No need to worry, I'm not dead. I've put the project on hold until I can see if it can be done in Universe at War: Earth Assualt. I've played the beta, and I'm fairly certain it can be done. There are certainly beam type weapons in that game, plus aircraft. All that would need to be done would be to make the landscape look like space. I've deleted the beta

, so I can't exactly look at the code anymore, but I'll be getting it very soon.
To me, there's not much point in developing it for EAW if beam weapons won't work. They play a huge part in the game. If I can't pull it off in UAW, I don't think it will happen.