Lucifer (BP)

The following information has not been confirmed by Volition and is therefore not canon for the FreeSpace universe.

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MISSION 4

Fighter squadron: 222nd Nightwolves

Description: Recovered data from the salvaged escape pod reveals the time and method of Earth's destruction.

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Background

The GTD Orestes's analysts have conducted an autopsy of the inhabitants of the Hermes escape pod you and your squad found in Earth orbit and concluded that they have been dead for several decades. Supporting their conclusion is the timestamp on a video recording they recovered from the same escape pod. This recording was apparently taken shortly before the pod lost main power.

As a commander in the GTVA, you, Samuel Bei, have been given an encrypted copy of this very recording.

Walkthrough

This mission is a cutscene.

Notes

• This cutscene went through a major overhaul in the Director's Cut. The battle is lengthier and features multiple Terran and Shivan cruisers duking it out. In addition, the camera now moves around the battlefield, rotating and focusing on several objects throughout its flight.

Total number of forces

Forces involved
Belligerents
GTA	Shivans
Ships
1 GTD Orion Orion 2 GTC Leviathan Leviathan 44 Leviathan 48 1 GTC Fenris Fenris 42 3 GTT Elysium Elysium 50 Elysium 51 Elysium 52 1 GTNB Pharos Camera	1 SD Lucifer Lucifer 4 SC Lilith Lilith 43 Lilith 45 Lilith 47 Lilith 49
Strikecraft
8 GTF Hercules Orion Alpha (4) Orion Beta (4)	6 SF Dragon Vishnu (6) 6 SF Basilisk Krishna (6) 18 SF Manticore Arjuna (6) Shiva (6) Brahma (6)
Casualties
1 GTD Orion Orion 0-2 GTC Leviathan Leviathan 44 Leviathan 48 0-1 GTC Fenris Fenris 42 0-3 GTT Elysium Elysium 50 Elysium 51 Elysium 52 0-8 GTF Hercules Orion Alpha (4) Orion Beta (4)	0-6 SF Dragon Vishnu (6) 0-6 SF Basilisk Krishna (6) 0-18 SF Manticore Arjuna (6) Shiva (6) Brahma (6)