There's not really much continuity between Starlancer and Freelancer - a load of the rumours in FL contradict events which the player actually sees unfold in SL, like that launch bay rumour. Someone who plays SL said that the 3 other ships were destroyed in the construction phase, well before they were all launched

There was also the Alaska

The hell with titans and nomads!

nomads get boring, and titans are flying poo!

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There's not really much continuity between Starlancer and Freelancer - a load of the rumours in FL contradict events which the player actually sees unfold in SL, like that launch bay rumour. Someone who plays SL said that the 3 other ships were destroyed in the construction phase, well before they were all launched

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There is a very good reason for why there is no continuity between those games: Starlancer happens at the start of the conflict, and in the Freelancer intro it was said that the conflict wass raging on for about a 100 years! In fact they don't even know why the fight started in the first place

In 100 years can happen a lot, so even though the Alliance managed to scrape itself together and even strike a few blows (altough small and only on the outer reaches of the solar system, you don't even come near Earth) they could still be easily overrun in 100 years... Don't forget that the Coalition had most of the production centres too

... oh wait I'm getting very OT here...

That rumor is just not applicable on this version of FL... Maybe it would have fitted in in an older version or something, but it's clear that they either forgot to remove it or left it in on purpose, to leave us wondering...

Who knows are they now laughing their asses off reading all those threads about us wondering what the heck is up with it

Only 5 ships were launched. It says so in the intro movie, and you can watch the 5 ships fly past you. Nowhere does the game HISTORY mention or show another three. The only thing which keeps that rediculous notion alive is a single bar rumor. If you take that over the game intro and the rest of the in-game storyline, you aren't thinking any more clearly than the drunken fool you got the rumor from.

There were only 5 sleepers. Deal with it.

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Wait! this must be some sort of plan.....

FL2...where everything falls into place and everyone is happy and smokes cardamine

Is it me, or does everyone hate Rhineland? I mean, give them a chance! They only hunt you for about 99.9[% of the Single Player! Thats good....right? I mean, they could hunt you for ALL the Single Player.....right?.....hello?

3 of them were using MS OS... say no more.

I read an interview with the game developers where they said that, although none of the rumors were absolutely false, some of them weren't quite true, either.

oh jeez, get one thing straight. American Beer... isnt. Its not beer. Its lager. It is yellow. Beer is brown. Lager is yellow. End.

TO @#!@ with all you people! THERE IS FIVE!

Bretonia,
Rhineland,
Kusari,
Hispania,
Liberty.

There is not 8 in the game, there never WILL be 8 in the game, so:

FOR CHRIST SAKE!!! DEAL WITH THE 5 THAT ARE THERE AND END THIS STUPID, GOD-FORSAKEN THREAD BEFORE YOU KILL US ALL OF BOREDOM.

What luck for rulers that men do not think - adolf hitler
History shall be kind to me, for I intend to write it - Winston churchill

I would like to insist that there are eight. You see, I insist because it is fun to speculate. That is what this thread is all about. Why not just keep it cool and enjoy the flow of this thread. One's blood preassure will stay down if one relaxes and enjoys reading the interesting thoughts that crop up from time to time here at TLR.

Where did u guys heard those 3 other sleeper ship things. It's not anywhere in the game or is it?Direct quote from FMV.

"In desperation Alliance launched 5 sleeper ships...each christened after it's patron(?) nation...the bretonia, the rheinland, the hispania, the kusari, the liberty". By the way has Freelancer 2 been confirmed?

And about Nomad fighters...they're sooo easy to take down.

If you look at rumors on Malta, an Outcast will tell you there were 8 sleepers. I'm sure this was mentioned before, bu I'm too lazy to check.

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Hey all!

Just to say "I believe in the 8 SLEEPER SHIPS!"
Here's a screenshot of the rumour

http://tacs.sq-legion.nl/members/star/screen1.jpg

And just for the ones who wondered how the Outcasts and the Corsairs originally split (yes they both came from the Hispania!)

http://tacs.sq-legion.nl/members/star/screen2.jpg

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Edited by - *StaR* on 5/22/2004 2:04:20 PM