
As collateral he offers you a mysterious object which he claims is an ancient alien artifact. Sandoval wishes to hire you for a simple cargo run delivering iron to a refinery base. There in the bar of New Detroit, players will find a fixer named Sandoval. When players are ready to begin the storyline missions, they must first go to the New Detroit base. When flying from one location to another, Confed and Militia patrols may scan your cargo hold for contraband. These commodities range from agricultural goods to textiles to weaponry to electronics and even to illegal drugs and slaves. Not all bases have both Guilds, some have either, and some even have none.Īdditionally to earning credits, players can also buy commodities from one base and sell them to another. There is also a Merchant's and Mercenary's Guild in which the player pays a membership fee and is able to sign up for higher paying missions. The miscellaneous missions can be obtained from a mission computer located on any bases. The different types of missions available are: patrol, attack, cargo, and bounty. Players earn credits by completing various types of missions as well. The story missions can be taken on whenever the player wishes to. The game has a huge sandbox style, allowing the player to go wherever he/she chooses.


On these -planets players can take on various missions that can be obtained from mission computers and interacting with people. The main gameplay is made up of space combat and flying, traversing the universe grouped into star systems and landing on planets and bases. Players can choose to become a pirate, a merchant, a mercenary or a combination of the three. Some of them will always attack the player on sight, others will only attack if the player has choosen to become their enemy. The game is set in the Wing Commander universe and it contains seven factions: Merchants, Bounty hunters, Retros (religious group), Pirates, Militia, the Terran Confederation and the Kilrathi.
