POSSIBLE suggestion. FL2

[FooFighter]

Well, there are some open source space sims out there though, some of them multiplayer as far I know. Wouldn't it be worth to try out modifying one of these so it would represent the FL lore? Sure, it would be very different from FL gameplay-wise, and it would be a extreme amount of work, but there would also be one extremely huge advantage: we could finally shape the game like we would like it to be. Everything (well, at least to some degree) would be possible, just think of it: a auto-updater, dockable player ships (and maybe even stations!), deactivating trade lines as a lawful without actually shooting it, no more polygon restrictions, [...].

But well, maybe I should just quit dreaming again. Frankly said, it's just far too much work. The Disco community will stay with Freelancer, and as long as it stays what it is at the moment - a very unique and great role playing game - players will accept the game's limited capabilities and stay with FL, not because it has such great gameplay, but because of it's community (which is one of the darn best gaming communities I've ever seen after all).