New Privateer 2 Guide Launched!

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We've got a brand new guide! For the past couple of weeks we've been working on a massive overhaul of the WCPedia's mission guide for Privateer 2: The Darkening. Most Wing Commander games have between 40 and 60 scripted missions... but Privateer 2 has a whopping 167 divided between the main plot, the cinematic missions and then BBS and rotating SOS missions. And for the first time ever we played every single one of them. No one player is likely ever to play them all in one go... which is a shame because they often tell fascinating little stories through their e-mails and diary entries. Which you can now study! Each page now includes:

• Updated mission layouts that include things that weren't in the guide, like space stations, cargo pods and satellites.
• Screenshots of every single uniquely named ships.
• Transcripts and screenshots of every single piece of correspondence.
• Writeups of how the game assigns the non-plot missions.
• Links to every full motion video cutscene for the plot and cinematic missions.
• A transcript of the relevant Origin's Official Guide to Privateer 2, plus a scan of the page.
• The old WCNews game guide (with your comments!) preserved for history.

This effort included taking over 1,200 new screenshots and a lot of time spent in the Tri-System trying (and often succeeding in) breaking the game. It all started because of a related effort, a complete Tri-System atlas that we've been building. I realized that the official guide doesn't list mission-specific spacelabs and I became curious about how many of them there are. And now we have a much more accurate list of everything! Here's the complete list of mission-specific installations, including satellites, lasertowers, mining bases and both types of spacelabs for anyone who is fascinated by that kind of lore!

Satellite
Nav Point 23 - Supporting CAE REX
Nav Point 176 (4) - Sat-Nav Installations, Inc. Installation
RANDOM - "CELL-U-LITE"

Lasertowers
Nav Point 96 (12) - Protecting Jincilla weapons cache
Nav Point 120 (4) - Protecting SCORPIO'S MESSAGE
Nav Point 176 (4) - Protecting Sat-Nav Installation
Nav Point 180 (10) - Protecting Restricted Area
Nav Point 192 (8) - Protecting KIOWAN HOSTAGE
Nav Point 193 (8) - Protecting JINCILLA HOSTAGE
RANDOM (2) - Protecting Schimell Medi-Corp lab
RANDOM (13) - Protecting CAPTURED VESSEL
RANDOM (4) - Protecting CIS HQ Munitions Depot
RANDOM (3) - Protecting CELL-U-LITE

Space Lab 1
Nav Point 23 - "Cae Rex"
Nav Point 26 - "MAX-FOO Leisure Complex" (part)
Nav Point 70 - "Orion Space Lab"
Nav Point 131 - "Rear-Guard Ltd."
Nav Point 200 - "Comm-Link Communication Ltd. Research Labs"
RANDOM - Schimell Medi-Corp Research Lab
RANDOM - Messineo Couriers Cargo Station

Space Lab 2
Nav Point 26 - "MAX-FOO Leisure Complex" (part)
Nav Point 170 - "Stain-Away HQ"

Mining Base
Nav Point 144 - Xavier Shondi's Mining Base (mentioned only)
Nav Point 225 - Messineo Couriers, Ltd. Ex-Mining Base
RANDOM - "Mugwai Mine"

What's Next?

This is only the beginning! There's no community mission editor for Privateer 2 yet but we look forward to a time when one becomes available and we can learn (and archive) even more details of how these missions work. Before that, we're going to work to add more notes about strategies, bugs and other history to these pages. Starting with the incredible behind the screens work in this thread. And of course there are typos to fix and layouts to improve.

How Can I Help?

We would LOVE for you to join the WCPedia effort! The older I get and the scarier the world becomes, the more I want something I can escape to that will also leave a lasting creation. And for better or for worse, a comprehensive catalog of Wing Commander information is something that fits that bill. It's tremendously fun to work on this kind of project with friends and I'd like to invite any of you to become those friends if you so desire. We'd love folks creating content, organizing media and even correcting my endless typos. It's not going to save the world but it's going to make it better in a very small way that we can at least control. If you're interested, please check in on the WCNews Discord and we'll coordinate our efforts.

More importantly, here's the complete list of mission pages!:

Main Plot Missions

• Mission A: Dr. Loomis
• Mission B: The Canera Files
• Mission C: Hal Taffin
• Mission D: Angus Santana
• Mission E: Finding the Pod
• Mission F: Shernikov
• Mission G: Jan Mitorr
• Mission H: Kappa Labs
• Mission I: Rescue Hassan
• Mission J: Who is Hassan?
• Mission K: Blessed Aquawine
• Mission L: Meet Hugo
• Mission M: Cover Hugo's Butt
• Mission N: Galactic Gourmet
• Mission O: Code Breaker
• Mission P: Rhinehart Run
• Mission Q: Hassan the Hero
• Mission R: Rhinehart Redux
• Mission S: Rescue Nabakov
• Mission T: Kronos

Cinematic Missions

• Angus Santana
• Auntie Maria Gabriel
• Bernice Barlow
• Bill Maddox
• Dr. Graham Gould
• Lord Mike Vonx
• Louissa Phillips
• Melissa Banks 1
• Melissa Banks 2
• Nelson Ramirez
• Ralph McCloud
• Tamessa Ames
• Uncle Kashumai/Alberto Fossa
• Xavier Shondi 1
• Xavier Shondi 2

