I THOUGHT THEY WERE SISTERS?

IN THE ORIGINAL WING COMMANDER, IF ONE OF YOUR SQUADMATES DIED, THEN YOU WOULD BE ALONE IF THE MISSION HAD THEM ASSIGNED TO BE YOUR WINGMAN. I LOST (SPIRIT?) AND WAS ALONE ON A MISSION WITH MULTIPLE NAV POINTS WITH MULTIPLE ENEMIES, A CAP SHIP OR TWO TO KILL, AND FINALLY I HAD TO FIGHT MY WAY BACK TO THE CARRIER. THAT…

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SO YOU ARE SAYING THIS WAS AN [PUTS ON SUNGLASSES] EPIC FAIL?

I AM REMINDED THAT SOMEWHERE OUT THERE IS A PERSON WHO DRAWS MAPS OF REAL CITIES/PLACES IN THE TOLKIEN LOTR STYLE.

ADDING SOME TO COFFEE ALSO WORKS.

SOME DAY, I WILL SURVIVE A “THEY ARE BILLIONS” ROUND. HAVE THEY IMPLEMENTED MULTIPLE SAVE POINTS YET? BECAUSE SO FAR I ALWAYS SEEM TO MISS *SOMETHING*, AND LOSING ALL THAT TIME OF DEVELOPMENT AND BUILDING IS JUST...TOO PAINFUL.

YOU WOULD BE CORRECT.

YES. MR YOAKUM WAS CONSIDERABLY MORE THAN A BAD AD.

OH DEAR. MISSED THIS LAST NIGHT. AH WELL, HAPPY HOGSWATCH TO YOU ALL!

WAR NEVER CHANGES, LUKE. YOU OR YOUR HEADLINE WRITERS SHOULD KNOW BETTER.

AT LEAST THREE KNOCKOUTS? I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR THE STUNT SAFETY PEOPLE...

YOU RAISE GOOD POINTS. I HAVE AN ANSWER FOR ONE OF THEM.

I REMEMBER WHEN THE DEATH OF CABLE WAS GOING TO LET US GO A LA CARTE AND EVERYTHING WAS GOING TO BE SIMPLE AND CHEAPER.

YOU MORTALS DO SOME AWFULLY STRANGE THINGS. I SHOULD BE USED TO IT...BUT I NEVER GET USED TO IT.

LET ME CHECK MY NOTES...NO.

AH WILD CARDS. THE SERIES WHERE EACH BOOK WORKED TO BECOME MORE GRIM, DARK, AND DEPRESSING THAN THE PREVIOUS. I FORGET WHERE I STOPPED, BUT IT SEEMS THAT THERE WERE QUITE A LOT OF BOOKS AFTER THAT POINT, AND FROM WHAT I READ OF THE DESCRIPTIONS, THINGS STAYED QUITE DARK.

I THOUGHT OF MAKING A HUMOROUS REFERENCE TO INCREASING MY AUTOGRAPH COLLECTION, BUT INSTEAD I SHALL SIMPLY SAY:

ODDLY, GETTING THE SOUND BLASTER TO WORK WAS NEVER A PROBLEM, NO MATTER WHAT GAME.

IT TOOK GREAT EFFORT TO CLEAN MY HARD DRIVE OUT ENOUGH TO SQUEEZE THE VOICE FILES FROM WING COMMANDER 2 ONTO IT.