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[[File:Raxxla 400.png|thumb| | [[File:Raxxla 400.png|thumb|300px|An emblem associated with Raxxla]] | ||
{{Quote|Cora comes home soused and raving with wild stories, a new one every night. She claims she's found a map to some pirate stash, and all I have to do is loan her my ship so we can go dig it up. Maybe we should go find Raxxla while we're at it!|From the journal of Art Tornqvist, circa 2296}} | {{Quote|Cora comes home soused and raving with wild stories, a new one every night. She claims she's found a map to some pirate stash, and all I have to do is loan her my ship so we can go dig it up. Maybe we should go find Raxxla while we're at it!|From the journal of Art Tornqvist, circa 2296}} | ||
'''Raxxla''' is a legend that has been circulating among spacers in one form or another for centuries. While there is little consistency among the various tales about Raxxla, the earliest stories about it agree that Raxxla is a definite place that holds a mysterious secret. Every [[explorer]] sets out to find Raxxla at some point in their career, convinced that they have picked the thread of truth out of the sea of rumors, but if any have succeeded in their quest, they have held their silence. The equally legendary organization known as [[The Dark Wheel]] is said to be dedicated to finding Raxxla.<ref name="KB-R">''[[Elite Dangerous]]'' [[Knowledge Base]] > Raxxla</ref> | '''Raxxla''' is a legend that has been circulating among spacers in one form or another for centuries. While there is little consistency among the various tales about Raxxla, the earliest stories about it agree that Raxxla is a definite place that holds a mysterious secret. Every [[explorer]] sets out to find Raxxla at some point in their career, convinced that they have picked the thread of truth out of the sea of rumors, but if any have succeeded in their quest, they have held their silence. The equally legendary organization known as [[The Dark Wheel]] is said to be dedicated to finding Raxxla.<ref name="KB-R">''[[Elite Dangerous]]'' [[Knowledge Base]] > Raxxla</ref> | ||
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*Raxxla 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]]'', Raxxla was described as a mythical planet which held an alien construct that served as a gateway to other universes. A corps of Elite-ranked pilots was suspected to have found Raxxla and exploited the gateway for their own selfish purposes, and hired assassins to eliminate any independent pilots and members of the Dark Wheel who tried to uncover Raxxla.<ref name="TDW">[http://www.iancgbell.clara.net/elite/dkwheel.htm ''The Dark Wheel'', Robert Holdstock]</ref> | *Raxxla 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]]'', Raxxla was described as a mythical planet which held an alien construct that served as a gateway to other universes. A corps of Elite-ranked pilots was suspected to have found Raxxla and exploited the gateway for their own selfish purposes, and hired assassins to eliminate any independent pilots and members of the Dark Wheel who tried to uncover Raxxla.<ref name="TDW">[http://www.iancgbell.clara.net/elite/dkwheel.htm ''The Dark Wheel'', Robert Holdstock]</ref> | ||
*[[Frontier Developments]] have historically refused to explicitly confirm or deny the existence of Raxxla, a possible location, or anything else about it.<ref>http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?p=143806#post143806</ref> | *[[Frontier Developments]] have historically refused to explicitly confirm or deny the existence of Raxxla, a possible location, or anything else about it.<ref>http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?p=143806#post143806</ref> | ||
* | *Drew Wagar, an author licensed to write the official ''[[Elite: Reclamation]]'' and ''[[Elite Dangerous: Premonition]]'' novels that tied into events in ''Elite Dangerous'', has confirmed on multiple occasions that he was informed by Fronter Developments staff that Raxxla was present in the game. | ||
**In March 2019, | **In September 2015, Drew Wagar stated "''I spoke to [[David Braben]] directly in 2014 and he confirmed to me that 'It’s out there and we (FD) know where it is.' – So it does exist.''"<ref>http://www.drewwagar.com/lore/elite-dangerous-lore-raxxla/</ref> | ||
**Raxxla is in the | **In March 2019, Wagar stated that he had also been told by [[Michael Brookes]] in no uncertain terms that Raxxla is indeed in the game, and that the developers know exactly where it is.<ref>[https://clips.twitch.tv/BillowingDarkWaspTriHard Twitch: Is Raxxla Real?]</ref> | ||
**In June 2021, Wagar described his 2014 conversation with Braben in detail, clarifying that it had occurred on July 8, 2014 at the BAFTA Games Showcase in London: ''"I chatted with him for about 5 minutes about the KS, the writers pledge, the ideas I had, how ED might evolve, how the coding was going and (yes, fanboy) how big an influence Elite had been etc... Then I asked him 'Is Raxxla in the game?' He answered with 'Yes. And we know where it is.' (I assumed the 'we' meant Frontier Developments)."''<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/o8g44a/david_braben_did_say_raxxla_was_in_the_game_i/ r/EliteDangerous: David Braben did say Raxxla was in the game... I heard him. :)]</ref> | |||
*Michael Brookes, the former Executive Producer of ''Elite Dangerous'', also commented on Raxxla. | |||
**Brookes notably once said, "There will be no clues."<ref name=":1">https://canonn.science/lore/drewwagar-raxxla/</ref> | |||
**Brookes subsequently confirmed that Raxxla is in the Milky Way galaxy in an interview with player DJTruthsayer:<ref name=":2">https://player.twitch.tv/?volume=0.8&video=v66487974&time=1h40m30s</ref><br/>Question: ''"Where is Raxxla?"''<br/>Brookes: ''"Well it's in the Milky Way, but I can't tell you where it is. It's a journey that everyone has to travel for themselves."''<br/>Question: ''"You have said that there will be no clues though?"''<br/>Brookes: ''"That's true, but I think you have to make some of it a tiny bit obvious just so people know what they're doing. There's nothing to be revealed at this stage."''<ref name=":2" /> | |||
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