Display MoreAmerica is currently going through a completely normal one that has somehow turned a scammy, botched pool repair into actual live protests in favor of algae. We have no special message here but we do want to report that Wing Commander fans CAN safely root for algae…
... because it flies on your wing in Privateer 2: The Darkening! Privateer 2's roster of weird and unusual wingmates includes one Phungid Mykofyle who we are told has not left his spacecraft in two years (since 2788?!) and as a result it now has "mould, algae and the like coating every surface". So when you see the goofballs saying they support algae… know that you've fought pirates with it!
NAME Phungid Mykofyle
RATING Reputable
SHIP Faldari MK II
HIRE 265
QUOTE
'I smell trouble'
BACKGROUND
Life as an escort pilot is nothing if not strenuous. The constant fear of death, the unremitting slaughter going on all around; it's not surprising that the pilots who survive develop their own idiosyncrasies and foibles. For Mykofyle, the price he's had to pay for continuing survival is the acquisition of chronic agoraphobia. He has refused to leave the cramped confines of his ship for at least two years, and the stench on board is reputedly ferocious, with mould, algae and the like coating every surface. However, all this doesn't seem to have affected his abilities as a mercenary, and he is a reliable, able escort.
Sadly, Phungid (boy his parents sure named him right?) shares his comms messages with two other wingmen (you can listen to them here) so he doesn't have any algae-specific messages. (What is algae? It's the green stuff you find occurring naturally in and around water. Or more technically, it refers to a variety of photosynthetic organisms that live in water, ranging from microalgae like phytoplanktons to things like seaweeds.)
