True, but isn't there like 10 years between WC1 and 2? We never saw them in WC1, and 10 years is a long time...
I wouldn't worry about that - the backgrounds for many later ships have thrown out the 'if we don't see it, it doesn't exist' analysis that we used to apply to the ships added in future games. Take the Victory, for instance, established to be one of the oldest ships in the fleet in WC3... or even the fact that Wing Commander I (proper) talks about Kilrathi carriers again and again but never actually shows one.
The Fralthra and Ralatha are a bit different in that we don't know one way or another -- they have almost no background in the fiction.
I'm waiting to see the Snakeir... though it may not make it into Pioneer since it didn't appear until Secret Missions.
Which also means we'll probably never see the Sivar, either. Bummer.
The movie retcon's both of these as being possibilities, with other ships using the same hulls for different tasks earlier on (Snakeir and Siver dreadnaughts) -- I think the big caution here (and with the WC2 ships) is more whether or not they fit into whatever Howard and friends have planned for Pioneer. Seeing the ships again is great, but in all honesty there was a reason you didn't see anything larger than a destroyer in Privateer...
Oh, and Bandit... I just noticed. Ashton, MD... in Montgomery County? If thats the case, I live right next door in Olney. Freaky.
Yes indeed, born and raised here -- that's an interesting coincidence. Have you been in Olney for long? Based on your age in your profile then you would have been in the same high school class as one of my brothers if you're from here.
(Please note that I am a dude and not TV's Bones.)
He could probably do the Gratha too. I mean, this is set only two years before Wing Commander 1. Do we have a firm service entry date on the Gratha?
Howard is correct about the Gratha's - the Wing Commander I & II Ultimate Strategy Guide has Halcyon interested [Bluehair]'s first encounter with them because it's the first time they've been encountered in the wild.
That said, I'd sure love to see Howard try either a classic Gratha or the 'red' one from the WC Super Famicom box art...
And look in the background - another Fralthi! The Japanese sure love their cruisers!