Selling Shadow Force

While we were in Austin for the CIC birthday, Wing Commander Prophecy lead designer Billy Cain was kind enough to invite us over to hear stories about his days at Origin... and he shared some cool artifacts for the community, too! The first is a 'sell sheet' for the cancelled "Wing Commander: Shadow Force" project. Shadow Force was a game developed by the Maverick team shortly after Secret Ops which would have featured single- and multiplayer-gameplay, telling the story of a group of mercenaries hunting for a Steltek artifact. Sell sheets were sent to retailers to promote upcoming games, in the hopes of securing orders. It's likely that this one was only used internally (alongside this longer presentation), to promote the game to Electronic Arts executives. Unfortunately, it didn't work!

What a Novel Conversation

There's a thread / poll in the Chatzone asking wingnuts about their favorite Baen novel.

The seven Baen novels add a huge amount of information to the WC universe. From Freedom Flight's introduction of the Liege Lord concept to the inner workings of a Bhantkara carrier in False Colors, it's non-stop goodness.

So which is your favorite? What was the best moment? Made you cringe? Stand up and shout?