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Coming soon to Star Trek Online’s Tribble Test Server is an all new space map to test your skills in space combat! Starbase 234 – Rebuilt and Reborn! After its devastation by the Heralds in the Iconian War, Starbase 234 has been rebuilt from the ground up to once again serve as a training ground for Alliance starships! This improved Starbase makes extensive use of holographic technology to allow captains to engage in simulated combat in a wide variety of situations. This extensive training ground is intended to ensure that Starship Captains and their crew can safely become experienced against the many foes in the galaxy, to ensure they’re as prepared as can be. For captains wishing to appear on the frontlines of the most dangerous battles, the simulated enemies on this map can become as daunting as you feel worthy of challenging, to ensure that the Captain and their crew are up to do

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Hello Everyone!

It’s hard to believe that No Man’s Sky Beyond launched only a week ago. It has been a super intense and exciting time for us, but seeing the community begin to explore the new features, watching people gathering together in the Space Anomaly, building intricate contraptions, and obviously milking alien creatures has meant a lot to us. Adding big ambitious things, to something already big and ambitious is never easy, but witnessing more than two million people play in the first seven days was so humbling and overwhelming.

As always, we are listening intently, and focusing on the fixes and improvements that are most important to the community. The team have been working hard to safely resolve any critical issues, and we have now reached a point where we can begin to include improvements to functionality, gameplay and performance (as well as continuing to resolve more rare critical issues).

A complete

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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 earlier today, and this patch, 2.09.1, is now live on PC. We’ll be rolling out these fixes to other platforms as soon as possible.

Bug fixes

• Adjusted base part data to improve performance in large bases
• Made player-buildable sofas sittable
• Fixed an issue that caused dismissing notification boxes to also perform in-game actions like firing grenades
• Fixed a number of issues that prevented hydroponic trays from working with base power
• Fixed an issue where pressure switches were not available in Creative Mode
• Fixed Health, Power and Shield stations not receiving power aboard freighters
• Fixed an issue

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The latest episode of ALL WINGS CONSIDERED is live now! All Wings Considered is the CIC's first ever streaming variety show which features news, conversation and gameplay relating to our favorite series. This week's Nav Points include:

• Wing Commander 3 3DO - Orsini System
• How do transports work in Armada, anyway?
• A cosmological tour of the Gemini Sector!
• Wing Commander Book Club - Heart of the Tiger, Chapters 1-4

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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A campaign to deliver food commodities to the Chamas system has been declared a success by its organisers.

The Fortunes Corsairs efforts to acquire various foods for a glamorous reception were well received. The event, attended by various system officials, appears to have achieved its aim.

Silas James of the Chamash Foods conglomerate released the following statement:

"Due to the overwhelming support from Fortunes Corsairs and other independent traders, the delicious feast helped make our fundraiser a tremendous success. Construction of the new asteroid base will begin immediately."

Contributors to the initiative can now collect their rewards from Denton Dock in the Chamas system.

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The Starship Enterprises faction has issued a public request for mined resources.

SE Mining, a subdivision of Starship Enterprises, requires materials to construct a specialised installation in the LP 339-7 system. The proposed starport will serve as a departmental headquarters while also providing services to travellers in the region.

Dr Lewis Chapman, CEO of Starship Enterprises, announced:

"There has long been a rift between our system's prosperous inner worlds and the less wealthy outer gas giants. SE Mining will bridge this divide with a new asteroid base among the rings of the fourth planet, which will generate trade to benefit the entire system."

"SE Mining has been the backbone of my company since its inception. It has seen us through hard times and continues to be one of the corporation's most important assets. I believe a new base of operations is a fine way to reward the division's

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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 earlier today, and this patch, 2.09, is now live on PC. We’ll be rolling out these fixes to other platforms as soon as possible.

