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A link has been established between the mercenary group recently intercepted in the Meene system and the Sirius Corporation.

Security Chief Harper Vargas of the Meene Defence Force said:

"With the vital assistance of the galactic community, we were able to apprehend several of the mercenaries. Interrogations revealed that a number of them were in fact junior officers in Sirius Corp's private fleet."

"Other mercenaries confirmed that the attack was funded and organised by these individuals, which raises the question of why Sirius should be involved with this criminal enterprise."

The engineer Ram Tah, who operates from Phoenix Base in the Meene system, commented:

"Did Sirius really think it could obtain my research by force? Or was this an attempt to scare me into accepting Li Yong-Rui's offer?"

A spokesperson for the Sirius Corporation refuted any allegations of criminal activity, and insisted

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Here's a couple of really cool Japanese advertisements that LOAF recently came across. As is common in the country, they're chock full of text and liberal with the exclamation marks. The first is a small embedded ad for the Mega CD port of Wing Commander 1, which was the only version that got full speech as it was transferred to the disc-based format. We also get to see a sell sheet for the Japanese Armada, which was ported to a surprising number of platforms: PC-98, FM Towns and DOS/V. I love that Armada color tone filling the Japanese block text!

Little find this morning: an ad for the Mega-CD port of Wing Commander I from a Sega flyer. I'd love to find the advertising ASCII did for Wing Commander SFC in Japan!

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“Computer - display galactic map, quadrant... Beta. Delineate current political boundaries.” As the machine complied, J’Ula regarded the field of stars framed in Federation blue, Romulan green, and Klingon red with an expression of contempt and seething rage. “Why do you dwell on this repugnant vision, Lady J’Ula,” Ketris, her first officer, growled as she entered her captain’s chambers. “Why do you gaze upon the shriveled, timid state of a once-mighty empire, all but enveloped by the bloated Federation? Why twist the blade within your heart?” “Because that sharp pain reminds me of what must be done,” J’Ula replied. “And what must be delivered unto our enemies.” She walked around the display until she came to Earth and pointed at the blue gem as it hung above the display table in her quarters. “This ugly ball of putrid water and filth was in our deathgrip, Ketris… the entire Federation

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Members from the VFX team in Manchester sit down to discuss their work and answer questions LIVE following recent presentations at CitizenCon 2948.

To watch Reverse the Verse LIVE each and every week, tune into Twitch.

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Here are this week's major stories.

A leaked Imperial Internal Security Service report on Nova Imperium has revealed that the group's leader is one Duke Kaeso Mordanticus, a former naval admiral from a long line of decorated veterans. The report reveals that Mordanticus still has contacts and influence in the Imperial Navy, and that Nova Imperium's ships are mostly run by ex-naval crews.

Meanwhile, an Achilles Corporation engineer who helped design the robots at the heart of the spy robot scandal has given evidence to former FSS inspector Ramesh Thorne. The engineer claims she was blackmailed by Kingsley Cordova, owner of the Mars Tribune, into installing surveillance programs on PA912 administration robots. All the affected robots have now been made safe.

In other news, the Independent HIP 29241 Green Party operation to recover escape pods in the Meene system has reached a successful

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Popular author Olav Redcourt, who was recently reported missing, has been found alive and well.

Margot Hist of the Dervish-Foss Literary Agency told the media:

"I can reassure Olav's fans that he is in good health, and has checked into a writers' retreat at a remote outpost. I can also reassure Bonespire Publishing that he will soon pay their fees for contractual breach, having sold most of his belongings."

"Olav is currently hard at work on his new science fiction novel, despite my attempts to convince him to choose a more popular genre."

When asked why these facts were not made public sooner, Ms Hist replied:

"Unfortunately I didn't know there was concern about Olav's whereabouts until I returned from holiday – there are no communication facilities at Skyglow Havens on the Rhea Archipelago."

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DocteurJ

is back with another extensive stream and commentary on the Wing Commander series. In this episode, he's flying the final mission of Wing Commander 3 to cap off his

summertime playthrough

of the game. As you're already aware if you skipped ahead and pressed play, DocteurJ is helping make sure Wing Commander fandom lives on in the French gaming community. Along with his work with

OldiesGamesTV

, he's covered everything from the

first few WC games

all the way through

Prophecy for Game Boy Advance

. It's great to see fans doing their thing around the world. Merci!

Enfin ! Le combat final contre l'empire Kilrah commence ! Va-t-on réussir à remporter la victoire ?

