Spin, y'all...I knew there was some aspect of it I was forgetting. Keep a slow to moderate roll going as you close in. Crap, I sound like the redneck version of Peppy Hare here. "Do a barrel roll, y'all!!"

The torpedo runs weren't impossible, you just had to dodge around a bit; flak in Armada was killer, so the tried and tested method of coming to a dead stop to lock on was what got you killed. They certainly were easier to pull off in the Gladius/Kor'larh than the Banshee/Goran. What always kinda...

That may be true, but at the time I thought it was a load of horseshit. You know, like when people announce the coming second season of Firefly. Sounds like I wasn't the only person who thought that...

Well, you can run across the Enterprise in the original Starflight...

Yeah, it does... https://cdn.wcnews.com/newestshots/full/wc1hornetblueprint.gif

Aw dang, I knew it!!

The Dioscuri come to mind, though they were kinda tricked into it IIRC.

I'm forced to wonder if any of this is my fault. My Wing Commander RPG that I did a few years back was basically the same system as my Starflight RPG that I did a few years earlier. Tweaked a few things (inverted the core mechanic primarily) and changed the setting (obviously) but there are bits...

Let's not forget a Double Helix pseudopod.... 😈😈😈

It'd be neat to see the spider-cracks in the glass forming. Don't know if that's something you'd want to do or not.

I have a copy of this guide. Didn't realize it was rare but it doesn't surprise me; it's not that great of a guide...

No. At least, you're not alone in that assessment from what I understand. I'm apathetic towards the whole thing myself.

You might consider tarot size - 2.75" x 4.75". I've recently learned that they make card sleeves that large; opens up the whole "stick an overlay on top of a card and shove it into a sleeve" ability when you're working on the prototype. If you object to using tarot for the backing, you probably...

In general they match the way the radar units physically look in the Software Booth at all sector Ship Dealers.

What kind of 3D printers do they have available? Cura's a pretty good program for prepping up 3D prints; I've used it myself for a few things. Has the virtues of being free and largely platform-agnostic (or at least well supported anyway).

Been playing a lot of Stellaris myself lately; recognized the music instantly. Some definite improvements over the first model.

Back in the day before the carpal tunnel set in and I could hold a joystick for more than half an hour, I used to fly under the callsign 'Microchip'. I don't know why; one of those things your thirteen year-old self thinks of one day and it just kinda sticks. Nowaways, I'd probably fly under my...

Not the first time the comparison between the two has been done - Mark Minasi made it in Secrets of the Wing Commander Universe, IIRC. Was probably a deliberate choice. Looking at the two pictures side-by-side, I'm even more sure it was deliberate...

Ouch, man...

For a modicum of positivity on this thread, I'll say that I still have faith that Star Citizen and Squadron 42 will ultimately be everything I was expecting. Since what I was expecting was the need to seriously upgrade my home gaming desktop, and I still haven't been able to upgrade my box...