Bug fixes

• Enabled mouse and keyboard rebinding on PC. Gamepad and other device rebinding can be performed via Steam.
• Fixed an issue that caused starships to spin endlessly while attempting to dock in the Space Anomaly.
• Fixed an issue that could cause dismantling the Signal Booster to remove other building parts.
• Fixed a crash when displaying markers for other players.
• Fixed an issue that could cause hands to become invisible.
• Fixed an issue that could prevent players in

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Systems: Resolved an issue where the Section 31 Phaser Pistols primary fire was being impacted by the cooldown on secondary exploit powers. Resolved an issue that caused the "Cold-Hearted" starship trait not to work correctly with Beam Overload Resolved an issue that caused the Lukari Reputation Polaron Dual Beam Bank to deal incorrect damage during Beam Overload. Resolved an issue that caused the Romulan Reputation Disruptor Beam Array to deal Plasma Damage during Beam Overload. Resolved an issue that could cause shots during Beam Overload to be faster than intended. Resolved an issue that caused the description of the Special Requisition Choice Pack - Tier 6 Promotional Ship Choice Pack to be partially cut off.

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As part of his never ending quest to better understand how Wing Commander works,

Unnamed Character

has shared some interesting insight into how the original games calculated damage. There's some good raw numbers here in terms of how much damage fighters and capships can take as well as how much damage different weapons do. Even more fascinating is how random factors are computed for individual component damage. Most of you may never code or mod a WC fan project, but understanding how these things work certainly enhances my enjoyment as I play!

From what I have been able to determine, the damage system differentiates between capital ships and fighter ships. Capital ships employ a simple system, once the shields and armor are gone, the ship starts taking generic ship damage. Once this damage reaches an upper limit, the ship is destroyed; the upper limit varies by ship type (see list below).

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Still striving to get the greatest performance out of your equipment? This weekend will be the perfect time to apply Tech Upgrades to your gear, as we’re doubling the amount of Technology Points earned from each one applied! From Thursday, August 22nd at 8AM PST to August 26th at 10AM PST, every Tech Upgrade used will apply twice as many Technology Points toward your next Upgrade! This in turn reduces the amount of Dilithium that must be spent to reach each Upgrade threshold, allowing Captains additional chances to attain both Mark and Rarity increases on their favored load outs. .share-footer a { margin: 20px 10px 10px 0; background: url(d7afaaa14e96d0d973f76157ae31ec5b1466398539.png) no-repeat 0 0; opacity: .5; display: inline-block; height: 60px; width: 60px; padding: 0; border: 1px solid transparent; -webkit-transition: opacity .3s; transition:

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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 PC over the last few days. And this patch, 2.08 which is a consolidation of those fixes, is now live on consoles.

Bug fixes

• Fixed a number of threading-related multiplayer matchmaking issues.
• Fixed an audio crash when quitting from the initial screen.
• Fixed a crash when quitting the game during audio initialisation.
• Fixed a rare issue where joining a full lobby causes an incorrect player ID.
• Fixed an issue where players joining a group can be taken to the wrong system.
• Fixed an issue that caused some network games not to appear in the Join game screen.
• Fixed an issue that caused the Exocraft Technician to have an

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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 earlier today, and this patch, 2.08a, is now live on PC. We’ll be rolling out these fixes to other platforms as soon as possible.

Bug fixes

• Fixed a crash caused by invalid customisation data.
• Fixed a rare crash that could occur on shutting down the game.
• Fixed an issue where buying technology upgrades with nanites could also remove quicksilver or units.
• Fixed a rare crash when summoning the Space Anomaly.
• Fixed a rare crash in matchmaking.
• Fixed a rare crash when viewing parts in a networked base.
• Fixed a crash affecting AMD GPUs when creating the pipe state on a framebuffer that has not been

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GOG.com is running a

Games Come True

sale to commemorate the 2 millionth wish being fulfilled as highly desirable classic games are added to the catalogue. The platform relies on community feedback to determine which old games are worth pursuing the rights for and then revamping to work on modern computers. Of the 250 or so games discounted this time around, Wing Commander features prominently in this promotion because of how many people wanted to see the series released digitally before it appeared on the service. It made quite a lot of people happy and topped the sales charts for some time during the year it came out. This is a pretty cool validation of the community's demand for Wing Commander!

