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Freelancer
History: The Alliance-Coalition War
During 2100-2200 AD, the Sol System was in a state of civil war with two factions battling for domination of Sol. The two sides were the Alliance (composed of the US, Western Europe, and Japan) and the Coalition (composed of Russia, China, and the Middle East). For decades, millions died in the inconclusive conflict until the Coalition finally managed to gain the upper hand.
History: The Exodus
In desperation, the Alliance secretly constructed five sleeper ships in the hopes of fleeing the Sol System with millions of colonists to begin a new civilization free from the strife and prejudices that had plagued Sol for so long. Each sleeper ship was christened after it's patron nation. The five ships were the Bretonia (holding British colonists), the Rheinland (holding German colonists), the Hispania (holding Spanish colonists), the Kusari (holding Japanese colonists), and the Liberty (holding American colonists).
As the five sleeper ships launched from one of the moons of Jupiter, a Coalition fleet arrived and attacked the sleeper ships. They broke through the Coalition blockade and headed for the Sirius Sector.
Shortly after the Exodus, the remaining Alliance baases were destroyed, except for Pluto, where the Coalition and the Alliance prepared for their final battle. Just as the attack started, a Nomad superweapon uncloaked between them and fired a projectile at the Sun, which exploded and destroyed all of the planets, except Pluto. A lone survivor, named Atticus Rockford, survived on the dark side of Pluto and headed for Sirius to warn the colonists about the Nomads. It is unknown whether he ever reached his intended destination.
On an interesting note, rumours in certain quarters of Malta speak of three other sleeper ships being constructed by the Alliance. The truth of these rumours is unknown, as is the identity of the supposed three other ships. If said ships did exist, they were presumably destroyed along with Sol or launched at a different date and/or location to the known five.
Present Day: Plot
It has been 800 years since the sleeper ships first arrived in Sirius. Since then, they have rebuilt their civilization and connected their regions of control with jump gates. The game begins with a cutscene showing the destruction of a base known as Freeport 7. The player, Edison Trent, and several other survivors are brought to Planet Manhattan, the capital of Liberty and where the Liberty sleeper ship first landed 800 years ago. While waiting for a man named Sam Lonnigan to recover, Trent begins to work for the Liberty Security Force (the LSF) under commander Jun'ko Zane (a.k.a. Juni). As he begins his first mission, a Rheinland Cruiser (the RNC Donau) visiting Liberty is brutally shot down by The Order, a terrorist group. Later, when Lonnigan recovers, Trent demands for his million credits that Lonnigan owes him, but Lonnigan refuses to pay and is taken away by the Liberty Navy. During the second mission, another LSF officer, who is also the commanding officer of the mission named Michael King, tells you that a Rheinland expedition found an uncharted planet deep in the Omicron systems filled with alien artifacts. Unlike most artifacts, these were active. Later, a thief and last suvivor of Freeport 7 (apart from yourself) tells you that all other survivors have been killed or are missing and reveals that an unknown party wanted an alien artifact that was in his possesssion, which was why Freeport 7 was destroyed. A Liberty Navy soldier shoots him down and is about to do the same to Trent, saying he was caught dealing in illegal artifacts. Juni tells him to stand down, but is forced to kill the soldier in self defense.
Juni and Trent are forced to flee to Bretonia, where they locate xenoarchaeologists Kendra Sinclair and Roland Quintaine to research the artifact. During this time, Dr. Sinclair reveals the existance of the Dom'Kavash, a long-vanished race that formed an empire in Sirius long before humans arrived. Later, they are attacked by Rheinland, who want the artifact very badly. Juni, Trent, Sinclair, and Quintaine are forced to flee to Kusari, where they must obtain the Proteus Tome, a piece of Dom'Kavash parchment. At this point of the story, the Nomads' existance is revealed. The Nomads are the aliens that were created by the Dom'Kavash to look after their empire after they left and they have the ability to possess human beings. They have been slowly infected the rulers and key military officials of the four houses to ignite a civil war and weaken them to the point where the Nomads can mop up the rest.
Trent joins the Order, which is now revealed as a secret organization to fight the Nomads. It is also revealed that the Rheinland government was infected by Nomads after finding the unnkown planet in the Omicron systems. Since any active artifact that falls into human hands could be a threat to them, the Nomads, possessing Rheinlanders and members of Liberty, have been attacking Trent to reclaim the artifact. The Order had destroyed the Donau to prevent the Nomads in Rheinland from infiltrating Liberty, but eventually, the Nomads were able to break through and possess Liberty officials. Once Sinclair and Quintaine finish their research on the artifact, they activate it to reveal a map of the entire Dom'Kavash empire. They also state that the artifact is a trigger for their Hyper Gate network, which is essentially an incredibly fast jumpgate to link the far corners of the Dom'Kavash empire. The Order attacks the Nomad homeworld and reactivates the Hyper Gate. All power supplying the Nomad ships are cut off to supply the Hyper Gate with enough power to activate. Devoid of any engine power to resist, the Nomads are sucked into the Gate and probably ejected in another galaxy or sector of the Dom'Kavash empire. The Order watches over the gate to make sure that they are prepared for the next time the Nomads return. Trent and Juni are given full pardons from the government and Trent is asked to become the Order's agent in Liberty. The player can now continue playing as Trent as a freelancer with no story elements.
