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Dominus of Exult has been working on building out his Wing Commander musical album collection (check out that snazzy tape!), so he recently asked LOAF for a recap on what's out there. We've come a long, long way since we thought eight or ten CDs was all there was. Below is an exhaustive list of what LOAF has discovered and collected... so far!

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These first three are the Origin Audio CDs, Vol 1 & 3. Volume 3 has US and EU pressings. Text at the bottom of the disc identifies them.

“Signature Sounds” is a 1993 EA promo CD that includes tracks from Super Wing Commander and Privateer (and a few other Origin games.) Music from the Wing Commander Universe was a 1998 promo CD from George Oldziey. It includes some Ultima music, too! More recently, George Kickstarted these two additional Wing Commander albums.

Immortal 4 is a two CD set of Amiga-related music that includes The Fatman’s WC theme. Water

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The Lobi Crystal Consortium is pleased to announce that it has acquired some additional starships from a divergent time stream – the same time stream that brought us the Vengeance Intel Dreadnought Cruiser, the D4x-class Pilot Bird-of-Prey, and some similar starships. Their new exciting starships include the Kelvin Heavy Destroyer – the same class believed to have been involved in the split of the original timeline – and the D7 class, which is a force to be reckoned with, no matter the timeline. And now, these starships can be yours! The Kelvin Timeline Heavy Destroyer [T6] and the Kelvin Timeline D7 Heavy Destroyer [T6] will be available within the Kelvin Divergence Lockbox, coming soon to Star Trek Online! Captains who obtain the Kelvin Divergence Lockbox Ship Pack will be able to choose one of these two ships, based on their faction, or alternatively can include the faction-appropriate

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The Lobi Crystal Consortium is pleased to announce that it has acquired some additional starships from a divergent time stream – the same time stream that brought us the Vengeance Intel Dreadnought Cruiser, the D4x-class Pilot Bird-of-Prey, and some similar starships. Their new exciting starships include the Kelvin Heavy Destroyer – the same class believed to have been involved in the split of the original timeline – and the D7 class, which is a force to be reckoned with, no matter the timeline. And now, these starships can be yours! The Kelvin Timeline Heavy Destroyer [T6] and the Kelvin Timeline D7 Heavy Destroyer [T6] will be available within the Kelvin Divergence Lockbox, coming soon to Star Trek Online! Captains who obtain the Kelvin Divergence Lockbox Ship Pack will be able to choose one of these two ships, based on their faction, or alternatively can include the faction-appropriate

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In his never ending quest to further understand how the code of Wing Commander works, UnnamedCharacter recently came across a Russian translation of the original Wing Commander. His information suggested it was not an official release, yet it was quite elaborately recreated to integrate the Russian text. If not a genius mod, could this be from some lesser known obscure port? There's some screenshots below as well as the font he extracted for a look at how complete the changes were. If you have any more knowledge about this translation to add to the conversation, please hit the comment link below and share!

Has anyone seen this? By the way, this is not new, it's possibly quite old. I have seen an online reference to the Russian version of the game dating back to 2004, and the translated data files are timestamped as 1992.

Using the above font file as an example of the work involved in doing

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Here are this week's main stories.
The Alliance Festival of Culture has drawn to a close with a celebration of food and drink in the Diso system. Attendees sampled dishes prepared by celebrated chefs, and enjoyed a wide variety of complementary beverages. Suppliers managed to overcome initial concerns that low harvests in nearby systems would impact the festival. Prime Minister Mahon hailed the event as a huge success.
The Sap Core Legion faction has announced the successful conclusion of its initiative to outfit a new orbital medical facility in the Heike system. The installation, Swords Rest Medical Facility, is now operational around Heike 1.
And those are the main stories this week.

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The Digital Antiquarian has posted a lengthy and exhaustive look at Origin history circa 1992-1994. The focus is on the company's acquisition by Electronic Arts, which is a great subject to dive into. Over the years, there's been something of a mythology built up around the topic with some assuming there was a hostile takeover, that it happened much later than it actually did, and that Origin was immediately stifled and had its creative freedom axed. The reality is more nuanced, and there were both significant positives as well as negatives as the deal unfolded.

At its core, rising development costs/longer development cycles, the cost of production/distribution of floppy disks and next-generation investment needed for the oncoming multimedia wave all contributed to the situation. Origin was at significant risk of being able to stay in business and fund many of the great things they did in the

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Last month we posted the cool blue cover of the Japanese WC1 Manual, and Christian Klein is back with another neat glimpse into Japanese Wing Commander. Here's a couple shots of WC2 with some pretty cool Japanese subtitles. Andi Green translates Shadow's text as "Requesting permission to attack," and the Sartha says, "We will kill all humans!"

