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== Overview == | == Overview == | ||
[[File:Space Depot ED.jpg|thumb|Space Depot]] | |||
[[Frontier Developments|Frontier]] gave limited info about SC during [[Frontier Unlocked|Frontier Unlocked #10]] on 27 October 2024: | [[Frontier Developments|Frontier]] gave limited info about SC during [[Frontier Unlocked|Frontier Unlocked #10]] on 27 October 2024: | ||
A player who owns or claims a system is called a System Architect.<ref name=":2" /> This can be done by an individual [[commander]] or a group.<ref name=":2" /> | A player who owns or claims a system is called a System Architect.<ref name=":2" /> This can be done by an individual [[commander]] or a group.<ref name=":2" /> | ||
The player must find an unpopulated system within a certain distance and claim it as their own. Then move a System Colonisation Ship to the system. It is bigger than a [[Drake-Class Carrier]], close to the size of a [[Station|space station]].<ref name=":2">[https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2289337034 Frontier Unlocked #10] - Twitch - 30 October 2024</ref> Then establish and build a Space Depot (starport) in that system. Logistics is of key importance to transport [[materials]] into the system to build a starport.<ref name=":3">[https://www.polygon.com/pc/473158/elite-dangerous-colonization-expansion-bubble Elite Dangerous will let players colonize the Milky Way in 2025] - Polygon - 31 Oct 2024</ref> | The player must find an unpopulated system within a certain distance and claim it as their own. Then move a System Colonisation Ship to the system. It is bigger than a [[Drake-Class Carrier]], close to the size of a [[Station|space station]].<ref name=":2">[https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2289337034 Frontier Unlocked #10] - Twitch - 30 October 2024</ref> Then establish and build a Space Depot (starport) in that system. It is a hub to work on in the system. Logistics is of key importance to transport [[materials]] into the system to build a starport.<ref name=":3">[https://www.polygon.com/pc/473158/elite-dangerous-colonization-expansion-bubble Elite Dangerous will let players colonize the Milky Way in 2025] - Polygon - 31 Oct 2024</ref> | ||
Once the starport is built, you can expand the system. You have direct influence in placing existing assets, starport, planet ports, settlements and other facilities.<ref name=":3" /> There's a plethora of tools to work with. The facility types that you put down will dictate the economy in that system.<ref name=":2" /> This determines the economic output such as high-tech or agribusiness.<ref name=":3" /> | Once the starport is built, you can expand the system. You have direct influence in placing existing assets, starport, planet ports, settlements and other facilities.<ref name=":3" /> There's a plethora of tools to work with. The facility types that you put down will dictate the economy in that system.<ref name=":2" /> This determines the economic output such as high-tech or agribusiness.<ref name=":3" /> | ||
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Expanding [[Core Systems|The Bubble]] can have a galaxy wide effect. For example new trade routes for [[Trader|traders]], new hubs for [[Explorer|explorers]] that you can use as a home base before going into deep space.<ref name=":2" /> | Expanding [[Core Systems|The Bubble]] can have a galaxy wide effect. For example new trade routes for [[Trader|traders]], new hubs for [[Explorer|explorers]] that you can use as a home base before going into deep space.<ref name=":2" /> | ||
More details will be disclosed during [[Frontier Unlocked]] #11 on 27 November 2024. | More details will be disclosed during [[Frontier Unlocked]] #11 on 27 November 2024. | ||
== Features == | == Features == | ||