[aussie_freespacer]

At the end of the main campaign, it doesn't seem to make a clear indication as to where the Aquitaine ended up. The last mission involving the Aquitaine was Argonautica, when the Aquitaine jumped to Gamma Draconis. Any more information about this to explain?

[ShadowGorrath]

The Aquitane is where your "boss" is talking to you ( supposed that you survived the supernova ) and your squad in the final cutscene . It's also the place where you end up after you jumped out of Capella ( and flew towards the Aquitane ) . So anyway , the ship and all your stuff in it are safe 

[aussie_freespacer]

Cheers mate.

[Wobble73]

Yes for "boss" read Admiral Petrarch and.....................




 

*EDIT*You're right ShadowGorrath, please excuse my typo!  *EDIT*

[ShadowGorrath]

That's Admiral PEtrarch 

I have almost forgotten his name .

OFF-TOPIC: How many Australian FreeSpace players are there ?! 

[colecampbell666]

Vasudan Admiral, Black Wolf...

They're the ones that I know about. How many Canadian players?

[Mobius]

Welcome to the HLPBB, aussie_freespacer

Australians...Setekh?

Canadians...I don't know.

[Turey]

Axem is Canadian.

[Jeff Vader]

Darius is Australian.

And Moby, aussie_freespacer was beamed already.

[Locutus of Borg]

It's so much better to be killed in the Supernova, or just order all your men not to attack that Cain (or is it Lulith) class ship.

The captain's speach is so much more inspiring when he talks about the death of Alpha 1

[Jeff Vader]

The captain's speach is so much more inspiring when he talks about the death of Alpha 1

Admiral Petrarch would have you transferred to a second class potato peeler within minutes for that mistake. Learn your military ranks.

[Locutus of Borg]

I haven't played it in 2 months, give me a break.

Also, a potatoe pealer would be much better than that floating can opener

[Jeff Vader]

Our little friend known as logic is eager to help. Captains command single capital ships or possibly squadrons. They don't just suddenly start controlling entire fleets. That would be a job for the admirals to do.

[Wanderer]

Term 'captain' is probably the worst ever name to be given for a rank... Especially in navy which is the reason why some navies do not use rank of 'captain' at all and use 'captain-lieutenant' instead. That is ships commanding officer is always known as 'captain' and regardless of the actual rank of the captain his word is the law (as classic saying goes) on a ship. Some times if there other captains aboard they are addressed by some other rank (like infantry 'captain' being called 'major' while aboard the ship) to avoid confusing any one to the ship's commanding officer.

So as the Admiral Petrarch does command the ship directly then its fine to call him 'captain'.

[Jeff Vader]

Which is probably why I don't remember them being referred to as captains even once. They always used the term 'commanding officer', which clearly indicates their position without the need to use the word captain, which happens to be a rank. Unless proved otherwise, I'll stick to the belief that, while Petrarch was the CO of the Aquitaine, he consentrated more on the strategic planning and deploying of their fighter complement in conjunction with Command. In the mean time someone, possibly a captain, would make decisions on the single actions of the destroyer and lead the ship during engagements, unless Petrarch decides to intervene and give his own orders on what the Aquitaine should do in the current situation.

But don't mind me. It just struck to me, since I got some emotionally filled feedback during my military service when I accidentally addressed a staff sergeant as a sergeant.

[Titan]

How the heck did you guys get so off subject. 

its like those tangents you went off on in my first threads almost a year ago...... ahh......... good times, good times.

[Jeff Vader]

Quiet you. Our discussion was very much related to the Aquitaine, its CO and what happened to it after Capella.

[karajorma]

Not to mention that the topic's question was answered in the first reply. As long as the thread doesn't become spam no one really cares if it finds itself another topic.

[Locutus of Borg]

I dont go off on tangents, I go off on cosines!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Agent_Koopa]

It's so much better to be killed in the Supernova, or just order all your men not to attack that Cain (or is it Lulith) class ship.

The captain's speach is so much more inspiring when he talks about the death of Alpha 1

Hah, I laughed at that. "He was a brave man, going back to help the last (doomed) ships through the node, sacrificing himself for the sake of others."

Alpha 1: OH****OH****OH****THENODEISFIVEKILOMETRESAWAYANDIHAVETWENTYSECONDS