Eighteen years have passed since FreeSpace 2 and the destruction of Capella, and the shattered colonies of man are finally ready to re-open the jump node to Earth. As the Alliance teeters on the verge of total social collapse, the Security Council deploys the elite 14th Battlegroup to re-establish contact with Earth, and young pilot Samuel Bei finds himself once more under his estranged father's command.

Age of Aquarius describes the journey of the 14th Battlegroup as its mission to the Blue Planet goes shockingly wrong. (StrategyInformer has very kindly provided a mirror for us.)

War in Heaven takes place eighteen months after the events of Blue Planet: Age of Aquarius and details the final stages of the civil war between Sol and the rest of her colonies: a war without good or evil, only shades of gray.  

Built at the cutting edge of the FreeSpace Open engine, Blue Planet is a fan-made conclusion to the FreeSpace saga, a story of sacrifice, triumph, and destiny, and one of the most beloved FreeSpace mods of all time.

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9 comments by The_E on Sep 2nd, 2012

Hello there. 

First, I have to apologize for not posting updates in a while. As you may have gathered, development has slowed down a bit, as people were forced to concentrate on Real Life instead of modding. Our Glorious Leader Darius has gotten a beautiful daughter, General Battuta decided to concentrate more on his academic and writing career, and I was caught up in RL issues as well.

But fear not, dear fans. We may be going slow, but we are going forward. We are officially able to report that most of R2 is done. While I can not give you a release date, even a tentative one, rest assured that you will get to see more of the story.

Now, there isn't really a lot of other things I can show you, but here are a few things you may be interested to see:

 New pictures from development

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As the War moves into its final stages, the battles get bigger and bigger.

New pictures from development

Aesaar's new Chimera model, a beautiful reimagining of the original one. In this case, flying around in an old Age of Aquarius mission

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The SCP team continues to impress, adding new features to make the game even prettier.

Until the next time, this was The E. Hopefully I'll be able to post more news in the future, until then, have a nicely developing day.

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Blue Planet: Age of Aquarius Linux/MacOS archive

Blue Planet: Age of Aquarius Linux/MacOS archive

Dec 29, 2012 Full Version 0 comments

Blue Planet is a fan-made FreeSpace story, set 18 years after the events of FreeSpace 2. Featuring epic missions, full voice acting, in-engine cutscenes...

Blue Planet 2: War in Heaven Executable Installer

Blue Planet 2: War in Heaven Executable Installer

Aug 7, 2010 Full Version 9 comments

18 months after the 14th Battle Group's disastrous expedition to Sol, the civil war between Federation and Alliance enters its apocalyptic final phase.

Blue Planet: Age of Aquarius Windows Installer

Blue Planet: Age of Aquarius Windows Installer

Apr 16, 2010 Full Version 27 comments

Blue Planet is a fan-made FreeSpace story, set 18 years after the events of FreeSpace 2. Featuring epic missions, full voice acting, in-engine cutscenes...

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Piemanlives
Piemanlives Sep 2 2012, 11:59pm says:

MINDGASM
good to see an update, also congrats on darius daughter :D

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Ignatz
Ignatz Aug 2 2012, 2:03pm says:

Have you got any news? Mod seems to be dead...

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Dariusbei
Dariusbei Aug 29 2012, 11:24pm replied:

Don't worry, this is still very much alive.

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rolmander
rolmander Aug 24 2012, 7:07am replied:

hope not i want to know what happend after the Fedayeen rescue.

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Ignatz
Ignatz Apr 9 2012, 12:01pm says:

How is the progress? Maybe a small Easter update ? ;)

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RogerioFM
RogerioFM Feb 15 2012, 1:53pm says:

Are there any plans do add voices like the first?

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Piemanlives
Piemanlives Feb 15 2012, 11:57pm replied:

well on the blue planet release thread on hard-light there there is a forum for people to answer the call of voice acting

+3 votes     reply to comment
mercboy
mercboy Feb 3 2012, 6:05pm says:

this mod is epic ...it should be made into a game in its own right..and then a book..and then a movie

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166248
166248 Jan 29 2012, 10:53pm says:

not gonna lie, i kinda cried at the ending of war in heaven

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The_E
The_E Jan 15 2012, 12:56pm replied:

The most recent downloads should be bugfree.

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