It's usually referred to as the Second Shivan Incursion or the Second Great War. Eighteen months before the events of FreeSpace 2, a military coup led by Admiral Aken Bosch takes place and threatens the integrity of the GTVA.įreeSpace 2 deals with the last weeks of the rebellion (called the Neo-Terran Front or NTF) and tells the story of the Shivans' return. In this period, the Terrans and Vasudans rebuild their ravaged worlds and form an alliance called the Galactic Terran-Vasudan Alliance (or GTVA). The period between 23 is called the Reconstruction. The official expansion of Conflict: FreeSpace, Silent Threat, catalogues this rebellion.
The rebellion ultimately ends with the destruction of the Hades. A rogue element of Galactic Terran Intelligence constructed a massive warship, the GTD Hades, with Shivan weaponry.
Shortly after the events of the first game, a rebellion known as the Hades Rebellion takes place. The antagonistic Shivans were defeated however, not only was the Vasudan homeworld obliterated, contact with Earth was also severed. The two species put aside their differences to combat this new threat. In 2335, the Terrans (as humans are called in FreeSpace) and the Vasudans had been at war for fourteen years when a third species, the Shivans, entered with their superior technologies. Canon events range from 2335 until 2367, with heavy emphasis on these two dates. The FreeSpace universe is a fictional continuation of human history as they spread their globalized culture and interact with two alien species. For details, browse the FreeSpace Universe category or pick a topic from the right-side window. This page will give you a general overview of the FreeSpace universe. Please help expand this portal by editing and adding to pages linked from it. Though presently unfinished, the FS Universe Portal will come to be the central hub of all information related to the in-game universe on the FS Wiki. Most significant is the fact that rain, dust, snow, fog, or smog can block the transmission path and shut down the network.Welcome to the FreeSpace Universe Portal.
The beams can pass through glass windows with little or no attenuation (as long as the windows are kept clean!).Īlthough FSO systems can be a good solution for some broadband networking needs, there are limitations. Even if there is no direct line of sight, strategically positioned mirrors can be used to reflect the energy. As long as there is a clear line of sight between the source and the destination, communication is theoretically possible. At the destination, the beam is intercepted by a photodetector, the data is extracted from the visible or IR beam (demodulated), and the resulting signal is amplified and sent to the hardware.įSO systems can function over distances of several kilometers. At the source, the visible or IR energy is modulated with the data to be transmitted. If the energy source does not produce a sufficiently parallel beam to travel the required distance, collimation can be done with lenses. The difference is that the energy beam is collimated and sent through clear air or space from the source to the destination, rather than guided through an optical fiber. The theory of FSO is essentially the same as that for fiber optic transmission. Most frequently, laser beams are used, although non-lasing sources such as light-emitting diodes ( LED s) or IR-emitting diodes (IREDs) will serve the purpose. Free-space optics (FSO), also called free-space photonics (FSP), refers to the transmission of modulated visible or infrared ( IR ) beams through the atmosphere to obtain Broadband communications.