I thought about coming back so I logged in and tried trading for a spell.
Place felt like a ghost town compared to the days of hitting refresh refresh refresh every weekend.
A big part of the lure was feeling like you were logging into a living world.
22 players a living world does not make.
I don't think they're is much hope in bringing it back at this point. Freelancer is simply too dated now, and this mod is a full decade on from it's peak days.