Titled simply FreeSpace 2 the game was again created by Volition, Inc. The opening missions revolve around tensions between the Terran and Vasudan people when unrelated events archive critical mass with implications for all. Silent Threat picks up just after the events of FreeSpace 1with the player taking the role of a pilot newly recruited into Galactic Terran Intelligence, the intelligence branch of the GTA. As the game progresses though events take a sharp turn forcing both the Terran and Vasudan peoples to contemplate extinction. Into this enters the player, a newly qualified fighter pilot joining their command ship the GTD Galatea to reports of a mostly failed operation to take a system. The game is set during the 14 year long war between the Galactic Terran Alliance and the Parliamentary Vasudan Empire where both sides are locked seemingly in a stalemate, with both sides engaging in bloody battles that can cost ten thousand lives or more. The game was ported later to the Amiga by Hyperion Entertainment. when it was split off from Parallax Software. Box cover art for Descent: FreeSpace – The Great Warĭescent: FreeSpace – The Great War, also known as Conflict: FreeSpace – The Great War depending on sale region is a 1998 space combat simulation created by Volition, Inc.
