Antares Mod an Awesome New Dimension for Freelancer

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Antares Mod Ad 1>>The Antares Mod<<(click for link to the home website of =VFF= Productions for the DL & instructions)brought to you by the team of =VFF= Productions, Team Leader and original author Achilles of GrimAxeYou flew all the missions of SP as Edison Trent and ended the Nomad threat to Sirius...or so you thought. Fifty years after what is now known as the First Nomad War, the Nomads are back with a vengeance. Humanity is evacuating the planets and bases of the Sirius Sector and withdrawing to the newly discovered Antares Sector.>>The 2nd Nomad War<< brings unique challenges and opportunities to Freelancers and Clans. Gone are most of the bases and tradelanes in the Inner House systems. A few bold Freelancers continue to smuggle refugees past the Nomad Fleet. Opportunities arise in the buildup of infrastructure safely for the moment hidden behind an ancient alien Hypergate in the recently discoverd Antares Sector.The Antares Mod brings Freelancer into a whole new dimension, with new systems, new factions and bases, including player designed and built custom bases and planets. A dynamic new commodity system updated with each release of Antares Mod Updates allows great opportunities for trading...and for piracy.The equipment is totally interchangeable, and players can order new weapons designs. Ever wish you could arm a patriot with code guns and nomad weapons? Now you can. Modular design allows players to customize thier ships with unique powerplant, reactor, thruster, armor, scanner, and tractor beam designs.The Antares Mod features dozens of new systems, an improved physics engine, myriad new modular equipment options and scores of new ship designs ranging from screaming fast Light Fighters to heavily armed Torpedo Bomber Very Heavy Fighters, some with multiple CD/T Launchers, all the way to player flyable trains, gunboats, and capitol ships.>>Clans and individual players can put thier hard-earned credits to use buying new planets and bases and ordering new ship,weapon and equipment designs here<<>>The current direct connect IP for Vanguard 2 can be found here<<>>If you have trouble getting the Antares Mod to work try checking here<<For an In Character Tutorial on how to thrive in the Antares Mod, check out >>The Adventures of Alvin Noob<<[XD]This is a PvP ServerPlayer Looting is EnabledWhile most of the players there are friendly to newcomers, once you are established you may be attacked at any time without provocation by pirates (or by police and navy if you are a pirate or a smuggler) and Nomads (Nomads are for the time being limited to the Sirius Sector and the Zeta Corridor linking Sirius to Antares)...all in good fun and in the interest of keeping the action lively -Please respect the {Vanguard} and {Sentinal} Server Admins-Remember: they're there to help the community, and they're doing it on thier own free time!No swearing allowed in System Chat, period.No swearing allowed in Private Chat or Group Chat without the consent of all parties.Please keep in mind that the 'vicious pirate' or [NOM] you're mad at could very well be a ten-year-old kid or somebody's grandpa with his grandkids watching him play Freelancer over his shoulder.Please read and abide by the server rules! >>Vanguard 2 Server Rules and News<<>>Roleplaying is strongly encouraged<<. After a hard mission or a breathtaking battle come join your comrades and adversaries in our RP bars.The Vanguard Federation of Freelancers=VFF Productions=Antares Mod Team:AchillesCKHan SoloPoidracLancer SolurusMutilatorHauntRuppetthemuppetScorchMaxwellKiller BSpecial Thanks to Ship ContributorsXMTPanther XMini-MeMancerForsakenfor contributing ships to the upcoming Antares 5.0 releaseAdditional Credits from the FLMM read-me for Antares Mod by Achilles of GrimAxe:Giving Credit where credit is due!!This MOD would not exist today without something these people have in some way added to it or to my knowledge of Freelancer MODDINGThanks go to all those who have offered their modding knowledge up to help new modders on The Lancers Reactor forums, this has gotten me past quite a few bumps while making this mod.New Ships created byBaeneCeptyr Redemption Shifter MK I Seething Fury Scourge Bloodrage Switchblade Spectre Darkhorse Plague Colossus Elite Defender Draconji Starskipper Guardian Gunstar Interloper Enfilade Ragebringer Silverfish Marauder Devestator Starfield Juggernaught Outrider Demon Experimental Starshift Anomaly