Squadron Proposal (August 25, 2011)

[Bandit LOAF]

Behind the screens, the process started months earlier, when Chris Roberts drafted a seven-page proposal for a game he called Squadron, which would become the Wing Commander we love. It famously begins:

By the year 2654 AD, mankind has spread throughout his section of the galaxy. Along the way, humanity has come in contact with a handful of sentient races. Soon after first contact, most of these races have proven friendly.
The Kilrathi definitely are not.

Click here to download a high resolution scan, courtesy of Joe Garrity and the Origin Museum!

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Amusing sidenote: "The Fatman" donated his copy of the Squadron proposal to the University of Texas' archive... along with a note for future historians that the brown stains on it were, in fact, ferret pee!

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Original update published on August 25, 2011

 

[Wedge009]

That sounds like such a Fat Man thing to say!

 

[Oggy]

Thanks for putting this up, its an interesting read.
So the Raptor was going to be a two man ship