..there used to be a "tech chart," meaning that you had to have permission from a faction to use their gear, and there were no tech nerfs, so you could occasionally have combos like mercenaries in Sabres with Xeno and Corsair guns at the same time at full energy efficiency? (*cough*reavers*cough*)
...the Reavers used to be something to actually be feared?
...the Coalition used to use then-IMG ships with Terrorist IDs and Xeno IFFs, allied with the Corsairs?
...the Artificial Intelligence ID used to be SRP-only?
...there was a planet in Tau-31 with a misaligned docking ring, so if you tried to dock, the atmosphere would instantly kill you?
...RP used to be optional on the entire server, and even after the server became strictly RP-only, it was still only optional in New York for awhile?
...the only way to get to Connecticut was through a jumphole in New York?
...Discovery was originally a Star Wars mod (hence all the imports we used to have)?
...the Outcasts used to have multiple official factions, including the Blue Lotus Syndicate and Shadow Outcast Brigade, amongst others?
...the original creator of Discovery, Igiss, is Russian, and the mod has been featured in real-life Russian gaming publications, leading to occasional influxes of players who speak no English?
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