if Legacy was made under pressure (see Abbs' last sentence). Since you worked on the team and AFAIK experienced pressure yourself bein' prevented from creating a mission editor by Bethesda in the first place, I thought you should know best  .
besides, I'm sorry for the let-down concerning the ambassadore-thing (which I think is a sound and perfect idea). As I explained to MoE, I will "step back" here a little and give others a bit more (bote) space to fill in especially here on our forums (I mean I did half the post count on those..). The game is at a stage where everyone can play it and therefore can make himself expert on it that way so I'm no longer needed as living FAQ  .
On a side note, I hope you skimmed through that thread: http://botfii.armadafleetcommand.com/in ... pic&t=1829 . It explains my legal concerns about all this since the announcement of ST:Conquest. Not that I am that stupid to think we get kicked in the ass right now without the visually-attracting 3D-combat in place, but just imagine when this is in-game and we have a fan-produced ST:Conquest for PC (only ten times better  ), to cut a long story short, I myself won't take this responsibility on my shoulders, if someone else wants, okay, he can step forward but I have my reservations. Noone's givin me money for the lawyer when things turn bad here so I hope you can understand my standpoint. You might say, well, you have tons of nice stand-alone fan-games listed on your site (like flash-trek) which are popular as well and never had any problems at all, but if you take a closer look, most of them are no longer being maintained (Red Alert and Final War 2) or have no half-way-exact commercial counterpart (as in Flash-Trek).
We do as in Conquest (no one knows yet if the 3D combat gets exactly as either in botf1 or conquest with the player able to command a ship personally though I doubt it'll be the latter).
I personally don't feel like attempting legal showdown with the company you formerly worked on . I'd need a written "fan-game-license" though you know the probability too for that ever going to happen..
But this is just my opinion for myself and no overall bote final word and since I'm just a contributor and moderator to bote and no real developer, sir p. has that honor .
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