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GUIDE v 1.5

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Written by Tim Wuyts (December 25th 1999 - January 17th 2000)
E-mail: tim.wuyts@planetinternet.be

The author is also the webmaster of The Cheat Empire:
http://home.planetinternet.be/~twuyts

where you can always find the latest cheats & walkthroughs for PC
Games. For the latest version of this Guide, check his website!


--> COPYRIGHT notice at the bottom


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1. GENERAL INFORMATION
1.1 Guide Information
1.2 Introduction
1.3 Update Information
1.4 Freespace 2 System requirements
3. GENERAL TACTICS
3.1 Preparations
3.2 Know the Controls
3.3 Flying
3.4 Favorite Ship
4. MISSION OVERVIEW (Single Player)
4.1 Information
4.2 Mission 1 - Training 1
4.3 Mission 2 - Training 2
4.4 Mission 3 - Training 3
4.5 Mission 4 - Surrender Belisarius!
4.6 Mission 5 - The Place of Chariots
4.7 Mission 6 - The Romans Blunder
4.8 Mission 7 - Training 4
4.9 Mission 8 - Training 5
4.10 Mission 9 - A Lion at the Door
4.11 Mission 10 - Mystery of the Trinity
4.12 Mission 11 - The Great Hunt
4.13 Mission 12 - Slaying Ravana
4.14 Mission 13 - Training 6
4.15 Mission 14 - The Sixth Wonder
4.16 Mission 15 - Into the Maelstrom
4.17 Mission 16 - Feint! Parry! Riposte!
4.18 Mission 17 - Rebels & Renegades
4.19 Mission 18 - Love the Treason ...
4.20 Mission 19 - ... But Hate the Traitor
4.21 Mission 20 - Battle of the Wilderness
4.22 Mission 21 - A game of TAG
4.23 Mission 22 - Proving Grounds
4.24 Mission 23 - The King's Gambit
4.25 Mission 24 - The Sicilian defense
4.26 Mission 25 - Endgame
4.27 Mission 26 - The Fog of War
4.28 Mission 27 - A Monster in the Mist
4.29 Mission 28 - Speaking in Tongues
4.30 Mission 29 - A Flaming Sword
4.31 Mission 30 - Bearbaiting
4.32 Mission 31 - High Noon
4.33 Mission 32 - Return to Babel
4.34 Mission 33 - Straight, No Chaser
4.35 Mission 34 - Argonautica
4.36 Mission 35 - As Lightning Fall
4.37 Mission 36 - Into the Lion's Den
4.38 Mission 37 - Exodus
4.39 Mission 38 - Dunkerque
4.40 Mission 39 - Their Finest Hour
4.41 Mission 40 A - Clash of the Titans II
4.42 Mission 40 B - Incoming Transmission
5. THE WEAPONS
5.1 Information
5.2 Guns
5.3 Missiles
6. THE SHIPS
6.1 Information
6.2 Shivan Ships
6.3 Terran Ships
6.4 Vasudan Ships
7. OTHER GAME RELATED INFORMATION
7.1 Information
7.2 Ranks

- LEGAL NOTICE -


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1. GENERAL INFORMATION
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1.1 Guide Information
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This is the text version of the the Freespace 2 HTML guide - also made
by Tim Wuyts. Please keep in mind that the HTML guide is the primary
guide: all updates will first be made in the HTML guide, it has some
pictures of the spacecraft and weapons and it does contain some extra
information here and there.

The author is the webmaster of The Cheat Empire (URL see top of
document), where you can find the latest cheats & walkthroughs for PC
Games. Including the latest version of this guide.

I wrote this guide because I like to help people. I don't pretend to
know everything there is to know about the game and I'm certainly not
the best pilot out there. I would like to label myself an "average"
pilot, who has tons of single player experience, but with minor
multiplayer experience. I also believe a guide is never complete, so
you can always help me by sending tips to me (don't add them
yourself).


