Hey folks...
I finally got access to a Windows machine *with* sound after all these years. So I played through Standoff 1... excellent work--yet the real gem is standoff 2, with the simulator and the kilrathi (and the epee!!). Amazing--- So far I'm thinking this is the best campaign-based wing commander since WC2... The flight certainly feels more Wing Commander than WCP and even moreso than WC3 or 4...
A+ for gameplay and for revamping that old Prophecy engine (has anyone gotten it working on linux? Maybe with wineX?).
Really the only issue I've had is that the game segfaults(access violation) often on Win2k with GF2mx (yes I turned off hardware accel on Sound, otherwise it would crash more often)...but I find that if I restart before each mission there's a >50% chance it won't crash until I finish the mission, so it's at least playable, and luckily the load time is zilch.
Query, so in response to spirit's question: how do you end up defecting--I couldn't find that option anywhere....Though I note that if I selected the gladius the mission unfolds slightly differently (that version crashes 75% of the time, so I haven't been able to get through it yet because of the numerous cutscenes)