Players engage in
dogfights that take place in one of nine environments, and they are able to choose from 18 ships, half being
Terran, and the other half
Kilrathi. There can be up to 16 players in a single match. The game is separated into
single-player and
multiplayer modes. Multiplayer modes include eight-on-eight teamplay or 16 player
free-for-all,
capship battles allowing two teams to launch an organized assault on each other's ship while defending their own, "Satellite", which is a variation of
capture the flag, Single player modes include Asteroids, Training Modes and Melees. Playing through the single player modes will unlock the various ship types. == Relation to previous
Wing Commander games ==