Freespace 2: Pandora's Box - Needle in a Haystack

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Published on May 23, 2022 9:00:09 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_oMHDrp9ZA

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FreeSpace 2 (1999)

Duration: 13:28

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This is the second mission of the Pandora's Box campaign for Freespace 2. The NTF incursion into Vasuda has destroyed the blockade and escaped into the system to parts unknown. We are engaging in a recon-in-force to discover the whereabouts of the NTF fleet, particularly their two destroyers. Our squadron is assigned a portion of the Vasuda asteroid belt. We are ordered to destroy any NTF craft we encounter. Bombers are on standby in case we encounter hostile capital ships.

Unlike most other content in this series, this is a blind first play. I never played this campaign when I first picked up Freespace years ago.

This is Freespace 2 played using the upgraded graphics courtesy of the Freespace Upgrade Project's MediaVPs, on version 4.5 at time of recording. Check out the project at http://hard-light.net

Timestamps:
0:00 - Mission Briefing
2:19 - Fighter Setup
2:52 - Mission Start
3:16 - Dialogue
3:50 - Patrol
4:09 - Dogfight
5:17 - Strike
5:30 - Patrol
7:00 - Strike
7:10 - Patrol
7:24 - Dogfight
8:00 - Patrol
8:23 - Report
8:36 - Jamming?
9:10 - Patrol
9:38 - Strike
10:55 - Dogfight
11:29 - Return to Base
11:49 - Debriefing
13:10 - Outro

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