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I just finished watching some episodes of Wing Commander: Academy and I started wondering something. Payback, Blizzard, and a few no named characters are certaintly humanoid looking but they don't have the standard skin pigmentation of humans. So are they some sort of allied alien species...

French Tactics While no one can argue that the defeat of France and the Low Countries in six weeks was a spectacular victory for Germany and an equally spectacular defeat for the Allies, Allied tactics, especially in the later half of the battle were not WWI style. After the French General...

Love those Terran craft I'd have to say my favorite fighter is either a toss up between a Rapier Mk 2 or a Raptor. Both have great firepower, armour, and manuverability. The Raptor is a bit dated though. Favorite capital ship is probably the Coventry(?) class cruisers. The ones from...

Personally, I like the Sabre. Compared to the Crossbow and Broadsword it has afterburners. The thing to keep in mind with the Sabre though is its not a dedicated fighter, especially in its anti-ship role. I have discovered, for my style of flying anyway, that two schools of tactics work best...

David Weber and Jump Points In David Webers Honor Harrington series it makes sense to denfed the entry/exit points of the wormwholes. The simple reason being that, as of his latest book, they don't have a tendency to shift around like jump points in WC. Which makes it easy to defend used...

6th Marines, Part 2 Part 2 A handful of grenades went sailing into the newly created jungle clearing and it appeared as if most actually landed in the trenches. Of course since the Cats weren’t stupid and had dug them in a zig-zag pattern the damage would be minimal. But it would clear...

Update and First Part of Story Ok, I have decided to cut out some of the nicknames. A valid point was raised about everyone not having a nickname and then I am too lazy to work out all the history behind the nicknames. Also switching between the different names for everyone would be too...

Thanks Everyone Thanks for the replys. Hopefully I'll get a bit more feedback before I post the first part, which will probably be Saturday. I have decided to cut out some of the nicknames since it would get confusing and just tiresome to keep switching back and forth between three...

Marines of the 6th Marine Division, on Gardel, towards the end of the war Hi everyone. I am seriously considering writing another Marine story. Quail Pilot has somewhat inspired me and the Marines, or any ground pounders for that matter, have generally been under-looked in here. So I'm...

Interesting story and it is nice to see a Marine story. Just a couple of quick suggestions. 1) Check your spelling and grammer a little bit more throughly, just makes it nicer to read. 2) I like your descriptions of the combat but sections of it, such as the return to the VTOL with the...

Bravo and Encore! Excellent job with the two latest chapters, well worth the wait. I have to say you have done a good job with the smoothness of your continuity. Even though its been a while since your last post the two newest chapters flow very smoothly into what you wrote prior. I know for...

Good Read Good read so far and I really enjoyed how the story starts with a flashback sequence. Allows the reader to just jump right in and become immersed in the story without having to go through a lot of chronological back story first. Also liked how it seems to focus a bit more on the...

Loaf, Have to agree with you that Prophecy is better for its cotinuation of the storyline and the emotional attachment the player feels towards the characters. One ejection pod or twenty, it makes no difference in Prophecy, because one actually cares about whether or not the pilot is rescued...

Keep 'em coming! Shame that we have to work at things such as school and careers and can't just crank out WC fiction. Excellent job, looking forward to reading some more anytime you post it.

I've played both Freespace and Prophecy plus Secret Ops within the last year and just have a couple of opinions to toss out. 1. I personally think that some of the escort missions are done better in Freespace compared to Prophecy. When it comes to Secret Ops though I think they are about...

Personally, I liked the "Bugs" better in UE than in Prophecy or Secret Ops. Even on nightmare its just too easy to stay alive and accomplish the mission goals. Maybe its the fact that the weapons and fighters are not current generation like they are in Prophecy or the black ops versions...

Freespace v Wing Commander I have to agree that the flight dynamics in Freespace were better than what appeared in all of the Wing Commander games. Also, the introduction of flying in nebulas and the use of AA guns on capital ships in Freespace 2 made for more challenging and realistic...

I have to agree that the ending of Secret Ops was kind of bland given what is revealed earlier. More of a let down than anything else. But if Secret Ops was just filler before another WC game it would make more sense. About the politicians and and intel agencies, when have they not had...

Fatcat, Correct me if I'm wrong but it seems as if most WC settings are relatively close to solar systems. So there would be more particles of hydrogen and whatever else for the scoop fields to impact against/or collect. Not saying its 100% realistic but it would explain why they use hydrogen...

Please Continue I enjoyed Squad Foxhound since it is always interesting to get a different perspective on the Wing Commander universe outside of the fighters and capital ships. It was enjoyable to read but the continuity issues and grammatical mistakes made it somewhat difficult to follow. If...