Rattler

I'd like to second Fleeet Commander Blade's request Boss. After much deliberation and gnashing of teeth, I've come to the decision that #7 would be right for Spectre H.Q. I have to ask a difficult question now. Since SCID is no longer a fleet unto itself, does it still warrant a station of it's own? I say give it to the UCV's. JMHO though. **I've had second thoughts about this question since I've had time to sleep on it. I think it's one that should have never been asked. My appologies, gentlemen. ------------------ Rattler, Insurgent One Spectre Fleet Spectre StarStation ICV Necromancer Official BC3K Tester [email protected] ICQ 12894104 "Long Live The Insurgency, Long Live Mother Earth, And Long Live Battlecruiser Developers and Fans!" [This message has been edited by Rattler (edited 03-20-2000).]

Heh, OK, I'll start planning my attacks....err...Interviews then. One that I look forward to with great anticipation would be with Lisa, Derek's "Rock of Gibraltar" on the home front. If it wouldn't be too invasive I'd like to someday speak with the "First Lady" of Battlecruiser! Only if it's approved by and agreed to by both Derek AND Lisa though. Just a thought. ------------------ Rattler, Insurgent One Spectre Fleet Spectre StarStation ICV Necromancer Official BC3K Tester [email protected] ICQ 12894104 "Long Live The Insurgency, Long Live Mother Earth, And Long Live Battlecruiser Developers and Fans!"

OK, I'm In! I'd like to do it a little differently than Michael though. As I said earlier, Rattler does "No Holds Barred" Interviews. I'd like to do it via some sort of chat rather than send out interview emails. I like "on the spot" answers. Spontaneity is the word for the day. No rehersing and rethinking your answers. More real life and accurate that way. I'll get back to you on more details William. One thing it will force though. Those of you who wish you could be interviewed, better get ICQ! ------------------ Rattler, Insurgent One Spectre Fleet Spectre StarStation ICV Necromancer Official BC3K Tester [email protected] ICQ 12894104 "Long Live The Insurgency, Long Live Mother Earth, And Long Live Battlecruiser Developers and Fans!"

Thanks for the kind words Mike. I'd like to think that everyone in this wonderful family we call "Battlecruiser" would/will be there for a Friend/Family Member when the need was there. I do it not because of expectations. I do it out of moral obligation to that animal called Friendship. I ask nothing in return for it either. Friendship cannot be bought, nor stolen. It's freely given without expectation. I'm proud to have friends such as Yourself and the many up here. Just proud that I could be there for you. ------------------ Rattler, Insurgent One Spectre Fleet Spectre StarStation ICV Necromancer Official BC3K Tester [email protected] ICQ 12894104 "Long Live The Insurgency, Long Live Mother Earth, And Long Live Battlecruiser Developers and Fans!"

I could be talked into it, If it's Ok with you nice Galcommies that is! Give me more Specifics William. Gotta check with my Web guy though. Might have to start another website! By the way, these would be in typical "Uncle Rattler" fasion, "No holds Barred!" ------------------ Rattler, Insurgent One Spectre Fleet Spectre StarStation ICV Necromancer Official BC3K Tester [email protected] ICQ 12894104 "Long Live The Insurgency, Long Live Mother Earth, And Long Live Battlecruiser Developers and Fans!"

Ok, time for "Uncle Rattler" to step in here and clear this up......Hopefully! I've just finished running V2.09 for about 2 hours. My system specs are as follows: IBM Aptiva w/ AMD K6-II 400Mhz 66 Mhz FSB 80MB Ram, Diamond Monster Fusion 16MB Banshee Card 32X CDRom Office 2000 Installed. Drivers are Original drivers set by Diamond Install CD Only, and I repeat the ONLY slowdown I see is when the op area is overloaded with other AI's in the game. Then it slows down from 37fps to roughly 17 and higher. Most people wouldn't know the difference unless they had their eyes glued on the Speed readout. I know, I've seen the reports of this slowdown, and had other testers tell me that they are seeing it as well. I can't right now duplicate it. I WILL keep trying though. I don't believe it's an Office 2000 issue though. Could be wrong but, as I've just said, I'm not seeing it. ------------------ Rattler, Insurgent One Spectre Fleet Spectre StarStation ICV Necromancer Official BC3K Tester [email protected] ICQ 12894104 "Long Live The Insurgency, Long Live Mother Earth, And Long Live Battlecruiser Developers and Fans!"

Right, Thought I had sent you that already Boss! I'll make a final pass through the threads and gather the links. Sure hope they're right though. I wouldn't want be the one who didn't comply with the guidelines. ------------------ Rattler, Insurgent One Spectre Fleet Spectre StarStation ICV Necromancer Official BC3K Tester [email protected] ICQ 12894104 "Long Live The Insurgency, Long Live Mother Earth, And Long Live Battlecruiser Developers and Fans!"

