alt.games.wing-commander/CIC Question Archive

Question 103: What form would you like the next official Wing Commander project to take?

Question 104: What is your fondest Wing Commander memory?

Bonus 52: What would be a good question to ask in Game Four Trivia?

Please email answers to ChrisReid@wcnews.com by October 28, 2001.

Answers to Questions for Week 51 (starting October 15, 2001):

Question 101: Who was one of the first Firekkans to pioneer space travel?
Answer included the famous K'Kai and her inspiration, the Firekkan Captain Larrhi.

Question 102: What situation surrounded the Kilrathi taking on major space flight?
Answers included mention of the Utara and Shata races. Both gave important space flight and jump technology to the Kilrathi, and then were subsequently enslaved and destroyed for their kindness.

Bonus 51: What's the difference between an Akwende Jump Drive and Morvan Hopper Drive?
Answer: In basic terms, Akwende Drives are the more common ship engines that transport craft from a fixed jump node in one system to a corresponding node in another system. Morvan Hopper Drives are another traditional interstellar technology that works in a similar fashion, but creates artificial short range jumps. Thus Hopper Drives do not require natural jump nodes for operation.

Answers to Questions for Week 50 (starting October 8, 2001):

Question 99: Name the person that said: "If anything is going to happen to a pilot in the Morningstar, I want it to happen to me first."
Answer: Todd "Maniac" Marshall

Question 100: Name the person that said: "And finally, Ralgha, if you won't accept my recommendation that you select another wingman then I urge you to watch your back. Blair certainly won't."
Answer: Geoffrey Tolwyn

Bonus 50: Name the person that said: "Now, I fight with men and women who would rather turn a cold shoulder then fly on my wing. And without trust, what purpose does a wingman serve?"
Answer: Ralgha "Hobbes" nar Hhallas

Answers to Questions for Week 49 (starting October 1, 2001):

Question 97: What events surrounded the end of the Pilgrim War in the mid 2630's?
Answers included mention of the Confederation's Grand Fleet that crushed the Pilgrim military and the subsequent siege and massacre at Peron.

Question 98: What events surrounded the end of the Firekkans' Confederation membership in the late 2660's?
Answers: The Firekkans fiercely rejected the peace armistice extended by the Kilrathi in 2668. They left the Confederation shortly thereafter in protest of the Confederation's acceptance.

Bonus 49: What events surrounded the end of the Kindred as it was known through the late 2790's?
Answer: Sir Lev Arris killed the Kindred leader, his brother Sar Riccaurd, after Kindred and CIS forces clashed in the attempted assassination of CIS executive Shiela Nabakov.

Answers to Questions for Week 48 (starting September 17, 2001):

Question 95: What senior veteran pilot rallied the survivors of the TCS Tiger's Claw after her destruction and escorted them to safety?
Answer: Major Michael "Iceman" Casey

Question 96: Which member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff survived a Kilrathi suicide bombing which ended the false armistice of 2668?
Answer: General "Big" Duke Grecko

Bonus 48: Who was the first seasoned Excalibur pilot to survive a recon mission into the Kilrah System after the initial Nephilim Invasion in 2681?
Answer: Major Leeward Washington

Answers to Questions for Week 47 (starting September 17, 2001):

Question 93: What were two specific acts that made the Confederation declare war on the Kilrathi Empire?
Most Popular Answers Included: The destruction of the explorer TCS Iason as part of the official first contact and the destruction of the orphan transport Anna Magdalena after five years of raids and piracy.

Question 94: What were two specific apparent acts that made the Confederation consider declaring war on the Union of Border Worlds?
Most Popular Answers Included: The destruction of the medical transport Amadeus by unmarked fighters and the destruction of the Orlando Deport by Seether claiming to be part of the UBW.

Bonus 47: What was one reason the Confederation went to war with the Pilgrim Alliance?
Most Popular Answer: After launching an assault on Titan, the Pilgrim Alliance launched a large strike on the Confed base at Celeste. Confed declared war shortly thereafter.

