Claw Marks provides details on all of the ribbons but unfortunately the pages that describe them are in black and white. The best way to see the order of precedence would be to look at a screenshot from WC1 of a player's awards after they have received all of them: After that, you need to...

You know its funny, I wrote that list and I knew that I was missing one, but for the life of me I couldn't remember which one. Ironic that its the Strakha. Obviously I've never heard ridiculous stories about Kilrathi cloaking devices.

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Thanks so much Klavs! If its not too much trouble, can I get a hi-res picture to set as my desktop background? Edit - NVM, just saw your email!

Hmm....WC2 fighters do look really good...but the Rapier seems a bit off to me. I think its because the fins on the edges of the wing are oriented outwards instead of inwards.

Here you go man! Sorry the image quality isn't higher than this. I have better copies on my computer that I can directly email to you. As for putting my name on a Scimitar, I wouldn't have it any other way. They've always been my favorite ship. If you could somehow incorporate the VT-10...

I have been to the museum, and I have seen this print, but I had no idea it was yours! Forrest Sherman field, where my squadron is based, is right next to the museum. I'll definitely snap a picture of it for you the next chance I get to go over there.

Oh these are awesome. I especially like the takes on the WC1 fighters - the Raptor reminds me of the Gunstar from "The Last Starfighter", which I always thought was an inspiration for it.

It just occurred to me the other day that I am currently living the Strike Commander life. Now granted, I haven't flown mercenary missions in South America or dueled with MiGs over Egypt yet, but I do have one connection. My Student Naval Flight Officer training squadron is the US Navy's...

The funny thing is that according to what I've been told, GoG has every right to release the expansion packs for WC1 and WC2 along with the main games. (In fact, they already have in a sense - their copy of WC2 is from the Deluxe CD version and has all the SO1 and SO2 files on it. Its just...

Very interesting read there. I like the amount of detail the writer dug up about the series and the movie. And I had no idea that Fox so royally screwed the distribution of the film, and that was one of the reasons it did so poorly at the box office.

The Fleet Tactics site is (was) mostly fan made information. I would suggest looking at the wcpedia project or asking some of our fellow wingnuts for information. Most of the stuff on that page is conjecture that anyone here could have come up with.

Chris Roberts is still actively trying to get the game made. His problem is convincing someone to finance him $30 million to create a new Wing Commander.

Great article and pictures! And it came from the future too!

Its interesting that the most ubiquitous Confed fighter of WC3 and WC4 doesn't have a numeral designation. Every other Confederation fighter we've ever seen in-game has a numeric designation.

Agreed. Unlike real militaries, the Wing Commander universe was always good about keeping the fighter numbers in order.

This man has helped to make so many things possible for WC. Kudos and a happy birthday to you sir!

Update - I've gotten an entire mission to compile, but there is an error when referencing another file. Pete is taking a look at it and should get back to it soon. I'm going to integrate my practice missions into the Unknown Enemy simulator and see how they work out.

We can see if a DLL hack can be made - personally I don't care if there is nothing left of my capship - we can always make debris like we see with the Standoff fighters. As you said Quarto, its important to be able to kill capships with guns in WC1, and you will be able to. It will just be...

From looking at the fighter, I think we'll go with two neutron cannons and perhaps three heatseakers (two on the wing mounts and one under the fuselage). That would create a good stepping stone design to the later Epee.