New House?

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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.

Read it. All you need to know why French and not other.

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[bluntpencil2001]

Read it. All you need to know why French and not other.

I believe the criticism here is that if the Nomads had guns big enough to blow up Sol, why did they bother using spies?

Of course, of the alliance nations, the French make the most sense by far. They have plenty of history to draw inspiration from, and should be able to provide nice imagery for ships and the like.

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[Cawdor]

[17:22:28] Adam : mm, i have issues with that plot. the americans, british, japanese, germans etc could only muster the resources to build one sleeper ship each
[17:22:33] Adam : yet the french managed to build two?
[17:23:27] cawd0r : ---> pathetic.

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[bluntpencil2001]

I'm also intrigued as to what form the French faction's government will take.

Will it be reminiscent of France pre-Revolution or post-Revolution?

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[Cawdor]

I'm also intrigued to what form the French faction's government will take.

Will it be reminiscent of France pre-Revolution or post-Revolution?

maybe something new for a change ................

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[bluntpencil2001]

maybe something new for a change ................

I don't know, the whole taking flavour from real-world history is integral to the Freelancer feel, which Igiss appears to be trying to maintain.

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[Stoat]

Either way, can't wait for the tensions with the Bretonians to start rising!

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My Stories

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Either way, can't wait for the tensions with the Bretonians to start rising!

They will be at war within 4.86! (if Kusari hasn't overrunned Bretonia)

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[pim]

For the records, Revolution was at 18's century... I think we would do something new, better or worse than recently, but never come back to a reproved system (in our mind) that we already saw limits and bad points.

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OK for gentle RP, OK for gentle PvP too. What do you prefer ?
Hurk hurk hurk...

[\JG/]Pim (mercenary, ex-IMG)(Raven's talon, New London and New Berlin mainly)
John Smith(independant trader, ex-contract killer on Manhattan)(Heavy Tanker)

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If it would be an Italien house, i could imagine it beeing ruled ba a Senat, but French?

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In a brilliant tactical movement, i charged backwards.