The game begins 32 years after the Great War. You are a pilot in the Galactic Terran-Vasudan Alliance (GTVA), a single entity formed to cement the alliance between the Terran and Vasudan races after loss of communication with Earth. However, opposition still exists to this union, and a faction of Terrans led by Admiral Bosch formed the Neo-Terran Front (NTF) and has rebelled, taking over several star systems. The player's early missions are to quell these rebellions and bring in Admiral Bosch. Eventually the another alien species is encountered.

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About Freespace 2 with 5 comments by Protektor on Sep 16th, 2012

Thirty-two years have passed since the Lucifer was destroyed. Its reactors were breached causing it go nova as it exited the SOL jump node. Since then the Earth has been cutoff from the rest of the galaxy.

A group of rebels, the Neo Terran Front (NTF), have been putting a huge strain on the Terran-Vasudan relations and the new Galactic Terran-Vasudan Alliance (GTVA). Due to a discovery made by the NTF, an ancient device created by the "Ancients," a portal has been opened leading directly into Shivan space. The Shivans from "The Great War" are back and they are pissed off. You, a member of the human "Lost Generation", will have to answer the call to war.

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Xarastier
Xarastier Jan 27 2013, 7:14am says:

After purchase, download to Desura & successful multiple installations and attempts to launch I get two (2) error messages: (1) "Please configure your system in the launcher before running FPS2. The launcher will now be started!" (2) "Freespace2/Fred2 cannot be launched from a drive root directory." Please help.

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cloriclotus
cloriclotus Feb 2 2013, 7:48pm replied:

You need to go to Hard-light.net and follow the instructions. when you download Turey's FreeSpace Open Installer and folowed the instructin for that find the file named FRED2 within C:\Program Files (x86)\Desura\Common\Freespace 2\ and move it to the folder you created for the files you downloaded with Turey's FreeSpace Open Installer. then move the file named fs2_open_3_6_14 into the C:\Program Files (x86)\Desura\Common\Freespace 2\ folder. then you duoble click it and it will start up the game. Then you can creat a short cut to the game on your desktop. This worked for me and I hope it works for you!

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cloriclotus
cloriclotus Feb 1 2013, 10:04pm replied:

I'm getting the exact same thing and im trying every thing, i'll get back to you if I figure it out.

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cct17
cct17 Dec 16 2012, 12:21pm says:

A light year is a measure of distance, not time.

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CharlieOneThree
CharlieOneThree Dec 9 2012, 5:45pm says:

Wingcommander saga and Diaspora are the TWO MIST EPIC MODS for this game. TC as well obber fun to play.

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MORRIS2811
MORRIS2811 Dec 5 2012, 2:47am says:

PURCHASE GAME AND WILL NOT EXECUTE.....HAS A SETUP PROBLEM.....RUNNING TWO LAPTOPS...WIN 7 AND WIN 8.

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saigjn
saigjn Dec 23 2012, 4:32am replied:

2 solutions :
- execute with XP compatibility and "execute in administrator mode"
or
- Take FS 2 Open Source ;D

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bravestk
bravestk Oct 14 2012, 12:58am says:

wont open..i get black screen wih sound

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Protektor
Protektor Oct 23 2012, 1:26am replied:

Are you running Windows or Linux?

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Probably the best space sim I've ever played. Despite its age, it holds up to the test of time in terms of gameplay.

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Freespace 2, Released Dec 3, 1999
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Freespace: The Great War, Released Mar 19, 1998
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