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Freelancer (Video Game)
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Freelancer is a game created by Microsoft Games and Digital Anvil, specifically by Chris Roberts, and is the Spiritual Successor to Privateer, a spinoff of his previous franchise Wing Commander, as well as a sequel to Starlancer. Unlike its predecessor which was a space flight simulator, this game is an Elite-like space exploration game.In the 23rd century, Humanity is caught in an apparently endless war between two factions within the Solar System: The Alliance and the Coalition. After more than 100 years of uninterrupted war, the Alliance, on the verge of massive defeat, is so goddamn hell-bent on not surrendering before the Coalition, it spends massive resources as its last hope for survival: sending five huge spaceships filled with Human Popsicles to the Sirius system, far away from the conflict that separated Humankind for all these years.Eight hundred years later, Humanity is thriving in the far-away Sirius sector, divided into four countries or "houses", each named after the spaceships that brought them there: Liberty (USA), Bretonia (United Kingdom), Rheinland (Germany) and Kusari (Japan); the fifth ship, the Hispania (Spain and Mexico), was lost in transit to Sirus, but its impact is still felt on the sector. A couple of conflicts have managed to erupt, but overall, the whole system is in peace.Enter young pilot Edison Trent, a mechanician apprentice from Planet Leeds who, enthralled by all the massive wealth found on the Border Worlds, leaves his repair shop and goes out on a journey for "the deal of a lifetime". After a couple of months of hardships, he finally manages to score a deal for 1 million credits for a ton of boron. But guess what? Just when Trent managed to close the deal at the neutral ground of Freeport 7, two mysterious spaceships suddenly appear out of thin space and destroy the station. Trent barely manages to make it to an escape pod, which leaves him drifting in outer space. He is rescued and taken to Planet Manhattan. From there, he manages to land a job doing freelancer work for the Liberty Security Force.However, things soon start to get really, really weird. Alien artifacts, previously nothing but highly expensive pieces of ancient art, are suddenly banned in Liberty, survivors of the Freeport 7 attack and those connected to them start to go missing, Rheinland's Chancellor begins acting surprisingly reckless in his diplomatic relationships with the other houses even as Rheinland is found to be involved in many strange activities, and Trent and his friends are completely sure an enormous conspiracy is going on. Will they manage to expose the mystery before it's too late?The general concept of Freelancer is a Wide-Open Sandbox combined with a space shooter and an RPG. You can take any sort of job you want with any faction you want, you can just sit down and gather a lot of valuable resources, you can buy low and sell high at many stations, or you can raid corporate convoys and steal their stuff. There's also a main storyline, which leaves you with a highly powerful ship after clearing it (not to mention all the intrigue involved), but there's also a multiplayer mode where you can take missions along with anyone on the server, so it's a game that can be finished quickly, or take a really long time, and even has a game time counter that shows how long the game's been played total.Technically and gameplay-wise speaking, Freelancer is possibly the best showcase of why breaks from reality are so acceptable, the most glaringly obvious example being the way outer space is presented. The game takes place in a 2-D Space, and the sense of scale is enormously distorted, but trust us, when you sit down and play the real thing, the game is, all in all, good enough to just make you not think about that. It also manages to make space feel huge and epic while remaining surprisingly compact.Freelancer is also notable for having a very friendly control scheme, which lets you fly your ship around with the mouse (at the complete expense of joystick support), a couple of basic commands, and an easy-to-use HUD. As for the graphics, they're a little bit dated, but the game quickly makes up for it thanks to its beautiful nebulous backgrounds, its aesthetics and its camera effects. Freelancer is itself a very fun, very entertaining game, and with its apparently immortal aesthetics, its natural and straightforward control scheme and its excellently written storyline, and even despite its Vaporware development cycle, it still stands today as a living example of excellent game design.Rumor has it that, before Microsoft pushed Digital Anvil to have the game ready for release, the original design was far more detailed than the final product, including six different endings, a dynamic economy and countless other things. The game as it stands is still of high quality, though, so it's worth wondering what it would have been like with these features. | |
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Retired Badass: Tobias is a retired Bretonia Armed Forces pilot who made a humble living as the owner of the Leeds Equipment Dealer and had apprenticed Trent prior to the story. When he comes to your rescue when you have to flee Bretonia, it looks like his piloting skills haven't changed a bit. | |
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The Call Knows Where You Live | |
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The Call Knows Where You Work: Trent gets dragged into the main plot kicking and screaming by this. There's the obvious attack on Freeport 7 that starts the whole shebang, sure, but there's also the fact that he is effectively shanghaied into the LSF in order to escape being stranded on Manhattan, which in turn results in he and Juni being identified as troublesome and targeted for elimination by the Pro-Rheinland/Nomad-infected conspiracy via a Frame-Up. | |
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Gaia's Lament | |
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In some cases, it's hard to tell; Planet Leeds might have been a nice place at one point, but several centuries of pollution have destroyed what ecology it once had — which is why the Gaians are so hell-bent on preventing something similar happening to their namesake world on the other side of Bretonian space. | |
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Hyperspace Lanes | |
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Hyperspace Lanes: The trade lanes. | |
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Crosses the Line Twice | |
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In-universe, Bretonia Mining and Manufacturing is infamous for this. One of the news releases about them mentions them giving animal feed as rations for their Leeds workers, and saying that they thought it would be okay because the pollution on Leeds would have killed their senses of taste and smell anyway. That last bit might be true, considering that BMM's operations on Leeds have generated entire nebulae of smog. One IMG rep comments that BMM will "work you to an early death and then dock your pay for sleeping on the job when you keel over". | |
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Darker and Edgier | |
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The Gaians are pretty much a radical Darker and Edgier Greenpeace...IN SPACE! | |
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Does This Remind You of Anything? | |
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Does This Remind You of Anything?: Rheinland are first to be compromised by the evil aliens, soon followed by the Kusari. Some of the descendants of the Hispania blame the Americans for sabotaging their ship, although there is no proof of that whatsoever. Others blame the other faction from the Hispania for it, again with no evidence. The Mollys fight Bretonia to free the Dublin system. The Gaians are pretty much a radical Darker and Edgier Greenpeace...IN SPACE! The Corsairs are Spanish pirates/privateers (with a dash of Ottoman/Barbary corsair thrown in for flavor) while the Outcasts are South American drug lords. The Blood Dragons are the former royal guards and advisors of the previous ruling shogun who was dethroned and Driven to Suicide by some Corrupt Corporate Executives. Perhaps reminding you of 'The Last Samurai''. The Hogosha is well, you know, an old and well-respected legitimate institution. The old Rheinland Empire suffered a crushing military defeat that plunged the house headfirst into a democracy it did not particularly want, coupled with abject chaos, political violence, and economic collapse which eventually gave way to a new, militaristic, and expansionist order which now threatens to destabilize Sirius. | |
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The Rustler | |
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The Lane Hackers and Liberty Rogues are your standard western style highwaymen. | |
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Where It All Began | |
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Where It All Began: The endgame brings Trent back to New York system where the game began. A restricted area surrounded by a dense minefield contains a jump point to Nomad space. | |
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Warp Whistle | |
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Warp Whistle: The Trade Lanes, the Jump Gates and the Jump Holes. They even make a whistling noise as you go through. | |
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Continuity Porn | |
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Continuity Porn: Rather interesting in-game example: All four houses wildly follow historical traditions, even those who are now abandoned and the ones that were not always particulary positive. For motivating colonists and giving them nationalistic boost founders of colonies delibarately turned them to continuity porn states, even when it meant repeating mistakes which USA, Great Britain, Japan and Germany made. USA has been turned into Liberty: a strictly capitalist society with Art Deco as well as crime and poverty everywhere except the shining cities of the rich. Britain is once again stuck in bureaucracy. The Bretonia sector is nothing less than a sci-fi version of Victorian industrial Britain. Environmental pollution, poverty and companies exploiting their employees but also scientific breakthroughs, Lords and nobles, typical Bobby hats, and bad weather in the capital planet of (New) London. Every building is build in a pseudo-Victorian style mixed with Steampunk designs. They even have an IRA-Expy group fighting for the liberation of the Dublin system. Japan's counterpart Kusari is once again a strict monarchy, governed by the Shogun. Highly nationalistic and isolated society, with samurai statues everywhere and cutting edge technology. German Rheinland is literally Imperial Germany, the Weimar Republic and the Third Reich Recycled In Space. | |
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Power Up Let Down: Often, a nominally better ship will be less effective than its predecessor due to hidden stats, most often maneuverability, but sometimes subgroup placement (missiles and torpedoes do damage over a small area and every subgroup they hit also does hitpoint damage to the ship overall, in addition to causing Subsystem Damage and potentially breaking off a section of the ship and any weapons attached to it). For example, the Rheinland Banshee light fighter is, on paper, the best light fighter in the game, with the best reactor and the best weapon and shield mounts, but in practice, it's generally inferior to the lighter Kusari Drake, which is the most maneuverable light fighter in the game, and light fighters live and die on their maneuverability. The most extreme case, however, is probably the Startracker, the upgraded version of the starting Starflier fighter. While the Starflier is extremely maneuverable and has few subgroups, the Startracker is the least maneuverable light fighter in the game, and has many closely packed subgroups that will cause it to take massive damage if it takes a missile up the tailpipe. | |
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Home Field Advantage | |
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Home Field Advantage: The Gas Mining Guild's main strategy in the 80 Years War was to lure the Rheinlanders into the Crow Nebula (the GMG's home turf), and then use their detailed knowledge thereof to trick them into explosive gas pockets and radiation fields and so on. | |
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Say My Name | |
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Say My Name: All over the place in the singleplayer campaign. | |
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Violation of Common Sense | |
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Violation of Common Sense: If you disregard King's instruction to re-enter formation with the USV Brandt in the very first singleplayer mission and continue fighting the pirates, the convoy will eventually leave the area through the trade lane, but you can hang around and try to shoot down some more pirates for a short period of time. If you actually manage to shoot down the extra pirates during said period and regroup with the convoy by docking with the trade lane before the game times you out, King will praise you for incidentally shooting down a wanted pirate and gives you the bounty on that pirate (750 credits) in addition to your regular mission reward. Prior to the start of the third singleplayer mission, you will bear witness to the overwhelming stopping power of a Moonstalker Macross Missile Massacre on Brandon Rowlett, a hapless Freeport 7 survivor. You can follow his killer's instructions and continue your journey to the starting point of the mission...or you can decide that honor goes before reason and attempt to avenge Rowlett's death by attacking them. This will put you on the receiving end of their Moonstalker Missile barrage, which at that stage in the game translates to a One-Hit Kill on whatever ship you can get your hands on, but if you do kill them, they each have a chance of dropping a unique and powerful early-game mountable turret that you cannot obtain through any other means. Raising the "Battleships killed" number. Some of the ships that count require the use of Loophole Abuse in order to kill them without getting mission failure (e.g. being ordered to dock, and nullifying the failure risk by entering dock mode, but never actually docking). | |
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Forgotten Phlebotinum | |
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Forgotten Phlebotinum: There is no mention of warp engine technology in Freelancer. Considering Freelancer is the Spiritual Successor to Starlancer, and portable warp engines for ships were heavily used in the latter, you'd think the technology should exist 800 years later in Sirius. Instead, ships in Freelancer have cruise engines that get them around systems very quickly, just not as instantaneously as the warp engines from Starlancer. | |
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The Group | |
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The Group: The Order. Subverted, as they're actually good guys fighting off an alien invasion in the shadows. | |
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Immortal Procreation Clause | |
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Immortal Procreation Clause: Cardamine addicts like the Outcasts have dramatically extended lifespans but also suffer from drastically-reduced fertility and birth-rates. | |
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Streaming Stars | |
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Streaming Stars: Common in nebulae and fields. There are tiny specks that convey parallax, and sometimes larger debris that does Scratch Damage and, in some cases, will yield raw materials if destroyed. | |
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Crapsack World | |
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Crapsack World: Oh, where to begin? Liberty is an ultra-capitalistic society where the needs of the rich are catered to by prison (read: slave) labor. They also privatized their police force so they can get more laborers to work in their sweatshop prisons. Even worse is the transition of Liberty's economy from heavy industry to information technology, which moved millions of workers into poverty, forcing most of these into piracy and crime. Bretonia is mired in bureaucracy, and runs pretty much like you'd expect an era of unregulated Victorian industry would. Leeds is so polluted, that they have entire nebulae of smog. Never mind that BMM, their primary resource extraction company, fed dog food to their workers so that they could save on their profit margin (look on Planet Leed's news for the story); which, mind you, is the whole reason why Leeds is filled with smog nebulae. Don't forget, their desire for resources has caused an entire terrorist movement in the form of the Mollys. Kusari is an insular, isolationist regime controlled by Corrupt Corporate Executives. Due to these meddling executives, the country is slowly turning into a government only by name, with Samura controlling most of the government. Even the criminals are not free of corporate meddling. Samura motivates the Farmer's Alliance to attack Synth Foods on Kyushu, which involves attacking police forces along the way, which means Samura gets more shipbuilding contracts, and the government increases defense spending, which involves more business to Samura. There's also the sexism that caused the whole Golden Chrysanthemum movement. Just think about that for a second. Sexism so bad that a rebellion was formed. Rheinland is a bankrupt, fascist government, like a Weimar Republic with less democracy, where the Chancellor essentially controls everything, with no checks on power. The Bundschuh are the leftist "terrorists" that are trying to democratize Rheinland, with little to no success, culminating in an ineffectual rebellion that changes little to nothing. And the game loves to stress the bankrupt part of Rheinland. For starters, they lost a war that took 80 years to a corporation, the Gas Miners Guild. This crashes Rheinland's economy for centuries, and almost decimates the country, making Rheinland the Butt-Monkey of the Houses for said amount of time. On top of that, Liberty, with its capitalist tendencies, loans money to Rheinland it knows it cannot pay back. This causes an entire planet to be forked over to Synth Foods in order to repay the debt. When this happens, the LWB forms, causing more crime in the sector, not to mention that they're plagued all sorts of disgruntled workers-turned-pirates (The Unioners, the Red Hessians, and the LWB). During the storyline, they start making money bit by bit — by force of the Chancellor suddenly turning into a belligerent Hitler expy and House Rheinland turning into a warmongering Nazi Germany. Even if you ignore Sirius' messed-up politics and societies, it doesn't get any better. The entire sector is so thoroughly crawling with criminals and armed corporate forces that you can hardly leave any space station or planet without witnessing a large-scale fighter battle. No matter where you go, criminals will waylay you, try to rob your possessions or simply shoot you on sight. Countless innocents fall victim to senseless violence every day because living in Sirius is synonymous to living in a perpetual war zone. And then the game's main story happens... | |
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Exclusive Enemy Equipment | |
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The CODENAME guns out-damage every other gun in the game, the Paralyzer Missile does the most shield damage out of any missile, the Ripper Homing Mine has the best damage values among all mines in the game, and the Nomad guns consume no energy at all when fired, while delivering damage rates between Class-9 and Class-10 guns, so they can be fired forever. The catch? You can't buy them; you can only loot them from hidden wrecks typically found in the most dangerous parts of the Sirius Sector, such as the incredibly radioactive Von Rohe Belt in Omega-11, or the Nomad-infested portion of the Siniestre Cloud in Omicron Alpha, which is also radioactive. You can only get the Nomad guns by destroying the Nomads that randomly spawn near jump holes to Nomad-infested systems; they are also some of the most dangerous enemies in the game. | |
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Palette Swap | |
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Blood Dragons mostly fly recolored Kusari heavy fighters that the Player Character cannot purchase. | |
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Wave-Motion Gun | |
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Wave-Motion Gun: Liberty Cruisers have a huge frontal cannon, rapidly firing big blasts of energy, and having enough firepower to demolish other capital ships and space stations... at least in scripted sequences. Its actual damage stats in game are lower than that of a mediocre fighter gun. | |
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Invisible Aliens | |
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Invisible Aliens: There are alien artifacts, and the game's storyline is orchestrated by sentient parasitic aliens believed to be created by the aliens who created said artifacts to protect Sirius from unauthorized trespassing. | |
