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    Interesting

    Does that work in the other WCs (3, 4)? Or do you just get the "Traitor" flag set? Respectfully, Brian P.
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    Weapons

    WCP: Use "Synchronized" guns options (CTRL-G) on Piranha and Vampire, Full guns on everything else. Piranha: Synchronize Ion guns. Allows me to cause consistent damage with out losing additional energy to the laser, which for me is a waste since it's damage isn't worth the power...
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    Signs that the midway is nearing the end of its 90 day warranty

    If you look closely, you'll notice that half of my suggestions took place in the game. Respectfully, Brian P.
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    Signs that the midway is nearing the end of its 90 day warranty

    Talyn 83: Fool! The number betwixt 28 and 30 is sacred to Bel-Shamharoth! If thou speakest that number once too often, Cthulthu's minions will issue forth from the depths and devour us all! Respectfully, Brian P.
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    Signs that the midway is nearing the end of its 90 day warranty

    #31: You get the "Your carrier has been lost" message before you even get out of the launch tube . #32: The Giant Plasma Crystal between the Midway's "Legs" (get your mind out of the gutter, dammit!) starts flashing in a syncopated rhythm, turning the Rec Deck into a disco joint. #33...
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    the GREAT DESTROYER speaks.......

    What?? LOAF hasn't changed his picture yet?? -- Brian P.
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    Interesting

    Just as we have regulations about stealing a visiting football team's mascot and BBQing it? Respectfully, Brian P. [Supposedly, this is an adjunct to the Army-Navy Football game every year -- both teams try to steal the other team's mascot in the weeks before the game]
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    The Styles of Wing Commander

    Only because we were on their side and were instrumental in three of those four actions. And the fourth was with the connivance of Confed authorities, so I'm not certain that really counts as a BW action -- you'll notice Eisen was wearing his Confederation uniform on the bridge of the St...
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    The Styles of Wing Commander

    I preferred WCP -- ALL the uniforms WCIII and after are pretty neat, but WCP was clean, and neat. Not dingy and haggard and pot-bellied like WC3, not overly spiffy like Confed WC4, and maybe just a little cooler than WC4 BW. Was I imagining things, or were the WC4 BW uniforms very similar...
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    What's your favorite base of ops?

    I think he finally did something successful in Tamayo ... but the thing about the book is that it's deliberately written so that it won't help you in the game. It seems like Blair chooses the morale-busting ship option 99% of the time in the dialogue choices in the novel as written. On...
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    What's your favorite base of ops?

    Well, the novel has Blair losing the first Orsini mission, too.. and that mission's so simple in the game all you have to do is tell Hobbes to break and attack then go to sleep -- he'll have cleaned up the bad guys in no time. I *do* ground Flint -- she violated orders, nearly got herself...
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    Who is most evil?

    Economies do well if you fight wars (create lots of jobs in the defense sector) BUT: 1. You are able to keep your country from actually being attacked (resulting in death, widespread infrastructure destruction) and 2. You are able to keep from losing too many productive members of...
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    What's your favorite base of ops?

    IIRC, any ship in a scenario can be flagged as "invulnerable" by the mission designer so as to avoid embarrassing moments or severe plot deviations (for example, the Devil Ray that kidnaps a Main Character in WCP -- it's a serious plot point. Allowing the player to rescue the character would...
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    What's your favorite base of ops?

    [Hand slapping forehead] I stand corrected. Respectfully, Brian P.
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    What's your favorite base of ops?

    Minor history Point -- I suspect the TCS VICTORY (my favorite carrier -- it was the most detailed and "seemed" like a ship, rather than two rooms on a set) is named after HMS VICTORY, Admiral Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar, 1812, when the British fleet destroyed the French and...
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    Hand-to-hand

    Bare-handed human vs. Alert Kilrathi = no chance for human. Human with rifle-tipped bayonet + kevlar armor vs. Kilrathi = significant edge to Kilrathi (greater mass, teeth, claws on hands and feet) but the human has a fighting chance. Human with spear/naginata/other long weapon...
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    Phase Shields?

    In the case I was thinking of, Isometal. 5cm Isometal armor * 60 durasteel equivalent = 300 cm durasteel equivalent strength. What's the thickness of a Centurion's frontal armor again? 10 cm? Then an Isometal Centurion of RF = 10 * 60 = 600 durasteel cm equivalent. It upgrades the...
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    The worst chewing out

    I don't have any blue-on-blues, but if I did it would be Stiletto. I swear this song could have been made for her ... http://www.rangerstation.com/multimedia/movies/vid04.mov Of course, I don't mean to insult the actress (who was only playing a role) but the CHARACTER deserves this...
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    Phase Shields?

    So 300cm "durasteel equivalent" translates to roughly 5 cm of actual material, right? Respectfully, Brian P.
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    wc4 needed badly

    Or maybe they could simply read the first page of the CIC and discover the "where to buy" page, the information links page, the music and downloads page et cetera ad nauseam. And do this and look through it BEFORE posting. Also a thought. Respectfully, Brian P.
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