Something is wrong with my connection, so I couldn't play. It keeps dying randomly. I hope that it will be fixed soon.

I'll make no promises, but I'll try to be there if I can. I'll make sure that I won't forget it, though, if it's possible for me to join.

... I did remember this, this time, but I was too busy to join. Sorry about that again...

We'll see if I'll remember to join this time.

I knew I forgot something... Sorry about not being there, after all...

*emerges*

Did someone say... tournament?

You know I'm in. Let's just hope my internet connection allows it, though.

I have been waiting for this... Time for me to re-emerge.

If the Ur-Quan have slaves, then the Ur-Quan should be able to implement the slaves' technology in their own ships, if they're the technically-advanced race I heard about.  I propose giving the Ur-Quan ships Thraddash-style afterburners, Earthling MX missiles, and VUX limpets.  Then they'd be feared.

That would be ridiculous. And I don't think they'll want any weapons from inferior species. I'd just tweak their statistics (especially those of the fighters.)

What happens if I win this time as well?

... I forgot. I would have participated, but now it's too late. Well, next time, then.

I'm around 0.59 x 10⁹ seconds old. When I played the PC original, I was quite young. Of course, I didn't understand anything of the story back then, so finding UQM was necessary for the completion of the game.

That is very possibly one of the most tasteless images I have seen in my life.

If you honestly believe that, someone needs to send you to goatse. Goatse for the win.

*Shivers*

Anyway, Amiga Nut, I won't let you have my pillow too easily.

I'll be there to defend my championship pillow.

So this is a weekly tournament.

You know what, I figured it out. The shields aren't to protect the Sa-Matra from the fleet, they're to protect the fleet from the Sa-Matra!

The Sa-Matra does not only have weapons of tremendous power, it also has weapons of great subtlety. Unless encased in this shell, whoever is at the helm could invisibly turn the tide of the battle.

Or at least, the Kohr-Ah think so. So into the shield it goes, and the shield generators go on the outside.

How does that sound?

That does make sense. That would also be the reason why the Sa-Matra does not use its primary weapons to defend itself and instead lauches those 'drones' to attack.

So soon after the first? Well, I guess I'm in.