Answers to Questions for Week 46 (starting September 10, 2001):

Question 91: Who were two people that were on the ground during the initial McAuliffe Ambush?
Answers Included: Admiral Nagomo, Sergeant Major Manuel Ulandi and Corporal Danner

Question 92: Who were two people that fought on the ground at Repleetah?
Answers Included: Lieutenant Miles D'Arby, Hector "Grunt" Paz and John "Gash" Dekker

Bonus 46: Who were two people that fought face-to-face with the Nephilim (not in space craft)?
Answers Included: John "Gash" Dekker and Christopher "Maverick" Blair

Answers to Questions for Week 45 (starting September 3, 2001):

Question 89: What was an obstacle Gwen Bowman struggled to overcome?
Answer: After being forced to shoot down fellow wingman Blizzard, Archer had trouble taking the lives of enemy pilots.

Question 90: What was a goal Mitchell Lopez tried to achieve?
Answer: Vaquero hoped to open up a cantina for old vets after the war was over.

Bonus 45: What was a fear that held back Thaddeus O'Brian?
Answer: O'Brian was the coward commanding officer of the Tarawa who nearly sacrificed the end run to Kilrah to save himself.

Answers to Questions for Week 44 (starting August 27, 2001):

Question 87: What circumstances directly caused Christopher Blair to serve aboard the TCS Concordia?
Answer: After coming to the aid of the Concordia with his wingman, Shadow, Blair quickly landed. Without enough time to launch before the Concordia's jump, he was forced to remain aboard.

Question 88: What circumstances directly caused Jason Bondarevsky to command the TCS Tarawa?
Answer: Fierce fighting on the way to Kilrah severely damaged the Tarawa and casualties included her captain. Bondarevsky assumed command as the most senior and able officer left alive and after receiving support from commanders of other ships in her task force.

Bonus 44: What circumstances directly caused Enoch Murkins to direct his warship to the Proxima System?
Answer: Fluctuating energy levels indicated the Nephilim were doing something to affect that stars of Proxima. The Cerberus was called upon to quickly strike the aliens' stellar accretion device before reinforcements could arrive.

Answers to Questions for Week 43 (starting August 20, 2001):

Question 85: Who was either Wing Commander or Commanding Officer aboard both the TCS Tiger's Claw and TCS Concordia?
Popular Answers Included: Jeannette Devereaux and Geoffrey Tolwyn

Question 86: Who was either Wing Commander or Commanding Officer aboard both the BWS Intrepid and TCS Midway?
Popular Answers Included: Daniel Eugene Wilford and Jacob Manley

Bonus 43: Who was a senior officer aboard both the TCS Eagle and the Grimalkin/Gamal Gan?
Answer: James Taggart

Answers Questions for Week 42 (starting August 12, 2001):

Question 83: What was a system where the TCS Concordia received a badly needed missile shipment from the TCS Agincourt in 2666?
Answer: Heaven's Gate System

Question 84: What was a system where the TCS Midway played leap frog with the TCS Eisen to advance on the Nephilim in 2681?
Answer: Actions in both G'Mar and Hrissith qualified.

Bonus 42: What was a system where forces from both the TCS Cerberus and TCS Midway worked together to eliminate a Nephilim carrier in 2681?
Answer: Sirius System

Answers to Questions for Week 41 (starting August 6, 2001):

Question 81: What is Christopher Blair's birthday?
Answer: June 17 or .168

Question 82: What is the Confederation's birthday?
Answer: August 23, 2416 or 2416.235

Bonus 41: What is the Wing Commander Combat Information Center's birthday?
Answer: August 10, 1998 or 1998.222. Because of time zone differences and details of our celebration, August 11 is also correct.

Answers to Questions for Week 40 (starting July 30, 2001):

Question 79: Describe a situation where a Confederation warship orbitally bombarded a planet.
Answers Included: Bombardment of Munro, Vukar-related assaults, shield-busting at Freya, the worlds bombed by the rogue CS Olympus and the immolation of Kasmir Base on Centus.

Question 80: Describe a situation where a Kilrathi warship orbitally bombarded a planet.
Answers Included: Goddard's destruction by the Sivar, Gilead, Warsaw, Sirius and Earth bombardments during the Hakaga affair, and the destruction of the early Strakha stealth facilities on Ghorah Khar.

Bonus 40: Who created a siege and threatened an orbital bobardment of all Pilgrim worlds and why?
Answers Included: Geoffrey Tolwyn's attempts to recover the rogue CS Olympus and some action during the Pilgrim War centered around the Confederation Grand Fleets.

