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Thanks, Loaf. Now the next question.. Is there any way we can split the games by the sector they take place in? WC1 takes place predominantly in the Vega Sector, while WC2 takes place in Enigma/Deneb, right? Privateer in Gemini, etc. I'm just wondering if we can't narrow down service...

There's something that suggests the T-Bolt is new circa 2669, I believe it's from one of the WC3 files that someone dug through?(Which is where I think HF-66A comes from, too.) I've tried to do snapshots by era, during the T-K war as a brief outline.

Theoretically the Black Lion squadron thing could simply refer to an older model of Rapier-II (such as the F-44A) that was replaced by the Hellcat V rather than necessarily it being a frontline F-44C or F-44G/H model being replaced. It could be that the Hellcat V was somewhat easier to maintain...

The CIC ships database makes the suggestion that Paladin started out flying Hornets. https://www.wcnews.com/ships2/wc1hornet.shtml (General James Taggart began his career flying the nimble fighters) Ah as for the "on the drawing board circa McAuliffe" it was on the subject of the WC1 era...

On an additional note, the reason much of the retirements of the Action Stations craft was set around the late/mid 30s was the assumption that they'd be phased out with the introduction of Grand Fleet fighters and perhaps the first generation of Terran-Kilrath War era fighters. Would it be a...

Okay so redoing the early timeline from your data...

Okay, since that wreck of a Saga Rapier thread had me thinking...I tried to compile a rough list of introduction dates on Confed fighters. I've added some conjecture (anything with a (?) next to it) and I tried to make sure that most variants seen throughout the series games, novels, movie, etc...

It's a pity there's not more information on things like component commonality though between fighters and bombers in Wing Commander, it seems like it'd be a great place to start with a service/entry chart. Perhaps something like seeing if a certain older fighter (ex. Hellcat V) might have been...

Do wish the Crossbow had afterburners, but it wasn't a bad fighter by any means.

Oh, right. Because to suggest your logic (which of course you use to attack someone else) is faulty is somehow being an asshole. Give it a rest, not everyone's somehow lacking in perspective because they don't agree with you.

Is there something necessarily wrong with suggesting that a story with such a rich potential for drama and storytelling could be told better? No one expects historical accuracy from these things. God knows Henry V isn't accurate. But is it really so much to ask for dramatic...

The main problem with 300, is that it's fake. The movie should never have been made, I agree. But not because it's not part of "modern" sensibilities. No. The movie is fake because it pretends(And very poorly I might add) to be "Non-postmodernist" by showing off this jingoistic and...

You're a lot more forgiving than I am. There are a lot of ways to tell the story of Thermopylae. I'm surprised at how badly they screwed up the dramatic aspect of it. Cinemetography was okay, but I mean c'mon...

Comparing the two shots, it really does drive home the fact that the Midway class ship for Arena is probably a later flight model, heh a lot of the "flimsier" elements of the nameship are gone, with a lower bridge and the rear pod being more closely attached to the hull. That's a neat touch.

Bind the key called: "Bank When Pressed" under Config -> Controls -> Ship. That should let you roll whenever you have that pressed and hit the stick. This is typically left unbound because 3-axis joysticks are more common than not these days, I guess and the name's a little off since it's...

For what it's worth you have my permission if you want to do it. But baking the textures from OPTs is sometimes a bit of a pain.

I kind of had a minor question, would the length of gun barrels affect the performance of a gun in any way? For example Hornets seem to have much longer laser barrels than the guns on the Hydra, or for that matter there were general differences in barrel length in WC1 fighters. I know there...

Well, Alan Moore didn't like it, but David Lloyd seemed to have a positive opinion on it. (Though his caustic comments back at Moore seemed a little unnecessary) Most interesting was JMS's comments on the script, something about it being one of the most engrossing ones he'd ever read? Who...

If I recall, "Squadron commander" in the case of WC:P is actually meant to refer to one of the carrier's 3 air wings, rather than a normal "squadron" and was something of a minor gaff during the script writing process.

Dunno, there was a pretty drastic departure in terms of gameplay between WC2:SO and WC3, particularly when it came to how you fought in bombers...did anyone really ever use turrets in WC3? But okay, I concede on the 13 missiles. Blasted missile inflation.