Never in all my years did I expect getting cool new Wing Commander canon would become an expected event each day. Check out the Secret Ops site for an all new 'Eyes Only' report.
PERSONNEL REPORT
TCS MIDWAY
OFFICE OF SPACE FORCES
HUMAN RESOURCES
MIRANDA DAYA REQUEST FOR PERSONNEL HAS BEEN RELAYED TO THIS OFFICE FROM THE KREIGER STARBASE CIS OPERATIONS LIAISON. CERBERUS IS SLATED TO BEGIN OPERATIONS ON 2681.63. BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, MIDWAY WILL RETURN TO SOL SYSTEM FOR REFIT AND A TOUR OFTHE TAX-PAYING COLONIES. WE HAVE BEEN ASKED TO ACQUIRE THE BEST PILOTS FROM THE FLIGHTCREW ABOARD MIDWAY AND HAVE THEN TRANSFERED TO CERBERUS BEFORE MIDWAY REACHES JUPITER.
1ST LIEUTENANTS LANCE CASEY (C26354), AND JEAN "STILETTO" TALVERT (C14322), ALONG WITH MAJOR KARL "SPYDER" BOWEN (C08992) HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED OF THEIR CHANGE OF ORDERS. BY 2681.61, ALL SHOULD BE EN-ROUTE TO COURAGE SYSTEM TO BOARD CERBERUS IN TIME FOR HER MAIDEN VOYAGE.
1ST LT.'S TERRENCE "ZERO" O'HEARN (C26202) AND MAX "MAESTRO" GARRETT (26367) ARE SLATED TO COMPLETE ESCORT DUTY FOR REPAIR TEAMS ON LAUGHLIN 5 BY 2681.60. THEY WILL THEREAFTER BE NOTIFIED OF NEW ORDERS AND WILL BE SENT TO RENDEZVOUS WITH CERBERUS IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO HER FIRST MANEUVERS.
MIDWAY'S CAG PROVIDED THE HIGHEST RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THESE PILOTS. THIS ASSURES THAT THIS CLOSELY-KNIT TEAM WILL EASILY ACCOMPLISH ALL ESCORT, ADVISORY AND TESTING DUTIES.LOYALLY,
MIRANDA DAY
DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES /
PILOT DIVISIONFOR TRANSCRIPTS OF THE ORIGINAL ORDERS AND ORDER MANIFESTS FOR THIS SERVER, CONTACT THE READING OFFICE OF TCIS MAIN OPERATIONS ON JUPITER STATION.
Words can't really describe the feeling when you get pictures from a new Wing Commander product... so, rather than ramble on, why don't you all experience that feeling yourselves, six times over?
It's... a new SO press release, answering your many questions...
ORIGIN is breaking all the rules with the unprecedented Internet episodic release of the next Wing Commander game. Wing Commander: Secret Ops will be available the week of August 24 and is being distributed free of charge, except for standard Internet service provider fees, via innovative weekly downloadable episodes. This is a one-of-a-kind event in the computer gaming industry. Players can download and tune into the Secret Ops experience just like they would tune in to their favorite weekly television program. With Secret Ops, players can count on a new episode to download and play each Thursday for seven straight weeks. On the days prior to each download, new interactive fiction will be posted on the Secret Ops web site (http://www.secretops.com), setting the stage for each playable episode.
The Wing Commander franchise is the longest running space-combat series in the history of computer gaming. Since its inception in 1990, the series has received numerous game of the year awards and is currently being developed into a feature film.
ORIGIN is making the first Secret Ops episode, including the Startup Kit, available on August 27 on the Secret Ops web site and on other commercial Internet sites. Stay tuned to the Secret Ops site for a list of other web sites where the Startup Kit will be available. Players will have a choice of initial downloads when the first episode becomes available on August 27:
Secret Ops Basic Startup Kit: The required startup kit consisting of the Secret Ops executable file, graphics, music and episode 1 (four missions). Approximate size: 63 MB
Secret Ops Speech Kit: An optional speech pack download (requires Basic Startup Kit) that includes in-flight comms and mission briefing audio. Approximate size: 51 MB
Secret Ops Full Startup Kit: The Basic Startup Kit and Speech Kit combined. Approximate size: 114 MBPrior to playing the game, users will be required to fill out a short registration form. Once the registration form is filled out, the user will be given a key code onscreen and via email, which will unlock the game so it can be played. In addition, users who fill out a series of optional questions will be eligible for prizes.
Episodes 2 through 7 will be approximately 1 MB each and will be available only on the Secret Ops web site. The Internet episodic release of Secret Ops will be available for a limited time only. Secret Ops is a stand-alone game and does not require any previous Wing Commander game in order to play.
Interesting blurb in today's news at OGR, which contains the exact sizes for the Secret Ops files: the total Startup Kit is 114 megs, made up of a 51 meg executable an an optional 63 meg speech pack. Each episode will weigh in at about a meg.
Quick note to readers with IE3, the CIC *should* now function properly, sorry about the delay. Unfortunatly I can't really test it, as that I can find no one who actually uses IE3. Can anybody out there help?
According to Boomer over at the Chat Zone Secret Ops will indeed have comm videos, which will be subtitles only unless the user downloads an optional speechpack.
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