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2) - Why French and not another nation?

First, in the dev commentaries placed on an extended Freelancer edition (don't remember how precisely it was named), devs declared that extended into is part of the story. So, it's part of Discovery story as well.

And since the only survivor of the explosion in Sol was on the dark side of Pluto, it's very unlikely that anything closer to the Sun has survived, don't you think?

This is why we don't have China, Russia etc.

Now, to the Alliance. Scandinavian countries didn't even have their own fleet. France and Italy had, and Starlancer intro says that their fleets were destroyed (I watched the SL intro before writing the story, and reviewed many other materials available). It doesn't mean, however, that nations were destroyed. Also, we've got information that 8 sleeper ships were launched, but 3 of them (French, Italian and Australian) didn't break through Coalition blockade. What happened back in Sol will not be revealed in this version (except for some hints). However, the French managed to build a second sleeper ship independently from their allies, in a remote hidden location.

Hispania... well, having Outcast Navy and Corsair Police would be a bit strange. If the nations would unite, which is very unlikely in the Discovery time frame, than it would be possible. But now I don't see a way how this can be achieved, since both Outcasts and Corsairs are more pirate groups than Houses.

3) - Does this mean that other Houses and other systems won't be updated? - No. Actually, a massive update is being prepared for many previously empty systems. This will affect Liberty and Bretonia systems most, and Kusari and Rheinland to a less extent. Also, several Edge Worlds systems will get an update.

5) - And what about release date? - When it's ready, and not soon.

To the houses:

Ok, you have the point Igiss.

To the hints: I hope it will be nice hints.

Now, to to why French...
Well boys, come on, it will help you to improove your language skills! I had French lessons till last year, and i hvae already big gaps. I'm sure bit frech colour help here^^

To Hispania: Well, what about "Espanizza Comercial Uni?n"? By the Outcasts for Cardi trading or by the Corsairs for Artefact trading. Or some of both.

to 3) actually i myself never said there will be no updates in the current houses. I know some about Kusari already^^ (Tau 65 now and then)

to 5) wouldn't have expected anything else. Whatfor do i want a bugged version, if 2 weeks more of testing could have helped to get rid of bugs. Altough i think there still will be bugs, no matter how long tested^^ (hopefully not such bugs that you need to avoid a system)

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