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I went back and compared those Wing Commander 2 WIP cockpits we recovered with the final assets. Check out these Broadsword turrets which lose, among other things, the hand graphics!

A set of three hard drives belonging to an unidentified Origin Systems employee was recovered by Joe Garrity of the Origin Museum and Dan Chisarick. The contents included installations of Wing Commander I and II and a copy of DeluxePaint with several Wing Commander II-related animation files saved.

While the images were originally stored as ANM animation files they are actually collections of static images, likely grouped together as animations for ease of organization and/or presentation. Inividual unique frames have been saved as PCX files and exported as PNGs for the galleries seen below.

Some are pretty similar, like the Epee...

... while others like the Ferret are very different!

You can find them all here!

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Media organisation Broadcast Cobra has announced its intention to build a megaship in the HIP 16038 system. The organisation, which specialises in politics and current events, aims to reach a much wider audience with the construction of this mobile studio.

Alessandra Koa of Broadcast Cobra issued the following statement:

"As a broadcaster, we like the idea of a ship that can carry our signal to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. A megaship will allow us to transmit to systems that other broadcasters can only dream of reaching."

To facilitate construction of the megaship, Broadcast Cobra has placed an open order for thorium, indium and superconductors, and has promised to reward pilots who deliver these commodities to Sopwith Dock in the HIP 16038 system. The organisation has also placed a kill order on all ships on its wanted list, to ensure that those contributing material can do so safely.

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President Zachary Hudson has announced that the new vice president of the Federation is Jerome Archer, replacing the deceased Brad Mitchell.
Archer was previously serving as the Secretary of Security. Prior to becoming a congressman, he was a director of the Federal Intelligence Agency and had a long career in law enforcement.
His predecessor, VP Brad Mitchell, died in the NMLA bombing of Li Qing Jao station in the Sol system. The attack also killed several members of the Federal Cabinet along with many government officials, who were attending a meeting at the starport.
Addressing a gathering of Congress, Vice President Archer said:
"My primary focus in this office will be to increase security throughout the Federation. I vow to build vigilance into the fabric of our society, and prevent such atrocities from ever happening again."
During the congressional session, President Hudson announced

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As part of our ongoing attempts to streamline the process of playing events in Star Trek Online, we are going to be making some changes to the Weekend Event Store on PC, and later on Xbox One and Playstation 4, giving you access to everything in the store for the price of one Weekend Event Token each. Like the changes to previously slotted events, these changes are designed to get you access to the items you’ve worked for, while also freeing up inventory space and moving towards how events will be working in the future. Starting on June 13th 2019 on PC, and August 8th 2019 on Xbox One and Playstation 4, every item and reward in the Weekend Event Store will be reduced in cost to a single Weekend Event Token. If you have any tokens remaining in your inventory, you may use them to your hearts’ content to buy whatever items you’d like. After this date, we will no longer be running Weekend Events,

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BioWare’s Mass Effect Andromeda was arguably the biggest video game letdown since Hello Games’ No Man’s Sky, with the former’s launch issues effectively crippling the title’s reception before it could really take off. That aside, Andromeda – and Mass Effect – still has a dedicated fan base, one that is looking forward to what will hopefully be a triumphant return of the series once BioWare wraps up development on Anthem. Now, with N7 day arriving tomorrow, it has been discovered that Mass Effect Andromeda is now listed as an Xbox One X Enhanced title.

The news comes by way of the folks over at Windows Central, which discovered that Mass Effect Andromeda had been placed on the list of Xbox One X Enhanced games. For those unaware, being an Xbox One X Enhanced game means that the base title has been improved upon both graphically and performance-wise. The listing – which can be found on the Windows Store

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Hello everyone,

After testing 3.4.2 on the PTU over the weekend, we’re aiming to release the patch to the live servers soon. As always, we want to thank everyone who helped test the latest build, as it wouldn’t be possible to have such a quick turnaround without you guys.

Last week, we distributed the Buy Back Tokens for the first quarter of 2019 and posted a schedule for the entire year on Spectrum. Check the Announcement to know when the next Token will drop and read our FAQ if you’re looking for more information about how this system works.

And with that, let’s see what’s going on this week:

Tuesday will carry a lore post presenting a new episode of Spectrum Spectator, a docu-series currently highlighting reformed criminals.

