Westwood has posted a pair of new articles relating to Earth & Beyond, their upcoming massively multiplayer space combat game. There's a Terrain Lighting System Special Feature talking about the game's graphics engine, offering quotes from programmer Naty Hoffman, one of the folks responsible for the MMX technology that added three letters to Intel's CPUs. They have also posted an article on the Inspiration and Early Concepts for Earth & Beyond that quotes Westwood Studios co-founder Brett Sperry discussing what motivated them to embark on such a project, with Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan one of the specific influences cited.