Bullpup MK I Bullpup MK II Bullpup MK III Elite Nomad Fighter Hydra MK III Rapier Silverfish MK II Skiff Templar Stumpy Tug Undertow Zeus Ferocity Grim Miser Orb Pantheon Phoenix CR PeregrinexR844 InterceptorPodMeesa RacerVortexSoul ReaperAssassin Mk 2Demon Mk 2ArtemisFinal BreathCeptyr A-3DefiantEmperor's MightUbermachtBloodfeastBaene's ToothBlack DragonCrusherNephthysPraetorianLokiFireBaseGhost Basilisk Black Specter Death Scythe Phantom Ravenclaw Slipstream Astral Prime Studios Starviper Cougar Hornet X APS Pegasus APS Griffen APS Hydra Aug Ship Pack Gaijin MK I Gaijin MK II Halycon MK II Halycon MK I-AHalycon MK I Ryuoken Seraphim Behemoth Hawkeye MK II AluminumHaste/ArghEnforcer - CivilianEnforcer - PirateDwD/WandererThunderbird X Fighter Y Fighter Z Fighter Raven CaidBretonia ChampionOsperyOspreyHavikar, UltraLeon WorksSwordFishBuckaroo Banzai Starblazer DS9 Starfighter Thunder (aka Aen Nnea Thhaei)Author Unknown (please send me any information reguarding authership of these)Mauler Hydra Longsword Order Bomber Thanks to Nephilim and his Capital Ship Encounters Tutorial on Lancers Reactor that got me stared in modding.Alcander is also due some thanks for the transferable engines and credit limit incress patches he created, keep up the good work Alcander. Nebulae Wolf for the of the icons used for some of the new equipment.Wyrmblight Dragonsbane for the new commodity icons, the opening splash screen, and the Universe map background.Haunt for several new weapons.Han Solo for his work on the Saskatchewan system and a few new toys to go with it.CK, Poidrac, Scorch and the rest of the Vanguard Mod Team for their assistance, it would not have gotten done without all you guys.Icon Pack v1.0 by Nebulae WolfSome of the new weapons were taken from the "Just For Fun MOD v 1.1" by Jim Rupp (Old Beowulf). Of the following I atlered a few things to better fit the Antares Expansion MOD but left as much of Beowulf's work as I could.Mines and Countermeasuers:Liberty Experimental MineBretonia Pursuit MineOrder Plasma Mine Mk1Order Plasma Mine Mk2 Missiles:Javelin C MissileEraser C MissileThe above 2 missiles use the standard ammo but mount on the cruise disruptor hardpoint. Liberty Experimental MissileOrder Missile MK1-C (cruise disruptor mount)Order Missile MK1 (class 9 gun hardpoint)Order Missile Turret MK1 (class 9)Order Missile MK2-COrder EMP Missile MK1 (cruise disruptor mount)Order EMP Missile Turret MK1 (class 9)Nomad TorpedoNomad Cruise DisruptorDragoon Type 4 (Outcasts, class 7)Dragoon Type 4 Turret (Outcasts, class 7)Funny thing here. The Outcasts had class 6 and class 8 tachyon-based weapons, but no class 7, so I added them.Guns and Turrets:Naginata: Blood Dragons, class 8Death's Hand Mk IV: Order, class 8Death's Hand Turret Mk IV: Order, class 8Death's Hand Mk V: Order, class 9Death's Hand Turret Mk V: Order, class 9Reaper Mk IV: Order, class 8Reaper Turret Mk IV: Order, class 8Reaper Mk V: Order, class 9Reaper Turret Mk V: Order, class 9Hornviper Mk III: Rhineland, class 10Tizona del Cid Turret: Corsairs, class 9Kraken Turret: Outcasts, class 9BLOODSTONE TURRET: Bretonia, class 10Tobie's Edge: Bretonia, class 7Tobie's Edge Turret: Bretonia, class 7Bretonia Pursuit Gun: Bretonia, class 8Bretonia Pursuit Turret: Bretonia, class 8Bretonia Pursuit Cannon: Bretonia, class 10Xenos Solution: Liberty, class 1Xenos Solution Turret: Liberty, class 1Liberty Experimental Cannon: Liberty, class 6Class 10 Turrets:Bretonia Cannon TurretHornviper Mk III TurretGOLDEN BLADE TurretARCHANGEL TurretDARK BLOSSOM Turret=======================================================================================_______________________________
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MISSING LINKSVanguard has moved to a new site. Here are the new links to the stuff posted above:Downloading instructionsHistory of the 2nd Nomad WarDirect Connection Info for the Vanguard 2 ServerTechnical Help Section for the Antares ModHow Clans and Freelancers can put thier ingame cash and experience to work buying bases and researching new and improved weapons and equipmentAntares Expansion Mod User's GuideThe Adventures of Alvin Noob, an In-Character Tutorial on how to survive and thrive in the Antares Mod

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***New Update***At long last the update that has been so long in coming.Why the delay?The Antares Mod Team went WAY, WAAY overboard this time!!We have added a score of NEW SYSTEMSalong with NEW RACES & FACTIONSwith thier ownUNIQUE SHIPS, WEAPONS & TECHNOLOGIES