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Master of None | |
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Master of None: The Bounty Hunter's "Hammerhead" Very Heavy Fighter. It has lower armor (and, resultantly, fewer shield batteries and Nanobots) than the Eagle, the Sabre, or the Titan, does not mount Class 10 guns, and lacks the forward-facing turret that makes the Sabre stand out. While its turning speed does equal that of the Eagle, it is worse than the Eagle in all other respects. | |
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Freelancer (Video Game) / int_2804d516 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_28c502f6 | type |
Tactical Rock–Paper–Scissors | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_28c502f6 | comment |
Tactical Rock–Paper–Scissors: Shield types versus gun types. There are three shield types and seven gun types. Each shield type will reduce damage from two or three different gun types, while increasing damage from two or three of the other gun types. None of the shield types share a common resistance or weakness.note Pulse cannons are a subversion, however, as they are designed specifically to take down shields and do so much shield damage per shot that even a resistant shield type will still be quickly overwhelmed by sheer damage output. The eighth gun type, consisting of the NPC-restricted Nomad Laser, the CODENAME guns obtained from looting some wrecks and Nomad Energy Blasters and Nomad Energy Cannons salvaged from Nomads loitering in Omicron Alpha, Omicron Gamma and the two Unknown systems, are the only weapons that avert this trope completely. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_28c502f6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_28c502f6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_28c502f6 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_29f44d3a | type |
Adam Smith Hates Your Guts | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_29f44d3a | comment |
Adam Smith Hates Your Guts: Zig-zagging. While this is averted especially when you gain access to Order equipment, it is also played straight if your reputation with the owners of the station is bad, as they won't sell you anything apart from basic equipment. In the latter case, Adam Smith may not hate your guts, but the guy at the cash register does. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_29f44d3a | featureApplicability |
-1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_29f44d3a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_29f44d3a | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_2b0d73eb | type |
Outlaw Town | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_2b0d73eb | comment |
Outlaw Town: Pirates and other outlaws usually conduct their operations in any given system in bases concealed in debris fields and gas clouds away from trade lanes and areas populated by law-abiding folk. Two of the largest outlaw factions - the Corsairs and the Outcasts - even each have an entire planet to call their own, way off the beaten path deep in uncharted space. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_2b0d73eb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_2b0d73eb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_2b0d73eb | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_2b706ca | type |
More Dakka | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_2b706ca | comment |
More Dakka: All of the Liberty Rogue guns sacrifice damage and energy efficiency for extremely high refire rates. To a smaller extent, Liberty, Kusari, the Blood Dragons, The Order and the Bounty Hunters Guild also manufacture such weapons, although they also make heavier and slower-firing weapons in tandem. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_2b706ca | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_2b706ca | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_2b706ca | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_2cd22076 | type |
Fantastic Drug | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_2cd22076 | comment |
Fantastic Drug: Cardamine. Incredibly addictive but without a tolerance build-up, it modifies users' genes over long-term use, which grants them a longer lifespan, sharply reduced reproduction rate and the inability to survive without it; Outcasts landed on the planet where the chemical was in almost everything, and so all of them have this dependence, which is why they wear breathers in a normal atmosphere. Since it's basically a means for Space Pirates to control those who get hooked on it, it is contraband in the Houses (but that doesn't stop the corporations from trying to come up with a synthetic version, possibly in an attempt to deprive the Outcasts of their primary source of income and feed those who are already affected). As many bandit pilots say: "Cardamine, Cardamine, everyone wants Cardamine!". | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_2cd22076 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_2cd22076 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_2cd22076 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_305bcbb9 | type |
Space Pirates | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_305bcbb9 | comment |
Space Pirates: All over the place. Some are more piratey, and some are more radical than criminal. The Lane Hackers and Liberty Rogues are your standard western style highwaymen. The Corsairs are something like Spanish privateers. The Xenos are more of xenophobic terrorists than pirates. The Outcasts are technically smugglers, though they do some piracy once in a while. The Bundschuh, Blood Dragons, Golden Chrysanthemums, and Mollys are rebels to their respective governments and not so much pirates, and thus appropriately labelled as terrorists. The Red Hessians and Farmer's Alliance are not so much pirates as really viciously competitive. The Red Hessians were ideologically-motivated rebels/terrorists, but have since degenerated to being common criminals; the Farmers' Alliance, whatever they may think they are fighting for, are probably just pawns of Samura. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_305bcbb9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_305bcbb9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_305bcbb9 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_309b8806 | type |
Cursed with Awesome | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_309b8806 | comment |
Cursed with Awesome: The Outcasts, and to some degree all Cardamine addicts. Withdrawal may be fatal, but the drug itself actually extends lifespans. It's unclear whether the governments are simply unaware of this fact, covering it up as they spend both money and lives combating the Cardamine trade, or that they judge such a benefit to not be worth the cost, given the risks Cardamine poses to society and the ecosystems humanity depends on. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_309b8806 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_309b8806 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_309b8806 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_3114c1e5 | type |
Ramming Always Works | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_3114c1e5 | comment |
Ramming Always Works: Averted, since most collisions only do Scratch Damage. However, apparently Klaus Botzler had epic success with this as he pulled a Taking You with Me on an entire fleet of Nomad battleships in drydock. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_3114c1e5 | featureApplicability |
-1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_3114c1e5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_3114c1e5 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_31874a | type |
100% Heroism Rating | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_31874a | comment |
100% Heroism Rating: A faction that you are "Friendly" with will aid you in fights against factions they are Neutral towards, and won't attack you if you pick a fight with their allies (although they will stop becoming "Friendly" if you hit on their allies too many times). In addition, being friendly to a pirate faction stops them from demanding cargo from you. As your reputation with said faction goes deeper into the "Friendly" region, they will also allow you to purchase the best equipment on their bases at the standard prices, and offer more (and better rewarding) missions on the Mission Board. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_31874a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_31874a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_31874a | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_345cf4e1 | type |
No Hero Discount | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_345cf4e1 | comment |
No Hero Discount: Massively averted with Order equipment — you can buy an entire fitted-out heavy fighter from them for about $2000, which is about what your very first beginner-tier ship cost just to buy with no gear. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_345cf4e1 | featureApplicability |
-1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_345cf4e1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_345cf4e1 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_34dd5f3 | type |
La Résistance | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_34dd5f3 | comment |
La Résistance: Most prominently, the Blood Dragons and the Order, although there are several other groups in the game which fit the description, such as the Bundschuh in Rheinland and possibly the Lane Hackers in Liberty. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_34dd5f3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_34dd5f3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_34dd5f3 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_355215ef | type |
RandomlyDrops | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_355215ef | comment |
Randomly Drops: Everything. Metal debris, consumables, thrusters, fuel, ammunition, cargo, and even weapons. In fact, weapons tractored in from enemy wreckage might make up a combat-based player's entire arsenal. Averted with shield generators, as the ones that NPC use are scaled-down versions of what the player can buy and is expected to use. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_355215ef | featureApplicability |
-1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_355215ef | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_355215ef | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_35a24c16 | type |
Geo Effects | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_35a24c16 | comment |
The GMG fought an eighty-year-long war with Rheinland and won with some assistance from Kusari and utilising their knowledge of the Crow Nebula to their advantage, causing Rheinland to lose more ships to the nebula than to them. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_35a24c16 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_35a24c16 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_35a24c16 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_39b8d3d6 | type |
Boring, but Practical | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_39b8d3d6 | comment |
Boring, but Practical: Loading out with a Wasp Cruise Disruptor and Drone Mine is this. The former is the weaker of the two cruise disruptors in the game, while the latter is the most basic Mine, dealing the least damage. However, most ships outside Liberty space use them, so you can replenish your ammo for free just by killing mid-tier hostile ships and looting their ammo, and if you're not too trigger-happy with either weapon, you can even make some credits from selling surplus ammo. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_39b8d3d6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_39b8d3d6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_39b8d3d6 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_3b0479f2 | type |
You Shall Not Pass! | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_3b0479f2 | comment |
You Shall Not Pass!: Quite a few times during the single-player campaign, and whenever this trope is invoked, a Heroic Sacrifice usually follows. For instance, Lambda 4 and Lambda 5 drawing fire from West Point Military Academy and its reinforcements during your flight from Liberty. Neither survived. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_3b0479f2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_3b0479f2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_3b0479f2 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_3c0a4666 | type |
Noodle Incident | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_3c0a4666 | comment |
Noodle Incident: Trent and King have one each to their name. Part of the reason why Trent left Bretonia in the first place was because he somehow managed to annoy the entire Bretonian government. As for King, he apparently botched a capture attempt by accidentally killing the target sometime before the third mission of the singleplayer campaign; it is only mentioned once by Juni, near the end of said mission, and was never brought up again for the rest of the campaign. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_3c0a4666 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_3c0a4666 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_3c0a4666 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_3c7d0418 | type |
Doom Magnet | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_3c7d0418 | comment |
Here a list of the places that blew up after Trent set foot on it: Freeport 7, Benford Research Station, the Planet Sprague dig site and Docking Ring, Baxter Research Station, Tekagi's Arch and Planet Toledo. Crikey. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_3c7d0418 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_3c7d0418 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_3c7d0418 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_3d4e1cca | type |
Bandito | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_3d4e1cca | comment |
The Corsairs are something like Spanish privateers. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_3d4e1cca | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_3d4e1cca | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_3d4e1cca | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_43b154c9 | type |
Not Even Bothering with the Accent | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_43b154c9 | comment |
Not Even Bothering with the Accent: Trent is ostensibly Bretonian, and his father-figure Tobias has a rather prominent British accent, but Trent himself sounds American. Many NPCs don't really speak in the accent of the place they're from. This is only strange because some of them do. Herr von Claussen. He speaks with a distinctly French accent, despite that fact that (a) he's from Rheinland, (b) his only real foreign contact is Lord Hakkera from Kusari, and (c) France was utterly annihilated in the Coalition-Alliance war. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_43b154c9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_43b154c9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_43b154c9 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_45bf382b | type |
Game Mod | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_45bf382b | comment |
At the start of the second singleplayer mission, Juni arranges for a scanner and tractor beam to be installed on Trent's ship. In-game, however, the scanner and tractor beam are standard equipment on all ships and cannot be removed or modified in any way except through Game Mods. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_45bf382b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_45bf382b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_45bf382b | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_47fea76b | type |
Butt-Monkey | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_47fea76b | comment |
Rheinland is a bankrupt, fascist government, like a Weimar Republic with less democracy, where the Chancellor essentially controls everything, with no checks on power. The Bundschuh are the leftist "terrorists" that are trying to democratize Rheinland, with little to no success, culminating in an ineffectual rebellion that changes little to nothing. And the game loves to stress the bankrupt part of Rheinland. For starters, they lost a war that took 80 years to a corporation, the Gas Miners Guild. This crashes Rheinland's economy for centuries, and almost decimates the country, making Rheinland the Butt-Monkey of the Houses for said amount of time. On top of that, Liberty, with its capitalist tendencies, loans money to Rheinland it knows it cannot pay back. This causes an entire planet to be forked over to Synth Foods in order to repay the debt. When this happens, the LWB forms, causing more crime in the sector, not to mention that they're plagued all sorts of disgruntled workers-turned-pirates (The Unioners, the Red Hessians, and the LWB). During the storyline, they start making money bit by bit — by force of the Chancellor suddenly turning into a belligerent Hitler expy and House Rheinland turning into a warmongering Nazi Germany. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_47fea76b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_47fea76b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_47fea76b | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_480c69ba | type |
Infinity -1 Sword | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_480c69ba | comment |
Infinity -1 Sword: Most Class-8 and 9 guns can be purchased from planets and stations, while doing damage rates close to Class-10 guns and consuming less energy. Pulse cannons do much more shield damage than other gun types of a similar class, so they are often a staple in most ship loadouts, even after players gain access to other gun types with a higher class. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_480c69ba | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_480c69ba | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_480c69ba | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_482c31d4 | type |
No Hugging, No Kissing | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_482c31d4 | comment |
No Hugging, No Kissing: The plot makes it very clear that Trent and Juni will always be just friends. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_482c31d4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_482c31d4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_482c31d4 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_485eb589 | type |
Sealed Evil in a Can | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_485eb589 | comment |
It all starts about three months before the destruction of Freeport Seven, with Rheinland explorers setting down on the wrong planet. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_485eb589 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_485eb589 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_485eb589 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_48cadce0 | type |
InformationBroker | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_48cadce0 | comment |
Information Broker: Every bar has a chance to host some random guy or gal who's willing to sell a random tidbit of intel for varying amounts of credits. This includes things like the location of shipwrecks or jump holes, everything there is to know about some space station or planet, and on rare occasions even recon data on an entire star system. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_48cadce0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_48cadce0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_48cadce0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_49d59be9 | type |
Scenery Porn | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_49d59be9 | comment |
Scenery Porn: The gorgeous backgrounds more than make up for the otherwise lackluster graphics. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_49d59be9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_49d59be9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_49d59be9 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_49f8c18f | type |
Ace Custom | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_49f8c18f | comment |
Ace Custom: Juni's Liberty Defender heavy fighter; among other things, it sports a dorsal third fin. Blood Dragons mostly fly recolored Kusari heavy fighters that the Player Character cannot purchase. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_49f8c18f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_49f8c18f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_49f8c18f | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_4ac55d49 | type |
Opening the Sandbox | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_4ac55d49 | comment |
Opening the Sandbox: Although the game takes breaks here and there to let you do some local freelancing, Sirius doesn't open up completely until you've finished the story missions. At that point you'll have seen most systems in the game, but there are still many yet to be explored with greater challenges and rewards. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_4ac55d49 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_4ac55d49 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_4ac55d49 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_4bef247f | type |
Artificial Atmospheric Actions | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_4bef247f | comment |
