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This is a reminder that we have another fun #Wingnut event happening on Discord this morning! Join us at noon EST/9 AM PST for a fun filled morning of television... that all connect to Wing Commander somehow! This time around we've got a classic documentary about the Cold War AND the first arc of Exosquad, the 1993 animated series that brought together the creative team that would go on to make Wing Commander Academy. You can find details on the shows included as well as how to watch along with us in the announcement post here. Be sure to download the episodes so they're ready to play with the group!

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There's no denying that Casablanca is an all time classic film! It's timeless, snappy and clever with some of the greatest performances ever put to film. It's also unfortunately more timely than ever today in a world that's once again figuring out how to fight fascists.

The Wing Commander connection was pretty easy this time around: here's Casablanca's legendary final line compared to Minx's in Special Operations 2!

Sully is shocked to find out that movie club is going on in here.

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This is a reminder that we have another fun #Wingnut movie night planned on Discord this evening! The ongoing theme will be movies that are referenced by Wing Commander in some way. Tonight's film is Contact (1997) and you can find details on why we're watching it in the announcement post here. The movie will start at 7 PM PST/10 PM EST but feel free to drop by and hang any time!

And don't forget our fourth Wing Commander Cartoon party is early tomorrow!

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We've finished a long-awaited addition to the WCPedia: a complete collection of screenshots showing all 233 Privateer 2: The Darkening News Bulletins! We've also included game-extracted text, scans from the official guide and new info and nav boxes to make exploring them much easier. Privateer 2 players may remember the bulletins as the system by which the game offers big changes to commodity prices. One is selected each time you land and available in the Booth. Some of them are tabloid articles, some are advertisements and some mark changes to pricing because of current events (a flood might reduce the price of water on a certain planet and so on). Many people don't pay attention to the text in Privateer 2 and I think that's a mistake: the game's designers wrote a fat novel worth of text for the Booth and the various missions and it expands the Tri-System and the Wing Commander universe in so many

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*Pilots' Federation Alert*
The Pilots' Federation has confirmed that members are now authorised to enter the HIP 87621 system, following months of speculation and political wrangling.
This unprecedented decision grants exclusive access to licensed Commanders, with civilian, corporate and government organisations still restricted from entering the system.
October Consortium officials explained apparent inconsistencies between previously available system data and actual astrometric data as "spoofing", citing "security and scientific integrity" as major reasons. They have also confirmed placing a permanent exclusion on fleet carriers entering the system under the same basis.
Scientists believe the plant's unusual biological markers may explain the long-range scan anomalies that first drew attention to the system.
Commanders who have already ventured into HIP 87621 report the discovery of an

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Here's a fun discovery: a game preservation group has posted a prototype copy of Wing Commander Prophecy on the Internet Archive! It includes all three discs complete with high resolution scans. They have a great writeup of what's included in the readme with details which you can find below. Since this looks to be a review copy sent out only a week before the game was finished it's likely not too different from the final release. But when it comes to studying this kind of history... every bit helps! (Please laugh.) We've mirrored a copy here.

=========================== Wing Commander: Prophecy ===========================
-------------------------- (1997-12-02 PC prototype) ---------------------------

Dumped By: Cut Into Fourteen Pieces

Released By: CVLT OF OSIRIS

CVLT OF OSIRIS presents a prototype of Wing Commander: Prophecy for the PC