Any chance that we get some pictures exepct those 3 at Game Spy because this expansion looks awsome, the only problem is that it will be very hard for me to get it (like SoaSE) because I live in Bosnia and Herzegowina

Ok, the spikey orbs are the TEC minefields....pretty obvious, the concept (obvious again)is their Star base, and also the last pic is Advent minefield.

Until this battle station is fully operational, we are vulnerable. The Rebel Alliance is too well equipped, they're more dangerous than you realize...

Quick, they are moveing a Starbase into Sigma 4! We need to attack now!

*Starbase becomes fully opperational*

ITS A TRAP!

... Yeah ...

Can we haz more screens plz ?

The TEC star base looks really cool. I'm really looking forward to this! I always thought that defense was a weak point in SoaSE, now all it needs is a destroyer class.

After reading the preview,Entrenchment seems to be worth buying immediately,rather than waiting for the expansion.

Still,some questions:

1.How to i pay to buy Entrenchment in Impulse?Do you guys accept pay pal?

2.Say i own all 3 mini expansion,how to i get the single player campaign when the retail expansion pack release?Do i need to pay another $10 for the campaign?

I hope that i dont need to buy the retail expansion for the campaign.

1) You'll be able to use Paypal once it's released, I don't think you can pre-order with it.

2) We haven't heard much about this, I don't even know if they know if they'll put the campaign into one of the mini packs or separate. But, knowing SD and IC, they're not the kind of companies that would make folks pay twice. So however they do it, I would be extremely surprised if they didn't make sure those who buy the mini packs pay the same thing as those who buy the full retail package.

I believe that "orgamsmic" would be appropriate here.

I have pre-ordered it using my CC - I got the 20% discount for using my coupon (survey). You cannot get the discount if you use Pay Pal iirc

Already pre-ordered as well.

Didn't use the 20% coupon so far, i received it after i bought everything.
So i don't think i can make use of it since it expires on the 30.Sep 2008.

Unless they can put up the other 2 mini-expansions for pre-order

I would be sure to preorder it without question if I knew this....

Does this update finally fix the multi core cpu problem?  As in, multithreading is only used for texture loading and not for anything else?  It would go a long way when I make those week long endevors with a 500+ planet system.

With the coupon it should be around 7 or so bucks, a steal at that price!

I would not count on more mult-core support from this micro pack

Why be all psyched up about an expansion pack for a company who unfortunately can't fix the vanilla's multiplayer issues.