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: 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.
: The origin of the series is ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elite_%28video_game%29 Elite,]'' the genre defining [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srlJVE50mCI&list=SP9E1E1F7AA6193498&index=1 open world sandbox, space adventure, trading and combat simulator] first released in ''1984''. It spawned two sequels ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynXwvSqsCek Frontier: Elite II]'' in ''[https://frontier.co.uk/games/older/frontier_elite_ii 1993]'' and ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0_WewBEGew Frontier: First Encounters (Elite III)]'' in ''[https://frontier.co.uk/games/older/frontier_first_encounters 1995]'', which already attempted to [[Elite: Dangerous FAQ#How big will planets and star systems.C2.A0be.3F|simulate a realistic Milky Way galaxy]] with [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AK-NMyDaPAg realistic star systems] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yc9o_ldmlVs&t=72 seamless freeform interplanetary] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0_WewBEGew#t=53 atmospheric flight] and landing on [[Elite: Dangerous FAQ#Will planets rotate and orbit around stars.3F|moving planets]], with [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0_WewBEGew&t=265 realistic orbits and day/night cycles]. The developers have gone to great lengths to map and electronically recreate the Milky Way to scale to make the game as realistic as possible.
: ''Elite'' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elite_%28video_game%29 inspired the creation of many space games] and the [http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/134644/the_replay_interviews_gary_penn.php the creation of the "Grand Theft Auto (GTA)" series.]
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** [http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/15od2s/i_am_david_braben_cocreator_of_elite_creator_of/c7qbhd8 Cosmic phenomena like black holes, supernovas, active binary stars etc.]
** 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 sun appearing behind of Mars. Or they could choose to explore the vast expanse of space and discover new points of interest in star systems.
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