I've played through Freelancer at least ten times. Each time I make it harder to play and harder to win. Now, I'm having fun just modding my save game files with every kind of weapon, defense tool available. My latest ship, a Haidar with Dom'Kavash blaster cannons and twenty level 5 power upgrades. My railgun can reach out 25K to anything that wants to get frisky. I can kill a battleship in less than ten seconds. Nomads are good for target practice, not much else. Don't need a Uber shield with my Champion Shield lvl 10 and power supplies.
I hope by the time I retire next year, you youngsters will have finished OpenLancer so I'll have something to do besides servicing my wife and taking out the trash. When I got divorced a couple of year ago, I found a lady in The Netherlands that looked like Juni. She was awesome to look at, and several weeks later, during one long playtime, I accidently called her Juni. She looked at me real wierd like and said her old boyfriend called her that one night and she left him. I explained who Juni was. She told me that she need to find her old boyfriend. Good for me that she decided to leave, that cutie was wearing this old man out.
I knew I was playing Freelancer too much recently, when my new wife screamed for help, she had fallen in the kitchen. I yelled to her, "Let me land first and I'll be right there." She was not amused.
When I ride my motorcycle to work, I often think how much I enjoy flying my Ceptyr and Haidar. If wishes only came true...The Alliance Star Fleet would have ten thousand volunteers....and if you're reading this, you probably already thought of doing it too.
Take care and God Bless all you Freelancers, Privateers and Elite Plus Pilots!!!
Franco
Springfield, VA