Bill...I have two copies of EAW...that I non longer play....
"IF" you exhaust all other options....I "might" let you borrow one of my CD keys so you can play EAW, based on several conditions...
I would first suggest that you abandon EAW and buy a copy of Orion Pirates at E-bay (I got my last copy of OP there for 5 bucks including shipping)...
The conditions would be...
PM me your real name, address, and phone number, so I can confirm that you are in fact ,who you say you are...
An E-mailed digital picture of your EAW disk,and your daily local paper(for date confirmation) with you holding it... to confirm that you in fact have the original game disk...and that the picture is current...
A promise to Buy Orion Pirates at your earilest opportunity (so you can join us playing online when you're ready)...
Please understand...we are very protective of our game...we dont abide with pirated copies being used to play a game we all payed for...
It's not that we dont trust you...and I'm not accusing you of having a pirated disk.....only that we want to confirm that you are legit...
As I said earlier....you best option is to bite the bullet and pony up a few more bucks for OP...
But rest assured....if you are legit...and cant get help through standard channels...we wont leave you hanging out in the wind....