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Ah yes, the Mandarins. I always harbored this pet theory. Remember the Gwenhyvar from SM1? The Exeter-class that the kilrathi had? Having palyed wc2 first, I naturally assumed it wasn't captured, but a turncoat Mandarin vessel.

Kzinti As was previously stated, chris roberts was a sci-fi nut, and basically admitted basing the kilrathi on the kzinti from niven's ringworld series

Actualy, the salutes are a slight modification on the standard U.S. military salute (having been in the service I should know...) the standard american salute has the tip of the index finger touching theoutermost edge of the eyebrow (or the tip of your glasses or cap) with the hand angled...

Oh, the memories.. I must have first heard about WC when a friend brought this value pack of 10 games he got into my dorm room. He said 'You've gotta see this' and started installing Wing Commander II on my box. (back then a 486 with a knockoff SB8 card). At first when he told me about...

Quite frankly, my opinion depends on the definition of particle. If you mean charged Particle (i.e. Energy) weaponry, I would have to say the Tachyon Weapons from the Excalibur.. if you mean particle as in physical particle of something, I would have to say Mass Drivers in all their forms

Personally, as far as WC1, my favorite ship was the Scimitar, believe it or not. Didn't handle near as bad as Iceman lets on, and with it's mass drivers at full charge, I could get behind a Jalthi or even a Gratha and chew it apart in only a couple seconds