One downside with Palladium is that it's restrictive in terms of skills. The skills are divided up into a number of subcategories (Physical, Rogue, etc) which isn't so bad, but the problem is that the OCCs (Occupational Character Classes) will bar a number of subcategories. For example, the Robotech RPG by Palladium has a Veritech Pilot OCC which would be a good starting point for a Fighter Pilot OCC. However if you want a fighter pilot who's a great cardshark like Vagabond in WC3 & 4 you can't have one - the Gambling skill is classed as a Rogue skill, which is prohibited to VF Pilots.
That said, Palladium did up the roleplaying game for Robotech so that might be a good game to look over (good luck finding it as it's out of print. Copies can possibly be found on Ebay or Amazon) There's also a PBP RPG on the Net that uses the Palladium mechanics for a Macross 7 based RPG (think Robotech meets colony fleet) at http://www.macrossrpg.com There's a link on the opening page to the UN Spacy Database which has stats for all the fighters and capships, wich you might be able to use for stats inspiration. Granted, there's a whole different feel between Wing Commander and Macross/Robotech but it might be a place to start.
P.S: If you're looking to test the Wing Commander d20 RPG on a play-by-post game I'd love to join. Been a sucker for the idea of RPing in the Wing Commander universe eveer since I started my Wing Commander years with WC3
That said, Palladium did up the roleplaying game for Robotech so that might be a good game to look over (good luck finding it as it's out of print. Copies can possibly be found on Ebay or Amazon) There's also a PBP RPG on the Net that uses the Palladium mechanics for a Macross 7 based RPG (think Robotech meets colony fleet) at http://www.macrossrpg.com There's a link on the opening page to the UN Spacy Database which has stats for all the fighters and capships, wich you might be able to use for stats inspiration. Granted, there's a whole different feel between Wing Commander and Macross/Robotech but it might be a place to start.
P.S: If you're looking to test the Wing Commander d20 RPG on a play-by-post game I'd love to join. Been a sucker for the idea of RPing in the Wing Commander universe eveer since I started my Wing Commander years with WC3