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The Church of Eternal Void has denounced the so-called Far God cult, which worships the Thargoids.

A spokesperson identified as Cardinal Hieronymous made this statement:

"As disciples of the Guardians, we hereby declare war on those who have sold their souls to the Thargoid demons. We vow to expunge their poisonous creed and purge them from the galaxy."

Since this statement was made, the Church has seen a dramatic upswing in support from local communities. Juanita Bishop, who has been campaigning against the Far God sect, commented:

"It's about time somebody did something! The public need to get behind the Church and help them get these alien-lovers off our streets."

Security forces in many systems have issued reminders that the Far God sect is legally recognised as a religion, and that any hostility against its members will be considered a criminal act.

Dr Alfred Ulyanov, a leading

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Bear with me here, this is one I did not expect. Here's a picture of former President Trump and his wife with his ambassador to the United Kingdom, New York Jets owner Woody Johnson and his wife Suzanne...

... the press tells me that Mrs. Johnson is close friends with former First Lady Melania Trump. She's done a lot to use her position to support Ukraine this past year which is pretty neat...

... but in 1995 her maiden name was Suzanne Ircha... and she was an actress... who played Confed Redshirt #4 in Wing Commander IV! She's one of the young pilots in awe of Colonel Blair when he arrives on the Lexington! (Along with the always noticeable Casper Van Dien.)

She also had a similarly brief cameo in an episode of Star Trek Deep Space 9.

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Look at this amazing slush art ship that AD found in a Russian Wing Commander article. In Russia, tiger claws you!

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STARFLEET INTELLIGENCE MEMORANDUM CATEGORY: THREAT FORCE STARSHIP ASSESMENT ANALYST: LT. KYLA VANZYL TAGS: TERRAN EMPIRE, 23RD CENTURY, EXPERIMENTAL, TECHNOLOGICAL INTERCEPTION DATA ENCRYPTION CODE 6168-BAKER-ZULU-02 ANALYST NOTE: The following communique was decrypted from the logs recovered on fragments of the I.S.S. Charon. Starfleet Intelligence is working through the attached engineering plans in detail. For your reference, I have attached several examples of the differences between this technology and our own throughout the document. FROM: CDR JASON REYES BUREAU OF IMPERIAL SPECIAL WEAPONS FIELD RESEARCH EMPEROR’S SPECIAL PROJECTS DIVISION DEPLOYED TO I.S.S. CHARON ATTN: HON. CMDRE PETER MCGILLIS SAN FRANCISCO FLEET YARDS BUREAU OF APPROPRIATIONS AND ALLOCATIONS STARSHIP DEVELOPMENT REVIEW BOARD RE: NCC-1029 GENERAL PLANS REVISION 237.A Your honor, I humbly submit for your review the

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Hello everyone,

Thank you to everyone playing the Frontiers 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 3.61, which will be live on all platforms soon.

Patch Notes

• Fixed an issue that could prevent some Xbox users from loading their saves.
• Fixed a crash related to placing base parts.
• Fixed a number of snapping issues with cuboid rooms.
• Fixed an issue that caused the fleet debrief screen to close prematurely.
• Fixed an issue that caused the product research tree accessed in factories to close prematurely.
• Fixed an issue that caused the trading screen to close prematurely when trading with a landed NPC smuggler.
• Fixed an issue that caused the companion customisation screen to close prematurely.
• Fixed a number of snapping

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Hello everyone,

Thank you to everyone playing the Frontiers 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 3.62, which will be live on all platforms soon.

Patch Notes

• Fixed an issue that prevented the Automated Mining Unit and other similar parts from being placeable or available to research.
• Fixed an issue that caused some bases to be powered incorrectly.
• Fixed a crash related to building generation.
• Fixed a crash related to terrain textures.
• Fixed an issue that could prevent games from saving correctly.
• Fixed an issue that caused standing lights to be powered incorrectly.
• Fixed an issue that caused the freighter captain interaction to close prematurely.
• Fixed an issue that caused various interactions that offered weapons to

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Hello everyone,

Thank you to everyone playing the Frontiers 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 3.63, which will be live on all platforms soon.

