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{{Quote|To the jewel that burns on the brow of the mother of galaxies! To the whisperer in witchspace, the siren of the deepest void! The parent's grief, the lover's woe, and the yearning of our vagabond hearts. To Raxxla!|Alleged toast of the Dark Wheel<ref name="KB-R">''[[Elite Dangerous]]'' [[Knowledge Base]] > Raxxla</ref>}} | {{Quote|To the jewel that burns on the brow of the mother of galaxies! To the whisperer in witchspace, the siren of the deepest void! The parent's grief, the lover's woe, and the yearning of our vagabond hearts. To Raxxla!|Alleged toast of the Dark Wheel<ref name="KB-R">''[[Elite Dangerous]]'' [[Knowledge Base]] > Raxxla</ref>}} | ||
The '''Dark Wheel''' is a | The '''Dark Wheel''' is a secretive organization comprised of exceptional adventurers, explorers, investigators, and treasure-hunters that is said to have existed since the advent of interstellar space travel. Among their many arcane goals, they are thought to be primarily dedicated to finding [[Raxxla]]. A minor faction that calls itself "The Dark Wheel" is known to operate out of the [[Shinrarta Dezhra]] system, which is also the headquarters of the [[Pilots Federation]], but it is unlikely to have a legitimate connection to the Dark Wheel of legend, and most likely a reconstruction or an opportunistic imitator, since it was founded by a squadron of independent pilots.<ref name="KB-TDW">''[[Elite Dangerous]]'' [[Knowledge Base]] > The Dark Wheel</ref> | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
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=== Soontill === | === Soontill === | ||
Reportedly, the Dark Wheel has yet to locate Raxxla, but sometime prior to 3300 | Reportedly, the Dark Wheel has yet to locate Raxxla, but sometime prior to 3300, a known branch of the group known locally as the "Circle of Independent Elite Pilots", located a mysterious planet called "[[Soontill]]" which was a "world full of [[Thargoid]] treasures beyond anyone's wildest dreams." This planet is believed to be the source of [[Soontill Relics]], which are exclusively sold at Cheranovsky City in Ngurii. At the time of Soontill's discovery, the Dark Wheel was headed by the pilot Alex Ryder. Alex's two sons, Neptune and Oberon, disagreed about whether Soontill or Raxxla should be prioritized.<ref>''[[Elite: And Here The Wheel]]''</ref><ref name="DrewTDW">https://www.drewwagar.com/lore/elite-dangerous-lore-the-dark-wheel/</ref> | ||
=== Minor Faction === | === Minor Faction === | ||
[[File:Dark_Wheel_Faction_Mission.png|thumb|200px|A mission offered by The Dark Wheel]] | [[File:Dark_Wheel_Faction_Mission.png|thumb|200px|A mission offered by The Dark Wheel]] | ||
In 3300, minor faction that calls itself "The Dark Wheel" emerged in the permit-locked [[Shinrarta Dezhra]] system, headquarters of the [[Pilots Federation]]. The provenance of this minor faction is unclear, and it cannot conclusively be established that it has any direct relationship with the original Dark Wheel.<ref name="KB-TDW" /> | In 3300, minor faction that calls itself "The Dark Wheel" emerged in the permit-locked [[Shinrarta Dezhra]] system, headquarters of the [[Pilots Federation]]. The provenance of this minor faction is unclear, and it cannot conclusively be established that it has any direct relationship with the original Dark Wheel, and may just be an imitator.<ref name="KB-TDW" /> | ||
The Dark Wheel minor faction is known to offer specialized missions, some of which request sourcing or delivering [[Trinkets of Hidden Fortune]] or [[SAP 8 Core Container]]s, or retrieving "data crystals" containing unknown coordinates from other minor factions for decryption and analysis.<ref>[https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/168253-The-Quest-To-Find-Raxxla Frontier Forums: The Quest To Find Raxxla]</ref> | The Dark Wheel minor faction is known to offer specialized missions, some of which request sourcing or delivering [[Trinkets of Hidden Fortune]] or [[SAP 8 Core Container]]s, or retrieving "data crystals" containing unknown coordinates from other minor factions for decryption and analysis.<ref>[https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/168253-The-Quest-To-Find-Raxxla Frontier Forums: The Quest To Find Raxxla]</ref> | ||