Artificial Atmospheric Actions: Played with (painfully) scripted NPC dialog as well as (well done) NPC ships going back and forth, leaving from a base and then docking somewhere else while constantly chattering over the radio. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_4bef247f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_4bef247f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_4bef247f | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_4cc57ad5 | type |
Stop Poking Me! | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_4cc57ad5 | comment |
Stop Poking Me!: You can hail random, non-hostile ships, who will inform you of their designation, which planet/station they hail from, and what they are doing. Hail them more than once too quickly and they will either tell you they have no more information to provide or, in the case of pirate pilots, call you out on it, eventually ignoring your repeated attempts at hailing them. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_4cc57ad5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_4cc57ad5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_4cc57ad5 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_4d1905e1 | type |
Pass Through the Rings | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_4d1905e1 | comment |
Pass Through the Rings: The race with Dexter Hovis. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_4d1905e1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_4d1905e1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_4d1905e1 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_4e7c4536 | type |
Wham Line | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_4e7c4536 | comment |
Wham Line: Right in the middle of a losing battle with some Bounty Hunters during the single-player campaign: Trent asking Colonel Kress who he works for. Lord Hakkera telling Juni what happened to Lieutenant Ozu. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_4e7c4536 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_4e7c4536 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_4e7c4536 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_4f3c14ca | type |
Go Mad from the Isolation | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_4f3c14ca | comment |
Go Mad from the Isolation: Zoners in Tau-37 are mentioned to be suffering from this, which is odd. While Tau-37 is fairly distant, it is hardly the most isolated location in the game and has a good connection to the core worlds. By comparison, Freeport 7 was in a much more hostile and isolated part of space. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_4f3c14ca | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_4f3c14ca | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_4f3c14ca | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_504e271f | type |
But Thou Must! | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_504e271f | comment |
But Thou Must!: Averted with the story missions up through the midgame, which give you an option to decline (though you'll need to return eventually to progress your character, as Juni frequently lampshades). Most of the late-game missions do not allow you to decline, typically because they occur in the middle of a plot-specific location or event from which you wouldn't be able to escape anyway. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_504e271f | featureApplicability |
-1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_504e271f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_504e271f | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_515189ab | type |
Single-Biome Planet | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_515189ab | comment |
Single-Biome Planet: Many of the planets in the game are like this, with what is basically a single hue defining their habitat types. Planet Leeds, for instance, or Planet Junyo. Most of the others are fairly Earthlike, exemplified above. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_515189ab | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_515189ab | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_515189ab | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_52c0c7cf | type |
Motive Decay | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_52c0c7cf | comment |
Motive Decay: Plenty of criminal factions in the game had principles or political ideals at some point in their formative histories, but by the present day in-game, they're basically all just bloodthirsty Space Pirates. Some, like the Blood Dragons, have done a better job than others at resisting this. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_52c0c7cf | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_52c0c7cf | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_52c0c7cf | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_53e1f74c | type |
Asteroid Thicket | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_53e1f74c | comment |
Asteroid Thicket: Many of them, some of them mineable. A rather sizeable proportion of asteroid thickets in this game are massive junk fields, which can be mined for scrap metal and serve as hiding places for criminals. Also, bouncing off an asteroid is a valid strategy for escaping missiles, as the sharp turn causes them to lose their lock on you. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_53e1f74c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_53e1f74c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_53e1f74c | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_548bd053 | type |
Guns Akimbo | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_548bd053 | comment |
Guns Akimbo: Deconstructed, then played straight, during the mission to rescue Liberty President Jacobi, where Trent is the only member of the team (otherwise comprising entirely of highly trained Liberty Navy and LSF personnel) carrying dual pistols. When attacking the Chancellor's two henchmen, all Trent does is A-Team Firing despite having the element of surprise, giving both henchmen time to get behind cover and kill Trent's Human Shield, whereas both Walker and Juni, each armed with only one pistol, quickly dispatch both henchmen from behind their own cover with single shots. With the henchmen down, however, Trent then quickly (and temporarily) subdues the Nomad controlling the Chancellor, who was centimetres away from taking control of President Jacobi, by firing a barrage of shots, Gangsta Style, from both pistols. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_548bd053 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_548bd053 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_548bd053 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_5558641 | type |
Gratuitous Japanese | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_5558641 | comment |
Gratuitous Japanese: Kusari is full of this. The Japanese written on the signs often makes little sense, "Tekagi" is often pronounced "Takagi", and the Japanese "r" sound is usually just missing, among other things. The Gratuitous German in Rheinland is only a little more passable. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_5558641 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_5558641 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_5558641 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_556a4e20 | type |
The Empire | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_556a4e20 | comment |
Except for possibly Rheinland during the story mode. Though The Nomads made them do it, and they get better after. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_556a4e20 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_556a4e20 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_556a4e20 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_57d43e40 | type |
Fantasy Counterpart Culture | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_57d43e40 | comment |
Most planets and locations are named after actual locations on Earth, with each nation's planets being named for locations in the countries they're Fantasy Counterpart Cultures of. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_57d43e40 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_57d43e40 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_57d43e40 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_581f6468 | type |
Hero of Another Story | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_581f6468 | comment |
Hero of Another Story: Outcasts-related rumors will frequently mention someone called Santiago Llorenz. Apparently he is an Ace Pilot working for one of the main cartels. You can find stories of his exploits and discover that he is working on infiltrating the Cryer Pharmaceutical research station in the Sigma systems to free Outcasts held captive there. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_581f6468 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_581f6468 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_581f6468 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_5989e3b6 | type |
Enemy Mine | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_5989e3b6 | comment |
Enemy Mine: During the single-player campaign, Hacker One from the Lane Hackers proclaims that the enemies of Liberty are their friends. In another mission, you fly with a pair of Rheinland deserters as your wingmen, because you need them to assist you against the Rheinland Military as much as they need you to defect to Bretonia safely. It can be a Guide Dang It! moment, but killing Xenos for an improved reputation with opposing factions actually does have a significant drawback — it angers the Zoners, of all people, who must have struck up an Odd Friendship with the Xenos despite their mutually opposite philosophies. Even better, there's no way to get back in the Zoners' good books since they have no other actual allies to help or enemies to run missions against, and the Zoners themselves will not let you dock if they get hostile to you, so you may end up stuck having to fork over tens of thousands of credits in some other port to get your record hacked and allow you to dock with a Freeport again. To a smaller extent, nearly all factions think very slightly more favorably of you if you hurt their enemies (for instance, the Bounty Hunters' Guild softens up to you just a little bit when you take out criminals). This can be exploited to farm reputation and money across multiple factions in the post-game by attacking factions with few allies but many enemies (such as the Corsairs and Outcasts), which will leave you rolling in credits and allied to all but a handful of factions. If two opposing factions share a common enemy, and all three factions so happen to be in the same place at the same time, the opposing factions will team up to destroy their common enemy before settling their own differences. The vicinity of Southampton Shipyard in the New London system is a good place to see an example of this, as you may occasionally bear witness to the Corsairs and Mollys teaming up with lawful units to destroy the other pirate faction, or teaming up with each other to destroy any lawful units in the area (or you, if both factions are hostile to you). | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_5989e3b6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_5989e3b6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_5989e3b6 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_6041e4f4 | type |
The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_6041e4f4 | comment |
The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard: NPC ships have infinite energy, so they can fire their guns and use their thrusters forever. Stock ships flown by NPCs are also capable of mounting weapons with classes higher than what the ships are able to mount. As examples, Red Hessians occasionally mount Class-5 guns on light fighters that can only mount up to Class-4 guns, and, in the single-player campaign, the Nomad-infected Liberty light fighter pilots mount Class-7 Nomad Laser weapons on ships that can only mount up to Class-3 guns. The AI has an unerring tendency to fire missiles at angles that will usually guarantee a hit. This is saying something given that missiles frequently lose track of their targets if fired at range from behind the target. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_6041e4f4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_6041e4f4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_6041e4f4 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_60fb097 | type |
Dick Dastardly Stops to Cheat | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_60fb097 | comment |
Dick Dastardly Stops to Cheat: During your starfighter race against Dexter Hovis, he pulls over to activate some weapons turrets. Depending on how well you race and whether you've already passed him or not, he either does this midway through the race if you've passed him, or near the end of the race if you haven't, the latter outcome giving you the opportunity to pass him. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_60fb097 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_60fb097 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_60fb097 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_61a35c24 | type |
Improbable Piloting Skills | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_61a35c24 | comment |
Improbable Piloting Skills: You can hear a rumor about a pilot who managed to dock his burning ship with busted engines to a starbase by using only the momentum he gained from exiting the system's jump gate, which is quite some distance away from that base and doesn't directly point at it, to boot. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_61a35c24 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_61a35c24 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_61a35c24 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_62f20fd6 | type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_62f20fd6 | comment |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away...: The opening movie makes it clear that Humanity comes from the Earth, the place names refer to actual locations on Earth, etc. Yet, Planet Earth is never mentioned in the entire game. A cut version of the intro shows that the original storyline had the Earth destroyed by aliens. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_62f20fd6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_62f20fd6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_62f20fd6 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_62f9ee25 | type |
Nanomachines | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_62f9ee25 | comment |
Nanomachines: The Nanobots that instantly repair your hull in case it gets wrecked. They don't do anything for you, though. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_62f9ee25 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_62f9ee25 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_62f9ee25 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_6320eced | type |
Gameplay and Story Segregation | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_6320eced | comment |
Gameplay and Story Segregation: The most notable examples are the different house ships. The four houses (or five, if you consider the Outcasts and Corsairs as the "lost" house of Hispania) are told in game as being near-equal in terms of military prowess. Even more jarring in this aspect is a rumor that one can read in any Libertonian bar which states that Liberty is in a constant state of readiness and is able to fight two houses at once. On different fronts. However, the ships sold in Liberty space are far inferior to those you find in Rheinland, let alone the ones you can purchase in the Edge Worlds. One might even wonder how Liberty holds its lands from the other Houses when there are Space Pirates with clearly better ships than theirs. On the other hand, this is justified as the single-player campaign progresses linearly through the four houses while leaving the Edge Worlds for the player to explore after the end of the campaign and being able to purchase such good ships from the start would be a serious Disc-One Nuke. The portrayal of some of the renegade factions is inconsistent between the story and the sandbox. Within the story, many are shown to be not so evil and fighting against legitimately corrupt government entities. Outside of the story, they are Always Chaotic Evil, and will invariably greet you with an Attack Hello. At the start of the second singleplayer mission, Juni arranges for a scanner and tractor beam to be installed on Trent's ship. In-game, however, the scanner and tractor beam are standard equipment on all ships and cannot be removed or modified in any way except through Game Mods. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_6320eced | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_6320eced | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_6320eced | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_63557923 | type |
Death World | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_63557923 | comment |
Death World: Planet Carinae in the Omicron Alpha system is a verdant garden world that appears eminently suited for human colonization... if it weren't for the deadly neurotoxin that's an integral part of the world's entire ecosystem. Needless to say that all colonization efforts were quickly stopped after the first wave of surveyors keeled over. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_63557923 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_63557923 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_63557923 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_6439de78 | type |
Heroic Sacrifice | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_6439de78 | comment |
Heroic Sacrifice: Can be read on the occasional report in the Colony News Service. The very first mission shows an attack by several Order fighters that destroys the Rheinland cruiser Donau and all aboard. As it turns out, the Order pilots were preventing the Nomads from infesting President Jacobi, but with the huge amount of defenses around Manhattan, they had to know it was a one-way mission. Juni's good friend Captain Marcus Walker looks like he's done this when Trent and Juni are forced to flee Liberty space, staying behind at Manhattan with his cruiser squadron to buy Trent and Juni time to escape the authorities. He later does this for real when facing a fleet of Nomad-corrupted enemies after Trent and Juni have joined the Order. Escort pilots with callsigns Lambda 4 and Lambda 5 do this when helping Trent and Juni escape the New York system to independent space. Klaus Botzler, a Rheinlander who defects to oppose the Nomad-led conspiracy, uses Ramming Always Works to take out an entire shipyard full of alien experimental battleships. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_6439de78 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_6439de78 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_6439de78 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_6456495 | type |
Fight Magnet | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_6456495 | comment |
Fight Magnet: If you enter an area within scanner range of a battle between a faction you are hostile to and a faction they are hostile to, expect the furball to advance gradually in your general direction. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_6456495 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_6456495 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_6456495 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_65ce79f1 | type |
High-Speed Missile Dodge | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_65ce79f1 | comment |
High-Speed Missile Dodge: Missiles can be evaded if the target uses afterburners and kills engines. Averted with Cruise Disruptor missiles, however, as they travel much faster than cruise speed, which is the maximum possible velocity any ship in the game can reach. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_65ce79f1 | featureApplicability |
-1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_65ce79f1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_65ce79f1 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_6602cad | type |
Permanently Missable Content | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_6602cad | comment |
Permanently Missable Content: If you do not buy the Anubis heavy fighter from the Order during the single-player campaign, or sell it later, you will not be able to purchase one after the missions involving them are completed. There is a limited supply of Class-10 CODENAME guns and Paralyzer Missile Launchers; if you sell or lose any one of them, they cannot be replaced. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_6602cad | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_6602cad | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_6602cad | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_67f26dcc | type |
Planet of Hats | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_67f26dcc | comment |
Planet of Hats: Nearly everyone on Malta (the Outcast homeworld) is involved with the Cardamine trade in some way. Justified by the fact that the Cardamine trade is so profitable for the Outcasts that even field hands on Malta can live in luxury. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_67f26dcc | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_67f26dcc | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_67f26dcc | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_6a1c2a6 | type |