Thursday will welcome another episode of Around the Verse where we’ll take a look at the latest Star Citizen news.

Friday will see a Roadmap update and the RSI

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We've just uploaded a new version on Steam. Here are the patch notes. Have fun!

[Edit: Problems with the GOG update, unfortunately. Sorry about this. Should go live on Monday]

New Features

• Added energy regeneration bonus when standing still
  
• Added option to adjust FOV (PC / Mac)
  
• Added option to unlock crosshair from screen center when using gamepad
  
• Added new device: Teleporter (icon still placeholder)
  
• Added new device: Missile Defense System (icon still placeholder)
  
• Added new weapon: Coil Gun (basically what Shock Rifle II was before, icons are still placeholders)
  
• Added new perk: Bonus resources
  
• Added option to not use system mouse position in-game (PC / Mac) (thus disabling mouse acceleration and having different speeds in-game and in menus)
  
• Added mouse sensitivity option on Mac
  
• Added functionality to make screenshots with F9 (PC / Mac)
  

Tweaks

• Improved gamepad controls
  
• Improved readability of

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What the Fox Project has posted a pretty impressive speed run of Wing Commander 1. The game features an extensively branching mission structure, so players can experience vastly different games on multiple playthroughs. As we've previously noted, there's some strategy involved here. One short path through the game is to eject through the Enyo, Gateway, Chengdu and Port Hedland systems, then win in Hubble's Star (or Port Hedland) and Rostov, then eject again through Venice and still rout the Kats from the Vega Sector. This shouldn't be seen as cheating - it's its own type of art form to figure out how to legitimately game the game and still see the winning ending in the shortest possible time. The final score here is 23 minutes and 7 seconds, which is amazing! It's also half the time that speed runners were hitting four or five years ago. Check it out below:

Well, it's been a year since I've

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BioWare is known for many epic adventures, including the likes of Mass Effect, Dragon Age, and more. The release of Baldur’s Gate is what really made the studio take off back in 1998, three years after Greg Zeschuk and Ray Muzyka co-founded the company in Edmonton.

Now, 23 years after they started BioWare, and six years after leaving the company, they have been awarded for their “revolutionary contributions to the videogame industry as a developer and co-founder of an internationally renowned studio.” Her Excellency the Right Honorable Julie Payette named both Zeschuk and Muzyka members of the Order of Canada, which is “the cornerstone of the Canadian honors system.”

Honored to be named a Member of the Order of Canada with my friend @DoctorZee! “Edmonton @BioWare co-founders Dr. Ray Muzyka and Dr. Greg Zeschuk receive the Order of Canada | CBC News” https://t.co/d3xhmvixfg

— Ray Muzyka (@RayMuzyka)

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Here's another interesting European artifact. This video is a Bulgarian television ad for a broadcast of the

Wing Commander Movie

. This dates back to about 2012 when it aired on

BTV

. It's pretty neat how far and wide the WCM continued to be promoted more than a dozen years after release!

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Intro Titles of mod The Nomad Legacy. Coming in next release.

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Hello Everyone!

Thank you so much for the positive response to The Abyss update for No Man’s Sky, released only a few days ago. We’ve really enjoyed seeing players experiment with the new base parts, explore the enhanced aquatic environments in the Nautilon submarine, and share their close encounters with fearsome underwater predators.

The team here is keeping up the pace this week with another update, patching up a few issues and introducing the next Community Research mission.

Community Research Update

This week, Priest Entity Nada is reaching out to explorers for assistance with Polo’s research missions. Their Gek friend, rattled by the events revisited by the time-altering device, has fallen into an introspective mood, and appears to have withdrawn from the project. Nada intends to act fast to overcome this – with help from their traveller friends across the galaxies.