Patch Notes

• Fixed an issue that caused debug-only base parts to appear in the Catalogue.
• Fixed a number of snapping issues when placing fireplaces or NPC terminals to large rooms.
• While base building, the rotation option now has acceleration to allow faster turning while still retaining detailed control.
• Fixed a number of issues that could cause power lines to fail to appear.
• Fixed an issue that allowed players to place an unlimited number of special parts (such as Exocraft geobays) within close proximity of each other.
• Fixed a rare issue that could cause severe visual

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Hello everyone,

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

We have identified an issue with the PC release of Frontiers Patch 3.64. This hotfix corrects the issue.

Patch 3.64 has not yet been released to consoles. We will bundle all the expected 3.64 fixes with this hotfix and release for all console platforms as soon as possible.

Bug fixes

• Fixed a rare issue that could cause settlements to vanish, if they were constructed very close to sea level. These settlements have been restored.

We will continue to release patches as issues are identified and resolved. If you experience any issues, let us know by submitting a bug report.

Thank you,
Hello Games

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Hello everyone,

Thank you to everyone playing the Frontiers 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 3.66, which will be live on all platforms soon.

Bug fixes

• Fixed an issue that prevented settlement NPCs from syncing correctly in multiplayer.
• When viewing another player’s settlement, their name is now displayed in the UI.
• Fixed an issue that could tell players to collect products from their settlement while the settlement was still in debt.
• Fixed an issue that required players to construct a roof for settlement buildings that do not have roofs.
• Fixed an issue that could prevent a construction terminal from spawning at a settlement building site.
• A teleporter has been added to the settlement Overseer’s office.
• Fixed an

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Hello everyone,

Thank you to everyone playing the Frontiers 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 3.67, which will be live on all platforms soon.

Bug fixes

• Settlement NPCs now have appropriate thoughts while under attack by Sentinels or fleeing a storm.
• The settlement mission now gives more information about when the next decision may occur.
• Fixed an issue that could cause Sentinel attacks on settlements to be immediately cancelled without spawning any Sentinels.
• Fixed an issue that could prevent players from being given additional judgements if they claimed a new settlement whilst their previous settlement had a building currently under construction.

• Fixed an issue that could cause some base and settlement parts to

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Hello everyone,

Thank you to everyone playing the Frontiers 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 3.68, which will be live on all platforms soon.

Bug fixes

• Introduced a number of optimisations for settlements and large bases.
• Fixed an issue that could cause some settlement buildings to placed outside of the flattened area.
• Fixed an issue that could cause two NPCs to occupy the same chair.
• Improved the behaviours of settlement NPCs, so that they group up and converse more often.
• Fixed a rare issue that could cause the settlement mission to become blocked after changing your settlement.
• Fixed an issue that could cause the interaction with the settlement technology merchant to become blocked if they were interacted with

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Lieutenant Inspector Ramesh Thorne, who has been leading an investigation into The Mars Tribune, has been suspended from the Federal Security Service.

A spokesperson for the FSS released the following statement:

"We have suspended Lieutenant Inspector Thorne from active duty, effective immediately. His investigation is officially terminated."

The announcement came less than an hour after Thorne made the following public appeal:

"We have evidence that the admin robots fitted with surveillance programs are connected to exclusive stories obtained by The Mars Tribune. Since my superiors are unwilling to pursue this, I am appealing to anyone with relevant information to come forward. I can guarantee them immunity from prosecution."

