10 years of Freelancer

[Anomander]

It was 2006/7 when I got my own copy of Freelancer - SP was(is) awesome,
and I finished the storyline twice in row, and few more times later

After that I created my own lan-server for purpose playing with friends.
Yet flying alone or with 2-3 friends of mine became boring, so I quit playing.
But not for long - since after watching "Cowboy Bebop" anime series
I wanted again fly through Sirius sectors - but replaying SP was not enough.

And that is how I started to look for some mod - among many of them
I found one where I could actually fly Spike's ship, but when I enter moddb
I saw higher rated mod - it was Discovery Freelancer 4.84
I try few online servers but the best ping and ammount of players offered
Discovery RP 24/7

And that is how's started - my first char "Shadowmaster" was some sort merc
and I guess that I violate many tech-chart-rules by flying LN-ship with kusarian,
rheinland and libertonian guns - and I could get probably get banned for that
if not some friendly Junker PM-me that my set is 'bizzare' and not RP-wise.
But before I got any chance to change my gear - some RM/RFP patrol
blast me into a pieces for spying and stealing their equipment :]

It was my first PvP death - so after respawn, I've changed ship to RM one
set it up by RM gear equip RM ID - and start hunting NPC pirates on missions.
Yet earning credits in fighter was never an easy way.
So that is how my 'Handlowiec' and 'Gornik' was born - I've started both mining
and trading - my first milion I've earn on mining helium for haulers.

It took me almost an 9(?) months to register on forums - and I do it so
since my PC crashed and I've lost my characters.
Thanks for Cannon help - I've resurrected both my main characters
and after earning some deasent ammount of M I've try to be an Nomad
- with end in bastille since acidentaly I've manage to exploit some glitch
and I bought K'Hara ID and Nomad Boomer (so far it's the only 'sanction I ever had)

Day by day, month by month, year by year - I was trying to polish my RP
and increase my wealth both in credits like in inRP dealings.
In the meantime I discover alternative ooRP business - signatures, tb, logos
(to be frank, half of my credits comes from this source)

So here I am - currently a billionaire - still RPing, still having fun
6 years on the server, 5 on forums - And I'm eager for more :]