
Silent Threat was generally agreed to be of very poor quality in comparision, which led to the fans reworking it as Silent Threat Reborn. The battle is on to find a way to contain them before they overrun known space once more.įreeSpace received mixed reviews, with reviewers praising the graphics - particularly the explosions - but calling the story and gameplay unoriginal. Then the Shivans return in force, effortlessly sweeping aside all opposition. The Galactic Terran-Vasudan Alliance is embroiled in a civil war with Admiral Aken Bosch and his xenophobic, Vasudan-hating Neo-Terran Front. The story focused on the Galactic Terran Intelligence organization attempting a military coup in the aftermath of the Great War, centered around a new superweapon: the GTD Hades.įreeSpace 2 takes place 32 years later. Set a few months later is Silent Threat, an expansion pack with a new plot, ships, and weapons. Both races team up in an attempt to prevent the Shivans from locating Vasuda Prime and Earth. The Shivans possess technology far superior to the Terrans or Vasudans, and threaten to annihilate both sides. However, partway through the campaign, a new alien race called the Shivans suddenly appears and begins attacking both sides. The player character is an ensign recruited to fight the Vasudans. In FreeSpace, the Galactic Terran Alliance is at war with an alien race called the Vasudans.

It is officially titled Descent: FreeSpace - The Great War (or Conflict: FreeSpace in European markets) for trademark reasons which are not worth getting into, but has no relation to the game Descent other than being published by the same company. FreeSpace is a 1998 space sim developed by Volition and published by Interplay.
