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Post Fri May 13, 2005 12:52 pm

Freelancer References

A list of perhaps not as obvoius references in Freelancer, if this has been done yell at me. I'm going to be updating this as a feel so don't expect it to be done in 2 or 3 days.

New York->
Zone 21 - Area 51/Groom Lake
The Badlands - The Bermuda Triangle
Patrol 27 - Flight 19

Colorado->

California->
Balboa - Spanish explorer, Balboa Park in San Diego

Texas->
Prudhoe - ? Its a town in Texas, and atown in England, I dont get it

Alaska->
Juneau Shipyard - Juneau, Alaska

Cortez->
Edward Kane - ? A film maker?

Magellan->
Bradley - Numerous places in the US and Canada, James Bradley the astronomer

Bering->
Lonestar - the Lonstar State

Kepler->
McKinly - Delaware Revolutionary Figure

Galileo->
Chesapeake - The bay

Dublin->
Battleship Hood - HMS Hood, destroyed by the Bismarck in WW2

Tau 31->
Planet Harris - Scotish Island
Whetstone - The tool, a district in London England

Tau 23->
Java Station - Numerous places

Tau 37->
Falkland Base - The Falklands
Barossa - Barossa Valley in Australia

Omicron Beta->
Hosho Maru - Japanese Aircraft Carrier in WW2
Ruiz - Colombian Volcano

Omicron Theta->
Pygar - Flightless Angel
Vespus - Wing Commander reference

Omicron Gamma->
Cella Dor - Rough translation Holy Dwelling, or Inner Sanctum Dwelling
Kalhemera - A greeting in Greek

Omega 41->
Leon - Place in Spain
Volsung - Warrior in Norse myth

Post Fri May 20, 2005 12:45 am

very interesting. I find as I studied History of Military Art, I kept seeing names from Freelancer. I would be cool to see a complete list.

Post Mon May 30, 2005 3:19 pm

Sigma 17 Hiryu Cloud ->
the japanese aircraft carrier Hiryu,and i beleive it was the last japanese ship sunk at the battle of midway.

Encyclopedia: Japanese aircraft carrier Hiryu

Edited by - Cold_Void on 5/30/2005 4:20:12 PM

Post Mon May 30, 2005 8:15 pm

You'll find that some bases are even placed correctly relative to others, if you overlay maps

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