Inferno

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General Info

Current Team

  • No Tea - Project Leader, FREDder, Writer
  • Rampage - 3D Artist, FREDder
  • Nyctaeus - 3D and 2D Artist
  • Mobius - Advisor, FREDder, writer
  • Colt - FREDder
  • Admiral Nelson - FREDder, CBanim Artist
  • Kitsune - FREDder
  • Fusion - Writer, Bugtester

Semi-Active Members

  • Rhymes - Writer
  • MesoTroniK - Sound Artist
  • Goober5000 - SVN Host, Coding, Scripting

Legacy Members

  • Woomeister (former project leader), Droid803, SadisticSid, Shiv, Freespaceking, Trivial Psychic, Jessnec, General Battuta, JSRNerdo, Moonred, TheDagger, BrotherBryon, Macielos4759, Hippo

Release dates and missions:

INFR1: released in 2003, 14 missions
INFA: released in 2006, 20 missions
Nostos R1: first released in 2018, currently being upgraded with 22 missions (3 are part of a prologue)
Nostos R2: release planned for 2024, 12 missions
Nostos R3: under development
INFASA/INFAR: c.a. 40 missions, now on hold
INFA2: undefined

Mods included: Complete modpacks

Story

With over two decades of activity, Inferno (INF) is a mod of historical relevance for the FreeSpace community. Over the course of its development, Inferno experienced a total turnover of its team, which also resulted in major changes to the plots and concepts behind this project.

The core plots of Inferno show what happened years after the Capella incident and the consequent restoration of the Sol jump node in Delta Serpentis. In circa 2400, the GTVA finally managed to restore contact with the Terran home system, only to be faced by the Earth Alliance, the new ruler of Sol which emerged from the fragmented ashes of the GTA. A war between the GTVA and the EA rages on, with the EA penetrating in GTVA territory. The Vasudans remain neutral in the conflict, a debated choice which caused relations between the two species in the GTVA to be somehow politically compromised. In such an intricate tactical and political scenario, the Shivans once again appear to threaten the existence of Terrans and Vasudans alike.

In addition to the main Post-Capella plot, Inferno covers the events that occurred in Sol following the destruction of the SD Lucifer in 2335. In these sister campaigns, new conflicts rage on in Sol between the key colonies of Earth, Mars, Jupiter and beyond, eventually culminating with the emergence of the Earth Alliance.

General notes

There are two distinct Inferno continuities - the so called old continuity, and the new continuity. Inferno Nostos (Nostos) is the only released campaign from new continuity, while Inferno Release 1 (INFR1) and Inferno: Alliance (INFA) are the only two released mods of the old continuity. Nostos and INFR1 are set in circa 2400, while INFA is set in circa 2345. New continuity releases are all intended as upgrades of their old counterparts: Nostos is a significant upgrade over INFR1, and is also meant to go beyond the events described in the first mod, completing the main story; Inferno: Alliance Standalone (INFASA), now renamed as Inferno Alliance Reborn (INFAR), is meant to be a total replacement of the former INFA, focusing entirely on post Great War Sol. A campaign named INFA2, meant to fill the gap between INFA and the main INF timeline, was also conceptualized but progress on it never actually started.

The growing number of acronyms and campaigns meant to replace their predecessors instead of further developing and completing the story have led to some criticism with respect to this project. In addition to that, the original INFR1 and INFA releases were affected by the presence of large and unused warships, plots generally regarded as poor by community members, and overpowered weapons. These represent the core issues that the new continuity is meant to address and ultimately solve in order to provide a single and consistent story.

It is worth noting that the original INFASA plans involved the release of small, independent minicampaigns meant to make use of the models and armaments not shown in the main INFASA campaign, which was set in Sol. These included Vasudan and Shivan fleets balanced for FreeSpace 1 warfare. Several such minicampaigns were started but remained in hiatus for years; ultimately, they became part of a completely different project under the lead of team member Mobius, named Series Resurrecta (SR, SerRes). These campaigns retain various references to their INF origin.

The current plans are focused on Nostos, including the release of R2 and R3 which will complete the main Inferno timeline. INFAR is temporarily on hold.

INF continuities

Old Continuity

Inferno: Release 1

Also known as: INFR1, INF:R1, Inferno: R2, Inferno R2, Inferno: Release 1, and Inferno Classic

Mostly known with the abbreviation INFR1, this is the first release of the Inferno project, dating back to 2003. INFR1 is compatible with FS Open thanks to a patch and additional support. A voice acted version of INFR1 was released on July 16th, 2023 for the 20th Anniversary of the mod.

Nostos has effectively replaced INFR1, which as of today retains mostly a historical value.

Inferno R1 Ship Database

Inferno: Alliance

Also known as: INFA, INF:A, INFA1

Inferno: Alliance, or INFA, is another MOD ideated by Woomeister and released in late 2006. It takes place in Sol many years after the collapse of the jump node connecting the system to Delta Serpentis. The campaign was focused on the war between Earth and Mars, which would have led later on to the foundation of the Earth Alliance.

INFASA, now INFAR, is meant to be the upgrade of the original INFA, but this project is currently on hold. Some of the satellite INFASA content however has found a new life in Series Resurrecta.

Inferno: Alliance Ship Database

Inferno: Release 2

Also known as: INFR2, INF:R2, Inferno: R2, Inferno R2, Inferno: Release 2

Originally supposed to be INFR1's sequel, all progress on INFR2 stopped and the mod has no longer been in development for several years. The events INFR2 was initially meant to cover will be addressed in Nostos' R2 and R3, which are both nearing completion as of 2024.

New Continuity

Inferno Nostos

Also known as: INF SCP, INF Nostos

Inferno Nostos is a total overhaul of its predecessor (INFR1) and its supposed sequel INFR2. The first release of Nostos was in 2018 and a new version of Nostos R1, as well as the sequels R2 and R3 which will complete the main INF timeline, are both nearing completion as of 2024.

Inferno: Alliance Standalone

Also known as: INFA:SA, INFASA, INFA1 (may also refer to INFA)

INFASA, now INFAR, is to INFA what Nostos is to INFR1: a complete upgrade of its predecessor. The main campaign is currently on hold and progress on it is supposed to resume following the release of Nostos R3. An episodic release of its c.a. 40 missions is considered.

Inferno: Alliance 2

Also known as: INFA2, INFA:2

The concept of INFA2 is meant to described the events that occurred in Sol between INFA and the main INF timeline. However, this project has never passed the conceptualization phase and a possible release, perhaps in a reduced form, after Nostos R3 is being considered.

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