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SWC Ship of the Day: Bengal
First the Tiger's Claw, and now this! Wait, this is the Tiger's Claw... it's just eerily familiar in a different way. Anyway, thanks to popular demand, here's the SWC Bengal... 
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The Kilr-ipoff Invasion
Apparently sporting a heavy feline coat is all the rage this season -- the Kzin-rathi look is in-vogue! TC reports that both Wizardry 8 and the Shadows of Luclin addon for EverQuest will be featuring... well, Kilrathi... First up, Wizardry 8 -- with this blurb from PC Gamer..."An opening cinematic sets up the action: you're hired to escort a diplomat (who looks a lot like of the Kilrathi from Wing Commander) onboard his "magic flying vessel" to his home planet. On the way, the ship is attacked, forcing a crash landing on the world of Dominus. Then the game begins..." And then EverQuest...The new moon will also be the host to one of the game's other big features: a brand new race to play, called the Kerran. Jokingly described by the team as a "mystical space cat," the Kerran are a large, strong feline-type race. [Jeff] Butler said they were still working on balancing, but that in terms of abilities, Kerrans will most closely resemble barbarians. If you play as Kerran, you will start in Luclin, though you can freely travel to Norrath, where you'll be accepted by non-evil races. And then, the pictures: Wizardry on the right, Everquest on the left.  
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Huge Tiny Fleet
DRAsvitt has been very, very hard at work on physical models of Wing Commander ships -- he's made 44 of them in Micro-Machines style, using using Sculpey III clay. Check it out... this is incredible! 
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Life Immitates Art
Here's a pair quotes from a story at CNN that just hits a bit close to home...The Space Commission report issued in December warned that the increasing reliance on space satellites is leaving the United States vulnerable to a "Pearl Harbor in space."There are nations out there that are hostile to us and they are in space. They have such weapons as lasers, anti-satellite weapons and electromagnetic pulse weapons and we have to be ready to recognize that threat," Smith warned.
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300 And Counting!
Our music petition has more than three hundred signatures! If you're interesting in buying a Wing Commander 1 & 2 soundtrack CD, add your name today!
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BLHQ Provides Krak
TrashCan, of the Black Lance HQ RPG club, has rendered a movie of their Vesuvius class carrier (the Krakatoa) jumping in... you can download it here, for just under a meg.
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RPG.De
Admiral Jumpstar asks that we mention his online Wing Commander RPG: it's located at www.wc-rollenspiel.de, and has been providing Germans with the Wing Commander roleplaying experience for four years! Check 'em out...
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Bex Beer and Cats
Cats, the famous musical, is turning twenty, with a special photo call featuring the original cast... but what does this have to do with Wing Commander? Apparently Brian Blessed, Privateer 2's beer-guzzling religious figure, was part of said cast! Read all about it in this article at iWon.
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