Cosmic Horror Story | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_6a1c2a6 | comment |
Cosmic Horror Story: While it doesn't have a lot of the atmosphere that much of this genre has, the shades are clear enough if you stop to think about it for very long, namely that a race of Alien shapeshifters of nigh-incalculable age and possibly power are slowly plotting to take over humanity by body-jacking politically powerful humans, then leaving them when a better host is available- a process that said humans (perhaps unfortunately for them) survive- within the houses and pitting them against each other. And that's just the Nomads. Now imagine what their creators, the Daam K'Vosh, might be like... | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_6a1c2a6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_6a1c2a6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_6a1c2a6 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_6a61050e | type |
The Only One | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_6a61050e | comment |
The Only One: Once you reach the second half, it's not rare to take out entire fleets by yourself after all your partners have been pummeled. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_6a61050e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_6a61050e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_6a61050e | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_6cc39b20 | type |
Puppeteer Parasite | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_6cc39b20 | comment |
Puppeteer Parasite: The Nomads. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_6cc39b20 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_6cc39b20 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_6cc39b20 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_6ec989d8 | type |
Guide Dang It! | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_6ec989d8 | comment |
Guide Dang It!: If you're looking to acquire specific equipment, in particular any Infinity +1 Sword, finding a base that sells it can be quite a headachenote the most reliable way to reveal a base's inventory is to dock with it; you can also buy the information from the occasional NPC in a bar, but not all the time, and that's assuming the stuff can be purchased at all—more often than not, you will also need to grind reputation with the faction that runs that base before they allow you to buy the equipment you are looking for. The most powerful weapons can only be found on wrecks and Nomad ships that are even more difficult to find without a guide. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_6ec989d8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_6ec989d8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_6ec989d8 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_7086b98 | type |
Port Town | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_7086b98 | comment |
Port Town: A lot of staging areas within missions. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_7086b98 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_7086b98 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_7086b98 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_7276d0de | type |
Mugging the Monster | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_7276d0de | comment |
Mugging the Monster: Crooks keep ambushing you or demanding that you drop your cargo even when your kill count is in the thousands and their ship is the wimpiest in the game. Also, there's a place in the Corsair home system where young pilots go for the final trial. This area contains Nomads, who enter through a Jump Hole from the Unknown systems. It's called the Graveyard of the Innocents. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_7276d0de | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_7276d0de | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_7276d0de | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_73ef9ef3 | type |
Almighty Janitor | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_73ef9ef3 | comment |
Almighty Janitor: The Nomads, a parasitic alien species left behind in Sirius by an even more advanced alien species to maintain their legacy and ensure no upstart newcomer species trespasses on their ancient domain. Trent outright calls them janitors when he learns what they really are. Their technology is so ludicrously superior to mankind's that the heroes' only chance to win this conflict is to use the guys' own tech against them. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_73ef9ef3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_73ef9ef3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_73ef9ef3 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_742a6e78 | type |
Gameplay Ally Immortality | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_742a6e78 | comment |
Gameplay Ally Immortality: Important allies (at least the ones you know, like Juni, King and Herr von Claussen) can lose all shields and up to 90% hull integrity, but they cannot die. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_742a6e78 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_742a6e78 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_742a6e78 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_74e9a5b1 | type |
Scavenger World | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_74e9a5b1 | comment |
Scavenger World: The Junkers. This faction thrives on and cleans up the waste left behind by the Houses during the foundation of their infrastructure (including some mishaps) and while the House authorities acknowledge this, the Junkers are not exactly liked either because their bases are safe havens for criminals, thus resulting in the House authorities having to deal with more pirates. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_74e9a5b1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_74e9a5b1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_74e9a5b1 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_76d233f9 | type |
Straw Feminist | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_76d233f9 | comment |
Straw Feminist: Zigzagged with the Golden Chrysanthemums. On the one hand, they are an all-female organization whose stated intention is to overthrow the current Kusari government and establish a matriarchy. On the other hand, they maintain a very close relationship with the masculine Blood Dragons. It's unclear whether this is just a long-running Enemy Mine setup or a true alliance. On the other other hand of this mutant monstrosity, the G.C. also require all their members to get addicted to Cardamine and treat their founder as an explicitly religious prophet. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_76d233f9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_76d233f9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_76d233f9 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_783ff962 | type |
The Missing Faction | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_783ff962 | comment |
The Missing Faction: House Hispania, better known as the Outcasts and the Corsairs. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_783ff962 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_783ff962 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_783ff962 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_7870735b | type |
From Bad to Worse | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_7870735b | comment |
Even if you ignore Sirius' messed-up politics and societies, it doesn't get any better. The entire sector is so thoroughly crawling with criminals and armed corporate forces that you can hardly leave any space station or planet without witnessing a large-scale fighter battle. No matter where you go, criminals will waylay you, try to rob your possessions or simply shoot you on sight. Countless innocents fall victim to senseless violence every day because living in Sirius is synonymous to living in a perpetual war zone. And then the game's main story happens... | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_7870735b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_7870735b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_7870735b | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_78ad42bd | type |
The War Sequence | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_78ad42bd | comment |
The War Sequence: Pretty much the entire second half of the storyline. A notable instance is Trent, Juni, and three Outcast pilots up against an entire Rheinland fleet at the mid-point of the game. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_78ad42bd | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_78ad42bd | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_78ad42bd | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_7976e429 | type |
2-D Space | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_7976e429 | comment |
2-D Space: Everything, and that is everything, is within the same plane. Except one star in one of the Tau systems and another in one of the Unknown systems. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_7976e429 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_7976e429 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_7976e429 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_79cce27b | type |
Law Enforcement, Inc. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_79cce27b | comment |
Law Enforcement, Inc.: The Liberty Police are a private corporation who fund their operations with consumer goods produced by prison labor. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_79cce27b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_79cce27b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_79cce27b | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_7abd339f | type |
Black-and-White Morality | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_7abd339f | comment |
Black-and-White Morality: In the campaign storyline, where morality issues are eventually put aside because mankind is on the verge of annihilation anyway, there's a more clear line between who's "right" and who's "wrong", but for the most part the ones who are wrong are simply under the control of aliens seeking to destroy mankind. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_7abd339f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_7abd339f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_7abd339f | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_7d14c988 | type |
A Tankard of Moose Urine | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_7d14c988 | comment |
A Tankard of Moose Urine: Liberty Ale. Rumor has it it's made from H-fuel byproducts. It's more likely, however, to be made from the byproducts of Synth Paste production. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_7d14c988 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_7d14c988 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_7d14c988 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_7d5324cf | type |
The Federation | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_7d5324cf | comment |
The Federation: All the houses, to some extent, but especially Liberty. Except for possibly Rheinland during the story mode. Though The Nomads made them do it, and they get better after. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_7d5324cf | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_7d5324cf | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_7d5324cf | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_7d97ab06 | type |
Space Is an Ocean | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_7d97ab06 | comment |
Space Is an Ocean: Most elements of this trope are in effect: planar space, clearly-defined directions, the prevalence of naval terminology, etc. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_7d97ab06 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_7d97ab06 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_7d97ab06 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_7deb3fb1 | type |
Crutch Character | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_7deb3fb1 | comment |
Crutch Character: The Anubis-class Very Heavy Fighter in the singleplayer campaign. It is by far the best ship available during the story mode and also the cheapest. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_7deb3fb1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_7deb3fb1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_7deb3fb1 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_7eb73553 | type |
Bullying a Dragon | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_7eb73553 | comment |
Similarly, enemies with cruise disruptor missiles will never let you withdraw, even if they are utterly outmatched. They will keep stopping your engines until you get fed up and destroy them. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_7eb73553 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_7eb73553 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_7eb73553 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_816a4e80 | type |
Star Wars (Franchise) | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_816a4e80 | comment |
Freeworlds: A Star Wars total conversion. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_816a4e80 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_816a4e80 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_816a4e80 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_823c6e3e | type |
Large Ham | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_823c6e3e | comment |
Large Ham: Tobias seems to monopolize pork products among major characters in this game. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_823c6e3e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_823c6e3e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_823c6e3e | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_8252652c | type |
All Planets Are Earth-Like | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_8252652c | comment |
All Planets Are Earthlike: Downplayed; Planet Manhattan, Planet Gaia and Planet Cambridge play this straight, but most other planets fall into Single-Biome Planet territory, being either Dune-esque deserts, Hoth-esque ice worlds, ocean planets, the occasional gas giant, or just lifeless uninhabitable balls of rock. It's also repeatedly mentioned that even most temperate, superficially earthlike worlds differ significantly from what humans evolved in, with planets having year-long day-night-cycles, weaker or stronger gravity, hostile weather, inedible fauna or similarly adverse conditions. In some cases, it's hard to tell; Planet Leeds might have been a nice place at one point, but several centuries of pollution have destroyed what ecology it once had — which is why the Gaians are so hell-bent on preventing something similar happening to their namesake world on the other side of Bretonian space. This trope is actually subverted on a few occasions. The Outcasts landed on what they thought was an Earth-like planet, but in reality it was a world so utterly saturated with a naturally-occurring narcotic that leaving without being drugged up on it killed anyone who tried to depart. Another planet in the same system looks very Earthlike, but is completely inundated, right down to the last organism, with an atmosphere that is toxic to humans. No relation whatsoever to Avatar, though. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_8252652c | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_8252652c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_8252652c | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_829b958e | type |
Embarrassing First Name | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_829b958e | comment |
Embarrassing First Name: Edison Trent. He usually just introduces himself by his surname. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_829b958e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_829b958e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_829b958e | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_83441d66 | type |
AIs | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_83441d66 | comment |
Similar things tend to happen in almost every game if random spawns can happen inside hazardous areas and enemies are not immune to environmental effects. Very few A.I.s survive that — one of the reasons why they are usually granted immunity to the environment. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_83441d66 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_83441d66 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_83441d66 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_8344209e | type |
BFG | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_8344209e | comment |
Lots of them. Among others, Trent, Juni, King and Walker arrive just in time to save President Jacobi from being taken over by an alien. Then Jacobi stops it from taking over Trent by shooting it with a BFG. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_8344209e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_8344209e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_8344209e | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_8409a385 | type |
Exactly What It Says on the Tin | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_8409a385 | comment |
The Xenos are more of xenophobic terrorists than pirates. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_8409a385 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_8409a385 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_8409a385 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_8618825d | type |
Portal Network | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_8618825d | comment |
Portal Network: Jump gates and jump holes allow any ship that activates them to travel across entire star systems within a few seconds. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_8618825d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_8618825d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_8618825d | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_86b21114 | type |
Badass Boast | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_86b21114 | comment |
Badass Boast: Ozu makes one during the single-player campaign. See the Pre Ass Kicking One Liner example below for more generic examples. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_86b21114 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_86b21114 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_86b21114 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_874c712f | type |
Dug Too Deep | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_874c712f | comment |
Dug Too Deep: It all starts about three months before the destruction of Freeport Seven, with Rheinland explorers setting down on the wrong planet. Also, the asteroid fields in New London were formerly mined but were hastily abandoned when the mining operations released pockets of explosive gas. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_874c712f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_874c712f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_874c712f | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_8767b1f3 | type |
Black-and-Gray Morality | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_8767b1f3 | comment |
Black-and-Gray Morality: Most of the factions have some sort of just cause or justification for their actions (even if only they perceive it as such) and are at the same time committing some sort of injustice against one or more other factions. For instance, the Mollys fight for independence from an exploitative Bretonia, but are doing so by attacking and killing practically anyone flying around Bretonian space. Even the Corsairs have some justification for their actions—they got screwed over when their colony ship went to pieces, and don't have much choice but to steal whatever other factions are producing. A few factions are completely corrupt (such as Hogosha and Samura, though Samura has employees who are basically innocent). This of course only pertains to everything outside the campaign storyline (see below). | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_8767b1f3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_8767b1f3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_8767b1f3 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_8774fb47 | type |
Eldritch Abomination | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_8774fb47 | comment |
Eldritch Abomination: More or less what the Nomads and likely the Dom'Kavash are according to Word of God. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_8774fb47 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_8774fb47 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_8774fb47 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_87b8f581 | type |
Refusal of the Call | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_87b8f581 | comment |
Refusal of the Call: For the first quarter or so of the game, Trent has little interest in current events beyond taking jobs for Juni while he waits for Lonnigan to get better so he can cash in on their deal. He is also remarkably disinterested in the blatant foreshadowing being thrown at him from all sides. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_87b8f581 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_87b8f581 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_87b8f581 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_89443850 | type |