Good Job Eclipse! Never doubted Ya for one minute! ------------------ Rattler, Insurgent One Spectre Fleet Spectre StarStation ICV Necromancer Official BC3K Tester [email protected] ICQ 12894104 "Long Live The Insurgency, Long Live Mother Earth, And Long Live Battlecruiser Developers and Fans!"

My congratulations to you, Newly Appointed Fleet Commanders, One and All. Well deserved I might add. quote:As Supreme Commander of GALCOM forces, Insurgent One (Rattler) has as much control over his Insurgent forces, as I do over GALCOM. If it's all right with you Derek, I've grown fond of Insurgent One over the past 2+ years. I'd like to keep that Rank. Again, "Well Done, Gents'" ------------------ Rattler, Insurgent One Spectre Fleet Spectre StarStation ICV Necromancer Official BC3K Tester [email protected] ICQ 12894104 "Long Live The Insurgency, Long Live Mother Earth, And Long Live Battlecruiser Developers and Fans!" [This message has been edited by Rattler (edited 03-16-2000).]

Heh! Don't think I gave anything away! I've just sublet some of the good spots out to you guys. I'll still be around to keep things running......and.......Collect the rent when I think it's due. ------------------ Rattler, Insurgent One Spectre Fleet Spectre StarStation ICV Necromancer Official BC3K Tester [email protected] ICQ 12894104 "Long Live The Insurgency, Long Live Mother Earth, And Long Live Battlecruiser Developers and Fans!"

Not Very Likely! You don't think I'd abandon you guys do Ya? What I've actually done is free myself up a bit to be able to pay each and every one of you a visit from time to time. I've also made it difficult for those (RP) Galcommies (/RP) to claim they killed me just because they happened to get lucky and took out Spectre H.Q. If I don't have a permanent home, they can't claim my hide with the realestate! Besides, You guys and gals deserve a chance at having a Starstation or Starbase to command. I just don't think it fair that I should take one of the limited assets for myself. Understand? I don't need it. Some of you might. Bottom Line, I'm not going anywhere. I'll be here for as long as I can still get online, or until the SC tells me that I don't belong. Hope neither day ever comes around! ------------------ Rattler, Insurgent One Spectre Fleet Spectre StarStation ICV Necromancer Official BC3K Tester [email protected] ICQ 12894104 "Long Live The Insurgency, Long Live Mother Earth, And Long Live Battlecruiser Developers and Fans!"

"Not on my Watch, Not on my Ship, Not in my.......Errr......Belay That!" Whew! Flashback! "Uncle Rattler" just stepped back in time about 12 years there! Pirates? Where? If I see a Pirate in BCM, his life expectancy is about 30 seconds from that point. If I see a Fleet of Pirates, I'm ejecting the whole bunch a lot quicker than that! "Nuff Said!" ------------------ Rattler, Insurgent One Spectre Fleet Spectre StarStation ICV Necromancer Official BC3K Tester [email protected] ICQ 12894104 "Long Live The Insurgency, Long Live Mother Earth, And Long Live Battlecruiser Developers and Fans!"

Shhhh! Keep your voice down! He'll hear Ya'! The reason could be both of the answers that you quoted though. I like to believe that, if you can get out of Galcommie Space in one piece, You deserve Fleet C&C. JMHOT! I could be wrong! ------------------ Rattler, Insurgent One Spectre Fleet Spectre StarStation ICV Necromancer Official BC3K Tester [email protected] ICQ 12894104 "Long Live The Insurgency, Long Live Mother Earth, And Long Live Battlecruiser Developers and Fans!" [This message has been edited by Rattler (edited 03-15-2000).]

Appologies Accepted Commander Carlton. (RP) Now get your sorry posterior out of Insurgent Space before I send "The Phish" out to clean your clock!" (/RP) ------------------ Rattler, Insurgent One Spectre Fleet Spectre StarStation ICV Necromancer Official BC3K Tester [email protected] ICQ 12894104 "Long Live The Insurgency, Long Live Mother Earth, And Long Live Battlecruiser Developers and Fans!"

Nope, Andergum's part of my ACTIVE Insurgent listing! ------------------ Rattler, Insurgent One Spectre Fleet Spectre StarStation ICV Necromancer Official BC3K Tester [email protected] ICQ 12894104 "Long Live The Insurgency, Long Live Mother Earth, And Long Live Battlecruiser Developers and Fans!"

ROTFLMAO! I'm not going to intentionally do that again! Did it once for the pure stupidity of it. Survived then, not sure about now. SC's put lots of Teeth on those Starstations since then. Not to mention other nasty things! Be my guest Commanders! ------------------ Rattler, Insurgent One Spectre Fleet Spectre StarStation ICV Necromancer Official BC3K Tester [email protected] ICQ 12894104 "Long Live The Insurgency, Long Live Mother Earth, And Long Live Battlecruiser Developers and Fans!"

