So, what did I miss?
Pretty much just some Vasudans Chargin' their Lazer...

...and, subsequently, Firin' their Lazer.


In other words, normal maps are slowly making an appearance. Go to "Recent Builds", find the latest of Taylor's XT builds and download the Limited Edition normalmap-pack to make some of the ships have normal maps.
Oh, and Darius released a new campaign/mod called Blue Planet, which had a good reception. And Beyond the Red Line Demo was patched. Aside from that I can't think of much else. Welcome back (I wonder if someone will now change Sarafan's user title?

)!