Goober5000

To follow up on this, the optional 11th argument will default to the options being off if they are not specified. However, the bit that adds maneuvers on top of...

Great idea. I do have a few comments about the design though.

@NovachenFS2 Not sure I completely understand, but it sounds like this ticket is solved already? The `fiction-gr` and `fiction-pt` etc. folders will work?

This should be satisfied by #3528. Using the `is-language` sexp, the fiction viewer can display different stages for different languages.

Adding FRED support is on the to-do list. Then again, it's been on the to-do list for years. The main difficulty is adding sexp tree support.

Well I'm not nearly familiar enough with the CFile system to give this a good review. Has it been thoroughly tested?

I would be fine with closing this as won't-fix.

I'm skeptical that this qualifies as a good first issue. I don't imagine saving and restoring the lab's state, and figuring out the game's state transitions, would be simple.

For item number 5, the feature should already do what you want. The "command sender" option specifies what is displayed when the "command persona" messages (e.g. "Incoming jump signature! Hostile...

Regarding callsigns, they are not quite the same things as alternate ship names. They are displayed in the message sender as the callsign itself, but on the target display as...