Nada requests that explorers travel to a

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The Palanquin’s bridge shook as panels sparked and instruments exploded, tossing her crew like ragdolls. The vorta First Officer, Adiss 5, had run the bridge efficiently and with a mastery of motivating the Jem’Hadar crew, but the Hur’q attacks had sent the ship listing hard to port, and Adiss went along with it. She would command this crew with her last breath, but, given her injuries, that didn’t seem all that far away. The Founder called Nuno entered the bridge with purpose, flanked by Jem’Hadar marines and with Adiss 6 in tow. By virtue of being a Founder, Nuno was afforded unquestioned command of the Palanquin, but he had come to think of his crew as a family over the long years of exploring together. He gave Adiss 6 a nod, and the vorta clone ran to her predecessor’s side and helped her up, brushed her off, and began to assist her to the medical bay. Nuno lifted his hands, formed

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Hello everyone,

Thank you to everyone playing the Expeditions Update, especially those taking the time to report any issues they encounter via Zendesk or console crash reporting.

We are listening closely to your feedback, and have identified and resolved a number of issues. These fixes are included in patch 3.38, which will be live on all platforms soon.

Patch Notes

• Fixed a minor text issue in the Overseer mission log.
• Improved the visibility of player markers when those players are in your fireteam and on the same planet.
• Fixed an issue that caused incorrect text labels on Communications Stations.
• Fixed an issue that caused repair missions to automatically complete when the player left the repair site without performing the required maintenance.
• Fixed a PS5-specific crash in the profanity filter.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when receiving an item from another player.
• Improved the display of text when interacting with

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In-game screenshot by Corsair62

Hello everyone,

First off, congratulations to our winners of the RSI Apollo Astromedics Contest. The RSI Apollo is still available in the pledge store through August 22nd, so check out the Ship Shape and RTV to learn more about this Guardian Angel. We’ve also collected the top-voted questions from our Q&A gathering thread, presented them to our designers and will be posting the answers in a Comm-link soon.

From footraces, to massive FPS battles, we’ve thoroughly enjoyed watching the variety of events taking place in-game, organized by communities around the globe. We’ve been highlighting a few of the best in Around the Verse lately, so make sure to share your next event on social media using #StarCitizen so we catch it. We can’t wait to see what you all come up with next.

With that, let’s see what’s going on this week:

Every week on Calling All Devs, designers,

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short movie of CF 1.9

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General: The Episode “Beyond the Nexus” has been moved to the New Frontiers arc before “Melting Pot” for Federation and Federation Aligned Romulan Captains. Dranuur Scout Ship: Added a missing Tactical Console slot to the Dranuur Scout Ship [T6]. Updated the Hull and Shield Mod on the Dranuur Scout Ship [T6] to reflect their proper "Fleet" quality: 0.9 Hull Mod changed to 0.99 1.1 Shield Mod changed to 1.21

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Gamescom 2949 is right around the corner, and we’re looking forward to meeting all the Star Citizen fans making the trip to Cologne. Members of the community team will be on hand at Bar Citizen events in the evenings, with Friday’s meetup including special guests Erin Roberts and Brian Chambers.

Plus, members of the community team will have loads of exclusive goodies to give away, so if you see them, don’t hesitate to say hello!

Meetups in Cologne during Gamescom Week

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We’re taking every opportunity we can to meet with the community throughout the whole Gamescom week.

Join your fellow Star Citizens and members of the CIG development staff at the following locations:

Wednesday, August 21st

Join us at the Deutzer Brauhaus at 7:30pm CEST for drinks and a chance to chat with the team.

Get Details

Thursday, August 22nd

Meet us and fellow Citizens from around

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Leaders from the Alliance, Empire and Federation have agreed a series of minor treaties at the diplomatic gathering in the Sirius system.
Vox Galactica featured this report from political correspondent Conrad Sterling:
"Following days of heated arguments, temperatures in the conference chamber finally cooled enough for all three superpowers to formalise a raft of agreements. These were ratified in person by Chancellor Blaine, President Hudson and Prime Minister Mahon."
"The most significant of these treaties is the Cornelius-Lasky Convention, named after its two leading proponents. This requires the Alliance, Empire and Federation to share information on any large-scale threats to civilian populations, including environmental, medical and xenological crises."
"There has been slow progress on other topics, such as military limitation and border control. Many independent ambassadors are

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VISIONS was apparently "the Magazine of Fantasy TV, Home Video & New Media." You would be forgiven for not knowing that, though, as the periodical lasted only a single issue. But what an issue! Thanks to the Internet Archive a copy has been preserved including a very well done preview of Wing Commander III that interviews a number of people behind the cameras. Farewell, Visions, we barely knew you!