Mods/Welcome to the Boonies

Before there was Derelict, there was Welcome to the Boonies, a single mission released on the old VolitionWatch Archives site. As original mission designer Agatheron described it: [i]"Welcome to the boonies pilot. This is actually a relatively minor mission that is scene one leading up to the more involved Bait and Switch posted nearby. These two will eventually be the first two missions in a seven to ten mission campaign. However, before I charge into it, I would like some feedback on these two."[/i] The five missions posted on the VolitionWatch Archives included original voice acting. As history records, Derelict would eventually grow to an epic 45 missions, but the full campaign was not voiced until Blaise Russel's heroic effort seven years later. By this time, the original voice actors were no longer available. These voice actors lend a somewhat different character to the campaign than the later cast. Of particular note are Mackie and the GTC LoneWolf. As originally voiced in 1999, Mackie was a boisterous loose cannon, whereas in 2006 he was reimagined as a soft-spoken cynic. In 1999, the LoneWolf was voiced with a backwater accent appropriate to the "boonies" setting, whereas in 2006 it became a standard generic cruiser. The LoneWolf's cameo in Silent Threat: Reborn is based on the original backwater version. (Note that the voice acting, while pretty thorough, is not complete. In particular, none of the debriefings have voice acting for some reason.)