Bulletin Board Missions

• ANONYMOUS@CRIUS
• Arl Shoeyer - Kill Lacedaisy
• Arl Shoeyer - Kill Shoeyer
• Baron Conrad Velder
• Bennet's Heavy Freight Lines
• Bennet's Freight Lines
• Bexian Brewers Association
• Brook & Pelig Mining, Inc.
• Buddy Carlson
• Butt Out Freight
• Cargo Couriers, Ltd.
• Chirichan Guard Captain - Clear Out CIS
• Chirichan Guard Captain - Secret CIS Truce
• CIS Cravien Shard
• CIS Destroyer Under Kindred Control
• CIS Good Time Gang - Dispose of Gang
• CIS Good Time Gang - Dispose of Military
• CIS HQ Captured Destroyer
• CIS HQ Civilian Contraband Convoy
• CIS HQ Crippled Ships
• CIS HQ Destroy Transport
• CIS HQ Drunken Pirates
• CIS Headquarters Hostage
• CIS HQ Heavy Fighter Mutiny
• CIS HQ Kiowan Search & Destroy
• CIS HQ Munitions Depot
• CIS HQ Nerve Toxin & Firearm
• CIS HQ Papogod Drug
• CIS HQ Recon
• CIS HQ Space Lab SOS
• CIS HQ Stolen Data
• CIS Hostage Pod
• CIS ID Large Cargo Convoy
• CIS Infected Humanist Rebel - Part A
• CIS Infected Humanist Rebel - Part B
• CIS Jincilla Attacking Military Carrier
• CIS Kaitlin Derelict
• CIS Papogod Pirates Capture Capital Ship
• CIS Pirate Repair Op
• CIS Prison Transporter
• CIS Ronula Smitts
• CIS Sabotaged Satellite
• CIS Smugglers
• CIS Stryker
• CIS Terrel Wounded Convoy
• Colonel Slade "Tex" Carver
• Com-Link Communications
• Conrad Bikunski - Part A
• Conrad Bikunski - Part B
• Davis & Co. Armaments and Supplies, Escort
• Davis & Co. Armaments and Supplies, "Gifts and Antiques"
• Davis & Co. Armaments and Supplies, Nerve Weapon - Part A
• Davis & Co. Armaments and Supplies, Nerve Weapon - Part B
• Davis & Co. Armaments and Supplies, Nerve Weapon - Part C
• Finbhar Cratchett - Part A
• Finbhar Cratchett - Part B
• Gaffney Medi-Corp
• Go-Cargo Co.
• Gret Kay Entertainment
• Hades Archaeological
• Harding Construction
• Head of Operations, ES: Ferix
• Helena Shlegel
• Hephaestan Medical Research Center
• Hermes Lumber Co. - Part A
• Hermes Lumber Co. - Part B
• Jelwar Kubani - Part A
• Jelwar Kubani - Part B
• Jelwar Kubani - Part C
• Kain Borman - Kill Yolsen
• Kain Borman - Kill Borman
• Kindred Prisoner Transport
• Kiowan High Council (BBS mission)
• Krazy Kartlin Weapons Emporium
• MAX-FOO Leisure Complex
• Meek Mining
• Meredith Textiles - Cerillian
• Meredith Textiles - Neo-Arnen Fabric
• Meredith Textiles - Patrol
• Messineo Couriers - Cargo - Part A
• Messineo Couriers - Cargo - Part B
• Messineo Couriers - Ex-Mining Base
• Messineo Couriers - Jewels
• Messineo Couriers - Kindred Sweep
• Messineo Couriers - Papogod Cargo
• Messineo Couriers - Secret Cargo
• Military Emergency Control HQ - Cargo Distress Signal
• Military Emergency Control HQ - Civilian Ship
• Military Emergency Control HQ - Papogod Pirate
• Military Emergency Control HQ - Pirate Clans
• Military Emergency Control HQ - Unknown Distress Call
• Military Prison Pits, Hades
• Military Transport Defense
• New Crius Examiner - Military Dreadnought
• Noram Blagger
• Phat-Tunes, Inc.
• Ragnar Dannes
• Rand Corp.
• Rutger O'Malley
• Sat-Nav Installations, Inc.
• Schimell Medi-Corp
• Selim Mining Ind. - Part A
• Selim Mining Ind. - Part B
• SPORT.SAKKUHR.ROMPERS-ADMIN@CRIUS.NET
• Stain-Away Co.
• Tight Violinist Ltd.
• Tree Fellas
• Tri-System League of Hunters
• Tri-System Travel - Part A
• Tri-System Travel - Part B
• Tyson Archaeological
• Unable to ID: Signal Encrypted
• University of Hermes, College of Biological Research
• Wilford Biologics - Defend Biologics
• Wilford Biologics - Defend Mutants

SOS Missions

• Aggressor/Lilliana
• Carnel's Bride
• CIS Cargo Pod with Vital Information
• CIS Cargo Rescue
• CIS Carrier Forgen
• CIS Code 3 Top Priority
• CIS Shuttle 013AZL
• CIS Trial Witness
• Dana Kay Cosmetics
• Emergency Comm from Meredith Design Ltd.
• Good Ol' Boys Haulage
• Julia Derek
• Kiowan High Council (SOS mission)
• Nation Cargo Courier 1
• Orream Freighter
• Pilot Brad (Nation Cargo Courier 2)
• Von Sprechen Industries

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