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The world premiere of the Wing Commander movie took place March 11, 1999 in Los Angeles and it's an event we've never seen much material from... until now! It turns out stock photo company Shutterstock is offering sixteen red carpet photographs taken by Alex Berliner that day showing the various celebrities that showed up to celebrate Wing Commander. Roughly grouped, they are: Beverly Mitchell, Clifton Collins Jr., Amanda Tosch, David Warner, Dule Hill, Ryan Aliso, Rachel Leigh Cook, Freddie Prinze Jr. and Kimberly McCullough (Freddie Prinze Jr.'s girlfriend at the time/potential ancestor of Sparks). These are the unmarked low resolution versions:

We've also preserved higher (but not full) resolution watermarked versions below if you want to get a closer look at any of this. If anyone has access to a Shutterstock account that includes the full resolution versions (or a ridiculous amount of extra money)

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The good news is that the next (technically two) series of the Wing Commander Prophecy guide are already done! The bad news is that these four missions, H'hrass DL and H'hrass D, don't seem to have any secret spawns. That's because these missions have more specialized purposes: DL1 and DL2 are an 'easy' losing series intended to help boost players who have had trouble early on and who need a little more hand holding to grok space combat. D1 and D2 are pure plot; together they form the 'away' mission where Blair is lost at the abandoned relay station. For comparison's sake, H'hrass has only 74 total spawns compared to 236 in the preceding G'wriss series!

You can find the individual pages for the first series missions below.

• DL1: H'hrass - Mine the Jump Point
• DL2: H'hrass - Cruiser Group Assault
• D1: H'hrass - Relay Station Insertion
• D2: H'hrass - Relay Station Defense

Previous updates in this series:

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Core Dynamics has announced the limited release of the Kestrel, a new small combat ship engineered exclusively for high-intensity engagements.
Designed as a pure combat fighter, the Kestrel prioritises speed, agility and striking power over versatility. Its compact frame, Size 5 thrusters and high-speed manoeuvrability make it particularly effective in close-quarters combat, interception duties and rapid strike operations. Engineers have also confirmed the ship will be fitted with supercharged Frame Shift Drives, a first for such a small craft.
A Core Dynamics senior test pilot stated:
"The Kestrel was built with a singular purpose: to win fights. Its handling characteristics and acceleration allow experienced pilots to outmanoeuvre much larger vessels, while the three Mk II large combat hardpoints, which can be fitted with the new Mk II Plasma Shock Accelerator, ensures it delivers decisive

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This week's movie seems like an interesting one: Go for Broke! (1951). It's the story of the 442nd Infantry Regiment, the heroic all-Nisei army unit that served with great distinction in Italy during World War II (and in so doing brought even greater shame to America's horrible policy of Japanese American internment). That's a story that we're interested to hear… but we're also cautious that it's from 1951 when there was a very different understanding of World War II! It should be interesting to learn more. You can join us this Friday via Discord to watch along.

What's the Wing Commander connection? It's a weird one! The title of the movie, Go for Broke!, is an expression meaning 'give it all'. It's the motto of the 442nd regiment and... and it's the name of a ship that doesn't appear in Wing Commander II! The missions for the 3space Wing Commander games store all of the ships that can appear in a

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The last time we saw CountvonSchnaps they were making some handsome cat fighters... and now they're taking things in a direction you couldn't have predicted! The good Count has now posted their take on another one of the Wing Commander universe's signature ships... Privater 2: The Darkening's famous Heretic! Amazing to see a Privateer 2 design re-interpreted like this.

Privateer 2: Heretic Medium Fighter (DeviantArt)

A (re)design of a well known medium fighter in Privateer 2 The Darkening... the Heretic Medium fighter. In use in the civilian market the fighter is in use by mercenaries, smugglers and pirates alike.

This commission was made for Heretic1311 and asked for a bronze blue color scheme and little to no markings... since the craft in question is in use by a privateer.

Fun design of a great game I enjoyed playing... already quite some time ago.

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It can be hard to find archival scans of the American PC Gamer magazine online; the magazine's lawyers did a good job of taking down preserved material for a time and now it lags behind other collections. And there's one PC Gamer issue that Wing Commander fans likely remember better than most others: the October 1996 "Origin's Cutting Edge" issue. This was the first place we saw art from Wing Commander Academy, the finished form of Privateer 2, mention of the Wing Commander movie, details on Ultima IX and Ultima Online and mentions of lots of cancelled projects like a Privateer 2 crossover and an Academy game. We posted some of the Wing Commander-related pages fourteen years ago but I find myself trying to find the rest of it all the time... so we're dropping it in the archive today. The articles include a cover, an extensive interview with Richard Garriott, previews of several games and a