The AI system is great as well. Wingmen are very clever and use their weapons just like a human would. They cooperate and team up on larger targets. The Cruisers and Destroyers target each other, spew fighters from their bays, etc. We've also got a real-time voice system working in multiplayer.
Players can send live messages to each other by talking into microphones.
We haven't done large-scale testing of it yet, but the first round of testing has surpassed our expectations. Realtime voice is going to be the next big step in gameplay, I think. A. FreeSpace is essentially the Holy Grail of space sims. I can't honestly think of a single feature I've ever wanted in a game like this that FreeSpace isn't shipping with. We've designed this game to be extensible from the start.