CaptBogdanowich

Pretty funny, had Avira popping up "Threat has been detected". First time I clicked on it my download manager got it, but then at subsequent attempts it doesn't catch it and the page remains not reachable (Connection was reset error).

My computer can't run anything from that game, not even that Arena Commander or how it is called. Do you also have the numbers for ship maneuverability ? Something that can be assessed, like degrees/second of the roll, pitch and yaw ? I remember Chris issued some sort of maneuverability numbers that are rank-like,  but that doesn't tell me anything.

I didn't choose Omega based on looks. It was based on shielding and power. One of my friends at the time, that was also in my clan, told me that my choice was astrological. I am a Cancer, therefore crazy for security, so I flew that three-shielded monster full of weapons, while he is a Scorpion and flew an agile Pirate Zephyr. And indeed I once did try such a ship in Underverse and results were amazing. But I still like to feel powerful. Now, I play an online called Firefall and even there I enjoy the powerful Dreadnaught battleframes. And I never knew actually how many weapons or how powerful were the originals (Xenon L in X3 Reunion), as I didn't play it, to my shame.

Tekagis wasn't the only mod that deliver a cancel. For those of us heavy into space sims, there was also the promised Jumpgate Evolution. And by the success of Star Citizen, I would say NetDevil failed in what could have become their greatest success.

I would like to see Tekagis back to life. Because I think for us, that spent some time there, like me, you, Odin, NegativeHero, or the admins, Ragman, Jacobite, Madcat, Outlander. Hell, there's some time, I barely remember... Tekagis really meant something. Even if Star Citizen comes along the way. Some easy play space sim like Freelancer will still be there. I didn't find the same joy in other mods, for real. Solurus Systems was nice, but it lacked people to actually play it; it was quite a PVE mod. Asgard was vanilla-ish, but fun, however collapsed. WTS is one of the best, but it has an aggressive community. Been banned there twice. Plus, it has anti-theorycrafting tweaks (for instance if you put two shield regens, NPC precision increases so much that it feels worse). TNG might have been something, but it has impossible requirements for repping. Crossfire is beautiful, but it lacks...salt and pepper. Same goes for Discovery. Frontierspace is one of the few interesting ones. It benefits great story, multiple alien factions at war. Rebirth is entirely russian. Beautiful mod, I would say similar to Crossfire in quality of the quality of graphics, it has great potential, but is entirely russian and has fatal bugs (several systems where client crashes to desktop; no alternate routes). As for Underverse, that's still played by some people. Very mature players, but once you get to the end of it there's nothing else waiting...

But Freelancer died out. All we can do is collect mods and try to revive them, because it's a pity to see so much work thrown away. Freelancer was our nerve pill, our moment to relax on board of our ships. And that's something no other game can give. Probably Star Citizen + Oculus Rift. And I'm gonna buy a totally new computer, a small fortune, to replace my 7 year old rig. Freelancer gave us so much joy, we will probably never forget it.

I think the community can return. We are still very much the same people that we've been when playing Tekagis. There are still archives of the forums and email lists. When it's ready Ellis can just notify people that Tekagis is back.

You could also host a more fun mod, like Frontierspace (even if it's lightly bugged). Right now I'm playing it single player on my computer. And after the demise of the Tekagis during fall 2006 - spring 2007, Frontierspace was one of the best mods (Tekagis 5.26-5.27, Frontierspace 1.75, old Solurus Systems before Lancer ruined it, WTS).