First let me say that this site was a huge surprise. I didn't expect such a devoted community to Freelancer, especially this long after the game's been out, but this is one of the best resources I've seen for modding a game. (I'm not counting any FPS games' modding communities, of course, because those just reproduce like cockroaches.)

To business: I've got one simple question. Which mod do I use?

I like the Freelancer universe and backstory. I don't want to sully it with transplanted pieces of other universes. A great many mods I've seen around here bring in ships from Star Wars, Star Trek, Wing Commander, and so on, and while it's nifty to see that possibility, I really don't see the point in that beyond a proof of concept. If nothing else, it's kind of silly to be flying a Federation capital ship as a 1-man fighter.

I've got no objections to new stuff in princible, but there's a limit. A lot of rebalance mods seem to go a bit far. I know that makes this kind of question hard to answer or maybe even hard to palate, but it's already made my search of this forum and website take over two days. For instance, the Frontierspace mod looked right up my ally, except it kept going up my alley and into the street on the other side. What are the Jetan, really? I'm pretty sure the Shadow race that hails from Zha'Dum is part of a another universe, too... maybe fought with some Vorlons... destroyed a few planets with subterranean missiles... BTW, can I place Membari psychics in my cargo hold to stun nearby Shadow ships? No? Rats.

Anyway, such is my dillema. I'll continue running around looking up mods, but I figured there was a help forum for a reason. I have a sneaky suspsicion I'll have to deal with at least something that isn't originally Freelancer. I don't suppose anyone's made Freelancer models of the Hammerhead or Chig fighter from Space: Above and Beyond, eh?