[Kyouryuu]

Hello FreeSpace community.  I come bearing gifts.

Many years ago, I got this as a gift from Interplay.  I don't quite remember the reason behind it, but the late webmaster was a really nice guy who was always doing things like this.  It's a promotional poster for the first FreeSpace game.  I haven't seen other posters like this on the Internet, so I thought it would be a fun project to scan this one for others to enjoy.

*Sorry folks, removed at the request of Interplay*

The poster says:
DESCENT: FREESPACE THE GREAT WAR

THIS TIME YOU'RE NOT GOING DOWN.
YOU'RE GOING OUT.

With the Interplay, Parallax Software, and Volition logos.

[headdie]

Sweet

question, what is the shiv thing being vaped by the Orion in the top right corner????

[CommanderDJ]

Looks like a Cain/Lilith.

[Dark Hunter]

While that is an awesome poster, are we legally allowed to copy it and distribute it? It is an Interplay original, after all, and particularly if it contains all the logos...

[Trivial Psychic]

It looks like the ship shooting the beam at the upper left is in fact a Cain/Lilith rather than the Lucifer.  I guess that's an example of the ones making the art aren't the ones who know the game inside and out.

[Kyouryuu]

I put in a request at Interplay's customer service to find out what their stance is on posters like this.  Historically, Interplay hasn't really cared that much about this kind of stuff, but you never know.  If I find out anything I'll pass it along.

[SypheDMar]

It looks like the ship shooting the beam at the upper left is in fact a Cain/Lilith rather than the Lucifer.  I guess that's an example of the ones making the art aren't the ones who know the game inside and out.

Or that could just saying that Shivan cruisers had beams to begin with.

[Qent]

Or that could just saying that Shivan cruisers had beams to begin with.

And Manticores!

[Rodo]

Not Beam turrets, but Blobs with long trails.

[SypheDMar]

Is that a Typhon at the right edge? That looks meaty and alien.

[Snail]

Awesome. This is what the FSPort should look like.

[Trivial Psychic]

There appears to be some additional glowpoints on the Orion that I don't think that our current model has.

[Hades]

The original TIFF is over 100 MB big and 6600x8400 in size, so it's very large.  I don't have a space on the Internets to put something that big, but if there's someone willing to host it, feel free to contact me. 

I would definitely love to have it. Could you try uploading to mediafire? They should allow for a bit above 100 mb uploads. May just take a while.

[Nyctaeus]

That Fenris-like ship over the Typhoon... Is it a Ticonderoga? o_O

[General Battuta]

It's just a Fenris with an Ursa in front of it.

[Thaeris]

Now that you mention it...

...That poster...

My God, it's full of Ursas!

[peterv]

Thanks for the gift and...

[Pred the Penguin]

That Apolo in the bottom left corner looks awesome!

[Hades]

It's the same model they used for Ash, you can even see the burn mark on the side. You can also see their high-poly Typhon at the edge.

Man, we really need to bug Volition about those tapes.

[FreeSpaceFreak]

The original TIFF is over 100 MB big and 6600x8400 in size, so it's very large.  I don't have a space on the Internets to put something that big, but if there's someone willing to host it, feel free to contact me. 

Make it a PNG, that should help quite a bit in filesize without losing any quality. And then, like Hades said, upload it to MediaFire. I'm interested in the download link as well