Answers to Questions for Week 39 (starting July 23, 2001):

Question 77: Describe three separate situations in which Christopher Blair engaged in a dogfight with a current/former/future wingman.
Answers Included: Various fights with Maniac, various fights with Jazz and the showdown with Hobbes.

Question 78: Describe three separate situations in which Christopher Blair engaged in a dogfight with Kilrathi Prince Thrakhath.
Answers Included: Fighting at K'Tithrak Mang and separate fights in 2669 very near the end of the Kilrathi War.

Bonus 39: Describe three separate situations in which Christopher Blair engaged a major capital ship, space station or planet without a wingman.
Answers Included: Temblor runs on planets like Kilrah, base assaults such as the attack on K'Tithrak Mang HQ and the incident where Blair lured a Snakier into Scylla.

Answers to Questions for Week 38 (starting July 16, 2001):

Question 75: What is the contemporary name of a world or system once controlled by the Pilgrims?
Answers Included: Faith & Peron

Question 76: What is the contemporary name of a world or system controlled by the Steltek at some point in time?
Answers Included: Mars & Delta Prime

Bonus 38: What is the contemporary name of a world or system controlled by the Firekkans besides Firekka? Hint: It was also in the Antares Quadrant.
Answers Included: T'kirsa

Question 73: Name the person that said, "You should take longer breaks, kid." Hint: It was said on the Concordia.
Answer: Zach "Jazz" Colson

Question 74: Name the person that said, "Where are your priorities, son? Consider yourself lucky to get four days... we've got a war going on here." Hint: It was said on the Victory.
Answer: William Eisen

Bonus 37: Name the person that said, "Looks like you're on your own now, Colonel. For what it's worth. I'm proud I flew with you..." Hint: It was said in an Excalibur.
Answer: Todd "Maniac" Marshall

Answer to Questions for Week 36 (starting July 2, 2001):

Question 71: What is a piece of technology refined in the 2630's that changed the balance of power, and how did it do this?
Most Common Answer: Shield Penetrating Torpedoes shift power from Battleships to Carriers.

Question 72: What is a piece of technology refined in the 2650's that changed the balance of power, and how did it do this?
Answers Included: Cloaking Technology causes the loss of the Tiger's Claw and prevents a critical strike on K'Tithrak Mang from being executed for ten years, among many other effects.

Bonus 36: What is a piece of technology refined in the 2660's that changed the balance of power, and how did it do this?
Most Common Answer: The Temblor Bomb destroys Kilrah and eliminated the primary Kilrathi threat.

New Questions for Week 35 (starting June 25, 2001):

Question 69: What is the primary role of the Pelican Class craft?
Answer: Transport

Question 70: What is the primary role of the Zartoth Class craft?
Answer: Electronic Warfare

Bonus 35: What is the primary role of either the Odysseus Class craft or the Copernicus Class craft?
Answer: Science/Research/Exploration

Answers to Questions for Week 33 (starting June 18, 2001):

Question 67: What was a Confederation base or outpost destroyed in the mid 2630's?
Most Popular Answer: Alexandria Base

Question 68: What was a Confederation base or outpost destroyed in the mid 2650's?
Most Popular Answer: Pegasus Base

Bonus 34: What was a Confederation base or outpost destroyed in the early 2680's?
Answer: Confed Astronomical Station K-105 or Surveillance Outposts Alpha, Bravo, Charlie and Delta

Answers to Questions for Week 33 (starting June 11, 2001):

Question 65: What were the details surrounding a destruction of Jeannette Devereaux's fighter during a mission?
Most Popular Answer: Angel's Rapier was knocked out as she destroyed an incoming Skipper Missile during a sneak attack attempted on Sol System in '54.

Question 66: What were the details surrounding a destruction of Todd Marshall's fighter during a mission?
Most Popular Answer: Maniac sacrificed his craft to cover Blair during the Kilrah Temblor Run in '69. Some sharp trivia players came up with some good answers from his academy days as well.

Bonus 33: What were the details surrounding a destruction of Troy Carter's fighter during a mission?
Most Popular Answer: Catscratch got cocky during a milk run to retrieve a satellite and wound up leeched. His craft was destroyed to prevent Confed from retrieving the item.

