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ROSS 128 v2.0
A FreeSpace 2 Single Player Mission
Created by Goober5000

The planet custom mod was created by Robert "Dark" Wild.  The in-mission voice
files were assembled from existing FS1 WAVs, while the briefing and debriefing
voice files were voiced by FreeSpaceGundam and Darkblade respectively.
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Version History
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2.0	Converted to FS2 format using the Port v3.0.  Also added new backgrounds
	and real-person voice acting.  Thanks to Admiral Nelson for managing this.
1.1	Rereleased as a campaign (consisting of just the one mission).  Some people
	were getting strange sexp errors that were ultimately caused by the game
	running out of sexp nodes.  The reason this happened to some people and not
	others is that sexp nodes are shared between campaigns and missions.  If
	you have a complicated campaign in memory, it may not leave enough sexp
	nodes for the mission.  Playing the mission via a campaign ensures that the
	mission starts with a known number of free sexp nodes.
1.0	First release.


Background
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While there have been quite a few missions that take place during the Shivan attack 
on Ross 128, I haven't seen many that try to recreate what actually takes place in
the cutscene.  The best mission I've seen so far is Ben Adams's H.E.S. - GW S.1.
(available from the VolitionWatch Archives, http://archives.volitionwatch.com),
which really does a great job on the atmosphere.

My aim in creating this mission was to reproduce the landscape and ship placement
in the cutscene as accurately as possible.  I've positioned the various navbuoys to 
show the same camera angles as in the cutscene; two examples are included in the
zip file.  If you want to fly ahead and escort Ash back to the station, NavBuoy
Gamma marks the spot where he jumps in.  Have fun discovering the other spots, and
if you see something you like or something you think I missed, be sure to let me
know. :)


Mission Notes
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If you've already played through the first part of the mission and want to skip
ahead to the action (or if you're just impatient) then you can do so by activating
the Volition cheat codes and destroying NavBuoy Alpha.  (Don't worry, that navbuoy
doesn't show a particularly interesting camera angle.)