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A bit late, but I\'ve gone through the game descriptions and trimmed them down a bit, though not quite as much as my initial \
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A bit late, but I\\\'ve gone through the game descriptions and trimmed them down a bit, though not quite as much as my initial \\\"a short sentence or so\\\". I tried to give a very broad summary of each of the games, plus note one technical feature, to cater to the geeky sorts (guilty as charged \\\'\\\'*grin*\\\'\\\').
Anyway, as a sanity check before changing the actual page, here\\\'s my ideas for the descriptions:
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* \\\'\\\'WingCommander\\\'\\\', in which your nearly-SilentProtagonist becomes a hotshot pilot aboard the TCS \\\'\\\'Tiger\\\'s Claw\\\'\\\', a famed carrier in the Terran Confederation serving in the Vega sector of space. Its use of sound made the Sound Blaster name a household name in computers.
* \\\'\\\'Wing Commander II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi\\\'\\\', which starts out with the \\\'\\\'Claw\\\'\\\' being destroyed by Kilrathi [[InvisibilityCloak Stealth Fighters]] ([[StealthInSpace which can turn invisible]]) while trying to attack a major enemy command post. Your character finds himself unfairly blamed, and vows to clear his name, getting his chance ten years later. Its use of digitized voices finished cementing Sound Blaster\\\'s fame.
* \\\'\\\'Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger\\\'\\\', in which the series moves to rendered 3D graphics and FullMotionVideo, involving several big-name stars. Blair helps take the war to the Kilrathi one more time, but not without cost.
* \\\'\\\'Wing Commander IV: the Price of Freedom\\\'\\\' takes place two years after the end of the war, after Blair has retired and... [[CallToAgriculture become a farmer]] on a [[SingleBiomePlanet desert planet]]. Instead of [[ShoutOut buying some droids]], he\\\'s re-activated to investigate unrest out on the frontier, where the difference between friend and foe isn\\\'t quite as clear-cut as it used to be.
* \\\'\\\'Wing Commander Prophecy\\\'\\\' starts a new chapter in the series. You no longer play Christopher \\\"Maverick\\\" Blair, but a hot-shot new pilot, son of famed \\\'\\\'Tiger\\\'s Claw\\\'\\\' veteran Michael \\\"Iceman\\\" Casey. From the depths of space comes a new foe, one even the Kilrathi fear, and it\\\'s up to your experimental carrier to stop them. \\\'\\\'Prophecy\\\'\\\' is one of the first space sim games to utilize 3D accelerator hardware, in particular the 3DFx line.
* \\\'\\\'Wing Commander Secret Ops\\\'\\\' was originally [[UsefulNotes/DigitalDistribution released online]] in a free episodic format[[hottip:*:predating [[HalfLife Half Life 2\\\'s]] episodic release by a decade]], using a version of \\\'\\\'Prophecy\\\'\\\'[=\\\'s=] \\\"Vision\\\" game engine. It moves six \\\'\\\'Midway\\\'\\\' pilots to a new ship for another campaign against the \\\"Nephilim\\\" invaders as they strike at the heart of the [[TheFederation Confederation]]. \\\'\\\'Secret Ops\\\'\\\' is something of a favorite in the GameMod community, for its relative ease of modification for new campaigns, even in other ScienceFiction universes.
Anyway, as a sanity check before changing the actual page, here\\\'s my ideas for the descriptions:
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* \\\'\\\'WingCommander\\\'\\\', in which your nearly-SilentProtagonist becomes a hotshot pilot aboard the TCS \\\'\\\'Tiger\\\'s Claw\\\'\\\', a famed carrier in the Terran Confederation serving in the Vega sector of space. Its use of sound made the Sound Blaster name a household name in computers.
* \\\'\\\'Wing Commander II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi\\\'\\\', which starts out with the \\\'\\\'Claw\\\'\\\' being destroyed by Kilrathi [[InvisibilityCloak Stealth Fighters]] ([[StealthInSpace which can turn invisible]]) while trying to attack a major enemy command post. Your character finds himself unfairly blamed, and vows to clear his name, getting his chance ten years later. Its use of digitized voices finished cementing Sound Blaster\\\'s fame.
* \\\'\\\'Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger\\\'\\\', in which the series moves to rendered 3D graphics and FullMotionVideo, involving several big-name stars. Blair helps take the war to the Kilrathi one more time, but not without cost.
* \\\'\\\'Wing Commander IV: the Price of Freedom\\\'\\\' takes place two years after the end of the war, after Blair has retired and... [[CallToAgriculture become a farmer]] on a [[SingleBiomePlanet desert planet]]. Instead of [[ShoutOut buying some droids]], he\\\'s re-activated to investigate unrest out on the frontier, where the difference between friend and foe isn\\\'t quite as clear-cut as it used to be.
* \\\'\\\'Wing Commander Prophecy\\\'\\\' starts a new chapter in the series. You no longer play Christopher \\\"Maverick\\\" Blair, but a hot-shot new pilot, son of famed \\\'\\\'Tiger\\\'s Claw\\\'\\\' veteran Michael \\\"Iceman\\\" Casey. From the depths of space comes a new foe, one even the Kilrathi fear, and it\\\'s up to your experimental carrier to stop them. \\\'\\\'Prophecy\\\'\\\' is one of the first space sim games to utilize 3D accelerator hardware, in particular the 3DFx line.
* \\\'\\\'Wing Commander Secret Ops\\\'\\\' was originally [[UsefulNotes/DigitalDistribution released online]] in a free episodic format[[hottip:*:predating [[HalfLife Half Life 2\\\'s]] episodic release by a decade]], using a version of \\\'\\\'Prophecy\\\'\\\'[=\\\'s=] \\\"Vision\\\" game engine. It moves six \\\'\\\'Midway\\\'\\\' pilots to a new ship for another campaign against the \\\"Nephilim\\\" invaders as they strike at the heart of the [[TheFederation Confederation]]. \\\'\\\'Secret Ops\\\'\\\' is something of a favorite in the GameMod community, for its relative ease of modification for new campaigns, even in other ScienceFiction universes.
