President Barbara Jacobi is the democratically-elected head of the Liberty government in the single-player storyline of Freelancer. Early in the game, Rheinland's Admiral Schultzky is arriving at Newark Station to meet with Jacobi, but his ship, the Rheinland Cruiser Donau, is attacked and destroyed by Order fighters over Planet Manhattan. The lead pilot is heard to claim the admiral is a traitor, and that the operatives are coming to protect President Jacobi by destroying Schultzky and his ship.