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That's one of the built-in aspects of playing Freelancer. It's based on Starlancer, in which the Alliance was the "Good guys" and the Coalition is the "bad guys". I think they picked the countries where they expected to sell the most games and put all of them in the Alliance: USA, Japan, Germany, the UK, and France. And that left Russia and China and some unspecified Arabs as the enemies. As an American, it felt right for me to have the Alliance in the white hats, but I can see how it would be …

(Quote)That's a cliche from old Westerns but yes; traditionally, the guys who wear white cowboy hats are the good guys and the guys who wear black cowboy hats are the bad guys. This is no longer even remotely reflected in American culture, but the cliche endures. (Quote)Starlancer begins with the Alliance on the defensive because of the sneak attack by the Coalition. So you always get the sense that the odds are against you, but the same could be said of the Bristish during WWII. But you are ri…