Absolute Xenophobe | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_89443850 | comment |
Absolute Xenophobe: The Xenos are a Liberty-based terrorist faction who lost their jobs when Liberty's economy shifted from blue collar to white collar, a shift they blame foreign influence over Liberty's government. This attitude causes them to regard nearly every other faction in the game as an enemy, and everyone except Zoners and the IMG are likely to be shot on sight. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_89443850 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_89443850 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_89443850 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_899bb0bf | type |
Space Mines | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_899bb0bf | comment |
Space Mines: Any ship with a Mine Dropper can drop singular mines that home on targets. From the small and cheap Drone mine to the mighty and destructive Ripper mine, these have the unique quality of being Classless, and as such, any ship, no matter how small or weak, can fit them. The Houses have also deployed lethal minefields around important locations, like prisons, or the Jump Gate that connects New York and Alaska. The latter Mines are also far deadlier, capable of blowing even Titans to pieces. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_899bb0bf | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_899bb0bf | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_899bb0bf | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_8a8c7344 | type |
Plasma Cannon | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_8a8c7344 | comment |
Plasma Cannon: Plasma weapons deal more damage than anything else in their respective class, but they have slow refire rates, slow projectile velocity, short range and a voracious energy hunger. In other words, they're Difficult, but Awesome if you figure out how to use them right. Most players are better off without them, though, mostly because their projectile velocity doesn't synergize well with any other weapon type. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_8a8c7344 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_8a8c7344 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_8a8c7344 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_8b606a51 | type |
There Is No Kill Like Overkill | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_8b606a51 | comment |
Missiles can be formidable weapons when "jousting" if one knows how to use them. The likelihood of a missile hitting the target is almost guaranteed if you fire it at short distances from the enemy during a head-on pass. It's also a viable tactic with ''torpedoes''; just don't get caught inside the blast radius. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_8b606a51 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_8b606a51 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_8b606a51 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_8b93a168 | type |
Macross Missile Massacre | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_8b93a168 | comment |
Prior to the start of the third singleplayer mission, you will bear witness to the overwhelming stopping power of a Moonstalker Macross Missile Massacre on Brandon Rowlett, a hapless Freeport 7 survivor. You can follow his killer's instructions and continue your journey to the starting point of the mission...or you can decide that honor goes before reason and attempt to avenge Rowlett's death by attacking them. This will put you on the receiving end of their Moonstalker Missile barrage, which at that stage in the game translates to a One-Hit Kill on whatever ship you can get your hands on, but if you do kill them, they each have a chance of dropping a unique and powerful early-game mountable turret that you cannot obtain through any other means. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_8b93a168 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_8b93a168 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_8b93a168 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_8c49c29e | type |
Zig-Zagging Trope | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_8c49c29e | comment |
And then you must gain a level before you're given the next storyline mission. You can still build up as many credits as you would like, before embarking on said mission. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_8c49c29e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_8c49c29e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_8c49c29e | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_8f233b1b | type |
Sorting Algorithm of Weapon Effectiveness | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_8f233b1b | comment |
Sorting Algorithm Of Ship Effectiveness: The various ships in Freelancer are usable at certain player levels. The individual ships get stronger and capable of carrying more (and better) equipment as the player's level increases, which corresponds roughly to the order in which the story focuses on various colonies (Liberty, Bretonia, Kusari, Rheinland, with Civilian/Border World/Pirate-built ships scaling all the way to the top tier). This leads to some serious Fridge Logic when one realizes that Liberty military ships are some of the weakest in the entire game and the Liberty-made end-game civilian fighters (like the Eagle) hopelessly outclass them in every way. Most notably, the Liberty Cruiser's main gun — which in cut-scenes can destroy battleships and space stations in seconds — is surpassed by the guns you can buy for your fighter a few levels later. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_8f233b1b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_8f233b1b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_8f233b1b | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_933576c8 | type |
Mighty Glacier | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_933576c8 | comment |
In the main story, the Bounty Hunter Barracuda Heavy Fighter is the only real competition to the Anubis, as both mount up to class six weapons, but while the Anubis is a Mighty Glacier that has a more powerful generator and supplements its six guns with a turret, the Barracuda is much more maneuverable. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_933576c8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_933576c8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_933576c8 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_93c04c8a | type |
Future Food Is Artificial | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_93c04c8a | comment |
Future Food Is Artificial: The Synth Food Paste; although nobody says it's nasty or disgusting, it did manage to sprout several farmer rebellions fighting for their right to grow their own organic crops. The rebellion in Rheinland is more related to the methods of the company that produces Synth Food. A Rheinlander NPC accuses the company of crippling the economic livelihoods of farmers by taking down food costs and dumping chemicals into the soil and atmosphere, all as a means to cripple the survivors of Rheinland's economic collapse. The rebellion in Kusari, on the other hand, is financed by Samura Industries in order to suppress competition from foreign companies. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_93c04c8a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_93c04c8a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_93c04c8a | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_940a5958 | type |
Artificial Stupidity | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_940a5958 | comment |
Artificial Stupidity: AI patrol ships that scan your ship for contraband or valuable goods never kill their engines. Ever. They are smart enough to know that entering formation with your ship will put them within cargo scanning range of your ship, but if you are in free flight mode and kill your engines to maintain near-cruise speed, these ships will completely drop out of cruise speed and return to normal velocity, which will cause them to drop out of your scanner range and despawn long before they turn hostile towards you refusing to drop the cargo. This may seem like an error in programming, until you realise that AI-controlled ships in combat do actually kill their engines while exchanging fire. AI ships will also continue patrols and pursue enemies right into minefields. It can be amusing to sit in the midst of the narrow passage through Zone 21 in the New York system and watch random Rogues and Outcasts blunder into the surrounding thicket of impenetrable mines to their rapid deaths. A similar effect happens in the Dublin system as the Molly base there is surrounded by asteroids and mines. Your ship's autopilot vacillates wildly between "pretty decent at its job" and "stupendously stupid". Trade route docking and evasion of large objects (like star bases or above-average asteroids) pose a particular challenge to the system. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_940a5958 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_940a5958 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_940a5958 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_94c99d9c | type |
Commanding Coolness | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_94c99d9c | comment |
Commanding Coolness: Juni is a well-known LSF Commander who has her own Ace Custom and knows how to kick ass and take names, even within the ranks of the LSF itself. While she starts out in the single-player campaign as more of The Captain, she becomes a Colonel Badass by the end of it (while also literally breveted to the rank of Colonel as a member of The Order). | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_94c99d9c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_94c99d9c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_94c99d9c | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_95a2cbd4 | type |
Exposition Fairy | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_95a2cbd4 | comment |
Exposition Fairy: King, Juni, Lord Hakkera and Von Claussen are this at different points throughout the singleplayer campaign, but especially Juni. "We have to go faster!" | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_95a2cbd4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_95a2cbd4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_95a2cbd4 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_970c790a | type |
Big Bad | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_970c790a | comment |
Also, there's a place in the Corsair home system where young pilots go for the final trial. This area contains Nomads, who enter through a Jump Hole from the Unknown systems. It's called the Graveyard of the Innocents. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_970c790a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_970c790a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_970c790a | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_986c8690 | type |
Decoy Leader | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_986c8690 | comment |
Decoy Big Bad: The Order, Governor Tekagi, Chancellor Niemann ... pretty much everybody except the Nomads. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_986c8690 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_986c8690 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_986c8690 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_98f4e67f | type |
Space Clouds | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_98f4e67f | comment |
Space Clouds: There are numerous nebulae that the player can travel through. The Honshu system even has a light blue nebula enveloping the entire system, looking like a bright, sunny day on Earth. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_98f4e67f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_98f4e67f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_98f4e67f | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_992aa05b | type |
Space Friction | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_992aa05b | comment |
Space Friction: You have a top speed for engines, a top speed for afterburners, and a top speed for cruising. Inertia somehow remains nearly constant (though a little Space Friction creeps on it) when you kill your engines, though. You are not expected to understand this. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_992aa05b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_992aa05b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_992aa05b | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_9a004414 | type |
Industrial World | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_9a004414 | comment |
Industrial World: Leeds was heavily settled and industrialized due to its rich mineral wealth, leading to its current state as an overbuilt factory-world with a collapsed natural environment, a surface covered in mining, smelting, and manufacturing facilities and a sky constantly obscured by smog. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Freelancer (Video Game) / int_9a004414 | |
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Difficult, but Awesome | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_9b9397bb | comment |
Difficult, but Awesome: The Anubis, the Order heavy fighter that you can purchase from Battleship Osiris and Planet Toledo, is this near the end of the single-player campaign. It has a pathetic turn rate as well as a massive target profile, so it doesn't hold up very well in turning contests against faster, agile fighters such as the Nomad Interceptors that it usually goes toe-to-toe with and makes it excellent for target practice during the very first mission of the single-player campaign. However, it can mount six guns and a forward-firing turret, in addition to the standard torpedo/cruise disruptor mount, and it is cheap as dirt to purchase and outfit with Order equipment. This gives the Anubis the theoretical equivalent of seven guns pointing forwards and the muscle to dish out serious damage to larger vessels, which means that most things don't last very long if the Anubis is pointing towards them with all its guns blazing. The icing on the cake is that only Order NPCs use the Anubis, these NPCs only appear during the single-player campaign, and both the Osiris and Planet Toledo are inaccessible to the player after the end of the campaign, so the Anubis becomes a unique and unobtainable ship once the campaign is completed. Plasma weapons fire slowly, travel slowly and consume tons of energy, but they deal massive damage. If you're good enough at dogfighting to make every shot count, a well-equipped plasma fighter can tear through anything smaller than a cruiser in only a handful of hits. | |
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1.0 | |
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Eldritch Location | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_9bee1a7f | comment |
Eldritch Location: By the end-game, you're so used to the scale of the various planets that the Nomad Dyson Sphere just seems impossibly huge and alien, especially given that you pass another planet on the way in! | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Freelancer (Video Game) / int_9bee1a7f | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_9beffa1c | type |
Hard-Coded Hostility | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_9beffa1c | comment |
Hard-Coded Hostility: There is only one faction in the game that can't be negotiated with, or bribed into liking you, under any circumstances: the Nomads. Since they are also the only non-human faction, and their only known goal is wiping out the humans who've invaded the Sirius sector, this is justified. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Freelancer (Video Game) / int_9beffa1c | |
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Hyperspace Arsenal | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_9c7e3137 | comment |
Hyperspace Arsenal: Your cargo bay, ammo, nanobots and shield batteries are strictly limited, but you have infinite storage for spare weapons and extra equipment. From how small the areas around the docking ports of stations are, the docking bays must have to partially exist in Hammerspace to accommodate all of the fighters and transports that dock with them. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Freelancer (Video Game) / int_9c7e3137 | |
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Level-Locked Loot | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_9cc742f1 | comment |
Level-Locked Loot: Ship, shield and weapon purchases are level-locked, and the shields and weapons can only be mounted on ships with hardpoints that can accommodate the same class number or higher. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_9cc742f1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Freelancer (Video Game) / int_9cc742f1 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_9d12bbc1 | type |
Foreshadowing | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_9d12bbc1 | comment |
Foreshadowing: Oh so very, very much. Certain bar conversations in particular are fairly upfront, but special mention must go to one of the logs Trent has when the game starts, where he mentions the other Freeport 7 survivors talking about who could be behind it. Literally every theory they have about everyone except The Order is dead true. During game installation, a little slideshow will play, telling the player-to-be about various planets presented in the game's universe, with Rheinland's space theme playing in the background. During Mission 3, if you manage to destroy the Liberty Navy patrol that kills Brandon Rowlett, you can tractor in a special turret that isn't available anywhere else. This turret has two names; "Rowlett's Revenge" in the inventory screen, and "Nomad Prototype" in the loot tab on the HUD when it's dropped and before it's picked up. The latter name and the fact that destroying the patrol doesn't tarnish your reputation with the Liberty Navy strongly hint at upcoming events. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Freelancer (Video Game) / int_9d12bbc1 | |
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Alliance Meter | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_9d49a7cd | comment |
The two Class-9 Missile Launchers (Cannonball and Firestalker) are only sold in pirate-run bases in the Edge Worlds, and just being able to land on said bases is not enough; you need to push your Alliance Meter with these factions well into friendly territory before they will allow you to buy them. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Freelancer (Video Game) / int_9d49a7cd | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_9dfd7154 | type |
Fridge Logic | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_9dfd7154 | comment |
This leads to some serious Fridge Logic when one realizes that Liberty military ships are some of the weakest in the entire game and the Liberty-made end-game civilian fighters (like the Eagle) hopelessly outclass them in every way. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Freelancer (Video Game) / int_9dfd7154 | |
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E.T. Gave Us Wi-Fi | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_9e6221b0 | comment |
E.T. Gave Us Wi-Fi: It is hinted at through several in-game rumors that one of the main reasons why Liberty expanded faster than any of the other Houses was because the semiconductors they manufacture — a vital component in trade lanes and jump gates — are powered by alien technology. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Freelancer (Video Game) / int_9e6221b0 | |
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One-Man Army | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_9e943076 | comment |
One-Man Army: Herr von Klaussen has 500 kills to his name ... and by the time you meet him, you should be somewhere near his kill count as well, with at least one additional battleship kill to your name. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_9e943076 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Freelancer (Video Game) / int_9e943076 | |
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Pre-Asskicking One-Liner | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_9fde2eb1 | comment |
Pre Ass Kicking One Liner: Enemy pilots in non-storyline missions will occasionally break these out. It's almost, but not quite, intimidating. Herr Von Claussen also does this twice, and the second time to the Nomads. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_9fde2eb1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Freelancer (Video Game) / int_9fde2eb1 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_a148f27b | type |
Living Legend | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_a148f27b | comment |
Living Legend: Given his age, his status as Prefect of the Honshu System, and his numerous contacts within Kusari, Rheinland, the Blood Dragons and The Order, Lord Hakkera qualifies. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_a148f27b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Freelancer (Video Game) / int_a148f27b | |
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Enemy Chatter | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_a1f82f86 | comment |
