Wing Commander Saga is a free game based on the Freespace 2 Source Code Project. It is based upon the popular Wing Commander series by Chris Roberts and Origin, and features a new story line during the final portion of the Terran Confederations deseprate fight for survivial against the Kilrathi Empire. You assume the role of 2nd Lieutenant David Markham, a recent OCS graduate in an accelerated flight training program. Victory and survival for humanity can only be bought at a terrible cost. Gather your wingmen and your courage and prepare to play your part in humanity's desperate gambit as you face the Kilrathi foe. It is a time where even average men must reach inside themselves and become heroes. Answer the call. Face the enemy. Make your mark as the Confederation faces its darkest dawn.
The Brimstone system is located in the Roberts Quadrant of the Vega Sector. The system consists of a yellow (G5V) main sequence star with three terrestrial planets, a gas giant with a rocky moon, and an extensive asteroid field. The Brimstone system was part of the Kilrathi Empire until it was seized by confederation forces in 2654.
The system contains one habitable planet, Brimstone II. After the four Kilrathi bases on the planet were defeated, Brimstone II became a Confederation colony. Although considered by most to be a desolate world, Brimstone II is host to the infamous 'Sand Worms' and is an exporter of a delicious fancy fruit that is highly prized and sought after throughout the Confederation and a whiskey that is sometimes referred to as Brimstone Fire.
The asteroid belt is currently being explored and mapped for mineral extraction. Best estimates by the mining guild in Brimstone indicate the asteroid field may be a major resource for iron, nickel, copper and all the materials required to produce durasteel. If the projected estimates hold true, Brimstone could become an exporter of metals and durasteel.
Even though the system is lightly colonized and only produces two major exports, it is considered a strategic asset by the shipping guilds and Confed Fleet due to the eight known jump points. The only system in Confederation space to have more jump points than Brimstone is the Enigma system in the Enigma Sector with its ten jump points.