After a long time I started playing the first two Wing Commanders, though by now I'm only the first Secret Missions. Thank the deity of your choosing for DOSBox. There are a couple of things that puzzle me. First, who do they say that the Jalthi have six forward-mounted lasers, when in reality two of those are neutron blasters? Secondly, there's a nasty bug that comes up rather rarely. Sometimes when a ship is just about to leave the radar range, it explodes for no apparent reason. So far this has happened at least two times: first was when I told Spirit to return to the 'Claw in the very first mission. Second was in SM1 in the mission where I was supposed to cover the two Draymans carrying Reavers. When I approached them and tried to use autopilot, only one of them followed, and the other one spontaneously combusted when it got too far away.
Still, it's been damn fun. Especially the Gwenhyvar mission. Got my ship shot half to hell. By the time I docked I had lost both neutron blasters. Of course that only makes victory so much sweeter. I'm really looking forward to taking care of four Jalthi and three Fralthi in a Hornet at the beginning of SM2.
Still, it's been damn fun. Especially the Gwenhyvar mission. Got my ship shot half to hell. By the time I docked I had lost both neutron blasters. Of course that only makes victory so much sweeter. I'm really looking forward to taking care of four Jalthi and three Fralthi in a Hornet at the beginning of SM2.