Epsilon 5

They say about half of the 400 firefighters brought to the NYC scene and 78 police officers are dead... The FAA (federal aviation administration) is being blamed. Nobody claims responsability. What's next? Was it a "small skirmish" or it's the beginning of something bigger? I'm worried. Very worried. I've watched too many shows and sci-fi movies dammit...

Congratulations even from an enemy!

LATEST NEWS : MINS AGO THE BUILDING 7 OF THE COMPLEX COLLAPSED. WTC: 110 floors in height BLG 7 : 47 floors in height

Zix, calm down. Anger won't solve anything.

A lot of us aren't beta testers... where did you get that idea??

More data: ------------------- Explosion rocks Pentagon, terrifies Washington Posted: September 11, 2001 WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A portion of the Pentagon collapsed Tuesday after it was struck by an aircraft as an apparent coordinated attack spread fear throughout the U.S. capital. The symbols of U.S. power came under attack as all federal government buildings, including the White House, the Capitol building and the Supreme Court, were evacuated. The explosions and evacuations came shortly after two planes flew into the World Trade Center tower buildings in New York City. Fighters jets scrambled to intercept what was reported to be second aircraft headed toward the area around the Pentagon, but the second aircraft never appeared. The FBI suspects the events in New York and Washington were part of an organized terrorist campaign, a senior government official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told The Associated Press. Among the developments in Washington were reports of: n An explosion at the Pentagon. n A car-bomb explosion outside the State Department. n A loud explosion reported in the vicinity of the Capitol. In a remarkable scene, security guards brandishing automatic weapons patrolled outside the White House. The Federal Aviation Administration ordered the entire nationwide air traffic system shut down and diverted to Canada all international flights inbound to New York. Explosion, smoke At the Pentagon, a huge plume of smoke rose from the grounds of the building, headquarters for the U.S. military. "A plane hit the building," David Cook, director of administration and management at the Pentagon, the world's biggest office building. Eyewitnesses told local television stations that a commercial airliner appeared to have smashed into the side of the building, which is near the Potomac River running through Washington and close to Washington National Airport. "I saw the tail of a large airliner. ... It plowed right into the Pentagon," said an Associated Press Radio reporter. "There is billowing black smoke." President Bush pauses for a moment of silence in Sarasota, Florida, before heading back to Washington Tuesday. Gray smoke billowed from the five-sided building. The more than 20,000 civilians and military men and women who work in the building streamed into the surrounding car parks, driven by blue-and-white strobe lights and wailing signs. It was not immediately clear whether Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld was in the building at the time of the crash, which occurred on the southwestern side of the complex. Lisa Burgess, a reporter for the Army newspaper Stars and Stripes, said she was walking in a corridor near the blast site and was thrown to the ground by the force of the blast. Sirens wailed as the whole building was evacuated. CNN Military Affairs Correspondent Jamie McIntyre reported that the Pentagon had gone to "threat condition Delta," which is implemented when "a terrorist attack has occurred or intelligence has been received that action against a specific location is likely," McIntyre said. White House employees evacuated There were also reports of a fire on the National Mall, a stretch of open, green space between the Capitol and the Washington Monument. That report was not immediately confirmed. At the White House, employees ran out of the executive mansion as police cleared it. Aides said a "credible threat" against the White House had come in. At first, the evacuation was orderly but, under orders from the Secret Service, employees were soon ordered to run out of the gates. Officers, some with automatic rifles, were lined outside the White House. From Pennsylvania Avenue, CNN Correspondent Kate Snow reported that members of Congress were evacuating the Capitol grounds. Incidents connected At the State Department, a senior government official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the incident at State appeared connected with the events in New York and at the Pentagon. "Something has happened at the State Department," the source said. "We don't know what yet." A voice on the building loud-speaker system said there was a fire in the building, but reports on that were sketchy as sirens blared throughout the building. One official said there may have only been a fire alarm pulled. People were allowed into the building only to retrieve secure information. Following the World Trade Center incident, a State Department official told CNN they will be involved in determining who carried out these attacks. State Department officials sent cables U.S. embassies worldwide, advising representatives at each that they could decide their security posture and determine whether to remain open. ---------------------------------