Answers to Questions for Week 32 (starting June 4, 2001):

Question 63: What was an incident that caused Christopher Blair to be investigated or court martialed?
Most Popular Answer: The destruction of the TCS Tiger's Claw

Question 64: What was an incident that caused Jason Bondarevesky to be investigated or court martialed?
Most Popular Answer: The mutiny aboard the TCS Gettysburg

Bonus 32: What was an incident that caused Geoffrey Tolwyn to be investigated or court martialed?
Most Popular Answer: The Black Lance Affair

Answers to Questions for Week 31 (starting May 28, 2001):

Question 61: What are three fighters that carry exactly three main guns?
Most Popular Answers: Broadsword, Morningstar, Piranha and Drakhri.

Question 62: What is a fighter that carries exactly three regular missiles?
Most Popular Answer: Hornet

Bonus 31: What are the distinctions of three different Excalibur variants?
Most Popular Answers: Reaper Cannons on the 103A, Ion Cannons on the 103B, Increased Shields on the 103D and a Stealth Loadout on the Recon Excal

Answers to Questions from Week 30 (starting May 21, 2001):

Question 59: Who said, "In the words of John Paul Jones, 'I have not yet begun to dogfight'?" Hint: The actual quote may have been "Sir, I have not yet begun to fight." Answer: Todd "Maniac" Marshall

Question 60: Who said, "Colonel, I respectfully request a real mission, not busy-work?" Hint: The colonel being referred to is female. Answer: Ralgha "Hobbes" nar Hhallas

Bonus 30: Who said, "I'm not going to do the Confederation's war effort much good if I'm dead, now am I?" Answer: Jace "Flash" Dillon

Answers to Questions for Week 29 (starting May 14, 2001):

Question 57: What was a heavy fighter that was commonly known to stock half a dozen torpedoes for special situations?
Answers Include: Sabre

Question 58: What was a light fighter that was commonly known to carry a Scatter Gun as a special weapon?
Answers Included: Banshee

Bonus 29: What was a light fighter that was commonly known to carry a Mark II Stormfire as a special weapon?
Answers Included: Piranha

Answers to Questions for Week 28 (starting May 7, 2001):

Question 55: What did Dr. Singh attempt to do to the Kilrathi from Greenhouse?
Answer: She attempted to send a Kilrathi back to the Empire with a deadly contagious virus.

Question 56: What was a type of disease Christopher Blair escorted vaccines for?
Answer: Watson's Disease

Bonus 28: What was a major factor in the spread of the Nephilim virus?
Answers Included: Rampant black market smugglers distributing Nephilim items.

Answers to Questions for Week 27 (starting April 23, 2001):

Question 53: What is a Kilrathi capital ship or pilot that crash landed on a moon or planet?
Most Popular Answer: KIS Frawqirg

Question 54: What is a Terran capital ship or pilot that crash landed on a moon or planet?
Most Popular Answer: TCS Concordia

Bonus 27: What is a starbase or orbital structure that crash landed on a moon or planet?
Most Popular Answer: The McAuliffe Skyhook

If the above three answers don't immediately make sense (and you can think of at least one or two valid alternate answers), you've got plenty of Wing Commander left to experience!

Answers to Questions for Week 26 (starting April 16, 2001):

Question 51: Who is Vukar nar Caxki?
Answer: Admiral Vukar nar Caxki was commander of the Superdreadnought Shak'Ar'Roc fleet that darted all through Terran space on Pilgrim related crusades in '54.

Question 52: Who is Ukar dai Ragark lak Haka?
Answer: Ukar dai Ragark, was the governor of Hralgkrak. He tried to incite some serious aggressive activity involving the Confederation and post-war Kilrathi Empire.

Bonus 26: Who is Mr. Kat?
Answer: Who *isn't* Mr. Kat?