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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
*The Dark Wheel was first featured in the 1980 book ''The Alien World: A Complete Illustrated Guide'' written by Steven Eisler, under the pen name of Robert Holdstock.<ref>https://www.amazon.com/Alien-World-Complete-Illustrated-Guide/dp/0517305607</ref> Holdstock published a novella called ''[[Elite: The Dark Wheel]]'', which came packaged with the original [[Elite]] game, in 1984.<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Wheel#Packaging_and_marketing</ref> In that novella, which is outside the canon of ''[[Elite Dangerous]]'', the only identified member of the Dark Wheel was Jason Ryder, an Elite-ranked combateer and the father of Alex Ryder. Jason had told his friend Rafe Zetter that he had found solid evidence of Raxxla's existence, but he was assassinated before he could pursue this new lead. Alex later avenged his father by destroying the assassin, after which Rafe told him about Raxxla and the assassin's possible links to a corrupt group of Elite pilots who had supposedly found Raxxla and were intent on monopolizing it. At this point, Alex had achieved the rank of Deadly and resolved to become an Elite, join the Dark Wheel, and find Raxxla himself.<ref name="TDW">[http://www.iancgbell.clara.net/elite/dkwheel.htm ''The Dark Wheel'', Robert Holdstock]</ref><ref name="DrewTDW" /> | *The Dark Wheel was first featured in the 1980 book ''The Alien World: A Complete Illustrated Guide'' written by Steven Eisler, under the pen name of Robert Holdstock.<ref>https://www.amazon.com/Alien-World-Complete-Illustrated-Guide/dp/0517305607</ref> Holdstock published a novella called ''[[Elite: The Dark Wheel]]'', which came packaged with the original [[Elite]] game, in 1984.<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Wheel#Packaging_and_marketing</ref> In that novella, which is outside the canon of ''[[Elite Dangerous]]'', the only identified member of the Dark Wheel was Jason Ryder, an Elite-ranked combateer and the father of Alex Ryder. Jason had told his friend Rafe Zetter that he had found solid evidence of Raxxla's existence, but he was assassinated before he could pursue this new lead. Alex later avenged his father by destroying the assassin, after which Rafe told him about Raxxla and the assassin's possible links to a corrupt group of Elite pilots who had supposedly found Raxxla and were intent on monopolizing it. At this point, Alex had achieved the rank of Deadly and resolved to become an Elite, join the Dark Wheel, and find Raxxla himself.<ref name="TDW">[http://www.iancgbell.clara.net/elite/dkwheel.htm ''The Dark Wheel'', Robert Holdstock]</ref><ref name="DrewTDW" /> | ||
*In 2020 and 2021, The Dark Wheel minor faction was at the center of a [[Background Simulation]] manipulation experiment, where players collaborated to expand the faction from Shinrarta Dezhra all the way to [[Sol]], the goal being to provoke a response either from the Background Simulation or [[Frontier Developments]]. The operation went smoothly, in spite of numerous player factions being uncooperative, but came to a sudden end when it was discovered that player factions cannot expand into Sol, suspected to be either being due to Sol being a [[Permits|permit-locked system]], or Frontier placing a hardcoded lock on Sol itself to prevent player factions from expanding into the system and breaking the in-universe lore. | |||
== Videos == | == Videos == | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File:Elite_Dangerous-_THE_DARK_WHEEL_CODEX | File:Elite_Dangerous-_THE_DARK_WHEEL_CODEX | ||
File:The Dark Wheel (Part 1) Celebrating Elite at 40 | |||
File:The Dark Wheel (Part 2) Celebrating Elite at 40 | |||
File:The Dark Wheel (Part 3) Celebrating Elite at 40 | |||
File:The Dark Wheel (Part 4) Celebrating Elite at 40 | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
== Gallery == | == Gallery == | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
Dark Wheel Faction Mission.png|Dark Wheel faction mission | |||
The | Elite The Dark Wheel Novella.jpg|The Dark Wheel novella | ||
The-Dark-Wheel-Codex-Logo.png|Dark Wheel Codex logo | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||