Freespace 2

a.k.a. Open Freespace 2 / FS2Open

published by icculus.org in 2002, developed by Volition / icculus.org, running on Linux

type: shooter, simulation
genre: Flight Simulator
series: Freespace
perspective: 1st person 3rd person other selectable
player options: single player, LAN, Internet

game engine: Freespace Engine
languages: eng

Official description

The game begins 32 years after the Great War. You are a pilot in the Galactic Terran-Vasudan Alliance (GTVA), a single entity formed to cement the alliance between the Terran and Vasudan races after loss of communication with Earth. However, opposition still exists to this union, and a faction of Terrans led by Admiral Bosch formed the Neo-Terran Front (NTF) and has rebelled, taking over several star systems. The player's early missions are to quell these rebellions and bring in Admiral Bosch. Eventually the another alien species is encountered