Time, Again

We've recovered another element of Origin's groundbreaking Wing Commander IV pre-release website: "The Story So Far..." is a timeline of previous Wing Commander games intended to quickly bring new players up to speed on the franchise. Half promotional, half in-universe, this interesting document actually adds a bit of continuity--like references to the 'Galactic War' or mention of the fact that Wing Commander III takes place "ten parsecs from home". You can access the recovered page here. We also have slightly larger versions of some of the screenshots included:

Wing Commander IV Storyboards - Scene 78

Scene 78: what if Blair didn't spy on Seether at all and instead went to get that drink with Maniac? Well, now you know... Maniac would be sad. (Actually, sad Maniac is one of the most depressing things in the Wing Commander universe--this is a great scene to go back and watch again.)

These storyboard images were recovered from a backup CD containing materials belonging to Origin's web development team. They were dated November 17, 1995 and were likely planned for a never-completed web feature.