To celebrate completing over 2 million wishes from its Community Wishlist and to show appreciation for gamers’ engagement with the program, GOG.COM is holding a special Games Come True Sale, featuring

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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 yesterday, and this patch, 2.06g, is now live on PC. We’ll be rolling out these fixes to other platforms as soon as possible.

Bug fixes

• Fix for a matchmaking threading crash.
• Prevention of players orphaned in a lobby.
• Dynamically limit base building limits to allow some very large bases to load in more situations.
• Adjust GFX memory budgets to improve stability.

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 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 PC over the last few days. And this patch, 2.07 which is a consolidation of those fixes, is now live on consoles.

Bug fixes

• Reduce texture quality if it is causing an out of memory error.
• Revert to the non-device-local heap in low memory situations.
• Removed misleading version number from main menu.
• Fix to prevent issues with base ownership.
• Fix for freighter crash related to corrupt ship slot.
• Fixed a networking issue that could cause bad data to be synced between ambient players.
• Fix for a matchmaking threading crash.
• Prevention of players orphaned in a lobby.
• Dynamically limit base building limits to allow some

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We had some great live trivia on Saturday night, and some knowledgable Wingnuts won some cool prizes. To claim your items,

send an email

to news@wcnews.com with your Discord name, real name and address.

• WC Novel Ebook - Whistler
• GOG WC Games Collection - DefianceIndustries
• Academy on DVD - Music_Guru
• WC CCG Starter Deck Box - LeHah
• iTunes Wing Commander Soundtrack - DefianceIndustries
• WC4 OEM DVD - Pedro
• AWC Tote Bag - TheyCallMeGrim, PopsiclePete
• WC1 copy from LOAF - Music_Guru

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We had an absolutely fantastic weekend - one of our best birthdays yet! Thank you all for joining in and sharing it with us. If you couldn't make it to the party, we've posted the entire six hour stream below. The first three hours are a special bonus episode of All Wings Considered, and the back half is our official birthday celebration. Jump to 4:02:45 for the cake and countdown! We also took some time together on Sunday morning to play a bit of Wing Commander Armada together. There were some technical difficulties getting the game working initially, so Dundradal and I ended up doing a hot seat quick combat strategic game. It ended up being surprisingly close!

Birthday Stream:

Morning After Armada:

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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 earlier today, and this patch, 2.06f, is now live on PC. We’ll be rolling out these fixes to other platforms as soon as possible.

Bug fixes

• Vulkan-1.dll with workaround for some AMD driver issues.

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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Stardate 88182.49 – New Romulus The whirlwind of military activity in the previous year caused severe strains on virtually all the major powers of the Alpha and Beta Quadrants, but perhaps no single major power was as put upon as the Romulan Republic Navy (R.R.N.). “At the start of 2410, we were just a militia,” said Admiral Kerekek of the R.R.N. “Now we’re a fully fledged military organization dedicated to defending Republic space.” The fledgling Romulan Republic still trails behind its counterparts in the Federation or Klingon Empire in raw resources, especially in the wake of the Iconian War which devastated New Romulus itself. “The fact the Iconians had an apparent strong drive to destroy the Romulan people first resulted in much chaos to our supply lines and infrastructure. We essentially took a huge step backwards,” Kerekek said. New Romulus in particular took a

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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 earlier today, and this patch, 2.06e, is now live on PC. We’ll be rolling out these fixes to other platforms as soon as possible.

Bug fixes

• Fixed a networking issue that could cause bad data to be synced between ambient players.
• Fixed a compatibility issue with a specific revision of nVidia drivers.

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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