Enemy ships will attempt to flee, with appropriate Enemy Chatter (Nomads excluded), if your cash-based level and equipment is vastly higher than theirs, they are outnumbered by about five to one, they have no more weapons, and/or they have their armor rating reduced to 1%. Most of the time, however, they will fight to the death. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Freelancer (Video Game) / int_a1f82f86 | |
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Infinity +1 Sword | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_a5e02e9e | comment |
Infinity +1 Sword: The two Class-9 Missile Launchers (Cannonball and Firestalker) are only sold in pirate-run bases in the Edge Worlds, and just being able to land on said bases is not enough; you need to push your Alliance Meter with these factions well into friendly territory before they will allow you to buy them. The Sunslayer Torpedo Launcher, which fires the most powerful torpedo in the game, can only be purchased from exactly one station: Bruchsal Base, which is run by an outlaw faction in Rhienland with no stated allies but a long list of enemies. Good luck getting your reputation with them high enough to even dock with the station, let alone buy the launcher. Class-10 equipment is compatible with a grand total of three fighters, which can only be bought at five bases in the entire game; four of them are run by pirates. Class-10 shields are only sold on bases in the lawless Edge Worlds. The CODENAME guns out-damage every other gun in the game, the Paralyzer Missile does the most shield damage out of any missile, the Ripper Homing Mine has the best damage values among all mines in the game, and the Nomad guns consume no energy at all when fired, while delivering damage rates between Class-9 and Class-10 guns, so they can be fired forever. The catch? You can't buy them; you can only loot them from hidden wrecks typically found in the most dangerous parts of the Sirius Sector, such as the incredibly radioactive Von Rohe Belt in Omega-11, or the Nomad-infested portion of the Siniestre Cloud in Omicron Alpha, which is also radioactive. You can only get the Nomad guns by destroying the Nomads that randomly spawn near jump holes to Nomad-infested systems; they are also some of the most dangerous enemies in the game. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Freelancer (Video Game) / int_a5e02e9e | |
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Paradise Planet | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_a5ec714 | comment |
Paradise Planet: Planet Gaia, a rich, green world of plants and animals the likes of which have not been found anywhere else in the Sirius Sector, with an environment compared to that of Earth 200 million years ago. It is currently under the control of Cambridge Research Institute, which seeks to create a genetic catalogue of all Gaia's native species, though a small number of tourist visas are available to guests of the nearby Orbital Luxury Liner Shetland. Unfortunately, rumors of the aphrodisiac qualities of certain animals have generated a prevalent poaching industry, and Gaia's tourism industry can sometimes create misplaced sympathy for the Gaian Eco Terrorists. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_a5ec714 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Freelancer (Video Game) / int_a5ec714 | |
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MacGuffin | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_a6c69bd | comment |
MacGuffin: The alien artifact. For 90% of the game, what it is or does has no real bearing on the plot. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Freelancer (Video Game) / int_a6c69bd | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_a814671b | type |
N.G.O. Superpower | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_a814671b | comment |
N.G.O. Superpower: The GMG fought an eighty-year-long war with Rheinland and won with some assistance from Kusari and utilising their knowledge of the Crow Nebula to their advantage, causing Rheinland to lose more ships to the nebula than to them. The Corsairs and the Outcasts are subversions. Both are massive forces of pirates and privateers engaged in all manner of illegal activity and skirmishes with lawful authorities ... when they're in the colonies. They both have governments and entire home planets back in the remote Omicron systems, of which they are fiercely protective. While no House will recognize them as legitimate for obvious reasons, their governments do exist. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Freelancer (Video Game) / int_a814671b | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_a9c7258a | type |
Absent Aliens | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_a9c7258a | comment |
Absent Aliens: There are aliens, the most common being a microorganism that can metabolize some elements into carbon dioxide and oxygen. Also, there are a plethora of species native to Sirius. Planet Gaia, this game's equivalent to a planetary Garden of Eden, has more alien species than any other planet in the game. As for sentient alien species, ancient artifacts constructed by long-dead aliens are extremely valuable, but governments have recently started to crack down on them. Said long-dead aliens have also left behind a legacy that is very much alive in the form of the Nomads. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Freelancer (Video Game) / int_a9c7258a | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_aa2bd65c | type |
Mordor | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_aa2bd65c | comment |
Mordor/Polluted Wasteland: Planet Leeds, and the system around it, is an industrial hell. Planet Houston is a penal colony. And it doesn't stop there. Planet Chisos, one of many planets you can't land on, is a world of burning days and freezing nights, which has what looks like volcanic fissures. Planet Schutz is a volcanic world that is being melted by the dying red giant it orbits. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_aa2bd65c | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_aa5d87af | type |
Secret Level | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_aa5d87af | comment |
Secret Level: There are two 'Unknown' jumpholes, one in Omicron Alpha and one in Omicron Gamma. They each lead to systems where you are besieged by endless waves of Nomads. The one connecting to Omicron Alpha is heavily radioactive, features a background that could fit Scenery Porn and a dust ring around the single star, but is other devoid of any objects. The other system, connecting to Omicron Gamma, features a background that resembles a warp tunnel, a star that you can fly into without getting killed and two planets that you can dock with. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_aa5d87af | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Freelancer (Video Game) / int_aa5d87af | |
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Red Shirt | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_ac2094ca | comment |
Escort pilots with callsigns Lambda 4 and Lambda 5 do this when helping Trent and Juni escape the New York system to independent space. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Freelancer (Video Game) / int_ac2094ca | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_ac9f78d9 | type |
Jack of All Stats | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_ac9f78d9 | comment |
Jack of All Stats: Neutron weapons generally combine good damage, medium range and medium refire rates with comparatively low power draw, making them a well-rounded weapon type suited to any situation. All other weapon types tend to specialize in one or two stats at the expense of others. Out of the three Class 10 Very Heavy Fighters, the Sabre is basically this - not as agile but more heavily armored than the Eagle, yet quicker and somewhat less resilient than the Titan, with the heaviest forward-facing firepower of all three. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Freelancer (Video Game) / int_ac9f78d9 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_ae3d6438 | type |
Deadpan Snarker | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_ae3d6438 | comment |
Deadpan Snarker: A few, but mostly Juni. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Freelancer (Video Game) / int_ae3d6438 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_af4ca2bf | type |
Space Police | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_af4ca2bf | comment |
Space Police: Each house has its own law enforcement forces, and there's also the Liberty Security Force (LSF), kinda like the Space FBI. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_af4ca2bf | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_af4ca2bf | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
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Freelancer (Video Game) / int_af4ca2bf | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_af8974a3 | type |
Breakable Weapons | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_af8974a3 | comment |
Breakable Weapons: Once your shields are depleted, enemy shots will impact your ship directly. Radiation damage will also do likewise, except that it completely bypasses shields. If a portion of your ship, such as the fins of a Titan, or even a weapon or the countermeasure dropper you mount, takes sufficient damage, it will break away and disintegrate into nothing. Bad call if there's a Class-10 CERBERUS mounted there, because you will permanently lose that weapon. The upside to this is that computer ships aren't spared from this either, so if you hit them hard enough, they may lose a fin with a weapon or component attached, thus reducing their offensive and/or defensive capabilities. The disadvantage of this, however, is that you might be less likely to get weapon drops. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Freelancer (Video Game) / int_af8974a3 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_b06ff73b | type |
Variable Mix | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_b06ff73b | comment |
Variable Mix: If you hear a faster-paced version of the normal BGM, better ready your guns, or you'll get smoked! | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_b06ff73b | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_b14ce563 | type |
Pinned to the Wall | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_b14ce563 | comment |
Pinned To The Chair: How Ozu dies. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_b14ce563 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Freelancer (Video Game) / int_b14ce563 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_b1dde8fd | type |
Loophole Abuse | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_b1dde8fd | comment |
Raising the "Battleships killed" number. Some of the ships that count require the use of Loophole Abuse in order to kill them without getting mission failure (e.g. being ordered to dock, and nullifying the failure risk by entering dock mode, but never actually docking). | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_b1dde8fd | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_b1dde8fd | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
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Freelancer (Video Game) / int_b1dde8fd | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_b30db865 | type |
Space Compression | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_b30db865 | comment |
Space Compression: The game makes no attempt to hide this, with distances clearly labeled in meters. By this metric, planets and satellites measure around 1-3 km in diameter, and the distances between them measure in tens of kilometers. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_b30db865 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_b30db865 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
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Freelancer (Video Game) / int_b30db865 | |
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No OSHA Compliance | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_b47d95be | comment |
No OSHA Compliance: The launch pads of many bases and planets seem to be somewhat lacking in safety barriers. Kusari and Bretonian battleships are examples of the few aversions to this trope, whereas Liberty-constructed battleships are examples of the game taking this trope up to eleven. In-universe, Bretonia Mining and Manufacturing is infamous for this. One of the news releases about them mentions them giving animal feed as rations for their Leeds workers, and saying that they thought it would be okay because the pollution on Leeds would have killed their senses of taste and smell anyway. That last bit might be true, considering that BMM's operations on Leeds have generated entire nebulae of smog. One IMG rep comments that BMM will "work you to an early death and then dock your pay for sleeping on the job when you keel over". | |
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-1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Freelancer (Video Game) / int_b47d95be | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_b58b4e3c | type |
Too Dumb to Live | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_b58b4e3c | comment |
AI ships will also continue patrols and pursue enemies right into minefields. It can be amusing to sit in the midst of the narrow passage through Zone 21 in the New York system and watch random Rogues and Outcasts blunder into the surrounding thicket of impenetrable mines to their rapid deaths. A similar effect happens in the Dublin system as the Molly base there is surrounded by asteroids and mines. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_b58b4e3c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_b58b4e3c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_b58b4e3c | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_b5f5824e | type |
Linked List Clue Methodology | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_b5f5824e | comment |
Linked List Clue Methodology: Pretty much the entire plot. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_b5f5824e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_b5f5824e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_b5f5824e | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_b6060b7 | type |
Run or Die | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_b6060b7 | comment |
Run or Die: Happens with some frequency in the single-player campaign, as enemies start to send entire fleets against you. However, the greatest example in the campaign comes early on, as Trent and Juni are subjected to a Frame-Up and forced to flee Liberty space — as soon as you launch from Planet Manhattan, everything else around you is immediately hostile and a massive swarm of military fighters and capital ships gang up to pour More Dakka upon your outmatched entry-level craft until you can reach Bretonian space. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_b6060b7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_b6060b7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_b6060b7 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_b6e1d40b | type |
Acceptable Breaks from Reality | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_b6e1d40b | comment |
Acceptable Breaks from Reality: Blatant enough to make you realize that ultimate realism doesn't fit well in a video game. Transit times are already a bit of a pain. Realistic scale would be orders of magnitude worse. And good gravy, if hitting asteroids and space junk were handled realistically, you'd have to be a dodging master to even play. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_b6e1d40b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_b6e1d40b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_b6e1d40b | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_b6e75430 | type |
Bald of Authority | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_b6e75430 | comment |
Bald of Authority: Orillion, leader of The Order. He was originally one of Liberty's top agents, but after he learned that the Nomads had compromised his commanding officer and were going to do the same to him, he fled Liberty with the Battleship Osiris, rallying other people from the houses to combat the Nomad threat. Under his leadership, a base was built from scratch on Planet Toledo within only a few months, and The Order grew into a powerful organisation, capable of conducting clandestine operations deep within house space even as the Nomads started instigating open war between the houses. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_b6e75430 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_b6e75430 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_b6e75430 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_b7d85d68 | type |
Healing Potion | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_b7d85d68 | comment |
Your cargo bay, ammo, nanobots and shield batteries are strictly limited, but you have infinite storage for spare weapons and extra equipment. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_b7d85d68 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_b7d85d68 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_b7d85d68 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_b905c10c | type |
The Alcatraz | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_b905c10c | comment |
The Alcatraz: Every House has at least one Prison Ship floating around in their territory. Most are located far away from trade routes and civilized outposts, many are surrounded by Space Mines and weapons platforms, and all of them are heavily patrolled by police and navy forces. If you're friendly enough with the House forces to dock and hear the local rumors, you'll learn that these space prisons have layered hulls several meters thick, that the guards are authorized to use lethal force at the slightest provocation, and that there's never been a successful escape attempt anywhere. The farthest inmates ever got was to the closest airlock, only to realize that their escape vehicle had been blown to bits already by the outer defenses. No points for guessing how that ended. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_b905c10c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_b905c10c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_b905c10c | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_b9e82f09 | type |
Playable Epilogue | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_b9e82f09 | comment |
Playable Epilogue: The game, while technically a Wide-Open Sandbox, spends most of its story mode with you trapped in the current area, either by the Sorting Algorithm of Evil ahead and burned bridges behind, or later by unskippable missions into storyline-only systems. After you finish the storyline, however, the game becomes a true Wide-Open Sandbox. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_b9e82f09 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_b9e82f09 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_b9e82f09 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_ba7acbed | type |
DramaticDownstageTurn | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_ba7acbed | comment |
Dramatic Downstage Turn: The cutscenes are full of these, but most notable is Dr. Sinclair, who performs several of them in close succession during a single cutscene. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_ba7acbed | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_ba7acbed | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_ba7acbed | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_bb48f8ba | type |
Timed Mission | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_bb48f8ba | comment |
Timed Mission: The Nomad power core mission. Certain segments of other missions have hidden timers that result in a mission failure if you take too long, particularly if you've been told to dock with a specific object. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_bb48f8ba | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_bb48f8ba | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_bb48f8ba | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_bc3cb7ff | type |
Clear My Name | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_bc3cb7ff | comment |
Clear My Name: Trent and Juni are framed by high-level conspirators, and are forced to escape Liberty to try and find out who's actually involved. They end up getting pardons by a very grateful President Jacobi. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_bc3cb7ff | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_bc3cb7ff | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_bc3cb7ff | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_bcac7f63 | type |
Distant Prologue | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_bcac7f63 | comment |
Distant Prologue: The opening video happens 800 years before the game, picking up where Starlancer left. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_bcac7f63 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_bcac7f63 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_bcac7f63 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_bdddc73e | type |
Yakuza | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_bdddc73e | comment |
The Hogosha is well, you know, an old and well-respected legitimate institution. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_bdddc73e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_bdddc73e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_bdddc73e | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_bebf0356 | type |
Mission Control | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_bebf0356 | comment |
