It was first released in 2006, but has been continually updated and reworked ever since, with 2019 version being the latest one as of the time of writing. Such persistence and determination contributed a lot to its popularity on ModDb and other modding/space-sim communities.
Discovery Freelancer contains examples of:
- Palette Swap: Due to varying reasons, groups like The Core have cosmetically different but functionally identical ships to their counterparts Bounty Hunters Guild, or the Imperial Kusari Navy's ships are effectively Kusari Republic ships but colored differently.
- Shout-Out: This is a largely community-driven Game Mod. Naturally, some enterprising devs have slipped a few Shout-Outs in.
- I know what you're thinking. "Did he fire that six seconds ago or five?" Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I kind of lost track myself. But being as this is a .44 Antimatter Cannon, the most powerful antimatter cannon in Sirius, and would blow your ship right to hell, you've got to ask yourself one question: "Do I feel lucky?" Well, do ya, punk?
- The Serenity (formerly Firefly) Transport. Bonus points for being readily available to literally anyone who can afford it.
- The Grizzly Liberty shuttle, named after the Blackwater (Now Academi) APC.
- Superdupont is a (written) animated adaptation of the comic bearing the same name.
- Video Game Cruelty Potential: You can pick up the pilots/captains/crew of ships you've shot down and sell them into slavery... Or leave them to freeze to death in the void of space. Or even blow them up. You bastard. Otherwise, you can just be a general pain to other players, pirating them, or ganking them, or otherwise being a dick.
