Alright. Thank you very much

Ok, so the other day I was at my buddy’s place and he showed me this game Freelancer. I played it for a while (totally into it) when all of a sudden (like three hours later :P) It was time for me to leave. I said ok, whatever. Now that a few days have passed I find myself wanting to play it more and more. Problem is, I have no idea how to go about finding it. I’ve checked around teh interwebz for a while, but to no avail. I understand that Microsoft has closed down the servers and all that, but I can’t find the game itself. Let alone getting online. So I found this site and figured it’d be the best place to continue my quest for Freelancer. So what I need from you guys is a total noob friendly step-by-step guide on how to get this game and get it online.

Thanks
~Brad