History Trivia / Freespace

* RereleasedForFree: The original license agreement on the CD included a clause "You may make copies of the Software
for your personal noncommercial home entertainment use and to give to friends and acquaintances on a no cost noncommercial basis." The game's source code was released on 2002, and it was released for free on GOG.com. However, it has since exited freeware and is now a paid purchase.

* DummiedOut + WhatCouldHaveBeen: According to the [[AllThereInTheManual FreeSpace 1 Reference Bible]], a lot of planned full-motion cutscenes were cut out, due to time constraints. They were even going to do an "if you failed the last mission" scene, and the writers said they were going to "do something that's not unlike the White House scene from [[Film/IndependenceDay ID4.]]"
* StandardSciFiFleet:
** Small Craft
*** EscapePod - The Terran/Vasudan [[TropeNamer Escape Pods]] Hermes and Ra.
*** SpaceFighter
--> Bomber - The Terran [[TropeNamer Bombers]] Athena, Medusa, Ursa, Zeus, Artemis, Artemis D.H., Boanerges; for the Vasudans, Sekhmet, Bakha, Amun, and Osiris. Shivan bombers include the Shaitan, [[GiantMook Nephilim, Seraphim]], Taurvi, and [[DemonicSpiders Nahema]].

--> Interceptor - The Terran fighters Loki, Valkyrie, Perseus; the Vasudans have the Anubis, Horus, Thoth, and Serapis. Shivans, on the other hand, have the [[{{Mooks}} Scorpion]], [[DemonicSpiders Dragon]], Manticore, and the [[ArmorIsUseless Astaroth]].

--> [[StealthInSpace Stealth Fighter]] - The Terran fighter Pegasus, and Vasudan Ptah.

--> Heavy Fighter - The Terran/Vasudan fighters Hercules, Hercules Mk. II, Ares, and Erinyes; the Vasudans have the Seth and Tauret. The Shivans have the Basilisk and Aeshma.

--> Assault Fighter - The Erinyes fits this role perfectly, really. With 8 gun banks you can [[MoreDakka take down even the toughest Shivan bombers]] out like flies.

--> Space Superiority Fighter - The Apollo, Ulysses, and Myrmidon for the Terrans; the Vasudans have the Thoth. Presumably, the [[EliteMooks Mara]] is the Shivans' "superiority" fighter, since it has good shielding, armor, speed, maneuverability, and weaponry.
*** Shuttle
--> DropShip - the Satis

--> [[ItsRainingMen Drop Pod]] - The Elysium and Argo for the Terrans. The Vasudans use the Isis. Only the Azrael is the ship used by Shivans to have [[spoiler:boarded any ship at all, particularly the Iceni.]]
** Space Ship
*** Cutter/Corvette/Frigate/Destroyer (well actually, we call them [[JustForFun/IThoughtitMeant Cruisers]]) - The GTC Fenris, Leviathan, and Aeolus for the Terrans. The Vasudans have the Aten and Mentu. The Shivans have the Cain, Rakshasa, and the really heavily armored and badass [[HeavilyArmoredMook Lilith]].
*** Cruiser - The Deimos for the Terrans, [[RedShirt Sobek]] for the Vasudans (oh, and to demonstrate how freaky Shivan anti-capital firepower is, they're basically Red Shirt warships), and the Moloch for the Shivans.
*** Assault Carrier - Though not really designated a Carrier, the Shivan Moloch really is. But it only really launches fighters in a multiplayer mission.
*** Space Freighter or Cargo Ship - In fact, they're [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin literally called "freighters"]]; the Poseidon, Chronos, and Triton for the Terrans; Ma'at, Satis, Bes, and Bast for the Vasudans; lastly, the Mephisto, Dis, and Asmodeus for the Shivans.
...and time for the really, really big ones...
*** Capital Ships
--> Battlecruiser - The Iceni fits this perfectly; fast (even faster) than the regular Corvette, and about as much firepower as a [[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Destroyer]] (okay, what the hell, destroyers are actually the biggest ships here!). Oh, and don't forget that [[HeavilyArmoredMook Corvette-armored Lilith]], small as the typical [[JustForFun/IThoughtItmeant Cruiser]], which can be as deadly to any ship as a Shivan destroyer!