1.2 Introduction
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I've been playing space sims since I was a small boy. When I think
about space sims, I think about the legendary series like Wing
Commander (Including Privateer) and X-Wing. No space sim could rival
these titles ... up till now.

Although the first Freespace couldn't appeal me, Freespace 2 turned out
to be a magnificent piece of art. The story is dragging you to the
finish line and has a lot of (unsuspected) plots. The sound creates
just the right atmosphere: music, voices and effects are all high
quality. But probably the most stunning feature are the graphics ...
that is, if you have a "mean machine". I was able to run Freespace 2
at a very high detail level in 1024x768. Words cannot describe the
magic Volition created.

On top of the superb single player campaign, you also have a lot of
multiplayer options. Team vs. Team, Dogfight and co-operative. On top
of that we have the squad wars, which sounds very attractive to me. I
say sounds, since I have never tried the on-line multiplayer
capabilities (yet). I hope to test them out at my friends house, who
has cable connection with the internet.


1.3 Update Information
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Version 1.0 - (25/12/1999 - 17/01/2000) - The original works

Version 1.5 - (18/01/2000 - 19/01/2000) - Added loadout specifications
for all ships


1.4 Freespace 2 System Requirements
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Required:
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* Pentium 200Mhz
* Windows© 95/98/NT with DirectX 6.0
* 32 MB RAM
* 400MB Hard drive space
* 8x CD-ROM
* DirectSound certified sound card
* Hardware accelerated card (with newest drivers); G200, G400, Banshee,
Voodoo 1, Voodoo 2, Voodoo 3, Savage 4, TNT, TNT2, ATI Rage Fury, ATI
Rage 128 or ATI Rage

Recommended:
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* Pentium 266Mhz
* 64 MB RAM
* Harware accelerated card with 8MB VRAM (see chipsets above)
* Joystick
* 3D Sound Card (A3D or EAX)

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3. GENERAL TACTICS
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3.1 Preparations
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Before you start doing some fancy dogfighting, it's necessary to make
the proper preparations. This includes ship, gun and missile
selection. This seems obvious, but I know quite a lot of friends who
make a selection based on the name of the ship/weapon or whether it
looks cool or not.

It's important to know what kind of weapons work best in certain
situations. The Prometheus S for example is an extraordinary weapon,
but because of it's slow refire rate, I'm not able to use it properly.
This makes the weapon useless for me, since I prefer guns with a high
refire rate which may lack the punch of the bigger brother.

It's also important to pick a ship where you are comfortable with. The
GVF Serapis is an excellent interceptor with high speeds, but it's
light armor do not fit the profile of my 'ideal' ship. Although not an
interceptor, I prefer to take a ship with less maneuverability and
more armor like the myrmidon.

If you know what you are going into, try to pick your most favorable
ships, guns and missiles for that situation! The default selection of
the computer is not bad, but don't be afraid to change it.


3.2 Know the Controls
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Also obvious and simple. Just keep in mind that you don't need to know
every key to be a good pilot. I know the keys which allow me to play
comfortably and relaxed, e.g.: I never use the M key (auto adjust
speed to target). Why? Because I think it's annoying. I want to go
full speed ahead and I'll adjust my speed with the A/Z temporary speed
adjust keys.

When I see a friend goofing up because he can't find the gun/missile
selection key while flying, I have an urge put my head in the toilet
and flush. Things like that shouldn't happen, they can mean the
difference between life and death.

Most of you will be flying this space sim with a joystick (you have to
be nuts if you don't). Well, don't forget to adjust the sensitivity of
the joystick to your liking. Maximum sensitivity is not always the
best option, since it has a big influence on your aim. To those who
want to use the rudder but can't: you can install the rudder in your
key assignment screen. Select absolute positioning if you install your
rudder.


3.3 Flying
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There are lots of different flying styles, but I'm going to explain
mine. This might help newbies a bit in developing their own style.