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Here are this week's main stories.

The Federal Intelligence Agency has revealed that a nuclear weapon was taken from an unregistered outpost discovered last week, where dozens of personnel were gunned down by unknown perpetrators. The portable warhead, codenamed the Lucifer Device, is believed to possess enough power to destroy an entire city.

The Ambrose Foundation has confirmed that Lady Talitha Ambrose is missing, and that the family's entire fortune has been lost. Believing that Lady Talitha has been kidnapped as part of the theft, the family has employed the Wallglass Investigations Agency to locate the missing heiress.

A campaign held by the Holloway Bioscience Institute to build a xenological research centre has concluded successfully. The new planetary outpost will be used to study lifeforms identified by the galactic community.

In other news, a number of priceless artefacts, spanning

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We have just released a new patch for Nintendo Switch, bringing you the following changes:

Bugfixes:

• Fixed being able to use drones while "no consumables" hardcore mode handicap was active
• Fixed drone counter not decreasing when player controlled drones are destroyed
• Fixed UI navigation issues in ship repair service station repair screens
• Fixed that when winning a hardcore run, the game over screen would show zeroed-out stats

Have fun playing!

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Frequent visitors to the

CIC Forums

have already noticed that our message boards got a big upgrade this weekend. We first switched over to

Xenforo 1.0

back in 2011, and this brings us up to 2.1 (skipping right past 2.0)! There's a long list of basic quality-of-life tweaks that bring the forums in line with modern user interfaces. Graphical elements scale better to high res displays, a variety of post reactions are now available, more types of uploads can be added and the site displays much better on mobile devices. KrisV is still working on several additional features, including a more extended menu of emojis that will be available soon. We're also looking at a handful of neat optional upgrades that could be possible with the new setup - would people be interested in two-factor authentication? Check things out and

let us know

what you think!

Xenforo 2.0 highlightsGreatly-enhanced mobile-friendly

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Hello everyone,

Valentine’s Day is but a sweet memory, yet after celebrating all weekend long with community-made Valentines and limited-time ship offers, you still have until 11:59pm PST today to pick up Anvil’s limited-edition Hornet F7C-M Heartseeker. The ‘Be my Valentines’ greeting card contest is over and we’d like to thank everyone who shared their love (and cards) across the ‘verse. It was tough as always to select the winning entries and we can only recommend checking out all the fantastic cards the community created over the past few days.

Last week we sent out the latest information on the continuing development of Squadron 42, collected from each of our studios around the globe. Check your inbox if you haven’t read the report yet and make sure you’re subscribed to the SQ42 newsletter to ensure you don’t miss any future news.

Also last week, a new ship from Argo Astronautics was

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There's an exciting update to the

Homeworld Remastered Mod

, Flag Commander, today.

L.I.F.

has finished the prologue campaign with an exciting pre-WC3 mission. It follows the Victory in the aftermath of the Battle of Earth as they chase down a rogue Kilrathi fleet. It's pretty cool to interact with these characters on this scale from an RTS perspective! Grab the game at ModDb

here

.

Here's a new update to the single-player experience of Flag Commander: the final mission of the prologue campaign. Over the development of this campaign, I learned a lot in coding the events and logic of SP missions, which helped making the missions smoother and more reactive, so this update also includes some modifications of the first three missions to add proper backgrounds as well as character icons when someone is speaking.

This campaign is self-contained and follows the Victory soon after the Battle of Earth, in a

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Pix

recently came across a pretty neat article in the UK magazine

PC Zone

. I really like it's graphical layout with the Dralthis overflying the slick text. The author is a big fan of the WC series and uses it as an example for awesome '90s games that were outside the realm of his usual fare. I do wonder about the Hobbes blurb a bit, and I think the suggestion in the gray box is just that GOG exists. It's a little odd to not come out and just say that, but this is still a great quote:

Just give me a lantern-jawed, blue-haired hero fighting some big cats in space, and I'm as happy as a porcine covered in excrement.

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Nothing is ever simple when dealing with the Mirror Universe. Nothing is ever simple when dealing with temporal displacement. Even fewer things are simple when dealing with temporally-displaced members of the Mirror Universe. In Pahvo Dissension, a new Featured Task Force Operation, five Alliance captains will deal with the aftermath of the recent events at Pahvo. Wreckage of the I.S.S. Charon has crash landed on the planet, torn through time and space due to ion storms, mycelial interference, and Captain Tilly’s nefarious actions. The Terrans want to make Prime Pahvo into the bioterror that is Mirror Pahvo. Help the planet purify the crystals that have been corrupted by Terran agonizers. Do this to keep Pahvo from being subjugated by hate. This event will last for 3 weeks starting in February for PC players, and on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 in the spring of 2019. All players level 10 and above

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To: scire_facias
From: Guvnoir
Subject: Sec Sweep

Scire,

I’m in desperate need of your expertise.

Since we last crossed paths, I’ve been laying low. Was even earning an honest day’s wage until an old connect tracked me down in Stanton. They offered me a security gig at a secluded “trading” outpost on Yela and the pay was too sweet to pass up. Since the outpost was remotely operated, they wanted me on site to make sure everyone behaved themselves. I knew from rep that they’d become serious players from the days when we’d been running together, but the straight life wasn’t exactly the most comfortable, so against my better judgement I took the gig.

Everything went smoothly until an uptick in activity brought extra scrutiny to the place. Soon bounty hunters and other damn do-gooders started sitting on the place, looking to earn a few creds or make a name for

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A military supply campaign to increase security in the Merope system has concluded successfully.

Jacob Chowdhury, Defence Director of the Atlas Research Group, said:

"Our gratitude to all the pilots who delivered Reactive Armour and Military Grade Fabrics. These resources will prove vital in enhancing Merope's defences against Thargoid attacks."