Answers to Questions for Week 25 (starting April 16, 2001):

Question 49: What is a Confederation Cruiser that carries half as many antimatter guns as a Confederation Class Dreadnought?
Answer: Waterloo Class Cruiser

Question 50: What is a Confederation Cruiser that carries three times as many Heavy Plasma Cannons as a Hades Class Strike Cruiser?
Answer: Plunkett Class Cruiser

Bonus 25: What is a Confederation Cruiser that carries twice as many torpedo points as a Vindicator Class Medium Fighter?
Answer: Hades Class Cruiser

Answers to Questions for Week 24 (starting April 9, 2001):

Question 47: What was a Terran planet with research facilities that was infiltrated by the Kilrathi in the 2650's?
Answers Included: McAuliffe & Greenhouse

Question 48: What was a Kilrathi planet with research facilities that was screwed up by Kilrathi in the 2650's?
Answers Included: Ghorah Khar & Repleetah

Bonus 24: What was a Terran planet with research facilities that had information stolen and sold back for ransom in the 2660's?
Answer: Oxford

Answers to Questions for Week 23 (starting April 2, 2001):

Question 45: What was something that K'Kai did to save a great many lives?
Most Popular Answer Topic: She joined Hunter, Paladin and others to rescue a large group of important Firekkan hostages shortly after the 2655 Sivar Eshrad ceremony.

Question 46: What was something that Grayson Burrows did to save a great many lives?
Most Popular Answer Topic: He was able to destroy the Steltek Drone that was actively rampaging behind him across Gemini Sector in 2669.

Bonus 23: What was something that Duke Grecko did to save a great many lives?
Most Popular Answer Topic: He stayed behind to guard and initiate an antimatter mine in the center of a Hakaga Supercarrier in Sol System that was part of a massive assault.

Answers to Questions from Week 22 (starting March 26, 2001):

Question 43: What is a major warship that participated in a joint operation with the TCS Tiger's Claw?
Answers Included: TCS Austin & TCS Kyoto

Question 44: What is a major warship that participated in a joint operation with the TCS Gettysburg?
Answers Included: TCS Concordia & TCS Wolfhound

Bonus 22: What is a major warship that participated in a joint operation with the TCS Cerberus?
Answers Included: TCS Tereshkova & TCS Midway

Answers to Questions from Week 21 (starting March 19, 2001):

Question 41: What happened with the TCS Tiger's Claw in the Kurasawa System in 2654?
Answers: There was some good Rapier flying, and pilots escorted in both the captured Ralari from Port Hedland and the damaged TCS Formidable.

Question 42: What happened with the TCS Victory in the Loki System in 2669?
Answers: The Behemoth destroyed Loki VI, the Behemoth was then destroyed, and finally the Victory group retreated fairly quickly.

Bonus 21: What happened with the TCS Belliard in the Morpheus System in 2681?
Answer: After having rescued the survivors of the Blue Horizon, she was found adrift with all interior airlocks exposed to space and all hands missing.

Answers to Questions from Week 20 (starting March 12, 2001):

Question 39: Who was someone that died during the Peron Massacre?
Most Common Answers: Arnold Blair and Devi Soulsong

Question 40: Who was someone that died during Operation Backlash?
Most Common Answers: Svetlana Ivanova and Thaddeus O'Brian

Bonus 20: Who was someone that died during The Kindred's 'domination'?
Answers Included: Larn Regis and Jan Mitorr

Answers to Questions from Week 19 (starting March 5, 2001):

Question 37: Where was Geoffrey Tolwyn sent shortly after academy graduation?
Answer: A covert operation that would lead into the first major battle of the Kilrathi War at McAuliffe.

Question 38: Where was Todd Marshall sent shortly after academy graduation?
Answer: Aboard the Tiger's Claw for primarily Vega Sector combat.

Bonus 19: Where was Lance Casey sent shortly after academy graduation?
Hint: Not the Midway Answer: Shuttling VIPs around in the Diplomatic Corps.

Answers to Questions from Week 18 (starting February 26, 2001):

Question 35: What is a Pewter Planet?
Answer: Nickname for the Terran Confederation Medal of Honor.

Question 36: What is something made of Tungsten?
Answer: Common civilian grade armor.

Bonus 18: What is a mineral the TCS Devereaux examined?
Answer: Kilrantium or Borenium

Answers to Questions from Week 17 (starting February 19, 2001):

Question 33: How does a Porcupine weapon work?
Answer: A common mine that can be used in various ways from single fighter drops to large scale area saturation.

Question 34: How does a Mace weapon work?
Answer: The famous tactical nuke used for overwhelming force against tight fighter formations and stubborn capital locations.

Bonus 17: How does a Coneburst weapon work?
Answer: Specialized missile that concentrates numerous energy blasts in one general direction.

