you don't.
The testers have made a few mods but they are time consuming to do so not very many are out there.
GBSIII is required and is not slated for release.
In my wanderings across the web, I came across a site that might bring back some memories for a few people: the battlecrusier website from 1998. Have fun!
http://web.archive.org/web/19980711055944/...w.bc3000ad.com/
Both maternal and paternal are mostly german but beside that I got a mix of Scottish and Irish. I don't remember that we did too much, the tree goes back quite a ways.
Now that GBS is available to BCMG a faster route to acquire artifaces would be to script a cargo pod with them and go pick them up when you start the game. This doesn't ensure that you can actually USE them at that point of the game.
@street: probably a VERY high level AI or some such thing.
It was a feature that was toyed with for BC:3020 but was scrapped due to time:value before it really got far. BC3K had bitmap cockpits for the CC and support craft.
I'm alive; Spectre doesn't hold roll calls since Gallion already knows our status.
Suffice to say that many of the members are quite busy though in you watch carefully you will see their names pop up on the the current visitors list now and again.