Ben Zwycky

welcome back, Remo

yes

Well, we've just added downloadable offline missions for UC to Fleet Action to allow people with only that version to take part, so it's not really an advertising campaign as such

In order to allow people with only Universal Combat (and not A World Apart) to take part, UC special Mission 1 has been released. Download the file and extract it into your save folder, a mission orders file is include in the archive. The deadline for this mission will be the same as for Combat Mission 3 above, when it is announced. [ 08-14-2007, 06:10 PM: Message edited by: ShoHashi ]

another alternative is to launch all of your other support craft and have them escort a friendly station for the duration of your trading, then there's nothing for intruders to escape on and you can leave launch control on, meaning no problem redocking with your CC once you're done, and usually a lot of prisoners in your brig when you get back if you leave your CC escorting the station as well As for where to park, it depends on where I happen to be when I get the urge, usually in a deserted area (well away from any bases if there are any) of the nearest non-gaseous planet or moon.

Looking good so far

Right, holiday time is here, I'm away from Saturday 4th to Saturday 11th and then again from the 25th to the 31st (all in August) During that time Marc is in charge with Krasus second in command. That is all

He's back home now, safe and sound, happy and playful as ever, lost a little bit of weight and reluctant to try things from Mummy's plate, but no problem eating baby biscuits and drinking water, so he should put that back on in no time. Very nice to be back together again. (I must upload a more recent pic of him to our website sometime)

He's looking a lot happier and healthier today, eating and drinking small amounts without any adverse effects, almost back to normal, they'll probably be keeping him over one more night to be on the safe side, but it looks like the worst is over. Thanks, everyone!

My little Sammy (13 months old, the sweetest and nicest little boy you'll ever meet) has been having severe diarrhea over the last few days, and vomiting back up basically any food or water we give him in any form (even ice-cold tea by the teaspoonful, as the children's doctor recommended) so my wife is taking him to hospital for an overnight drip. There's no telling how long he'll be there, hopefully just this night, I'd really appreciate the prayers of everyone here willing to offer them. Thanks,

OK, welcome aboard, Buzz! An email has been sent to you at the address you gave in your fleet database application, check that it hasn't been blocked by your spam filter.

He's still not showing in the ISS new recruits list, so if you could approve him and move him over to ISS, I'd be most grateful. Thanks,

yes, please (I have no way of knowing which fleet you applied to if you chose the wrong one)

I don't see your application, did you choose the right fleet from the drop-list?

Well, fleets have their own training programs, showing you stuff and tricks you probably haven't worked out on your own, you can get involved in team-based MP matches (or downloadable single player missions) battling for control of the galaxy for your alliance, as you gain in experience, maybe reaching a team leadership position at some point, and there's always all the RP (storytelling) possibilities... ISS and Wraith are the two most active atm.

Application approved, welcome to the fleet. Create an account over at the ISS Fleet forums and we'll get you started. An email has also been sent to you at the address you gave in your fleet database application, check that it hasn't been blocked by your spam filter.

try using the search engine

You're welcome, and welcome to this little community of ours. If you like the series so much, would you be interested in joining a fleet and getting involved in some organised MP ?

You're not the only one, I can confirm this, well spotted. No problem in UC, distant destinations do not work for DJP's in UCAWA and UCSE. To reproduce (exactly the same happens in both UCAWA and UCSE): SNG (roam) choose MIM career (any marine will do, but MIM is faster), default start location choose roam and explore scenario go to nearest DJP, press U to use it, Y to confirm select PLANET select any race/caste and any scene at the top of the list appears 033C017EXIT then a list of bases or cities in that scene (though for some scenes no bases appear). Select any of the bases, then the portal. It just exits the menu, your position does not change, and you can attempt to use the DJP again immediately. If you use the NEARBY option, it all works correctly (i.e. no menu glitches, takes you to the other DJP in the base and doesn't allow you to reuse the DJP for another 5 minutes)

there's already a thread for this

If your Research Engineer is high enough AI, then she will be able to analyse the artifact and install it, though this isn't necessary with some artifacts (see the artifacts page in the game appendix for details) with the Tacyon Anagram Shield and Karanian Mark IV reactor, you just install them as you would any other reactor or shield upgrade.

Well, in the survey we did UC:AWA is the one most people have, which is why that is the version we are using for our MP season. In terms of features, UC:SE (the latest in the series) is the best (obviously). Of course, this is assuming your gaming rig is powerful enough to handle them, so updating your system profile to something more accurate would be helpful in recommending you the right version

cool, it'd be nice to have something to offer those who only have UC (and that I didn't have to do it myself is even better )

Not really the norm, just there's one active at the moment. We've had a number of MP matches, and the fleet AWA server is up right now, just things have been quieter the last few weeks with people being away. You can join up as a reservist if you have AWA, or someone can start making some offline missions for UC (How about it, Sho? )

it's on GNN (1.26.07 entry) and in this post that the Galactic Command - Excalibur series will be purely an XBox 360 release. It has yet to have it's own product info page - my apologies for pointing you in the wrong direction.