Answers to Questions from Week 16 (starting February 12, 2001):

Question 31: What was a Confederation ship taken over by Pilgrims in the 2650's? Hint: One had a functional modern hopper drive
Answers Included: TCS Olympus

Question 32: What was a Confederation ship taken over by Kilrathi in the 2650's? Hint: One had a prototype Rapier squadron
Answers Included: TCS Gwenhyvar

Bonus 16: What was a Confederation station taken over by Confederate rogues in the 2660's? Hint: One had a connection to a prototype Crossbow squadron
Answers Included: Rigel Depot

Answers to Questions from Week 15 (starting February 4, 2001):

Question 29: Who was a companion of Christopher Blair that was near retirement in the 2650's?
Most Popular Answer: James Taggart

Question 30: Who was a companion of Christopher Blair that was near retirement in the 2660's?
Most Popular Answer: Elizabeth Norwood

Bonus 15: Who was a companion of Lance Casey that was near retirement in the 2670's?
Most Popular Answer: Christopher Blair

Answers to Questions from Week 14 (starting January 29, 2001):

Question 27: What are two distinct types of weaponry that make the Confederation Class Dreadnoughts powerful?
Most Popular Answer: Anti-Matter Guns and the Phase Transit Cannon

Question 28: What are two distinct types of weaponry that make the Plunkett Class Cruisers powerful?
Most Popular Answer: Triple Heavy Plasma Cannon and Triple Heavy Particle Cannons

Bonus 14: What are two distinct types of weaponry that make the code named Tiamat Dreadnoughts powerful?
Answer: Capital Killer Plasma Weapon and numerous Maser Turrets

Answers to Questions from Week 13 (starting January 22, 2000):

Question 25: Who was Prince Thrakhath's chee'dyachee?
Answer: Melek

Question 26: Who was Ralgha nar Hhallas' chee'dyachee?
Answer: Kirha

Bonus 13: What was the ultimate fate of Ralgha's chee'dyachee? (quasi hint: beyond Hunter)
Answer: He committed suicide after learning of Hunter's death.

Answers to Questions from Week 12 (starting January 15, 2000):

Question 23: What happened to the TCS Tiger's Claw on its maiden voyage
Answer: Despite a minimal and under experienced crew, the Claw managed to rout an unexpected superior Kilrathi invasion force.

Question 24: What happened to the TCS Tarawa on its maiden voyage?
Answer: The newly outfitted Tarawa covered the initial raid of Vukar Tag, then proceeded to launch a devastating covert attack on the Kilrah System.

Bonus 12: What happened to the TCS Grimalkin/Gamal Gan on its maiden voyage?
Answer: The commandeered Grimalkin sneaks in a pair of Morningstar advanced tactical craft to destroy the Mandarin headquarters at Ayer's Rock.

Answers to Questions from Week 11 (starting January 8, 2000):

Question 21: What was a major Society of Mandarins base of operations?
Answer: Ayer's System

Question 22: What was a major Church of Man base of operations?
Answer: Eden System

Bonus 11: What was a major Demon's Eye Pack base of operations?
Answer: Valgard System

Answers to Questions from Week 10 (starting December 31, 2000):

Question 19: What are a few things jump buoys do?
Most Common Answers: Mark jumpable anomalies, relay communications, provide minor sensor data & provide minor defense.

Question 20: What are a few methods of interstellar travel?
Most Common Answers: Hopper Drive, Jump Drive, Wormholes & Jump Gates.

Bonus 10: What are a few Wing Commander related things you'll do in 2001?
Most Common Answers: Replay WC games, reread WC novels, experiment with fan projects & hunt down WC collectibles.

Answers to Questions from Week 9 (starting December 25, 2000):

Question 17: On what major holiday did the Kilrathi choose to launch their first massive assault against the Terrans?
Answer: Confederation Day

Question 18: Where was the 2654 Sivar-Eshrad ceremony held?
Answer: Dolos..

Bonus 9: Where was the 2621 Sivar-Eshrad ceremony held?
Answer: Ghorah Khar

Answers to Questions from Week 8 (starting December 18, 2000):

Question 15: Who was Etienne Montclair?
Answer: Maori pilot by the callsign of Doomsday. Served aboard the Austin, Tiger's Claw, Concordia, Tarawa and more. Capable leader. Friend of Bear Bondarevsky.

