I would say wow too, but with a slightly different meaning. 
I'm finding the Pale missions annoying in that I'm trying to side with the Rebels, but I keep having to blow up these Rebel convoys. So far only a few Rebel places don't like me, but even that's too many because all the confed places hate me and it would stink to not have anywhere to go.
A few questions of my own, in case this post ever gets read by someone that might be able to answer them (if that doesn't happen I'll submit a new topic): What ever happened to that mission string about the pirates mysteriously evading detection on some attacks? I haven't got anything to do with that for a long time now... Actually that's the only question I have right now, but I do have a bug report and I'm wondering if anyone else experienced the problem; even if I have enough space a credits, there is no "buy" button for Tritanium Armor and Mass Expansions. Its getting really annoying, especially since I have extra cargo space that I'd like to use to store ammo...
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