(Photo credit: Wikipedia)įor all the heady highs and emotional lows that the truly immersive and well executed single player campaign gives you, it’s sad that the franchise has been thrown to the aether since the bankruptcy of Interplay, the massive publishing house that owned the rights to the game. As if that element alone doesn’t make this the best game ever!Īn animated screenshot of a capital ship fight. I mean, come on, huge beam cannons that make things explode spectacularly. Oh, and they’re all armed with huge beam cannons. That’s because most of the time, you’re flying a teeny tiny fighter charged with defending and attacking capital ships that are over one kilometre in length. Even though space is largely empty, the game never makes you feel like it is. If Simcity 4 is the pinnacle of city building games, then Freespace 2 is the pinnacle of space combat simulation games. Get the hell out are all the things that I can think of at this moment because I remember the enormous effort required to stop the first Sathanas. A second Shivan juggernaut of the Sathanas class jumps through the portal and in one fell swoop completely annihilates the Psamtik. The massive Vasuan destroyer Psamtik is on station to provide fire support and its fighter wings will also relieve us of duty. Don't bother.Our fighter squadron has just completely destroyed a Shivan force inside a massive, dense nebula and are moving in to make sure the newly discovered subspace portal is under our control. The other thing that'll discourage you from eliminating all the Shivan ships is that Arjuna consists of 100 wings. It can be done, although you will not be awarded in any way for the heroic deed, other than an inflated ego, of course. Don't waste your time taking down the Shivan ships, though. Don't give them orders, otherwise they will die very quickly.Īgain, as with almost all non-targetable ships, you can actually target the elusive foe by targeting one of your wingmen and then pressing 'J' (target my target's target). Your wingmen are quite capable of holding off the Shivans until you are done. 2 will have nothing and 4 will have Sensor Arrays.
Command will order you to scan the remaining cargo. Don't waste your time attacking it as it has one wing of Manticores guarding it. The Taranis is invulnerable, so you can't eliminate it. This will trigger the arrival of three wings of Shivans (2 Manticore and 1 Scorpion) and the Taranis cruiser. When the fireworks is done, there will only be six left when there was 36 to begin with. When you get reasonably close to the cargo, some of the cargo containers will begin to explode. Another Dragon will enter and exit quickly. A Dragon-class fighter will jump in and quickly jump out. When you enter the mission, your wingmen and Command will chat. This will enable our freighters to collect the cargo after you have scanned it. Proceed to the cargo depot quickly, and eliminate all sentry guns. You will jump in approximately six kilometers from the cargo depot. Scanning these containers is your secondary objective. A short range scan of this group should provide crucial data needed to adjust ship sensors to attain radar lock on Shivan fighters. Further reconnaissance indicates another container group may contain parts for a Shivan sensor array. A short range scan of these containers is the primary objective in this operation.
They appear similar to those used to give the Shivans their shielding technology. Long range scanners indicate that some of these cargo containers contain unusual electronics. Their offensive activity in this system is at a minimum and we do not believe they will make a serious attempt to defend this depot. This depot provides a prime opportunity to gather more information about the Shivans. Reconnaissance indicates that the depot is protected by six sentry guns on the outer edges. These cargo formations are different than any Vasudan or Terran formation, and are believed to belong to the Shivans. At least five cargo depots of unknown origin have been located in Ikeya. Intelligence has determined that at least one point of entry into our space lies in the Ikeya system.
This includes weaponry, shielding, and stealth technology. The Bastion is on a special ops mission to investigate and acquire Shivan technology.
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