Question 16: Who was Robert Sykes?
Answer: Border Worlds Chief Tech known as Pliers. Served aboard the Intrepid during the Black Lance Affair. Loved to steal goodies from Confed.

Bonus 8: Who was Slade "Tex" Carver?
Answer: Famous CIS Black Watch colonel. Had a knack for surviving disasterous situations. Highly decorated with low tolerance for incompetence.

Answers to Questions from Week 7 (starting December 11, 2000):

Question 13: What was a popular fighter in 2654 that had at least two of its guns replaced by Particle Cannons in later versions?
Most Common Answer: Rapier II

Question 14: What was a popular fighter in 2669 that had at least two of its guns replaced by Ion Cannons in later versions?
Most Common Answer: Excalibur

Bonus 7: What was a popular fighter in 2681 that had at least two of its guns replaced by Ion Cannons in later versions?
Most Common Answer: Tigershark

Answers to Questions from Week 6 (starting December 4, 2000):

Question 11: Who was a Captain of the TCS Tiger's Claw?
Most Common Answers: Sansky & Geoffrey Tolwyn

Question 12: Who was a Captain of the KIS Ras Nik'hra?
Most Common Answer: Ralgha nar Hhallas

Bonus 6: Who was a Captain of the FRLS Blitzkreig?
Most Common Answer: Krueger

Submissions are due by December 10, 2000.

Answers to Questions from Week 5 (starting November 27, 2000):

Question 9: What was a planet or base that Geoffrey Tolwyn engaged in intelligence/spy/reconnaissance work on?
Most Common Answer: Gar's Emporium

Question 10: What was a planet or base that Winston Chang engaged in intelligence/spy/reconnaissance work on?
Most Common Answer: Orestes Comm Station

Bonus 5: What was a planet or base that John Dekker engaged in intelligence/spy/reconnaissance work on?
Nist Common Answer: Telamon

Answers to Questions from Week 4 (starting November 20, 2000):

Question 7: What is a relatively unique object in the Sol System that has a major effect on jump points in the Ulysses Corridor?
Answer: Scylla

Question 8: What is a relatively unique object in the Enimga Sector that has a major effect on jump points throughout the sector?
Answer: The Enigma Sector Black Hole

Bonus 4: What is a specific object in the Vega Sector that can have a major effect on jump points in the Ariel and Caliban Systems?
Answer: The Caliban Nebula

"Object" was a loosely defined term in these questions. We were looking for specific names for each object.

Answers to Questions from Week 3 (starting November 13, 2000):

Question 5: Where is a place the Morningstar Heavy Fighter was tested?
Answer: Canewdon System and Ayer's Rock were good popular answers.

Question 6: Where is a place the Excalibur Heavy Fighter was tested?
Answer: Kentari and Jupiter were good popular answers.

Bonus 3: Where is a place the Wraith Medium Fighter was tested?
Answer: The most common answer was the Terran Confederation Space Naval Academy Simulator.

Answers should have ranged from specific points in space, planets or simulated locations.

Answers to Questions from Week 2 (starting November 6, 2000):

Question 3: Who was someone that participated in an important battle over McAuliffe, and what was their specific role?
Answer: Many people chose to discuss Winston Turner's exploits in the initial 2629 blitz. The second most popular answers centered around Tolwyn's role in that battle or an engagement five years later.

Question 4: Who was someone that participated in an important battle over Earth, and what was their specific role?
Answer: People who did not pick Tolwyn for Question 3 picked his command of the fleet in Sol during the big bad Battle of Earth for their topic. Actually Duke Grecko's role in the suicide bombing of the Hakaga Carriers was extremely popular, especially among players who've played in previous games.

Bonus 2: Who was someone that participated in an important battle over Vukar Tag, and what was their specific role?
Answer: Lots of Bears and Banbridges here, depending on whether the players wanted to talk about the fleet battle or fighter engagements. There were some nice Chekova and Grecko answers as well.

Answers to Questions for Week 1 (starting October 30, 2000):

Question 1: What year was the TCS Tiger's Claw commissioned?
Answer: 2644

Question 2: What year was the TCS Midway commissioned?
Answer: 2680. Prophecy began very early in 2681.

Bonus 1: What year was the FRLS Independence commissioned?
Answer: 2670

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