Mission Control: Literally. You'll be dealing with them quite a lot when doing certain mission types. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_bebf0356 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_bebf0356 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_bebf0356 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_c12f0c4 | type |
Outrun the Fireball | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_c12f0c4 | comment |
Outrun the Fireball: In the single player campaign, any station Trent sets foot on has roughly a two-thirds chance of being blown up within two minutes, so he becomes a professional at this. Then again, one station had the courtesy of not exploding until the player decided to take off, giving plenty of time to repair, purchase some gear (despite the station being abandoned), save the game or even take a short break. Here a list of the places that blew up after Trent set foot on it: Freeport 7, Benford Research Station, the Planet Sprague dig site and Docking Ring, Baxter Research Station, Tekagi's Arch and Planet Toledo. Crikey. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_c12f0c4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_c12f0c4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_c12f0c4 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_c2cedc1c | type |
Big "NO!" | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_c2cedc1c | comment |
Big "NO!": Herr von Claussen does this once, right after Klaus Botzler's Heroic Sacrifice. The occasional NPC also does this when their ship disintegrates. Juni gets at least two while witnessing her friends die. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_c2cedc1c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_c2cedc1c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_c2cedc1c | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_c3b32bf1 | type |
Rōnin | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_c3b32bf1 | comment |
The Blood Dragons are the former royal guards and advisors of the previous ruling shogun who was dethroned and Driven to Suicide by some Corrupt Corporate Executives. Perhaps reminding you of 'The Last Samurai''. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_c3b32bf1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_c3b32bf1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_c3b32bf1 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_c3e70e70 | type |
Verse | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_c3e70e70 | comment |
Even after you pretty much single-handedly saved the Verse from the Nomads, you still have enemies in every sector, and are still considered an acceptable piracy target. At least the jobs you're given aren't too demeaning (indeed, being asked to take out an entire Corsair base all by your lonesome could actually be considered a compliment to your One-Man Army status). | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_c3e70e70 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_c3e70e70 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_c3e70e70 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_c4286511 | type |
For Doom the Bell Tolls | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_c4286511 | comment |
For Doom the Bell Tolls: One of the more recognisable instruments in the background music for Bretonia is a bell, which is both a reference to the Big Ben and an allusion to just how much of a Crapsack World Bretonia is in current-day Sirius. The battle tune adds considerable amounts of Ominous Latin Chanting into the mix. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_c4286511 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_c4286511 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_c4286511 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_c558da6a | type |
Gunship Rescue | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_c558da6a | comment |
Gunship Rescue: Captain Marcus Walker flies in on a cruiser to save you and Juni during the initial flight from Liberty. This is overshadowed in the later stages of the single-player campaign by the Battleship Osiris de-cloaking right in the middle of two separate firefights and single-handedly blasting the stuffing out of everything attacking you and your allies while you dock with it. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_c558da6a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_c558da6a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_c558da6a | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_c5f23623 | type |
Broken Bridge | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_c5f23623 | comment |
Broken Bridge: Played by not giving you the access codes to the inter-system Jump Gates at the beginning. There's also a few jump holes that become phase-aligned only after completing missions during the single-player campaign. At the other end of the spectrum, the jump holes and gates to mission systems like Tohoku and Alaska go dead after you complete the storyline. Taking this to a head is an area of the Omicron Beta system visited during the storyline, which does not exist in the actual system. Although the Omicron Major and Minor Jump Holes are said to be in Omicron Beta, that Omicron Beta is only visited in the story, and cannot be found in the post-story Omicron Beta. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_c5f23623 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_c5f23623 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_c5f23623 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_c9790040 | type |
Decadent Court | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_c9790040 | comment |
Decadent Court: Everybody has this to some (usually minor) degree, but Kusari has this in spades. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_c9790040 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_c9790040 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_c9790040 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_caf89e54 | type |
Taking You with Me | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_caf89e54 | comment |
Taking You with Me: If an enemy gets destroyed at close to medium range but not blown up instantly, they'll often go kamikaze on your ship with their last breath. This happens so fast that it's very difficult to evade most of the time, but since Ramming Always Works is not in effect in this game, the worst it usually does is throw you off course for a second or two. However, Gameplay and Story Segregation leads to some spectacular instances of this trope played straight in the story. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_caf89e54 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_caf89e54 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_caf89e54 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_cb11543c | type |
Cosmic Horror Reveal | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_cb11543c | comment |
Cosmic Horror Reveal: Most of the plot is fairly mundane in nature. Although a conspiracy about alien artefacts is present, much of the plot focuses on political intrigue and the criminal world note Nomad ships are shown in the intro but it is very brief and easily forgettable against other plot details. The reveal of who are behind the conspiracy, however, kicks this trope into gear. Afterwards, the story becomes entirely focused on the Nomads, the Daam K'vosh that created them and the Eldritch Location they reside in, including a Dyson Sphere that seems utterly incomprehensibly huge compared to everything else the player encountered up until that point. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_cb11543c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_cb11543c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_cb11543c | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_cbe687ab | type |
Corrupt Corporate Executive | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_cbe687ab | comment |
Kusari is an insular, isolationist regime controlled by Corrupt Corporate Executives. Due to these meddling executives, the country is slowly turning into a government only by name, with Samura controlling most of the government. Even the criminals are not free of corporate meddling. Samura motivates the Farmer's Alliance to attack Synth Foods on Kyushu, which involves attacking police forces along the way, which means Samura gets more shipbuilding contracts, and the government increases defense spending, which involves more business to Samura. There's also the sexism that caused the whole Golden Chrysanthemum movement. Just think about that for a second. Sexism so bad that a rebellion was formed. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_cbe687ab | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_cbe687ab | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_cbe687ab | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_cc374ba6 | type |
It's Up to You | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_cc374ba6 | comment |
It's Up to You: NPC's you escort insist on docking with trade lanes, etc. after you. In the single-player mode, enemy fire tends to concentrate more on you (which is for the better, considering the numerous Escort Missions). | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_cc374ba6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_cc374ba6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_cc374ba6 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_cdcd7a78 | type |
Derelict Graveyard | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_cdcd7a78 | comment |
Derelict Graveyard: There are a number of debris fields, some of which contain rotting hulks of old stations or ships. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_cdcd7a78 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_cdcd7a78 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_cdcd7a78 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_cf6d4bad | type |
Steampunk | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_cf6d4bad | comment |
Britain is once again stuck in bureaucracy. The Bretonia sector is nothing less than a sci-fi version of Victorian industrial Britain. Environmental pollution, poverty and companies exploiting their employees but also scientific breakthroughs, Lords and nobles, typical Bobby hats, and bad weather in the capital planet of (New) London. Every building is build in a pseudo-Victorian style mixed with Steampunk designs. They even have an IRA-Expy group fighting for the liberation of the Dublin system. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_cf6d4bad | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_cf6d4bad | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_cf6d4bad | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_cfd569ac | type |
Take Your Time | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_cfd569ac | comment |
Take Your Time: Invoked whenever a single-player mission dialog has a "Decline" button. Similarly, every time you unlock the next campaign mission by leveling up through financial means, you can dawdle as much as you want regardless of how urgently your Quest Giver needs your help. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_cfd569ac | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_cfd569ac | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_cfd569ac | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_cfda0ecb | type |
Escort Mission | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_cfda0ecb | comment |
Escort Mission: Many of the single-player campaign missions involve you escorting a transport or individual from point A to point B. Fortunately their AI is good enough to prevent them from acting too stupid, and they're also impossible to destroy. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_cfda0ecb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_cfda0ecb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_cfda0ecb | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_d001c42c | type |
Anti-Villain | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_d001c42c | comment |
The portrayal of some of the renegade factions is inconsistent between the story and the sandbox. Within the story, many are shown to be not so evil and fighting against legitimately corrupt government entities. Outside of the story, they are Always Chaotic Evil, and will invariably greet you with an Attack Hello. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_d001c42c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_d001c42c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_d001c42c | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_d0b95b85 | type |
Used Future | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_d0b95b85 | comment |
Used Future: While humanity's technology doesn't look outright dilapidated, most stations and ships have a very metallic, utilitarian design, which ties into the overall feeling of being in a gritty industrial Crapsack World. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_d0b95b85 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_d0b95b85 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_d0b95b85 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_d0f5cc90 | type |
Flavor Text | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_d0f5cc90 | comment |
Flavor Text: The game has a lot to say about the backstory if one takes the time to read it, particularly for ships, factions, and locations. Docking with stations and planets will expand their details on the info screen, and those that are the headquarters of a faction usually have a few extra paragraphs about their history. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_d0f5cc90 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_d0f5cc90 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_d0f5cc90 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_d2328d95 | type |
PlanetVille | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_d2328d95 | comment |
Planet Ville: The planets are even named after cities or regions. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_d2328d95 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_d2328d95 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_d2328d95 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_d24ed873 | type |
Developer's Foresight | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_d24ed873 | comment |
Developer's Foresight: The navmap only shows a small portion of each system, within which most points of interest can be found. However, the actual size of a system is much larger; in the event the player flies out of the boundaries of the navmap's coverage area, it will display a red flashing arrow that points to the ship's position. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_d24ed873 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_d24ed873 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_d24ed873 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_d9cf40fa | type |
Screw This, I'm Outta Here | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_d9cf40fa | comment |
Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Enemy ships that were spawned randomly (i.e. not as part of a mission) may attempt to break away from a fight and flee if they sustain too much damage. Thus, the player can spare an enemy ship when they almost reduce it to dust, and said ship would announce that it's leaving and engage its cruise engines, not wanting to deal with the player any longer. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_d9cf40fa | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_d9cf40fa | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_d9cf40fa | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_d9d2c40b | type |
Amazon Brigade | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_d9d2c40b | comment |
Amazon Brigade: The Golden Chrysanthemums, not so surprisingly a terrorist organization and Straw Feminists to a small extent. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_d9d2c40b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_d9d2c40b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_d9d2c40b | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_d9f97805 | type |
Wins by Doing Absolutely Nothing | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_d9f97805 | comment |
Wins by Doing Absolutely Nothing: It's rare but possible for a mission target to be located inside a sun corona. If this happens, simply coming close enough for the enemy ships to spawn results in an instant victory as they are fried by the heat. Some enemies spawn inside hazardous areas, like minefields or radiation zones. These tend to die, too, but more slowly. Similar things tend to happen in almost every game if random spawns can happen inside hazardous areas and enemies are not immune to environmental effects. Very few A.I.s survive that — one of the reasons why they are usually granted immunity to the environment. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_d9f97805 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_d9f97805 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_d9f97805 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_db1ab4b1 | type |
Just a Stupid Accent | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_db1ab4b1 | comment |
Just a Stupid Accent: People in Rheinland and Kusari seem to speak English, respectively, with a strong German and Japanese accent. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_db1ab4b1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_db1ab4b1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_db1ab4b1 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_db6230b7 | type |
Lightning Bruiser | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_db6230b7 | comment |
Lightning Bruiser: The Eagle Very Heavy Fighter combines the best weapon and shield hardpoints given to any ship, the second best reactor, and incredible maneuverability, surpassing nearly all other heavy and very heavy fighters, and even some light fighters. The Bounty Hunter Hammerhead Very Heavy Fighter is nearly as potent as the Eagle, with the only comparable maneuverability in its class, and the ability to equip all but the very best gear. In the main story, the Bounty Hunter Barracuda Heavy Fighter is the only real competition to the Anubis, as both mount up to class six weapons, but while the Anubis is a Mighty Glacier that has a more powerful generator and supplements its six guns with a turret, the Barracuda is much more maneuverable. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Freelancer (Video Game) / int_db6230b7 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_db9940c4 | type |
Famed In-Story | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_db9940c4 | comment |
Famed In-Story: If you complete enough missions from specific NPCs in a base, then subsequently talk to the same NPC, they will first remember your name, then start greeting you on friendlier terms. This synergizes with the standard effect of completing missions for the faction they are aligned with. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Freelancer (Video Game) / int_db9940c4 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_dbca2c99 | type |
Red Herring | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_dbca2c99 | comment |
Red Herring: You get bad intelligence more than once in the single-player campaign, which imposes some feeling of urgency (an element good to have in a game where you can take your jolly time lolly-gagging around between most of the missions). On the other hand, intelligence tends to be pretty accurate as long as they harp about you possibly encountering enemies. And in some missions, you don't even get intel from the get-go. That being justified because at those points there is no intel to rely on because you're not with an organization to provide any. The most efficient way to explore star systems is to pull up the patrol map and set a waypoint where lots of patrol routes converge. There's almost always something of interest there... except when there isn't. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Freelancer (Video Game) / int_dbca2c99 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_dd078783 | type |
Cash Gate | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_dd078783 | comment |
Cash Gate: Levels are gained upon reaching a net worth of a certain amount of credits. In the single player campaign, you can proceed with the next mission when you gain a level. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Freelancer (Video Game) / int_dd078783 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_dd797c1c | type |
Universal Driver's License | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_dd797c1c | comment |
Universal Pilot's License: Flying a freighter is undoubtedly very different from flying a Heavy Fighter, and the different houses probably have different control schemes for their ships, but Trent has no problem flying anything you buy for him. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Freelancer (Video Game) / int_dd797c1c | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_e34541d | type |
One World Order | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_e34541d | comment |
One World Order: To some degree; there are no "planet countries", but there are "planet towns", and these states are part of a "system state", which is in turn part of a system-spanning country. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Freelancer (Video Game) / int_e34541d | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_e35b1a96 | type |
