Any way to disable startup sequence?

[roch]

Hey there grognardians, I was wondering if there's a way to stop the intro "movie" (well splash sequence) from blowing my ears off every time I start up. No, I don't mean by turning the volume down, but by disabling the darned thing.

Oh, and another question: as someone who has tinkered with COW for a while but who usually just takes the "All units attack! Ignore losses! Sacrifice yourselves for the evil Development Director!" approach to combat, are there any annotated walkthroughs (like chess games) around on the net that will teach me how to do it right?

Many thanks, and may your grog never be nard,

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