Last Updated: 12/15/99

"Nicht so eine primitive Scheiße wie DOOM" (Zitat von Michael Haiss) (<-sorry but this can't be translated into english!)

A quick overview of our most important services:

• What's New? - News on this site
• Descent Manager - The ultimate tool collection for the Descent user, e.g. DETLEF32, PLREDIT32 and the Robot Construction Kit!
• Descent Tools - The most important tools made by the Descent community for the Descent community
• Descent Level Network - A huge collection of quality levels for both Anarchy and Single-Player modes.
• Descent Developer Network - Developer information, e.g. file format specs and the Descent 1 Source code
• Descent 3 Preview - Exclusive screenshots made by DNet as well as an AVI showing D3 in action.
• Descent Patches - Patches and Updates for Descent 1 Shareware, Descent 1 Commercial and Descent 2 Commercial. Also contains D2_3Dfx versions and special D1 versions like DDR_D1, D1DJGPP...
• Descent Shareware - Try before buy... Non-playable trailers and playable demo versions!
• Multiplayer Stuff - Links you to the multiplayer world on descent2.com: Kali, Kahn, DETLEF32, ...
• Descent Network Archives - Descent Musics, Images and More Stuff...
• Descent 3D - Descent models! Render your own Pyro-GX!
• Descent Links - A well-sorted list of links to other Descent sites in the world (wide web).

Descent Manager DETLEF32 - The professional way to download missions from the net. How do YOU download your missions?

Visit our sister site, dedicated for Descent: FreeSpace, at:

The Descent Network Team are (more detailed descriptions and photos can be found here):

• Heiko "HH-Software Images" Herrmann - Lead programmer, developer of Descent Manager, main administrator and coordinator of descent2.com, Descent Network and Descent Developer Network.
• Alexander "Assassin" Streule - Level coordinator, incl. quality ensurance, reviews and database. Administrator of descent-freespace.com.
• Steve "Stinger" Klinger - Senior Programmer, Descent Manager RCK production.
• Garry Knudson - Robot Construction Kit production, FreeSpace ship editor project.
• Jeff "ZappaFan" Guynn - Descent Manager DETLEF mailing list administrator and support for DETLEF.
• Jason "Delirium" Jouret - Quality level productions (Pyrocide).
• Nikodemus "Emus" von Theisien - Graphic designer, story producer
• Mystina "Tina" Bright - Texture designer
• Michael "Mole" Schmalz - Robot designing and program tester
• Alan "Zonerie" Fork - 2D logos and buttons
• Nathan "Thin Man" Padgett - 3D models and renderings.
• Pierre "Neelix" Schoberth - 3D renderings.
• Christian "MadMurdock" Scheibel - Sessions organisator, plus financial administrator of descent2.com.
• Mark "Vyper" Redman - Programmer
• Pierre "Tricord" De Landsheere - Manual/ Help file writing and compilation.

Descent Network is working in direct cooperation with the following friends and sites:

• Kevin "Kevlar" Bentley, now working at Outrage Entertainment - Descent Developer Network specs, resources and "D1X" Project (Descent 1 Source Code Enhancement).
• Chris "Gwar" Ledwith from Descentia - News and information exchangement.
• Tim "RTwice" Flynn from Valhalla Tower - News and information exchangement.
• Luke "Vizor" Schneider, now working at Outrage Entertainment - Quality level productions (The Entropy Series, Anarchy Levels).
• Razor Blade - Quality single-player level productions (Chasm, Phobos Encounter, Project: Mandrill).
• Stephen P. Clouse - Newsletter service.
• Harald "Wild_1" Koenigsperger from Otha Playaz Problemz - Session organisations, plus DNet helped on his (great!) fonts a bit :).

View the Descent Network Team MPEG-1 video clip (1,8 MB)

There are several awards our site has won, which we are very proud of:

	Our Descent Manager page was Warp Core's Destination of the Month in June '97!
	descent2.com was the most active site on the Elite Descent Ring in December '97!
	The Descent Network site won the "Award of abundant database" given by the Descent Newbie site in December '97!
	We have been rated vital at GC Underground's Descent Community links page in November '98.

!Use the browser you want!

This domain is shared by a couple of (mostly German) Descent freaks! Although the domain name states, that it would be COMmercial, it is made just of fun and admiration to our all-time-favorite-game: Descent!!

The makers of

	Interplay Productions The producer and publisher.
	Parallax Software The creators of Descent 1 and 2.
	Volition Inc. One arm of the divided Parallax Software, works on Descent: FreeSpace.
	Outrage Entertainment The other arm of the divided Parallax Software, works on Descent 3.