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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 two very, very different films that both feature Wing Commander references. 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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The Distant Worlds appeal for construction materials has concluded, with the initial infrastructure requested now fully delivered.
Organisers confirmed that target quotas for power generators, bertrandite and thermal cooling units were met ahead of schedule, with surplus supplies allocated for follow-on works.
Hermine Delarue, Executive Operative of Deep Space Surveys, issued the following statement:
"Commanders have once again demonstrated that the exploration community can build as well as discover. The core requisition targets are complete, the site has been fully surveyed, and our teams can now begin calibrating deep-range survey systems."
"These foundations will support exploration efforts well beyond established scouting routes, with Deep Space Surveys continuing its work at the frontier."
Timotheus Haddard, quartermaster for the Distant Worlds support carrier, also commented on the

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The Gathering isn't a great movie... or even a good one. But it's FULL of heart and in spite of its meandering, confused mystery plot you can see the bones that will be used to create a pretty distinct television show down the line. It's also extremely easy to see why Chris Roberts and the Wing Commander III team were so impressed: it has exactly the same kind of 'we can do it ourselves without the money!' attitude that was behind their project. Babylon 5 will never look as flawless and magical as Star Trek, but it does constantly remind you that there are people with heart doing a lot with very little to make it work.

Here's the biggest Wing Commander connection at this point in the show, the famous establishing shot of the Babylon 5 space station and how it compares to 'Babylon 6' in Wing Commander III!

None of the shared actors we mentioned in the announcement post appeared in The Gathering... but I

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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 Heaven's Gate (1980) and you can find details on why we're watching it in the announcement post here. The movie will start at 6 PM PST/9 PM EST but feel free to drop by and hang any time! Please note that the movie is starting one hour earlier than usual to accommodate its run time.

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

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Cartoonist Scott Adams, creator of the famous Dilbert comic strip, passed away earlier this week. Mr. Adams had become quite a crank over the years and precious few people are mourning his passing... but we can take the occasion to mourn our youth! No matter how we might want to deny it today, Dilbert was a massive part of the pop culture of the early 1990s that produced Wing Commander. And the comic inspired the development of the series several times!

Dilbert began in 1989 and reached the height of its popularity in the early 1990s. The strip lampooned white collar office work and was celebrated by tortured engineers and creatives around the world for capturing exactly how they felt about their pointy haired bosses. Fridges, cubicles and offices everywhere sported favorite Dilbert strips... and Origin Systems was not immune. Origin's Official Guide to Wing Commander III describes art director Chris

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A few weeks ago, we mentioned wanting to post about the history of the 'green Salthi'. Well, that just made me realize that there were a LOT of interesting appearances of Wing Commander I's slightest fighter across the Wing Commander canon… and it would be fun to gather them all in one place! So here's a brief history of the Salthi, from its original appearance in 1990 all the way to novels, cutscenes, spinoffs and movies! Did you know the little ship was so versatile?

The Original (1990)

The initial Salthi light fighter was designed by Origin Systems artist Glen Johnson and modeled by Mary Bellis and Steve Spear. It made its first appearance in the original Wing Commander rolling demo shown at CES that summer before serving throughout the original Wing Commander and both expansions. It's perhaps best remembered for being the fighter flown by Kilrathi ace Bhurak Starkiller (Bhurak nar Caxki).

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