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The recent talk about the

WC1 Sprite Refresh

has gotten a lot of people excited, so here's a closer look at some of the potential assets. The original Wing Commander games worked by arranging and then displaying dozens of potential snaps of each ship from

each potential viewing

angle in order to simulate 3D.

DefianceIndustries

and

Goliath

put these three rotating gifs together to give fans a better sense of how this works. Click each one to see them in motion!

I was playing guinea pig with Goliath's awesome sprite rendering script for Blender. I think we can call it successful. I'll just leave this here....

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There’s a new craze sweeping the galaxy, and it’s cold weather gear! For reasons beyond the understanding of the higher ups at the Alliance, soldiers have been gathering in small groups and taking pictures of themselves in the frozen wastelands about the galaxy in their best winter getups. And we want you to join in, too! From May 20th to June 3rd, take a screenshot of your character and their bridge officers on the brand new Priors’ World Character Select Screen, and send it to community@crypticstudios.com, with the subject line, “Winter Gear Contest.” Make sure you put together your favorite gear – our artists will be picking the winner based on the coolest costume you can put together. The grand prize winner will receive an STO prize package that contains: A retail copy of the game, signed by STO developers An MSD poster of the Defiant, signed by STO developers The

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It's been quite a while since we regularly

covered new space sims

as they were introduced, but the industry has still been hard at work putting them together. We're going to try to get back into sharing interesting ones that we come across now and then, which leads us to

Between the Stars

. The game generates random universes, allows for lots of ship customization and is centered around a big single player story. A ship is outfitted with a variety of systems and multiple crew members, and characters are at risk of permadeath based on the decisions you make. Perhaps most importantly, combat looks pretty neat! Check it out below or find it on

Steam

.

Between the Stars is a space action video game with traces of RPG, management and roguelike elements. In it, we’ll live our adventure advancing in the universe and upgrading our ship, Captain and crew in order to be able to withstand the

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Up tonight is a fantastic piece of art by

tkdrobert

. This one features a pair of Morningstars zooming away from the Concordia or another Confederation class dreadnought set against a colorful backdrop. Although the final results almost look like a painting, the scene was 3D rendered with

Klavs' models

as a starting point. tkdrobert has done some nice retouching to give it a cool stylized look. Check out more of his work

here

.

Rendered in Daz3D (IRAY) with post-work done in Photoshop.

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Here are this week's main stories.

President Gibson Kincaid has been named as commander-in-chief of the Alliance Defence Force in the Zaonce system. The announcement by Admiral Frederick Yamamoto, known to be a personal friend of Kincaid, was poorly received by the Council of Admirals who demanded that the decree be rescinded.

Zende Partners has called for increased deliveries of Guardian commodities in Synuefe EN-H d11-96. CEO Freya Taine revealed that the next step of their Guardian research initiative is the appointment of a technology broker. The galactic community has been invited to bring commodities from Guardian ruins to The Prospect.

In related news, Segnen Exchange has announced plans to install their own outpost in Synuefe EN-H d11-96. In a statement, the company revealed they seek to take advantage of the increased Guardian commodity trade in the system.

And finally, a

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President Gibson Kincaid has been named commander-in-chief of the Alliance Defence Force fleet in the Zaonce system.

Journalist Vanya Driscoll reported on the development for The Alliance Tribune:

"Admiral Frederick Yamamoto has announced that the Zaonce fleet now takes orders directly from the president, in direct breach of the existing ADF command structure."

"The move is widely perceived to be a deliberate show of strength from President Kincaid, who is currently under investigation for illegal campaign funding. Admiral Yamamoto is known to be a personal friend to Kincaid, from the latter's time as governor of Zaonce."

"The Council of Admirals has demanded that Yamamoto rescinds this decree. Admiral Rachel Ziegler condemned the decision as 'political grandstanding that borders on treason'."

While President Kincaid has accepted the authority, he has yet to issue any orders to the