I won't say for certain one way or another. The PR beta doesn't have an NDA on it so if one wanted to say, they could, but frankly I'd rather let you discover yourself

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Sorry mate, thanks for the suggestion and link but i'll stay with TLR

Edited by - jameson on 28-01-2003 22:40:42

jameson, thats his sig. lol

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i just watched the CGI video that the nomads are in they seem to have alot more plot substance than i have seen from reading various reviews is this true or not? are they merely "involved" in the plot or are they essential to it? i hope they are only a small disoverable part otherwise FL will just dissolve into another round of humans v.s. aliens if they are only a background issue, salute to DA and MS! i just want a clarification after reading the posts above no spoilers though!

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Edited by - Godlike Entity on 29-01-2003 04:36:17

Edited by - Godlike Entity on 29-01-2003 04:38:04

I haven't seen the movie but I have taken a look at some of the pics of it. What exactly are the Nomads? Are they an alien race that destroyed the Sol System along with Earth?

The old Trailer includes a good part of "Nomad-related-story". It actually leads to the conclusion that the big background threat in FL is still the Nomads lurking somwhere trying to erase mankind...
If the story would lead into the human vs. alien stereotype it would be quite disappointing.
My hopes are for the changes/reforms in FL that have evolved over the many years (having erased the Nomads from the trailer etc.)

And how would one be supposed to play an "infinite" freelancing game after the end of the storyline if mankind would get erased by the Nomads?

Well the full background goes something like this.

In the original concept of Freelancer, the Nomads showed up towards the end of the Coalition\Alliance war in a cloaked Dreadnaught and decided the human race was not fit to live and took out the entire solar system with a single blast at the sun (the ensuing expolsion was pretty impressive in the FMV by the way). The sleeper ships still (obviously) managed to escape and get to the sirius system.

About a year or so ago, DA decided to knock the Nomads down a peg or two. I mean how exactly do you fight an enemy with the ability to take out Solar system with one blast from a vessel that can sneak into the solar system undetected.

After that piece of news came out pretty well much nothing has been heard about the Nomads since. As you can read in the interviews with Jorg and Phil the Nomads are in the storyline somewhere. However what part they play exactly is unknown to all, except DA, Beta Testers (whoever they are) and the PR players.

Who knows guys you may win a copy of the sneak preview and be able to find out for yourselves pretty soon.



Edited by - Mustang on 29-01-2003 13:17:06

*still hoping for that sneak preview ...*
on the other hand i don't want it to be spoiled on the forum, caus i want to investigate everything there is to know in freelancer

How does the intro movie look without the Nomads? Does it just end after sleepers breaking blockade?

the sleeper ships leave, and then you see a ship wich tells "this was 800 years ago,..."

but just download it, there should be a small version of that intro 6.279KB it's nice

hmmm...tough this question is... maybe there is another major war between the houses, and then the Nomads come back... and we all unite, and every military force destroys the Nomad threat in say...2months of gameplay storyline time?? then you can go to like the 3 systems out of 48 that were destroyed in the conflict, but no more wars. and the story continues...
Phoenix out
PS: just a suggestion & why doesn't my :p make a face?

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