If you find these intriguing and would like to see more, here's a video of the Japanese Super Nintendo Wing Commander courtesy of GameCenter SE. I always find it interesting to find slightly different iterations of Wing Commander, of course, and foreign language translations have the dual benefit of helping you imagine people all over the globe having fun with these games.

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The Alliance Festival of Culture has entered its final week with a celebration of food and drink on the planet Birmingham in the Diso system.
Corinne Macintyre, culture correspondent for the Alliance Tribune, reported:
"City streets are lined with stalls offering a wide range of food. Dishes range from humble, home-cooked recipes using local speciality Diso Ma Corn, to delicacies such as baked greebles. Drink connoisseurs have sampled everything from Ethgreze Tea Buds to Leestian Evil Juice, while a multi-storey cocktail bar sponsored by distillers of Lavian Brandy has attracted revellers."
"Despite some companies experiencing difficulty sourcing ingredients, following lower than expected harvests in some systems, this event has been enjoyed by millions of hungry visitors."
To mark the conclusion of the seven-week festival, Prime Minister Edmund Mahon made this announcement:
"I'd like to

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Five new patrols are coming to Star Trek Online, bringing new challenges and story to the universe. J’Ula, sister of T’Kuvma, is on the march once again. She is seeking the spores of prototaxites stellaviatori to fuel her devastating new superweapon. With the aid of Lt. Commander Paul Stamets and Captain Kuumaarke, captains can stand tall in the fight against the dangerous matriarch of House Mo’Kai. We’ll be revealing the new patrols one at a time in the lead up to Awakening – check back with Startrekonline.com for more! Ruins of Doom Investigate reports of House Mo'Kai activity in the Imaga System, believed to be a site where prototaxites stellaviatori grows. You will first be able to access these new Patrols from your mission journal after completing the episode “Beneath the Skin.” If you are on a Patrol mission from the journal, have completed it, or skipped it, you will then

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Five new patrols are coming to Star Trek Online, bringing new challenges and story to the universe. J’Ula, sister of T’Kuvma, is on the march once again. She is seeking the spores of prototaxites stellaviatori to fuel her devastating new superweapon. With the aid of Lt. Commander Paul Stamets and Captain Kuumaarke, captains can stand tall in the fight against the dangerous matriarch of House Mo’Kai. We’ll be revealing the new patrols one at a time in the lead up to Awakening – check back with Startrekonline.com for more! Ruins of Doom Investigate reports of House Mo'Kai activity in the Imaga System, believed to be a site where prototaxites stellaviatori grows. You will first be able to access these new Patrols from your mission journal after completing the episode “Beneath the Skin.” If you are on a Patrol mission from the journal, have completed it, or skipped it, you will then

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The Late Night Session

has conducted a thorough retro review on Wing Commander. They set the stage for how revolutionary the original WC was by drawing the comparison to competitors that arrived years later. The immersive setting, tight controls and story all get credit for making the game a classic. It's nice to see people continuing to find that most aspects hold up quite well nearly 29 years later. In addition to the typical screenshots, TLNS put together a couple of accompanying videos, which is always a nice touch for a review! You can check out the full article

here

.

When playing it’s amazing seeing how much the developers got right in Wing Commander that would clearly inspire the many games that followed. Navigation points, wingman communications, even mission briefings… these admittedly were often a staple for military sims but seeing them executed in a space sim was a rarity. If

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A commodity drive hosted by the Sap Core Legion faction has ended successfully, resulting in the construction of a medical facility in the Heike system.

With independent pilots having provided commodities in large numbers, Swords Rest Medical Facility has now entered operation around Heike 1.

Professor Macklin Fox offered these words of thanks to contributors:

"I am pleased by the response to this initiative and appreciate the efforts of all involved. Access to off-world medical facilities is not just an Allied issue - it is an issue for the galaxy."

Commanders who contributed to the campaign can now collect their rewards from Braun Enterprise in the Heike system.

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Five new patrols are coming to Star Trek Online, bringing new challenges and story to the universe. J’Ula, sister of T’Kuvma, is on the march once again. She is seeking the spores of prototaxites stellaviatori to fuel her devastating new superweapon. With the aid of Lt. Commander Paul Stamets and Captain Kuumaarke, captains can stand tall in the fight against the dangerous matriarch of House Mo’Kai. We’ll be revealing the new patrols one at a time in the lead up to Awakening – check back with Startrekonline.com for more! The Ninth Rule The player deals with mercenaries working for the Ferengi Daimon Madran as he steals mycelial spores from the Kinjer System to sell on the open market to the highest bidder. You will first be able to access these new Patrols from your mission journal after completing the episode “Beneath the Skin.” If you are on a Patrol mission from the journal,

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Hello everyone,

Thank you again to everyone playing Beyond, 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 stability issues. Fixes for these were released on Steam experimental, and this patch, 2.11, is now live on PC, PS4 and Xbox One.