(RP) Insurgents, and Galcommies as well, I take great pleasure in announcing that Spectre H.Q. is now in the capable hands of Cmdr Kristophers. I'll still be around, checking on all of you Commanders, but I'll just not be tied to any one Starstation or Starbase. That should keep all of you Cmdr's, CSOs, and CEOs on your toes. Enough of that though. I want every one of you to go visit Spectre H.Q. Check out the bulletin board, sign the Guestbook, and let him know how well he's doing. He's still working on the site, but it looks good from my end. http://www.insurgentroster.homestead.com/spectre.html By the way Insurgents, If you have command of a Starstation or Starbase, I expect you to have a Website for it. If you don't have room, I do! If you need help building a site, Insurgents can provide. Keep it clean and professional though. No slagging off on this one. Be proud of what you build. There are a lot of IMPORTANT eyes out there watching. Be Advised. (/RP) ------------------ Rattler, Insurgent One Spectre Fleet Spectre StarStation ICV Necromancer Official BC3K Tester [email protected] ICQ 12894104 "Long Live The Insurgency, Long Live Mother Earth, And Long Live Battlecruiser Developers and Fans!"

SpcFx is correct, you may actually capture a Starstation with a Battlecruiser. That thread so long ago only showed that a Starstation might be brought to it's prevervial knees with a single IC. Now if any other Commanders out there would like to give it a shot, be my guest. Remember, you may NOT receive support from your BC. Leave it outside the system and only fly your IC into the system and attack a Starstation. Good Luck and Good Hunting! ------------------ Rattler, Insurgent One Spectre Fleet Spectre StarStation ICV Necromancer Official BC3K Tester [email protected] ICQ 12894104 "Long Live The Insurgency, Long Live Mother Earth, And Long Live Battlecruiser Developers and Fans!"

ROTFLMAO! (RP) Launch the Alert Search And Reacue Units! Track that last transmission! (/RP) ------------------ Rattler, Insurgent One Spectre Fleet Spectre StarStation ICV Necromancer Official BC3K Tester [email protected] ICQ 12894104 "Long Live The Insurgency, Long Live Mother Earth, And Long Live Battlecruiser Developers and Fans!"

Yep Boss, They're doing fine out there. Tac's .doc's look impressive! Now if I can only get him to properly identify just where his assets are and quit trying to take MZ's that don't belong to you Galcommies, he'll be in like Flynn! ------------------ Rattler, Insurgent One Spectre Fleet Spectre StarStation ICV Necromancer Official BC3K Tester [email protected] ICQ 12894104 "Long Live The Insurgency, Long Live Mother Earth, And Long Live Battlecruiser Developers and Fans!"

Sorry, The Galcom War accademy may be visited at http://www.globalxs.nl/home/m/mfaber73/academy/ . A lot of work went into it by Mano Farber and his crew. Drop him a line if you get the chance. I know he's appreciate it. ------------------ Rattler, Insurgent One Spectre Fleet Spectre StarStation ICV Necromancer Official BC3K Tester [email protected] ICQ 12894104 "Long Live The Insurgency, Long Live Mother Earth, And Long Live Battlecruiser Developers and Fans!"

Been there, Done That! Insurgents, Muster on Station! Sign that Petition! ------------------ Rattler, Insurgent One Spectre Fleet Spectre StarStation ICV Necromancer Official BC3K Tester [email protected] ICQ 12894104 "Long Live The Insurgency, Long Live Mother Earth, And Long Live Battlecruiser Developers and Fans!"

Right you are Cmdr Shohashi! There's also the Galcom Accademy. Only drawback is it still requires reading of documentation. For those who really want to get into this game, Reading is a mandatory requirement. For those that want to wing it, they'll miss 60 percent of the game. Sad, but true fact of life. Their choice! ------------------ Rattler, Insurgent One Spectre Fleet Spectre StarStation ICV Necromancer Official BC3K Tester [email protected] ICQ 12894104 "Long Live The Insurgency, Long Live Mother Earth, And Long Live Battlecruiser Developers and Fans!"

Right SC. I'll fire it off soon as I get them all collected. Still a small bit of work left for two Fleets, then all should be right within the BC Universe. ------------------ Rattler, Insurgent One Spectre Fleet Spectre StarStation ICV Necromancer Official BC3K Tester [email protected] ICQ 12894104 "Long Live The Insurgency, Long Live Mother Earth, And Long Live Battlecruiser Developers and Fans!"

Jumpin' JeHosofats! Comments like that don't belong up here! We should encourage artistic development, not slam it before it gets out of the gate, or forcast failure before it's even out of it's infancy! "Uncle Rattler" advises against doing such things in the future. Now will the proud Fleet Commander of Cmdr. Brett please step forward and be recognized. "Uncle Rattler" needs a word with Ya'! [This message has been edited by Rattler (edited 03-12-2000).]