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It's possible to seamlessly travel from the surface of a planet into space and the rest of a solar system. However, this takes several hours without supercruise ([[Frameshift Drive]]).

== Planetary Landings Guide ==

This is a comprehensive guide by GrowCastler.<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/eawl9i/a_comprehensive_guide_to_planetary_landings/ A comprehensive guide to planetary landings by GrowCastler]</ref>

''You may have seen other guides on how to do planetary landings. They’ll tell you to stress about all those annoying numbers and letters on your HUD, and say stuff like “proceed smoothly from orbit to glide” or whatever. They are all wrong and you should not listen to them.''

''There are only two steps to successful and heroic planetary landings: (1) establish dominance, (2) boost.''

''I’ve done at least 12½ landings and survived some, so if you follow these easy steps you can rest assured it’ll all be fine:''

# ''So what you want to do first off is to establish dominance over the planet. Get yourself a nice long run up. I suggest a few mkm out, directly above your chosen impact site destination.''

# ''Then it’s full speed ahead, straight down. Don’t worry about all the alarms and flashing red lights – they’re just there to tell you how heroic you’re being but you already knew that so duh (remember Jameson did the same thing and they gave him a memorial)''

# ''Soon you’ll see a kinda ladder thing on your screen. I haven’t figured out how to turn this off yet, so just ignore it. Now you’ll also see the planet zooming up towards you. This is a good thing because we’re gonna land on it so the closer the better''

# ''There might be some booms and bangs and alarms around now – ignore those too, you’ll be fine probably. Then your ship will tell you it’s trying to do some stuff and then 0.013 secs later it’ll abort the lot and start doing alarms again. That’s all good – it means you’ve nearly landed''

# ''Then there’ll be another big boom and then you’ll be sad because your ship will slow down. But it’s ok because we’re nearly there now, and remember we’ve still got boost! So now keep pointing straight down and spam boost like crazy''

# ''If you’re landing on a station this is when they’ll start hassling you over coms. But just keep boosting at them – it’s the universal gesture of dominance and they know it. Tell them you’re gonna land, do one final boost, and there you are! If you miss, or forgot to deploy your landing gear in all the excitement, don’t worry you can usually sometimes try again. Just boost up and down till you’ve cracked it.''

# ''If you’re landing on rocks or whatever it’s even easier: (a) keep boosting, and then (b) go straight down until you hit some land, which means you’ve landed. If you’re having problems, stop whining and just boost around a bit (please note: this is the expert method for winning at pretty much everything in Elite Dangerous)''

''This guide will make all your planetary landings exciting and heroic and will hardly ever result in a fiery death''

''o7 Commanders!''

''BONUS ADVICE! (for after you’ve landed): This is down to personal preference but once I’m in the SRV I always like to give my ship a couple of shots before I set off exploring. This lets it know who’s boss''

== Videos ==

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 It's possible to seamlessly travel from the surface of a planet into space and the rest of a solar system. However, this takes several hours without supercruise ([[Frameshift Drive]]).
+== Planetary Landings Guide ==
+This is a comprehensive guide by GrowCastler.<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/eawl9i/a_comprehensive_guide_to_planetary_landings/ A comprehensive guide to planetary landings by GrowCastler]</ref>
+''You may have seen other guides on how to do planetary landings. They’ll tell you to stress about all those annoying numbers and letters on your HUD, and say stuff like “proceed smoothly from orbit to glide” or whatever. They are all wrong and you should not listen to them.''
+''There are only two steps to successful and heroic planetary landings: (1) establish dominance, (2) boost.''
+''I’ve done at least 12½ landings and survived some, so if you follow these easy steps you can rest assured it’ll all be fine:''
+# ''So what you want to do first off is to establish dominance over the planet. Get yourself a nice long run up. I suggest a few mkm out, directly above your chosen impact site destination.''
+# ''Then it’s full speed ahead, straight down. Don’t worry about all the alarms and flashing red lights – they’re just there to tell you how heroic you’re being but you already knew that so duh (remember Jameson did the same thing and they gave him a memorial)''
+# ''Soon you’ll see a kinda ladder thing on your screen. I haven’t figured out how to turn this off yet, so just ignore it. Now you’ll also see the planet zooming up towards you. This is a good thing because we’re gonna land on it so the closer the better''
+# ''There might be some booms and bangs and alarms around now – ignore those too, you’ll be fine probably. Then your ship will tell you it’s trying to do some stuff and then 0.013 secs later it’ll abort the lot and start doing alarms again. That’s all good – it means you’ve nearly landed''
+# ''Then there’ll be another big boom and then you’ll be sad because your ship will slow down. But it’s ok because we’re nearly there now, and remember we’ve still got boost! So now keep pointing straight down and spam boost like crazy''
+# ''If you’re landing on a station this is when they’ll start hassling you over coms. But just keep boosting at them – it’s the universal gesture of dominance and they know it. Tell them you’re gonna land, do one final boost, and there you are! If you miss, or forgot to deploy your landing gear in all the excitement, don’t worry you can usually sometimes try again. Just boost up and down till you’ve cracked it.''
+# ''If you’re landing on rocks or whatever it’s even easier: (a) keep boosting, and then (b) go straight down until you hit some land, which means you’ve landed. If you’re having problems, stop whining and just boost around a bit (please note: this is the expert method for winning at pretty much everything in Elite Dangerous)''
+''This guide will make all your planetary landings exciting and heroic and will hardly ever result in a fiery death''
+''o7 Commanders!''
+''BONUS ADVICE! (for after you’ve landed): This is down to personal preference but once I’m in the SRV I always like to give my ship a couple of shots before I set off exploring. This lets it know who’s boss''
 == Videos ==

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