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Commander X takes the Darth Kipper.

Name the type of ship and the sci-fi franchise.

The aliens from Gerry Anderson's UFO

I think my answer-foo is exhausted as well!

Many would argue that it is the best of all the core ships. Not quite as fast or nimble as a cobby, but still a great fighting machine. Big, yes, so easier to hit but tough as old boots.

Not all trades have to be made in a single jump!

This is one of the advantages of a bigger ship like the Boa Cruiser. You have the space to buy stuff really cheaply when you can, and just keep it for a while till you arrive at a planet with a high buying price.

“So here we are, blind as moles, engaged in ugly, unappealing struggles of identity politics, nationhood and other such fatuous, outmoded notions, while the planet on which we depend for life is gasping for air and a technological tsunami threatens to engulf us and redefine us without our consent. ...

The National Cyber Security Centre has demonstrated how an interactive doll could be compromised and used to unlock a wifi-connected front door.

The World really has gone completely bonkers!

Spot on.
Back to the ffutures

It's been a while since we had an anagram.

'stops, hires raptor'

Book and Film - Name of both (the same) and author.

'To Sail Beyond the Sunset' - Robert A. Heinlein.
This is one of his that I haven't read, but the clues were enough to point me in the right direction

Hi Yak_Forger, and welcome

a lot of the ships from the classic collection seem to shine with the new shader It seems to be amplifying the specular map. These textures were designed to 'glint'. I tested them by getting a ship to barrel-role and when viewed at the right angle to the sun they reflect really nicely and the hull-...

Aha, yes this was released with only one texture for all four variants, partly because I have tried not to stray too far from Aegidian's original skins for the 'Classics'. No reason not to have a bit of variety though :) I'm glad you like the plating effect - the whole 'Classic Ships' suite has this...