has some odd graphical glitches.

She did the same thing in another movie I saw, some flick about a group of guys at a billiards shop. Except they made a point of it being weird and icky.

Corsair 1: I'm a little suprised at Shotglass' attitude, I guess getting shot up and many years of war have taken their toll on him. Still, I'm glad we didn't Airlock the Kilrathi, it would be a sure sign of Paladin's fear that we're turning into them. Jazz seems to be acting fairly normally...