Finally ! The final fight against Kilrah's empire begins! Will we succeed in winning?

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Genesis Mod for Freelancer. The future of Genesis and the plan going forward...

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Chris Roberts

announced

today that proceeds towards Star Citizen and Squadron 42 have now surpassed $200 million. This incredible milestone comes a bit over six years since the project launched and comes from 2.1 million different gamers in 171 countries. For those who haven't tried the current playable version, a

free play event

will be held from November 23-30 with various options each day. For those holding out for the Squadron 42 story game, the team plans to release an updated roadmap to completion next month. That will be interesting to see!

This week marks the start of our 2948 Anniversary Event, which celebrates the end of the original crowdfunding campaign back in November 2012. This year we are particularly excited by our Free Fly event where we are opening the opportunity to try out the 80 flyable ships and vehicles in game. Star Citizen Alpha 3.3.5, which brings a lot more content,

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Letter from the Chairman

Dear Citizens,

Two Hundred Million Dollars.

Wow.

The amount is the highest total for any project in the history of crowdfunding and is beyond anything I could have imagined in my wildest dreams.

While the number is impressive, that is not what sets Star Citizen and Squadron 42 apart.

The true celebration is one of how a community came together to enable a shared dream to come to life. How gamers from all over the world came together to finance one of the biggest and most ambitious projects ever embarked on. There is no publisher. No big conglomerate. This is all grassroots, funded by gamers for gamers.

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To highlight just how global the support is, the person that took us past this milestone, Algared, hails from New South Wales in Australia and has been a backer since 2014. We have backers from 171 countries, from some of the smallest like San Marino or the Maldives

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If you've been closely following

DefianceIndustries

'

fleet

of WC1-era ships and thought something was missing, you're right! The Confed lineup now has its star medium fighter, the Rapier.

Klavs' Rapier

has some serious competition now! Now we wait to see where these beauties pop up...

And last but certainly not least in our 2655 Confed fighter lineup - the F-44A Rapier II. Fast, nimble, and equipped with God's own shields, it pretty much typifies fighter combat in the WC universe. Is it any wonder we still seem them popping up in the Nephilim war? Though it begs the question, what was the Rapier I?

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Hello everyone,

On Saturday we reached a major funding milestone, and we want to thank our amazing community who made this possible. In a letter from the chairman, Chris Roberts shares his thoughts on the fantastic journey so far and the exciting future that lies ahead.

No matter if 2018 or 2948: this week people come together to celebrate Thanksgiving. Whether they’re hunkering down with friends or quantum traveling to be with family, Thanksgiving is all about being thankful and celebrating the holiday together with loved ones. It doesn’t matter if it’s a simple Big Benny’s noodle box, a fully dressed space turkey, or enjoying a nice Pips or Radegast with the crew. We asked you to share this wonderful experience and show the ‘verse what you’re thankful for. Participate in not one, but two contests in honor of Thanksgiving and with a bit of luck, become the proud owner of a brand-new Banu

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Every week, designers, engineers and other developers from our five offices around the world answer backer questions submitted on SPECTRUM and voted on by YOU.

You can submit your questions for consideration in future episodes of Calling All Devs here.

And for info on becoming a subscriber, go to: Subscriptions - Roberts Space Industries | Follow the development of Star Citizen and Squadron 42

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We've just released a new patch with some smaller tweaks and a number of bugfixes. We've also added a special "retro graphics" graphics mode that you can unlock as a reward for finishing a hardcore mode run! Have fun!

New Features

• Added special "retro graphics" option that is unlocked after finishing a hardcore mode run

Tweaks

• Encounters: Nerfed Engine Booster MK2 and MK3 efficiency
• Increased camera range in action freeze

Bugfixes

• Fixed blueprint drop probability for higher tiers being too low if no more tier one blueprints are available
• Potential fix for Okkar Corvettes and Outlaw Drone Carriers occasionally bouncing away when destroyed
• Fixed Grey Goo damaging player from greater distance if player has a tractor beam installed
• Fixed hardcore mode "Anti Consumerism" handicap carrying over from sector 6 to sector 7
• Fixed that the "Unarmed" challenge could be exploited by using Headstart

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We've just released a new patch with some smaller tweaks and a number of bugfixes. We've also added a special "retro graphics" graphics mode that you can unlock as a reward for finishing a hardcore mode run! Have fun! Please note that there's a delay for the Linux version, we'll hopefully be able to release the patch on Linux later this year.

