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=== What is "Elite: Dangerous"? ===
: '''''[http://www.elitedangerous.com Elite: Dangerous]''''' is the [http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=dcbf6b86b4b0c7d1c21b73b1e&id=f9f6f99d01#4 ''4th''
: The subtitle "Dangerous" refers to the 3rd best [http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=dcbf6b86b4b0c7d1c21b73b1e&id=f72c0f91b2#Badge%20of%20Honour Elite Rating] you could achieve during combat in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontier:_First_Encounters ''Elite'' games.] In the new game it has been [http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=6279 expanded] to include more than combat.
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* [[Elite: Dangerous FAQ#I have heard that the .22Elite.22 series have no actual storyline. Is that true.3F|An immersive, evolving galaxy with dynamic society, economy and stories]], allowing pilots to join each other and together change the story of the Milky Way.
* Pilots will be breaking blockades, battling [[pirate|pirates]]
* All actions will change history of human kind.
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrrNlml4Ibk&t=120 Free-form play] allows everyone to choose their own path, becoming an angry pirate, a spy, a peaceful trader, an explorer, a soldier, or a mix between these roles.
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** Specially handcrafted overrides for [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbPSjOSXpw4&t=165 160,000 known stars in the night sky] and planetary objects that we know and love. For example, our solar system with Earth, Moon and Mars, other systems with recently discovered planets, etc.
* [[Elite:_Dangerous_FAQ#Will_there_be_Newtonian_physics.3F|Newtonian space combat]] (ships will continue to move unless intervened but without orbital mechanics)
* [[Elite: Dangerous FAQ#How will we travel those vast distances in such a huge glaxy.3F|Freeform (manual yaw/pitch/roll) interplanetary flight]] allows to fly freely through star systems in realistic scale to get to a destination. Players can choose to travel wherever they want, including vista points to see Earth rise on the moon, or the sun appearing behind
: The game will be [[Elite:_Dangerous_FAQ#What_are_the_expansions.3F|expanded]] with ambitious features such as [[Elite: Dangerous FAQ#Will it be possible to manually land on planets.3F|atmospheric flight and landings]] and [[Elite: Dangerous FAQ#Can I walk around the ship.2C planets and space stations.3F|on-foot and out-of-ship activities]] (such as FPS combat, walking around and boarding ships, walking in stations and walking and driving vehicles on entire 1:1 scale populated living planets), [[Elite: Dangerous FAQ#Will I be able to hire crew for my ship.3F|multi-player crew]] and possibly [[Elite: Dangerous FAQ#Can I own and control capital ships.3F|player executive controlled capital ships]].
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=== How can we travel those vast distances in such a huge galaxy?===
: There are [http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=dcbf6b86b4b0c7d1c21b73b1e&id=cfcdbae60e#The%20Need%20for%20Speed two modes of super luminal (faster than light) travel] to cover [[Elite: Dangerous FAQ#How big will planets and star systems.C2.A0be.3F|those vast 1:1 scale distances]].
# '''[[Supercruise]]''', formerly known as frame shifting, is used for '''freeform (manual pitch/yaw/roll) '''travel within star systems. The maximum speed varies based on proximity to celestial bodies, up to '''2001 times the speed of light (2001C)''' that rarely gets reached, to be able handle [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_exoplanet_extremes#Orbit_characteristics the most extreme spatial distances.] It consumes a small amount of [[fuel]] and you can also see other ships that are '''super-cruising''' within a star system from a long distance away visually and with long range sensors and also do [http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showpost.php?p=441493&postcount=2 combat
# '''[[Hyperspace]] '''drives are used to '''travel from anywhere between star systems.''' Hyperdrives with different ranges, charge up times and fuel consumption parameters are available, and so your particular model of hyperdrive governs your specific ability to move around the galaxy. The game ensures that you will [[Elite: Dangerous FAQ#Is .22Elite: Dangerous.22 an MMO.3F|get grouped]] with other ships near the star with the largest mass during hyperspace exit.
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===Is there any mining?===
: Yes, just like [http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~healer8/kelpie/mining.htm the last two Elite games], there
: First [http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=7196 '''Mineral Bodies''' (Asteroids), '''Frozen Liquid Bodies '''(Comets), '''Gas/Dust Clouds''']''' and [http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=10523 Salvaging], '''but [http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~healer8/kelpie/mining.htm planetary mining] machines are to come.
*[http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=7196 Mining]
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: Methods of Travel:
: ''Elite: Dangerous'' has freeform (manual pitch/yaw/roll) [[Elite:_Dangerous_FAQ#How_will_we_travel_those_vast_distances_in_such_a_huge_galaxy.3F|interplanetary fast travel]] with combat
: ''<nowiki>Star Citizen'</nowiki>''s interplanetary fast travel will allow a speed of up to 20% the speed of light (0.2C), which necessitates [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5M5DXzcMmg&t=1066 scaled down] star systems to compress [http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=dcbf6b86b4b0c7d1c21b73b1e&id=f9f6f99d01#4 spatial distances] to make travel times practical. It also won't be freeform (Autopilot Only) nor have combat manoeuvring in this mode, [http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/12grru/i_am_chris_roberts_creator_of_wing_commander/c6uxa22 so you will not have the ability to specify an exact random location in space. You can navigate to known locations or tag a ship they want to track or ambush.] Also you must fly through [https://forums.robertsspaceindustries.com/discussion/comment/1738871/#Comment_1738871 wormhole-like jump points (which will allow some interactivity) at fixed locations to other star system.]
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