Everything Is Big in Texas | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_e35b1a96 | comment |
Everything is Big in Texas: Apparently, even Texans of the far future can't resist Stuff Blowing Up. They somehow managed to screw up a trade gate experiment so badly that the resulting explosion created a jump hole to a neighboring system and left behind a decently sized debris field plus two large dark matter clouds that quickly irradiate anyone to death who dares to enter them. The three fields together take up half of the entire system and are so dangerous that even the criminal factions give them a wide berth. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Freelancer (Video Game) / int_e35b1a96 | |
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Sucking-In Lines | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_e435d187 | comment |
Sucking-In Lines: Cruise engines do this when they are charging. One of the first tell-tale signs that the ship's pilot is about to wing it. | |
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1.0 | |
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Freelancer (Video Game) / int_e435d187 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_e44a1a70 | type |
Bounty Hunter | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_e44a1a70 | comment |
Bounty Hunter: They have a whole organization of these guys. It's called the Bounty Hunters Guild. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Freelancer (Video Game) / int_e44a1a70 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_e5507f60 | type |
Truce Zone | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_e5507f60 | comment |
Truce Zone: The Freeports. In a minor example, Junker bases, though they only apply to criminals (except for the Xenos). This does not, however, prevent rival factions from opening fire on each other (and you) outside the base. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_e5507f60 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Freelancer (Video Game) / int_e5507f60 | |
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Hammerspace Police Force | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_e73e6672 | comment |
Hammerspace Police Force: You hardly ever see the bulk of the militaries you're fighting, which generally show up during missions. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Freelancer (Video Game) / int_e73e6672 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_e76151c3 | type |
Battleship Raid | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_e76151c3 | comment |
Battleship Raid: Three missions in which you have to knock out a large base's shield generators. One of them even has you fly inside. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Freelancer (Video Game) / int_e76151c3 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_e8a6e896 | type |
The Battlestar | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_e8a6e896 | comment |
The Battlestar: All battleships in the game serve as both powerful space cannons and fighter-launching platforms. However, it is slightly justified in that fighters in this game are practically independent, so landing on a battleship is apparently only for storage between battles and/or maintenance (which is what the player uses those battleships for, most of the time). | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Freelancer (Video Game) / int_e8a6e896 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_e8df4605 | type |
In-System FTL | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_e8df4605 | comment |
In-System FTL: Trade Lanes. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Freelancer (Video Game) / int_e8df4605 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_eb81c601 | type |
Big Damn Heroes | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_eb81c601 | comment |
Big Damn Heroes: Lots of them. Among others, Trent, Juni, King and Walker arrive just in time to save President Jacobi from being taken over by an alien. Then Jacobi stops it from taking over Trent by shooting it with a BFG. Navy Cruiser Captain Marcus Walker. You work with him early on to crack down on the pirates, and he goes missing shortly after he has actually gone into hiding with the rest of his group. He also intervenes and saves you and Juni during the initial flight from Liberty. See also Gunship Rescue. | |
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1.0 | |
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Freelancer (Video Game) / int_eb81c601 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_eba57b3f | type |
Cornered Rattlesnake | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_eba57b3f | comment |
Cornered Rattlesnake: Liberty President Jacobi blasts a Nomad that's about to try to take over Trent during one of the single-player campaign's last few missions. She also handles being tortured pretty well, apparently. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Freelancer (Video Game) / int_eba57b3f | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_ec3768a | type |
Sprint Meter | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_ec3768a | comment |
Sprint Meter: The afterburners. Sometimes the only thing between you and a quick and painful death. Their momentum can be abused in different ways, including making your missiles move faster. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Freelancer (Video Game) / int_ec3768a | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_eff7d17 | type |
Mysterious Backer | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_eff7d17 | comment |
Mysterious Backer: The Outcasts seem to be this for The Order. Once the story gets into full swing, they and every faction allied with them become at least neutral and remain that way unless antagonized. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Freelancer (Video Game) / int_eff7d17 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_f11c3835 | type |
Anti-Grinding | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_f11c3835 | comment |
Anti-Grinding: Up until level 20, you must complete a storyline mission to level up beyond odd levels. And then you must gain a level before you're given the next storyline mission. You can still build up as many credits as you would like, before embarking on said mission. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Freelancer (Video Game) / int_f11c3835 | |
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Stealth in Space | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_f2e4d683 | comment |
Stealth in Space: Mostly used by Rheinland's ships, albeit only in the campaign. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Freelancer (Video Game) / int_f2e4d683 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_f314f8c4 | type |
Traveling at the Speed of Plot | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_f314f8c4 | comment |
Traveling at the Speed of Plot: Could more accurately be called Jump Holes as the Plot Demands. Whenever Trent & Co. need to get from point A to point B and can't take the conventional route, it's guaranteed that someone knows of a jump hole nearby that will take them right where they need to go. Usually it's just far enough for an ambush or two along the way. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Freelancer (Video Game) / int_f314f8c4 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_f62cc38a | type |
Stone Wall | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_f62cc38a | comment |
Stone Wall: The Corsair Titan has the most hull points of any playable ship and the most energy to feed its weapons. However, it has neither the maneuverability of the Eagle nor the forwards-firing turret mount of the Saber (nor can its turret be brought to bear as easily as the Eagle's), giving it the worst practical firepower of end-game very heavy fighters. However, it's absolutely perfect for destroying capital ships, so if you ever face a long engagement or overwhelming danger, the Titan's your man. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Freelancer (Video Game) / int_f62cc38a | |
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Durable Deathtrap | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_f63e06eb | comment |
Durable Deathtrap: The entire Nomad species was created by the Dom'Kavash as a colossal deathtrap for anyone attempting to colonize the Sirius sector. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Freelancer (Video Game) / int_f63e06eb | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_f6d623ca | type |
Eco-Terrorist | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_f6d623ca | comment |
Eco-Terrorist: The Gaians fit this mold, staging murderous attacks on terraforming companies, polluting industries, said factions' allies, and anyone else who they deem an environmental threat. They are subject to a little Motive Decay though, since terraformed planets were generally just lifeless ice-or-rock balls before humans showed up, and by the current era in-game, most polluted material is dealt with permanently by tossing it into the nearest sun. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Freelancer (Video Game) / int_f6d623ca | |
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Sufficiently Advanced Alien | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_f7b32015 | comment |
Sufficiently Advanced Alien: The Dom'Kavash are explicitly identified as this by Word of God. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Freelancer (Video Game) / int_f7b32015 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_f7cee9b | type |
Last Stand | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_f7cee9b | comment |
Right in the middle of a losing battle with some Bounty Hunters during the single-player campaign: | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Freelancer (Video Game) / int_f7cee9b | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_f818b637 | type |
Dude, Where's My Respect? | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_f818b637 | comment |
Dude, Where's My Respect?: Even after you pretty much single-handedly saved the Verse from the Nomads, you still have enemies in every sector, and are still considered an acceptable piracy target. At least the jobs you're given aren't too demeaning (indeed, being asked to take out an entire Corsair base all by your lonesome could actually be considered a compliment to your One-Man Army status). You actually get an example of this from yourself. Your journal speaks in awe of Herr von Claussen, an ace who has scored over 500 kills and never lost a wingman. By that point a typical player's kill count is in the mid-400s, and due to Gameplay Ally Immortality you've never lost a wingman either! | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_f818b637 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_f818b637 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_f818b637 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_f97ab6a5 | type |
Suicidal Overconfidence | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_f97ab6a5 | comment |
Suicidal Overconfidence: Enemy ships will attempt to flee, with appropriate Enemy Chatter (Nomads excluded), if your cash-based level and equipment is vastly higher than theirs, they are outnumbered by about five to one, they have no more weapons, and/or they have their armor rating reduced to 1%. Most of the time, however, they will fight to the death. Similarly, enemies with cruise disruptor missiles will never let you withdraw, even if they are utterly outmatched. They will keep stopping your engines until you get fed up and destroy them. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_f97ab6a5 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_fb111d49 | type |
Sequence Breaking | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_fb111d49 | comment |
Sequence Breaking: Over the course of the main story, it's entirely possible to do such nonsense as regaining permission to land on Liberty worlds and dock with their battleships during the part of the game where you're supposed to be the most wanted criminal in Liberty by abusing the faction relations system - hunt enough pirates and you'll be back in Liberty's good graces long before the story says so. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Freelancer (Video Game) / int_fb111d49 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_fb56b948 | type |
My Sister Is Off-Limits | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_fb56b948 | comment |
If you're friends with the Corsairs you can hear a rumor on Base Leon in Omega-41 about some Zoner on Freeport 5 who shacked up with a Corsair woman and is now on the run from that woman's vengeful brother. If you're also friends with the Zoners you can find the luckless paramour hiding out on Freeport 10 in Tau-37, literally on the opposite end of the galaxy, hoping that no Corsair makes it past the nearby Outcast strongholds. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Freelancer (Video Game) / int_fb56b948 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_fbc074c3 | type |
Player Character | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_fbc074c3 | comment |
Once a faction is hostile to the Player Character, they will immediately attack on sight without any warning or provocation whatsoever, which is an absolute pain in the rear when trying to build up one's reputation with said faction to neutral or friendly levels. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_fbc074c3 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_fbcd6465 | type |
Attack Hello | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_fbcd6465 | comment |
Attack Hello: Once a faction is hostile to the Player Character, they will immediately attack on sight without any warning or provocation whatsoever, which is an absolute pain in the rear when trying to build up one's reputation with said faction to neutral or friendly levels. Since the Nomads are hard-coded to be constantly 100% hostile, they always do this regardless of the player's actions. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Freelancer (Video Game) / int_fbcd6465 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_fc57cbb1 | type |
Destroyable Items | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_fc57cbb1 | comment |
Destroyable Items: Loot from destroyed ships can be blasted (although there's no real reason to do so outside of the occasional "destroy dangerous cargo" mission), or destroyed by being rammed too many times. Even the few mission-critical ones like Ashcroft's lifepod. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Freelancer (Video Game) / int_fc57cbb1 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_fc6be16a | type |
Beehive Barrier | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_fc6be16a | comment |
Bee Hive Barrier: The Class 9 and 10 shields have this for the visual effect when the ships using them are hit. | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_fc6be16a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Freelancer (Video Game) / int_fc6be16a | |
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New Neo City | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_fd807d08 | comment |
New Neo City: Most planets are named after locations on Earth with the word "New" stuck in front of them. | |
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1.0 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_fd807d08 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
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Freelancer (Video Game) / int_fd807d08 | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_fd94c4ac | type |
Theme Naming | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_fd94c4ac | comment |
Theme Naming: Most planets and locations are named after actual locations on Earth, with each nation's planets being named for locations in the countries they're Fantasy Counterpart Cultures of. Most Liberty battleships are not only named after US states, like real American battleships were, they mostly share named with Battleships that were in service during World War II. Various faction ships each have a theme. Bounty Hunter fighters are increasingly large predatory fish. Basic civilian fighters all start with "Star" and sound explorer-like. Advanced civilian fighters are named after increasingly large birds of prey. Outcast fighters are named after increasingly large bladed weapons. Corsair fighters are named after ancient Roman military ranks, though once they couldn't come up with a more impressive sounding rank than Centurion, their very heavy fighter is called the Titan. Generic pirate fighters are named after predatory canines and end in -hound. Liberty fighters have patriotic names. Kusari fighters are named after kinds of dragons. Bretonian fighters have knightly names. Rheinlander fighters are named after mythological women associated with death. Freighters, regardless of origin, are named after beasts of burden, save for the Liberty Rhino and Kusari Drone. Similarly, weapon families tend to have themed names. Standard missiles are named after increasingly advanced projectiles, starting with Javelin and culminating in Cannonball. Homing missiles, AKA the Stalker family, all end in "-stalker". Kusari lasers are named after increasingly large Japanese blade weapons — Tanto, Wakizashi, Katana and Gendaito. Bounty Hunter weapons have a Wild West theme going on, with names like Winchester and Gunslinger. Rogues weapons bear angelic names like Raphael, Usiel or Badariel. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Freelancer (Video Game) / int_fd94c4ac | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_fdeed2aa | type |
Old-School Dogfight | |
| Freelancer (Video Game) / int_fdeed2aa | comment |
Old-School Dogfight: A firefight tends to start with all sides unloading their missiles at range, but the rest of it is basically a turning competition with ships trying to shoot each other down with their guns at close range. Missiles can be formidable weapons when "jousting" if one knows how to use them. The likelihood of a missile hitting the target is almost guaranteed if you fire it at short distances from the enemy during a head-on pass. It's also a viable tactic with ''torpedoes''; just don't get caught inside the blast radius. | |
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Brick Joke | |
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Brick Joke: Sidewinder Fang and Liberty Ale are both mentioned at the start and end of the singleplayer campaign. In Trent's Neural Net Log, he occasionally mentions about drinking throughout the campaign. If you're friends with the Corsairs you can hear a rumor on Base Leon in Omega-41 about some Zoner on Freeport 5 who shacked up with a Corsair woman and is now on the run from that woman's vengeful brother. If you're also friends with the Zoners you can find the luckless paramour hiding out on Freeport 10 in Tau-37, literally on the opposite end of the galaxy, hoping that no Corsair makes it past the nearby Outcast strongholds. | |
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Cutscene Power to the Max | |
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Cutscene Power to the Max: In the cutscenes, Starkiller Torpedoes are portrayed as absolutely deadly to everything, able to obliterate capital ships or even whole stations with just one or two shots. Eventually, you can get these yourself, only to find out that in actual gameplay, they deal around 2000 damage - barely more than an average missile (with the best one even dealing twice the damage), and worth as much as a two- or three-second burst from your guns. Killing a cruiser, or even a gunship with Starkiller Torpedoes, requires landing dozens of hits, while space stations cannot be destroyed under normal gameplay conditions (although their defense turrets can be blasted off). Scripted sequences inside missions that involve the Liberty Cruiser depict its front cannon as being powerful enough to rip apart a battleship, or even a space station, in a few seconds of sustained barrage. If you scan it during normal gameplay, however, you will learn that the front cannon only deals a measly 202 hull damage per shot. For reference, that's 40 points less than the Magma Hammer Mk II, which is a class 5 fighter gun, and you can usually pack 5 of those. An early-game fighter with mediocre weapons has literally more firepower than a hulking cruiser's huge Wave-Motion Gun. In cutscenes, stations and docking rings can be destroyed with the proper application of firepower, but in-game, these objects are indestructible, although you can shoot off their defensive turrets. | |
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Gondor Calls for Aid | |
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Gondor Calls for Aid: What the merry band of heroes are usually forced to do. | |
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Sci-Fi Writers Have No Sense of Scale | |
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Scifi Writers Have No Sense Of Scale: If you really think about it, the planets (even gas giants and moons) all seem to be about 5 km across, and space stations can exceed one km. Also, the suns are smaller than the planets, and the solar systems seem to be about 100 to 150 km across. The excuse that the units of measurement are clearly resized only gets you so far. | |
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