Update info History and Overview to cover 1998-present

diff --git a/info/History.t b/info/History.t
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--- a/info/History.t
+++ b/info/History.t
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ following people:
                         Yannick Trembley
                         John Yockey
 
-1998 Empire 4.2, Wolfpack (http://www.wolfpackempire.com)
+1998 Empire 4.2, Wolfpack
 
 The above authors (Dave Pare, Jeff Bailey, Thomas Ruschack, Ken Stevens
 and Steve McClure) agreed to re-release the source code under the GNU
@@ -222,7 +222,31 @@ WORLD_X and WORLD_Y) so that you didn't have to re-build an entire server
 each time you changed an option (you just have to rebuild the world 
 sometimes. ;-) )
 
-The source is still managed by the Wolfpack team.
-
+2006 Empire 4.3, Wolfpack
+
+Markus Armbruster took over technical leadership in 2004.  The code
+was put under version control, first CVS, then Git.  Countless bugs
+got squashed.  Significant effort went into improved maintainability
+and portability.  Thanks to Ron Koenderink, this includes Windows.
+Server and client support IPv6 and UTF-8.
+
+New tools for the deity include crash dumps, extensive logging,
+automatic backups, game export to and import from portable text files,
+even more game customization without recompile, and flexible update
+schedule configuration.  New configuration choices include AUTO_POWER,
+RAILWAYS and rollover_avail.  Options SHOWPLANE, SHIPNAMES, NEWPOWER,
+NEW_STARVE, NEW_WORK, ORBIT and PLANENAMES are no longer configurable.
+Options NUKEFAILDETONATE, SLOW_WAR, SNEAK_ATTACK, FUEL, GRAB_THINGS
+and SHIP_DECAY are gone.  Options PINPOINTMISSILE, DEMANDUPDATE,
+UPDATESCHED, DRNUKE, NONUKES, NEUTRON, BIG_CITY, DEFENSE_INFRA,
+NO_LCMS, NO_HCMS and NO_OIL got replaced by more flexible
+configuration.
+
+The xdump command lets client writers access more game more easily.
+
+Changes affecting players include extended start/stop commands
+(replacing budget priorities), radically reduced bridge population,
+somewhat reduced land unit penetration depth, fusing of interception
+with air defense, and limiting nukes to strategic roles again.
 .FI
 .SA "Server"

diff --git a/info/Overview.t b/info/Overview.t
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@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ and partly on the Unix system at Davis Polk & Wardwell,
 by Peter Langston with invaluable goading from
 Joe Stetson, Robert Bradbury, Nat Howard, Brian Redman, Adam Buchsbaum,
 and a myriad of others.
+.s1
 Since Langston never released source code for his version,
 Dave Pare and friends de-compiled it in that same year and have
 created this version
@@ -226,9 +227,11 @@ code, most notably, Dave Pare added plane units in 1986, Jeff Bailey
 added many configurable options in the KSU distribution, Thomas
 Ruschak added land units and missions in 1992-1993 and released the
 "Chainsaw" server, and Ken Stevens rewrote much of the server code in
-1995 and released the "Empire2" server, and Steve McClure and the Wolfpack
-made lots
+1995 and released the "Empire2" server.
+Steve McClure and the Wolfpack made lots
 of other changes and released the "Empire4" server in August of 1996.
+The game is still maintained by the Wolfpack team.  Markus Armbruster
+serves as technical lead since 2004.
 .in
 .s1
 .SA "Novice, Expert, Introduction"