<--n00b

Well I used to play an old game on a first generation color-Mac with my cousin called "Escape Velocity". The amount of things associated with that game and this game are amazing! But nowhere have I seen an official comment of this game being related? Hopefully you guys have maybe heard of it? Things like the systems being named after US cities and others from around the globe are all in Escape Velocity. Being able to upgrade your ship and trading goods, all in Escape Velocity.

There are a few things from Escape Velocity that I wish FreeLancer had. Being able to take genuine cargo missions, or ferrying passengers. Basically a variety of missions besides "Go blow this up, or Capture/Kill this guy". Escape Velocity also featured Escape pods that you could buy, where as if you die without one, you start from scratch, A True punishment for dying, but if you do have an escape pod, you lost your ship but keep all your credits.

Purchasable Hangars! Escape velocity had hangars you could buy for your ship, if it had a hardpoint for it. You could have your own personal fighter wing stored with your Cruiser if ever you were engaged by many hostiles. Also, the ability to talk to the AI and get more than a "Im shipping 'X' to 'X' point". You could actually pay some of the other AI units to be escorts and help you out againts rogue attacks, or Pirates as known in Escape Velocity.

The Similarities are so great, I was wondering, are they related? Or did that game maybe spawn the Idea for this one? Hopefully the developers of FreeLancer will continue its potential and update the game to include many more features in the future. Am I being too hopefull :-\