Bug fixes

• Increased the speed at which text in alien interactions prints out after clicking to move the interaction on.
• Cut down the amount of text in Cartographer interactions.
• Allowed players to exchanged multiple pieces of navigation data at a time at the Cartographer.
• Fixed an issue that caused sulpherine to be extracted at a significantly lower rate than other gases.
• Fixed an issue that caused mineral extractors to fail to work when placed on rare mineral hotspots such as gold.
• Fixed an issue that caused all technologies installed

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Andrea Contato

has

released

the cover image for the second part of his Origin history book series,

Through the Moongate

. The first volume included an

extra chapter

with some interesting Wing Commander 2 material from Siobhan Beeman & Ellen Guon Beeman, but the new publication will include even more history

"from Wing Commander and Ultima VII to Portalarium."

A new Kickstarter for Volume Two is scheduled to launch on September 16. We're anxious to see what Andrea has in store! If you're curious about his original work, you can still pick up copies

here

.

Through the Moongate part 2 is coming soon.

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The universe we enjoy today isn’t the only one, not by a long shot. Our nearest neighbor, the ever-belligerent so-called ‘Mirror Universe’, is just one of countless roads spanning a cosmic tree of probability vast beyond imagining. From time to time, a new branch sprouts and the timeline forks again. Rarer still are the times those branches remerge, as they did with the U.S.S. Kelvin. Official contact with this universe, colloquially known as the Kelvin timeline, has been extremely limited. Nevertheless, some artifacts from that temporal neighbor have found their way into our neck of the woods. Alternate histories are an ever-present “what if” in science fiction. Appropriately enough, they tend not to be major cultural pillars, nor are they ever entirely escapable. As we look forward to what changes in society new technology might bring, we are wise to recall how our new normal was just one

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The universe we enjoy today isn’t the only one, not by a long shot. Our nearest neighbor, the ever-belligerent so-called ‘Mirror Universe’, is just one of countless roads spanning a cosmic tree of probability vast beyond imagining. From time to time, a new branch sprouts and the timeline forks again. Rarer still are the times those branches remerge, as they did with the U.S.S. Kelvin. Official contact with this universe, colloquially known as the Kelvin timeline, has been extremely limited. Nevertheless, some artifacts from that temporal neighbor have found their way into our neck of the woods. Alternate histories are an ever-present “what if” in science fiction. Appropriately enough, they tend not to be major cultural pillars, nor are they ever entirely escapable. As we look forward to what changes in society new technology might bring, we are wise to recall how our new normal was just one

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Hello everyone,

Thank you again to everyone playing Beyond, especially those taking the time to report any issues they encounter via Zendesk.

We have become aware of a number of mod incompatibilities causing a crash on startup with release 2.09.4. As a result, we have pushed a hotfix that will disable mods by default.

Mods are not officially supported and we cannot guarantee they will not cause instability or damage saves. However, if your mods have been updated and are compatible with the new release, they can be re-enabled by following the steps listed here:

How should I install Steam mods?

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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Have you ever wanted to design your own Star Trek adventure, in the world of Star Trek Online? We want to give you that chance. We’re partnering with Modiphius to run the Design an Adventure Challenge, and you could win an Alpha Quadrant Sourcebook PDF from Star Trek Adventures, and a T6 Defiant on PC! Here’s how this works. We want you to write a maximum of four page adventure that can be run inside the ruleset of Star Trek Adventures by Modiphius. The only requirement is that it takes place in 2410, in the era of Star Trek Online. We’ll have a staff of talented game designers review your entries, and choose five winners out of the bunch – and the crew of the U.S.S. Pathfinder will play the winning adventure in a future live stream! Submit it before September 17th to be counted. Four pages is a short amount of time to get a full story in, so make sure your storytelling is as efficient as

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Have you ever wanted to design your own Star Trek adventure, in the world of Star Trek Online? We want to give you that chance. We’re partnering with Modiphius to run the Design an Adventure Challenge, and you could win an Alpha Quadrant Sourcebook PDF from Star Trek Adventures, and a T6 Defiant on PC! Here’s how this works. We want you to write a maximum of four page adventure that can be run inside the ruleset of Star Trek Adventures by Modiphius. The only requirement is that it takes place in 2410, in the era of Star Trek Online. We’ll have a staff of talented game designers review your entries, and choose five winners out of the bunch – and the crew of the U.S.S. Pathfinder will play the winning adventure in a future live stream! Submit it before September 17th to be counted. Four pages is a short amount of time to get a full story in, so make sure your storytelling is as efficient as