The 'Scarecrow' Saga - Overviews of the Original Stories

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006. “THE ROAD TO REDEMPTION, STAGE 2”, Feature length story -
Based on server RP events, and written as a post-by-post by |Scarecrow|, Cerun, Pax Westfalia, Robert Merlow, and Michael Wintermute, on Freelancer Evolved (EvolvedOnes).

After securing Willard Research Station and eliminating part of the Nomad threat, the Freedom Fighters rally their forces. The beleaguered outpost is used as a staging ground, and loyal ships from the scattered Navy fleets join to take part in the fight. Elements of the Rheinwehr, under the joint commands of Operative Pax Westfalia and Hauptmann Fabien Helfried, are also merged with the united Liberty fleets, and together they form ‘Operation Pushback’. With Pushback given the green light, the intimidating allied flotilla makes way for the New York system. Their objectives are to cut to the heart of the problem and remove the leading Nomad parasites. They have one chance, but their intel is shaky, and they don’t yet know their exact targets.

Under the command of Captain Michael Cromwell, the LNS Pearl Harbour leads the fleet into the New York system. They are instantly met by opposition, and soon the allied fleets find themselves staring down the gun barrels of their former comrades. Skirmishes ripple outward from the jumpgate zone, and a high alert is thrown across the Nomad controlled Navy. Liberty space hasn’t seen open combat on this scale for a long time. Unsure of what to do with themselves, the regular citizens of Liberty scurry into hiding places as space and surge back toward the relative safety of the planets. Open warfare breaks out into grouped clashes, and losses are heavy on both sides. Tomoko Yamaguchi fights for the Freedom Fighters in her defender mkII, promising to help distract the enemy so the real plan can go ahead. After a long dogfight with a Nomad-controlled wing of mkI Defenders, her ship is crippled. She is forced to abandon, but she is eventually recovered after the skirmishes die down.

With the distraction well under way, Fleet Admiral Cerun leads a small task force discreetly toward the planet Manhattan. Within his wing are Admiral Michael Wintermute, Fleet Captain Robert Merlow, Rheinwehr Operative Pax Westfalia, and Marcus “Scarecrow” Scarman. The five men avoid contact and successfully make planetfall. When on the surface, they rendezvous with a team of LSF operatives, who give them a greater swathe of intel on Nomad controlled figureheads. To their horror, they unmask the face of the alien threat; President Jakobi has fallen to the parasites and must be destroyed if Liberty is to be saved.

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