Taken from CNN.com -------------------------------------------- NEW YORK (CNN) -- Terrorists struck the United States Tuesday morning in harrowing, widespread attacks that included at least three commercial jet crashes into significant buildings. • In the first attack, a plane hit the north tower of the World Trade Center in Manhattan shortly before 9 a.m., followed by another plane into the second tower about 20 minutes later. Both towers later collapsed. • About an hour later, a plane crashed into the Pentagon, part of which later collapsed. • Building hit by debris near the World Trade Center is on verge of collapse. • American Airlines told CNN that it lost two planes, both en route to Los Angeles: American Flight 11 from Boston with 81 passengers and 11 crew aboard was lost. This is believed, but not confirmed, to have been one of the planes that crashed into the trade center. ... American Flight 77, a Boeing 757 from Washington Dulles airport to Los Angeles with 58 passengers and six crew is unaccounted for. The jet that crashed into the Pentagon may have been this one, but that is still unknown. • United Airlines lost two planes: United Airlines Flight 93 airliner headed from Newark, New Jersey, to San Francisco, crashed near Somerset, Pennsylvania -- police said initial reports indicated no survivors. ... United confirmed the crash of Flight 175 from Boston to Los Angeles with 56 passengers and seven crew aboard. It's possible, but not confirmed, that this is the second plane that hit the World Trade Center. • The Pentagon, the White House, the State Department, the Justice Department, the Capitol, the CIA and all other government buildings in Washington are evacuated. • President Bush calls the crashes "apparent terrorist attacks" and "a national tragedy." Bush is to issue a statement from Barksdale AFB in Shreveport, Louisiana. • In the first-ever national ground stop of aircraft, all flights nationwide have been stopped at their departure airports. • International flights had been diverted to Canada; FAA says later, however, that 22 U.S.-bound international flights would be allowed to land. • Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef, the Taliban ambassador to Pakistan, said in reaction to the news of the terror attacks that "we want to tell the American children that Afghanistan feels your pain and we hope that the courts find justice." • In New York, more than 10,000 rescue personnel rushed to the scene. Lower Manhattan is being completely evacuated. • Israel has evacuated all its missions around the world. • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta was evacuated. CDC was preparing bioterrorism teams in case they become necessary. • Philadelphia landmarks were also evacuated. • In Chicago, the Sears Tower was evacuated; United Nations in New York evacuated. • The New York Port Authority said it had closed all bridges and tunnels into the city. • U.S. stock markets were closed after the New York attacks. • NATO sent home all non-essential personnel from its Brussels, Belgium, headquarters. • The Immigration and Naturalization Service has put the U.S. borders with Mexico and Canada on highest state of alert. • Los Angeles International Airport has been evacuated. • All Disney parks in Orlando, Florida, and Disneyland in Anaheim, California have been closed. ------------------------------------------

Been watching cnn since 9:30... I have 2 pics i've picked from the CNN website... if any of you wanna see it... http://www.digital-host.net/~Epsilon5/other/tower/ Earlier a plane crashed near pittsburg, and united airlines was deeply concerned about another airplaned, well it was justified, the plane just crashed [ 09-11-2001: Message edited by: Epsilon 5 ]

You're talking about the CTAS, or Component target aquisition system, which permit you to target specific systems as you asked. It's a post-gold-mp-patch-addon type item But, even in bc3k you shoot or get shot at specific areas and you have specific systems damaged (rams other vessels and you might loose you IOD cannon ) [ 09-11-2001: Message edited by: Epsilon 5 ]

Damn... I take an Helluva time to read all those Sluggy cartoons... I'm currently at march 23 1998... but it's worth it

No artifacts in GCO. At least not the random. But I'd like to have the other artifacts... at least the Karanian reactor, the TA shield, the ENM and the TMCD

to mark my Thousand and seventy-fifth post, I'd say that you're late at it (the 1kth post) *winks back* [ 09-10-2001: Message edited by: Epsilon 5 ]

Refer to the topic title. My bots are there all day long, all days, and I go meet anyone whenever it's possible (and when I notice it) I'm still working on the Orion outpost, it will be done in not too long. Oh, and Menchise, I forgot... I'll do that in a sec.

Another stupid question : you can't copy stuff, run stuff from the cd's, or it's only that the games don't detect that the cd is in the drive?

Oh sh**!

Nova... that's what I said... From what I know, there will be one universe that could be expanded is the need for it is present. The systems will be divided on the servers, and for each regional trasition, you'll need a security level to accomplish it, the more "important" the transition is, the higher security level you need (in hypothetical order: space-atmosphere, region, system, server). I don't know yet how you can improve your security level, but I hope it won't prevent fleet ops.

Might be a stupid question.... how damaged are your CD's?

quote:Originally posted by Urza: Wait, doesn't SC live in Florida? Yeah, so?

C'mon there's more than 64 people visiting this forum! Go vote, NOW!... Weird, I'm wondering why the poll is there for a second week... [ 09-10-2001: Message edited by: Epsilon 5 ]

hmm... am sorry that doesn't help... MUST have a brand... my CD drive doesn't have a brand written on it, but it still is a LG. Does it happen with all your data CD's? Or only some?

It's available right on the forum under "development news"!!

Can you acces the cd data? (directory listing) And tell us your OS and the brand of the drive.

ROTFLMAO!

Still having problems with the sig, JJ?

That was cool. And I love the front page pic!