--> TheBattleStar - The mighty Orion and [[AwesomeButImpractical Hecate]] destroyers for the Terrans; the Typhon and Hatshepsut for the Vasudans; lastly, the Demon, Ravana, and (nigh invulnerable) [[TheMothership Lucifer]] for the Shivans. Oh, and we almost forgot, the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin colossal Colossus]], as big as but [[AwesomeButImpractical much weaker]] than the Shivan [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Juggernaut Sathanas]].
*** Other Ships
--> Science Vessel - Only the [[HumansAreSpecial Terrans]] have these, and it's called the Faustus.

--> Space Gun - Again, only [[HumansAreSpecial Terrans]] have these, called "Mjolnirs", which, when used in groups, can practically [[WaveMotionGun slice apart even the gigantic Battlestars]] trying to run away from a Jump Node only to be beamed to bits. There are smaller ones, called "sentry guns", used only against fighters; they're the Cerberus, Watchdog, and Alastor for the Terrans; the Vasudans use the weaker Ankh and Edijo guns. Shivans have them too; there's the Belial and Trident.

--> Space Station - The only station shown is the Terran Arcadia-class. But we read that the Vasudans actually use "shipyards" to make Bakha bombers, implying that they probably had them too.

--> Battlecruiser - The Iceni fits this perfectly; fast (even faster) than the regular Corvette, and about as much firepower as a [[IThoughtItMeant Destroyer]] (okay, what the hell, destroyers are actually the biggest ships here!). Oh, and don't forget that [[HeavilyArmoredMook Corvette-armored Lilith]], small as the typical [[IThoughtItmeant Cruiser]], which can be as deadly to any ship as a Shivan destroyer!

*** Cutter/Corvette/Frigate/Destroyer (well actually, we call them [[IThoughtitMeant Cruisers]]) - The GTC Fenris, Leviathan, and Aeolus for the Terrans. The Vasudans have the Aten and Mentu. The Shivans have the Cain, Rakshasa, and the really heavily armored and badass [[HeavilyArmoredMook Lilith]].

* DummiedOut + WhatCouldHaveBeen: According to the [[AllThereInTheManual FreeSpace 1 Reference Bible]], a lot of planned full-motion cutscenes were cut out, due to time constraints. They were even going to do an "if you failed the last mission" scene, and the writers said they were going to "do something that's not like the White House scene from [[Film/IndependenceDay ID4.]]"

--> Space Superiority Fighter - The Apollo, Ulysses, and Myrmidon for the Terrans; the Vasudans have the Thoth. Presumably, the [[EliteMooks Mara]] is the Shivans' "superiority" fighter, since it has [[{{Badass}} good shielding, armor, speed, maneuverability, and weaponry]].

* HeyItsThatVoice (What the heck are you doing in ''Blue Planet'' forty to fifty years or so after ''Derelict'', Mackie?! And why do you sound younger?!)

!!FreeSpace

!! FreeSpace 2

* GenreKiller: ''FreeSpace 2'''s poor sales more or less killed the entire space-shooter genre. Its popular reception only made things worse, because if a space shooter ''that'' good still couldn't sell, what could?

--> TheBattleStar - The mighty Orion and [[AwesomeButImpractical Hecate]] destroyers for the Terrans; the Typhon and Hatshepsut for the Vasudans; lastly, the Demon, Ravana, and (nigh invulnerable) [[TheMothership Lucifer]] for the Shivans. Oh, and we almost forgot, the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin colossal Colossus]], as big as but [[AwesomeButImpractical much weaker]] than the Shivan [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Juggernaut]] [[AwesomeButPractical Sathanas]].

* GenreKiller: ''FreeSpace 2'''s poor sales more or less killed the entire space-shooter genre.

* DummiedOut + WhatCouldHaveBeen: According to the [[AllThereInTheManual FreeSpace 1 Reference Bible]], a lot of planned full-motion cutscenes were cut out, due to time constraints. They were even going to do an "if you failed the last mission" scene, and the writers said they were going to "do something that's not like the White House scene from [[IndependenceDay ID4.]]"

* DummiedOut/WhatCouldHaveBeen: According to the [[AllThereInTheManual FreeSpace 1 Reference Bible]], a lot of planned full-motion cutscenes were cut out, due to time constraints. They were even going to do an "if you failed the last mission" scene, and the writers said they were going to "do something that's not like the White House scene from [[IndependenceDay ID4.]]"

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* HeyItsThatVoice (What the heck are you doing in ''Blue Planet'' forty to fifty years or so after ''Derelict'', Mackie?! And why do you sound younger?!)