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'''Lore''' in the [[:Category:elite series|Elite series]] is a term used for the background story. [[Frontier Developments|Frontier]] and official authors have created the lore which encompasses multiple games and media. The outcome of certain events were influenced by players via [[Community Goals]] and [[Powerplay]]. The in-game [[Codex]] has lore about various topics. [[GalNet]] reports the galactic news.

The [[Elite Timeline|timeline]] of Elite Dangerous has disparities with the classic Elite games, but the setting is the same fictional [[Elite Universe]].

== Topics ==

* [[:Category:Technology|Technology]]

The '''Lore''' of the [[Galaxy|Milky Way]] in [[Elite Dangerous]] is created by [[Frontier Developments|Frontier]], official authors and influenced by the collective actions of [[Commander|commanders]]. Players influence the lore such as with [[Community Goals|community goals]]. [[GalNet]] reports important galactic news. There are many noteworthy [[:Category:Characters|characters]] who play important roles in the [[Elite Dangerous Timeline]]. Every faction has [[Key People]] who play a leading role in factions and powerplay. [[Factions]] share similarities with [[Sol/Earth|Earth]]'s former [[Country|countries]], but they're much bigger. Within the galaxy there have been various [[Events]] which were caused by the actions of players and Frontier.

There are several official authors who have contributed to the lore with fictional material. Such as Drew Wagar who wrote [[Elite: Reclamation]] and [[Elite Dangerous: Premonition]] and David Hughes who created the traditional roleplaying game [http://daftworks.co.uk/eliterpg/index.php/ Elite Encounters]. They also collaborated on a guide to the background lore which is now on the [https://canonn.science/lore/drewwagar-primer/ Cannon Research Group].

''Cheap faster than light travel has enabled humanity to expand across the stars. They've built colonies, cities, stations and empires. This led to the rise of galactic superpowers: the [[Federation]], [[Empire]] and [[Alliance]]. The galaxy's vast wealth of minerals, water and life-bearing planets makes them wealthier every day. Such wealth of the major [[factions]] attracts [[power|powerful people]] who scheme daily to gain power.''<ref name=":0" />

''The Middle-classes can afford spaceships like cars in the 20th century. This gives them tremendous freedom. Space trade is seldom hampered by politics. Pilots are encouraged to do all kinds of jobs such as supplying [[Station|stations]]. Little has changed for those in the bottom of society since the old-[[Earth]]'s dark ages. The planet-spanning mega [[corporations]] employ entire nations and rule unchecked over vast sections of the galaxy. Weapons are readily available and people are inclined to shoot first. The general lawlessness of space, inequality, greed of the galactic elite, navigational hazards and fierce creatures on [[planets]] make it a dangerous galaxy.<ref name=":0">[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/edrpg/elite-dangerous-role-playing-game Kickstarter: Elite Dangerous Role Playing Game]</ref>''

There are three major [[:Category:Factions|factions]] called galactic superpowers in the [[Galaxy|Milky Way]]:

|[[Alliance]]  

|The Alliance, officially the Alliance of Independent Systems. The Alliance was formed from a number of independent systems with the goal of gaining strength in numbers and defending, where necessary, against the other major factions.

|[[Empire]]

|The Empire, officially the Empire of Achenar. The Empire is less technologically dependent than the Federation, choosing to keep and employ slaves for the work which machines would usually perform in other parts of the universe.

|[[Federation]]

|The Federation, officially the Federation of Star Systems or the Galactic Federation or the Interstellar Federation, is the oldest of the three major factions in the galaxy. The Federation is highly dependent on technology and is economically and socially corporatist.

 

 

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