boy, a nice little war between rhineland and liberty or an all out war for about 3-5 months over some silly disputes would be nice!!!! and i hope that if there are...we will see some fleet engagments...expect to find me there, or whats left of me lol
Phoenix out

"In War Resolution, In Defeat Defiance, In Victory magnanimity, In Peace Goodwill" Winston Churchill
"no one ever won a war by dieing for his country...he won a war, by making the other dumb bastard die for his!!!!!" General Patton

All I will say is there will be a LOT of fleet action in the story. Not so much in the random mission element though.

heck in that case I'm joinig the navy... hey tach...might recomend we have like a sort of chat box...so when like now you and i are on at the same time, we can chat directly... try that eh?
Phoenix out


"In War Resolution, In Defeat Defiance, In Victory magnanimity, In Peace Goodwill" Winston Churchill
"no one ever won a war by dieing for his country...he won a war, by making the other dumb bastard die for his!!!!!" General Patton

Fleet actions would be an impressive sight indeed! I recall from the German games expo video that there is a scene where a Rhineland destroyer comes under heavy fire and starts tumbling out of control until an internal explosion rips the thing into two pieces that go careening off into space. If this is the usual for capship explosions in FL, expect me to be doing ALOT of suicidal cap-ship hunting Speaking of, are their any type of torpedo wepaons like in the WC games that enable you to take out a cap ship? If so, that could actually make pirates a real threat!

In the Reactor's list of pilotable ships the Titan has a torpedo launcher listed as an option. If that's true then the question is whether or not Trent can buy a torpedo big enough to damage a capship.

Let's get those missiles ready to destroy the universe!!

You can, but I've found that cheap torpedos aren't really worth the money. I havn't tried the expensive ones (Sunslayer) so it might be. The interesting thing about FL, compared to SL is that the colonies were unable to get their shield technology to work on anything bigger than a fighter. So capital freighters and anything bigger do not have shields, so theoretically (and practically) it is possible to take down a capship if you pump enough energy into it with normal guns. This is refering to missions (stations) and storyline only, in random play you cannot destroy bases that are part of the universe, like the Manhattan docking ring or Battleship Missouri for example. It would cause some really bad problems

Can you be a squad leader sometimes?

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Would you care to follow me... --DEATH

No? Context would be nice, as in when/where.

If you join the navy, for example, could the player, in some missions, be the squad commander? Aka giving orders?

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Would you care to follow me... --DEATH

You can't join the Navy.
The game is called Freelancer because you are indeed a FREELANCER
there is no joining of factions.


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Fighting for peace is like ****ing for virginity.

DUDE WHERE"S MY FACTION??!?!?!?!?!
ok man, seriously there are factions you can Work for so technically you are PART of them... so if i can't enlist, im helping the NAvy...btw... a single torp shouldn't be able to destroy a cap, if you pump like 30-35 of them yah it's gone, but remember the SIZE difference, it would take a lot of time to take out a bat.ship or carrier with plasma guns... and by then you've got an entire armada against you. anyhow , im gonna fight for liberty and protect the innocent. with a little bit of S&D in Kusari and RHineland space of course
Phoenix out

"In War Resolution, In Defeat Defiance, In Victory magnanimity, In Peace Goodwill" Winston Churchill
"no one ever won a war by dieing for his country...he won a war, by making the other dumb bastard die for his!!!!!" General Patton

A quote from the official FL site:


Distinctive Styles of Play

Chase the almighty dollar, disrupt the corrupt government, enforce the law, chase human prey...every game is different. Want access to easy money? Become a Lane Hacker: take down cargo ships and sell the goods on the black market. Feeling noble? Join the Liberty Navy and help make the universe a safer place for everyone . The choice is yours.

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Would you care to follow me... --DEATH

You can't join the navy. Period. That's what Jorg said in Austin, so I'm assuming he would know, unless they've changed something since then. Of course, you can "align" yourself with them and do missions for them, which is basically what you'd do as a member anyway.

That quote from the site is more of a marketing thing, its there really for advertising the game, and dosnt have the details.