Who really wants WCU? - That should be the boss. LOAF seems to be power tripping, Spirit seems very insecure about it...honestly I don't see either of them as leader material. I thought about proposing to lead the project myself, but despite its similarities with Pilots and Privateers I've got...

[Edit] - ok, poll's here now ;)

Yeah, but now a lot of people "have already voted" and can't re-cast their ballots :(

Spirit, get your butt on Yahoo Messenger. This is going absolutely insane...as for Drayman turrets I like them...

StarFox, StarFox 2 (unreleased anywhere, but guess who has a beta...;)), and StarFox 64 were all EXCELLENT games. They had interesting characters, a cool flight engine, and were all really innovative. SF2 was definitely the best of the bunch, though it looks like Assault is somewhat based on it...

I do like the open-ended idea of your design a lot more. I'm behind you all the way, my kitty friend. Meow! :)

Sorry LOAF, but I'm not going to back you on this one either. I don't think the things that you've said have been very proper or professional, but rather arrogant and rude. I don't think you're the best person for this lead at all. I'm not saying I am, mind you, mostly because I've got a lot on...

I thought the XBow had a burner?

Hold on...there was a "Link Guns" option in WCP, I can't remember what key but it's there. Can we force that?

With the Broadsword it's a horrible pain, since you have no burners. Basically what I do is just get a lock outside of gun range, get up to speed, and pray I don't get chewed to pieces on the way in. Launch at about 3000k or closer, then veer off and they can chew up my rear shields for a while...

Skanks - Same here, but that mission, aside from Bhurak, is rediculously easy.

Skanks - actually I think you can run Bhurak out of gas. A scim has more fuel than a Salthi by a LARGE margin apparently. :p Khasra is one I totally forgot about - that's the mission I could NEVER finish. :(

Considering this parallels my own tabletop RPG of the WCU somewhat closely, I've offered to compare notes along the way, and help out with the overall design aspect of the project.

Much awesomeness, thanks! :)

Agreed...desk jockeys... One of the longer callsigns I know is the one I currently go by - Harlequin. Why, because I'm always a joker, always gaming and trying to avoid the serious stuff (like work) when I can. Heck, even my WORK involves making games! :p

No, it shouldn't. There's no friction in space. Once you get your ship up to 1000/1200, then you cut your inertial dampners, which is what the Shelton does. That means there is NO FORCE slowing you down. Heck, you SHOULD be able to burn your rockets and keep speeding up past that point, but...

I'm going to second Nicholas Cage, because for one he's a GREAT actor and can pull off a lot of different roles, and for two because he pulls off roles like Iceman (the "quiet badass") REALLY well. As for three-dimensional characters, I'd say that honour for the original game has to go to...

I LOVED Sparks...she was so cute. Her and Blair would've worked well...

I think I mentioned this once already, and I do think it's a good idea. If there are enough gun slots, you'd need to do the following: Double/Triple Mass Driver (assuming the Broadsword is available) Double/Triple Neutron Guns Single/Double/Triple Particle Cannons Single/Double Lasers...

I dunno why we do this. As for Holly Gagnier, yeah, that second pic is cute. I realize now why I like Shadow...she reminds me very much of a close friend of mine, who hopefully one day will open her bloody eyes and be more than a friend. We dated for a bit once, but...argh. Blame her mother...