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             FreeSpace 2 New Multi
               Player Missions
                 Readme File
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For more information on FreeSpace 2, please visit
          http://www.volition-inc.com/
          http://www.freespace2.com/


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Table of Contents
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1. Installation

2. Enhanced Missions

3. Original Missions

4. Notes

5. Web Links

6. Legal Stuff


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1. Installation
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  Unzip locally and place the following files into the data/missions
  directory of your FreeSpace 2 folder:

   *M-01b.fs2
   *M-02b.fs2
   *M-04b.fs2
   *M-05.fs2
   *M-06.fs2
   *M-07.fs2



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2. Enhanced Missions
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  M-01b (All Alone 2) - Players: 8. Alpha wing must destroy the 
  Nosferatu, a Moloch class Shivan Corvette.  Max respawns 12.

  M-02b (Forward Edge Battle Area 2) - Players: 8. The GTVA must
  prevent the Shivans from using a jump node.  Max respawns 10.

  M-04b (Rebel Intercept) - Players: 8. Alpha Wing tries to hold off a
  rebel incursion at the Regulus Jump Node.  Max respawns 10.

  M-05 (Initiation) - Alpha and Beta must destroy the Belphegor and
  its fighter escort.  Max respawns 10.


 
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3. Original Missions
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  M-06 (Corvette Rescue) - Players: 4. Rescue a damaged GTVA corvette in
  the nebula in the face of stiff Shivan opposition.  Max respawns 10.
 
  M-07 (Vasudan Assult 2) - Players: 8. As members of an NTF battle 
  group, you encounter a Vasudan destroyer and must destroy it.  Max
  respawns 5.  Recommended respawns 3.




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4. Notes
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  All text is present in these missions, though some messages and briefings
  or debriefings do not have an accompanying .wav file.

  Missions M-01b, M-02b, and M-04b are enhanced versions of multiplayer
  missions originally included in the game. The overall difficulty level
  of each has been increased and each of them now includes several new
  twists.

  Mission M-05 is an enhanced version of the cooperative multiplayer
  mission originally available with the FreeSpace 2 demo. 

  Missions M-06 and M-07 are new multiplayer missions featuring original
  content by Brad Johnson of Volition, Inc.



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5. FreeSpace 2 Web Links
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If you're interested in FreeSpace 2-related web sites and information, here
are some great places to start.

Volition, Inc. homepage
  http://www.volition-inc.com

Parallax Online
  http://www.pxo.net

Interplay Productions
  http://www.interplay.com

Descent Network FreeSpace page
  http://www.descent-freespace.com

Planet FreeSpace
  http://www.planetdescent.com/planetfs/

Xanadu's Mission Archive
  http://descent.gamestats.com/xanadu/index.html

Ground FreeSpace
  http://www.groundfs.com




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6. Legal Stuff
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SOFTWARE USE LIMITATIONS AND LIMITED LICENSE

General Product License. This copy of FreeSpace 2 (the "Software") is
intended solely for your personal non-commercial home entertainment use.
You may not decompile, reverse engineer, or disassemble the Software,
except as permitted by law. Interplay Entertainment Corp. and its
licensors retain all right, title and interest in the Software including
all intellectual property rights embodied therein and derivatives thereof.
The Software, including, without limitation, all code, data structures,
characters, images, sounds, text, screens, game play, derivative works and
all other elements of the Software may not be copied, resold, rented,
leased, distributed (electronically or otherwise), used on a pay-per-play,
coin-op or other for-charge basis, or for any commercial purpose.  Any
permissions granted herein are provided on a temporary basis and can be
withdrawn by Interplay Productions at any time. All rights not expressly
granted are reserved.

Modem and Network Play. If the Software contains modem or network play,
you may play the Software via modem transmission with another person or
persons directly without transmission through a third party service or
indirectly through a third party service only if such service is an
authorized licensee of Interplay. For the purpose of this license, a
"third party service" refers to any third party service which provides a
connection between two or more users of the Software, manages, organizes,
or facilitates game play, translates protocols, or otherwise provides a
service which commercially exploits the Software, but does not include a
third party service which merely provides a telephonic connection (and
nothing more) for modem or network play. Authorized licensee services
are listed on the Interplay Entertainment Corp. World Wide Web Site
located at http://www.interplay.com. This limited right to transmit the
Software expressly excludes any transmission of the Software of any data
streams thereof on a commercial basis, including, without limitation,
transmitting the Software by way of a commercial service (excepting those
specific commercial services licensed by Interplay) which translates the
protocols or manages or organizes game play sessions.

Acceptance of License Terms. By downloading or acquiring and then retaining
this Software, you assent to the terms and restrictions of this limited 
license. If you acquired the Software and do not accept the terms of this
limited license, you must return the Software together with all packaging,
manuals and other material contained therein to the store where you acquired
the Software for a full refund and if you downloaded the Software, you must
delete it.



Copyright Information
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FreeSpace 2 (c) 1999 by Volition, Inc. All rights reserved.
Portions (c) 1999 Interplay Productions. All rights reserved.
FreeSpace 2, Interplay, the Interplay Logo, and "By Gamers. For Gamers." are
trademarks of Interplay Productions. Windows(r) 95 is a registered trademark
of Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Exclusively licensed and
distributed by Interplay Productions. All other trademarks are the property
of their respective owners.


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