New Features

• Added special "retro graphics" option that is unlocked after finishing a hardcore mode run

Tweaks

• Encounters: Nerfed Engine Booster MK2 and MK3 efficiency
• Increased camera range in action freeze
• VR / TrackIR: Unified Crosshair behavior in gamepad and keyboard mode. "Centered Crosshair" option works again in all cases.

Bugfixes

• Fixed Splitter glyph additional projectiles not homing in on targets anymore
• Fixed blueprint drop probability for higher tiers being too low if no more tier one blueprints are available
• Potential fix for Okkar

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The Infinity Lock Box, containing prizes from nearly all previously-retired Lock Boxes, will be available again for an appearance on all platforms beginning on November 21st, 2018 - November 27th, 2018. During this time, enemies defeated on both Ground and Space maps will have a small chance of dropping one of these prize-filled packages, alongside the Swarm Lock Box! There are too many prizes to list here, but here’s a sample of just the Tier 6 ships you can unlock in this prize pack: Benthan Assault Cruiser Vaadwaur Manasa Assault Escort Xindi-Insectoid Olaen Heavy Escort Carrier Krenim Imperium Warship Herald Quas Flight Deck Cruiser Tholian Tarantula Dreadnought Cruiser Na’kuhl Tadaari Raider Cardassian Keldon Cruiser Jem’Hadar Dreadnought Carrier Kelvin Timeline Starship Elachi S’ateth Escort Tal Shiar Adapted Destroyer Sphere Builder Denuos Dreadnought Carrier The

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PC: General: Resolved an issue where some players experienced having Invalid Skills. Clicking to respect should now work to clear this and it will be free. Resolved an issue where loading screens were not appearing correct for 23rd Century and Discovery Captains. Beacon of Kahless: Blind has been changed to a Disable. Duration increased from 5 to 8 seconds. Half as much against players. Shortened the tooltip text. Console: General: Resolved an issue which was blocking the player from equipping or changing active Duty Officers. Resolved an issue that caused the Swarm Lockbox Training Manuals to not appear available for use. Resolved an issue that caused Temporal Space Abilities to not be visible in the ability circles.

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Admiral Frederick Yamamoto has been announced as the sixth member of the Alliance Council of Admirals.

The position had been vacant for months after the previous appointment, Riri McAllister, was discovered to be the coordinator of terrorist group the League of Reparation.

The induction ceremony was conducted by Fleet Admiral Hayley Sorokin, who said:

"After many years commanding the Alliance Defence Force in the Zaonce system, Admiral Yamamoto has more than earned his place on the Council. His experience will help enhance security for all member systems."

Vanya Driscoll, political journalist at The Alliance Tribune, commented:

"Many expected the role to be filled by an officer from the Lave fleet rather than Zaonce, so the decision has ruffled some feathers. It has also not gone unnoticed that Admiral Yamamoto is a close personal friend of President Gibson Kincaid."

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There continues to be progress in the exciting

WC1 Sprite Refresh

project. In order to import high quality ships into the original game engine, modern renders must first be converted into dozens of snapshot angles to simulate 3D. This can be a very tedious process to align and get right, so

Goliath

is developing a technique to automate the image creation. An example with a slick new Dralthi is pictured below! It's wonderful to see how Wingnuts continue to innovate in their quest to enhance the series.

Hooray, it's time for an update! As many of you know, we've been fortunate to have Howard Day around to create some beautiful sprite renders for us to enjoy and experiment with. In doing so, he tackled the first two major steps in the sprite creation process by designing a 3D model and then rendering it with all necessary viewpoints. Based on work done by UnnamedCharacter, we know that Wing Commander

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Attention! We’ve doubled our efforts to give Captains the necessary experience to deal with threats to the Galaxy. From Thursday, November 22nd at 8AM PT, to Monday, November 26th at 10AM PT, players will be able to enjoy twice the experience! During the event, content that provides skill points and expertise will reward a 100% (2x) Bonus above normal amounts – this bonus will be available for all content that rewards skill points and expertise. .share-footer a { margin: 20px 10px 10px 0; background: url(d7afaaa14e96d0d973f76157ae31ec5b1466398539.png) no-repeat 0 0; opacity: .5; display: inline-block; height: 60px; width: 60px; padding: 0; border: 1px solid transparent; -webkit-transition: opacity .3s; transition: opacity .3s; } .share-footer .TI { background-position: 0 20%; } .share-footer .YT { background-position: 0 40%; } .share-footer .YT {