The Atlas Research Group also helped protect traders from piracy by placing kill orders on all wanted ships in the system.

Contributors to the campaign can now collect their rewards from Reed's Rest in the Merope system.

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A long-standing enmity between two military leaders has escalated into hostilities in the Drevlyada system.

Details were provided by freelance warzone reporter Karleen Troy:

"The personal rivalry between General Kendrick of Namab Purple Brothers and Marshal Cooper of Drevlyada League has lasted for years. Each frequently accuses the other of incompetence and endangering the people of Drevlyada."

"This grudge match has now spiralled into a state of open conflict. Both Kendrick and Cooper have asked the galactic community to provide support in crushing their opponent's forces."

The two factions have set out week-long campaigns to take control of the Drevlyada system, which will begin on the 21st of February 3305.

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The weapons manufacturer Prax Incorporated has dismissed accusations of poor safety measures in its development and testing programs. Concerns were originally raised by Adley King of The Federal Times, as part of an investigation into weapons testing within inhabited sectors.

CEO Lucina Prax gave this press statement:

"I can assure Ms King that my company takes every precaution when evaluating its products. We have never – and will never – ignore safety protocols."

"Regarding these accusations, I am aware of the claims being made but have yet to see a single shred of evidence to support them. We act in full compliance with the most stringent industry regulations."

"3304 was a record year for Prax Incorporated. The latest version of our proprietary threat-recognition firmware propelled our stock to new heights, and we are developing a new system that I believe will be considered revolutionary."

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Our kickoff episode of

ALL WINGS CONSIDERED

is nearly here! Be sure to tune in on Thursday, February 21st, at 7 PM Eastern (4 PM Pacific) to watch our live streaming Wing Commander show. This works out to Midnight GMT, which we know is late on a school night, so the archived recording will be available later. We'll update this post with the actual YouTube link once we go live, but you can also stop by the CIC

Discord Server

where the link and associated #Wingnut chatroom will be available. It should be lots of fun!

The first episode of All Wings Considered will also include the first iteration of a Wing Commander book club! This week we will be discussing the first four chapters of Wing Commander: End Run and everyone is welcome to join the live conversation via the WCCIC Discord server. We'd love to hear your thoughts!

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Event: Pahvo Dissension Featured Task Force Operation Pahvo Dissension is an all new Featured Task Force Operation, where five Alliance captains will deal with the aftermath of the recent events at Pahvo. Help the planet purify the crystals that have been corrupted by Terran agonizers. This event will last for 3 weeks and Captains can earn an all new reward! Complete the TFO on 14 different days to earn the Crystal Prism Universal Kit Module in addition to marks, dilithium, and three Featured TFO Reward Boxes. This box gives your choice of an Enhanced Universal Tech Upgrade or a Captain Specialization Point Box. Crystal Prism Universal Kit Module The Crystal Prism Universal Kit Module is a new reward for completing Pahvo Dissension on 14 different days. This Prism will attack nearby enemies and will link together with nearby Prisms to increase each Prism’s damage. The

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In this week’s update, NPCs learn how not to run into things, 3.5 Network upgrades are discussed, and VFX shows us the latest in ice geysers and busted thrusters.

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The first episode of ALL WINGS CONSIDERED is live now! All Wings Considered is the CIC's first ever streaming variety show which will feature news, conversation and gameplay relating to our favorite series. This week we're taking on ground missions in Wing Commander IV and talking about the first four chapters of the novel End Run with members of the community. If you're watching live, you can join the End Run book discussion through the voice chat channel of our Discord server here. Missed the stream? The replay will be available below once it has been processed by YouTube. You can subscribe to the AWC channel for future notifications here.

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The Federal Intelligence Agency has traced the funding of an illegal nuclear research outpost to the Zlota system.

Senior Agent Rochelle Karim provided the following details:

"Having successfully decrypted the outpost's communications, we have determined that Zlota Federal Holdings was financing these unregistered research projects. Several of the organisation's principal figures were covertly redirecting public funds to construct portable nuclear weapons."

"We suspect that one of these individuals became greedy and arranged for the outpost to be raided, acquiring the prototype Lucifer Device to subsequently sell on the black market."

"The FIA is currently questioning the Zlota Executive Council to learn more. It is crucial that we locate the Lucifer Device, which poses a serious threat to public safety."

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I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: I’m not really a cosplay not, except when Final Fantasy is involved. That said, BioWare is still one of my favorite game developers, and it’s hard to not be immediately drawn to a stellar Mass Effect cosplay such as the one done by popular cosplayer “Ten.” A veteran cosplayer, Ten has paid homage to many different video game serious, including the ‘other’ insanely popular BioWare series, Dragon Age.

The Mass Effect cosplay we’re featuring here is one for female Commander Shepard, and it is absolutely amazing its detail and sheer badassery (that’s a word now). Check out a few of the epic shots below:

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General: Extended the various 2019 Anniversary events to go until 10:00AM Feb. 24th. Resolved an issue that could prevent players from receiving the Featured TFO Boxes from completing the project Captains who experienced this issue can claim the missing boxes from the Reclaim store, once per account. Resolved an issue that was preventing some Lifetime Subscription members from accessing reclaimable items in the C-Store.

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Jump Point Now Available!

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Attention development subscribers: the February 2019 issue of Jump Point is now available in your subscription area. You’ll take a visit to Hurston, learn about the making of the Argo SRV and celebrate Stella Fortuna in an all-new Galactapedia. Plus an all-new lore feature covering the history of the Rust Society!

Interested in becoming a development subscriber? You can learn more here.

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We sit down with Vehicle Pipeline Director John Crewe to answer your questions about the newly revealed Argo SRV.

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