Many media including Lena Ravenhill, chief editor of The Federal Times, reacted with outrage to the news:

"It's clear that someone in the FSS is feeling threatened, and

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*Pilots' Federation ALERT*
Full spectrum system (FSS) scanners are being updated with the aim of discovering the nature of the interstellar anomalies.
Cynthia Sideris, chairperson of Universal Cartographics, gave this statement to the press:
"The scientific community remains fascinated by the phenomena that we have classified as 'rogue signal sources'. At present we can calculate their approximate direction and velocity, but otherwise they remain a mystery. We have therefore worked with several corporations to enhance the ability of ships to analyse the signals."
"Engineers from Auger Vision, Jick Nackson Enterprises, Long Embedded Systems, LURP Ship Systems and other specialist companies collaborated to improve the long-range detection capabilities of FSS scanners. Their collaborative efforts produced a firmware upgrade that is designed to isolate these unique electromagnetic emissions."
"By

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AD found an interesting throwback at one of those online flea market-type websites. It's a Wing Commander Movie VCD out of Malaysia that we might not have seen before. VCDs themselves are relics of a certain era, since bootleg DVDs have been around for quite some time. WC VCDs certainly did exist, but they got decidedly less colorful artwork than this example. I particularly like the cheesing Chris Roberts right in the middle there. Anyone with RM4 plus shipping could be the proud owner of this bizarre artifact!

Here's a couple of those '99-'01 vintage discs in case you were curious!

LOAF adds that the Turkish VCD is actually a legitimate authorized product:

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More_Boom_Boom recently unearthed this Christmas card from his sister. It dates back a few years to when he was building a Star Citizen computer, but his sister didn't know all those details. Nevertheless, if he's anything like me, all of his family and friends are well aware of his affection for Wing Commander. I'm very impressed by the attention to detail here. It's a pretty recognizable Hornet cockpit targeting a Dralthi. What a great sister!

She had the right idea. Just a couple decades off.

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LOAF, AD and the team have been doing big and exciting things lately with Privateer 2. To further their research and project prep, we're holding a group watch-along of the "director's cut" footage posted by P2 director Steve Hilliker for the game's 25th anniversary. To join in, visit Discord #Wingnut on Monday evening at 9 PM Eastern Time. This YouTube link is all you need!

LOAF: Set your nav computers for fun: join us on Monday at 9 PM Eastern at the CIC Discord for a group watch of the Privateer 2: The Darkening 25th Anniversary movie cut!

If you want to enhance the experience even further, there is also AD & ODVS' special remastered version of the material that improves the quality and resolution even more. You can download it here (2.7 gig mkv) and watch with something like VLC. Here's a comparison of the two versions:

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Rebel Galaxy Outlaw is chock full of Wing Commander easter eggs from the "now entering automatic landing zone" comm message near planets to the... entire awesome premise of the game, but Fek'Leyr Targ found a fun one I hadn't seen before. In the attached screenshot, you can make out a "G. Burrows wuz here" scratched into the dust of the local space bar. Grayson Burrows was the conceptual name of the main Brownhair character in Privateer (later confirmed but the Star*Soldier magazine). Good catch!

Last week we posted a few ships from RGO that fans had faithfully recolored in classic WC textures, and st3lt3k just shared a few more! The first is an RGO Coyote made by Jughead1981 and there's also a Sandhawk by MasterRevan2013. Those grays and greens look really nice.

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Friday night score! Happened across several pre-release Super Wing Commander screenshots. Note the older VDU graphics and the early cockpit that's more TIE Fighter than Hornet!

A preview build seems to have been provided to magazines in early 1994... wonder if it's floating around somewhere! Here's what the finished cockpits looked like.

And here's some footage of a pre-release build, from a VHS trailer. You can see the same WIP VDU images... plus a cut enemy ship at the 28 second mark!

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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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Here's an oddity from the August 1994 issue of Gamesworld magazine. Wing Commander Armada is previewed alongside System Shock, and while the text has little new info, that logo sure is unusual! It's certainly a very similar typeface to the real Armada logo, but has a 3D quality we don't normally see, and we've seen a lot of Armada logos. Either they got this cool design from a press distribution or had a very keen eye for making up their own. As for the prediction that "Wing Commander Armada is bigger and badder than it's (sic) predecessor and jam-packed with improvements and enhancements," sure.

LOAF: Get ready for a weird logo. BRACE BRACE BRACE