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=== What are good videos that show the game? ===
Here are some carefully selected fan made videos that show various aspects of the game:<gallery hideaddbutton="true"
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You will be able to own [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6tahRbkaq8&t=1283 small inflatable asteroid stations] as [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/dcbf6b86b4b0c7d1c21b73b1e/images/stationtypes.jpg depicted here] as part of an update, but you can't fully own large stations, build empires or own fleets, since that '''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-bEn2aLJ7U&t=64 would change the nature of the game.]''' However, David Braben stated that they will add this type of functionality to some degree in the future.
Question: "Will it be possible to own a fleet of ships, staffed by NPCs and given orders to follow so that they trade or scout or mine ore etc?" David Braben answered: "With time we will add this sort of functionality to some degree, but we don't want it to be the be all, end all of the game."<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-bEn2aLJ7U&t=0s</ref>
The third expansion [[Elite Dangerous: Beyond]] will add [[Fleet Carrier|Fleet Carriers]] in Q4 2018. It are very large capital ships that serve as mobile bases. They will be purchasable by [[Squadrons]] which are like player managed guilds.
For example, why would you pilot space ships yourself, when the most efficient way to make money and progress in a game is to sit back in an office and hand out commands? It's also problematic from a lore and immersion standpoint, since the game is [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6z5OK8J5pg&list=PL7glm5rbPHKway8jUwKEw6MeWjC4voHD4 simulating realistic societies, social structures] and time scales, so building an empire would involve a lot of resources and politics that only big nations can afford and would stretch over months or years, even building a large space station can take a month or more.
So as an '''Elite''' federation pilot, you will initially only be able to [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uKD1ap5hsI aid in building empires and large space stations] through [[Community Goals]], by [[Elite: Dangerous FAQ#Will there be any missions or quests.3F|taking missions]] to transport resources and defend them, but you are too low on the [http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=7494 social ladder] (not important enough) to be able to command or own these kind of things. When they add this type of features to "some degree" it would need to strike a balance between realism and gameplay.
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