You probably bailed on the RGO thread when you bailed on the game. :)
Ah. That actually explains it. Now I feel guilty. :(
If I had a criticism of RGO in particular, it’s that the whole thing felt “Southwest US” (which is fine) but all the “hardworkin’ space traders” you rescued were invariably white trucker types. It didn’t feel multi-ethnic like the real Southwest is. I dunno, I enjoyed the game as far as I got (but the stupid story mission where you have to disable 5 cop ships was impossible for me, so I got stuck), but that bothered me a bit.
What does that mean? IME differences in day-to-day interactions with truckers in Texas didn’t break down along ethnic lines.
It was just an impression, but it felt like the only humans in that part of space apart from the odd bartender were white folks (in RGO-- not so much in the first game). I still enjoyed what I played of both games.
Did you play Freelancer for more than a few hours? Eventually you go to Space Germany, Space Britain and Space China.
I finished it! But I’m old and senile so forgot about the rest.