I know you're like me and you can't wait for the chance to do some 'real' flying. The flight department tries to simulate the physical symptoms of dogfighting in space, but after a few actual training sorties one on one with an instructor, you'll feel like you've been treading water in a suit of armor. Just wait, the real thing is very different. I know you think that you're all sierra hotel because you finally topped my best in the VR sims.

I think that the computer in the drones wasn't registering the simulated hits correctly.

I only got one down during my transition training, 'Advanced Dogfighting Tactics.' Apparently my checkout instructor was not excited about my 'kill' score. The Apollo fighter is truly a wonderful machine. Nevertheless, specialty training has been going pretty well. I suppose after so many years of supporting the war, everyone has become slightly callous. It's funny how everyone gets excited for you when you graduate, but then forgets about you until you ship out. I haven't received much mail since graduation day at the Naval Academy. I thought maybe I would add a bit of a personal narrative to the story and see how it works as a vehicle for a set of AAR's. I'm using the FSport with the mediaVP package to play the original campaign in the modded Free Space 2 engine, and I have to say for an older game it still looks pretty. I finally have some extra time on my hands again, and having picked up both Free Space 1 and 2 in a GoG.com sale, I figured I might as well give it a go as I've never actually played through either game even though I remember enjoying the demo. I remember playing the demo version as a freebie bundled with a joystick quite a few years ago. Recently, I happened to come across the Free Space source code project on the internet. And now for something completely different.

Edge of space mods