y did the nomads blow up free port 7?

Sat May 17, 2003 3:58 pm by Samus

in the intro to the game freeport 7 is destroyed by nomads is there a reason y?

Sat May 17, 2003 4:11 pm by Pinger

Play the game through and find out or look in Spoilers

Sat May 17, 2003 8:47 pm by freighter fighter

ive played through FL twice now, and i dont remember why they did it

Sat May 17, 2003 8:48 pm by 1337

<cough> <cough> artifact <cough> <cough>.....

Sat May 17, 2003 10:04 pm by Titus

they wanted the thing in place with the thing....you know the big thing that almost kills you....

Sure i look funny....and please dont play leapfrog with my unicorn. It hurts!

Sun May 18, 2003 12:27 am by Setsuna

They heard that they cannot use torpedoes during gameplay, so they decided to spend 'em(torpedoes) to the best of their ability...

CMPT XPBATCKOJ !!!

Sun May 18, 2003 3:06 am by Rheinland Destroyer

Y'know I think they really messed up on this part on ACTUALLY why Freeport 7 was destroyed.

For example elements of the storyline suggests that they did it to shake things up amongst the houses since a Zoner base is after all neutral to every faction others parts point to the fact that it is because of the Artifact.Which is it I haven't a clue but either would be correct I guess.

Sun May 18, 2003 5:32 am by DaVoid

Thought it would be pretty obvious to anyone who played the game. Theyt wanted to destroy the artifact to prevent them from using it against them.

~ DaVoid, Expert Star Diver

Sun May 18, 2003 6:18 am by Chandrasekhar Limit

Destroying a whole space station seems like overkill though to get one little object... Not to mention the act would (and did) attract unwanted attention.

I agree... Why Freeport 7 was destroyed was not sufficiently explained by the story.

Sun May 18, 2003 2:33 pm by RILMS

You see, the Nomands are accualy the Canadian forces. Freeport 7 refused to sell Pouten, so it had to be destroyed. It was a great loss for all. But a lessen that all should heed.

Sun May 18, 2003 4:41 pm by MechWarrior

It was destroyed because the guy who you see smoking a cigarrete in the beginign of the game has a very importanat artifact.

Sun May 18, 2003 11:26 pm by Chandrasekhar Limit

That's exactly my point. There are easier, (and more importantly, discreet) ways to get rid of one guy than to waste an entire major installation like a space station, which is overkill and will draw LOTS of unwanted attention.

For a race of aliens with superadvanced technology, the Nomads sure are dumb to show their cards like that.

And the dude with the cigarette in FL... He was a wuss. Now HERE's a Cigarette Smoking Man who knows how to run a conspiracy (heh heh):

Mon May 19, 2003 2:56 am by Unpro

the nomads leaders are like the george bush you know..

to kill Osama, you should bomb the entire Afgan countryside..
to kill Saddam, you should counquer a whole country..

They could had just infiltrate the bases and whack that guy off..

or maybe they have to many torp to waste..

Mon May 19, 2003 4:05 am by Chandrasekhar Limit

There you go. Something you can complain or praise the programmers about... Depending on how you like your villains. In your case I guess you would praise the programmers, heh.

Mon May 19, 2003 10:30 am by Preacher0815

@ unpro
Bush just couldn´t infiltrate. If he did, it would show others that a small strike team is way more cost effective than waging a large scale war. Every state would then train such special forces and assassin their opponent´s leaders.

Same thing with the nomads. If they had infiltrated their way in, some faction would have come up with an "obtained" nomad fighter to strike back in something like a covert op.

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