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{{Upcoming}}
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The '''Fleet Carrier Update''', formerly known as the '''December Update''', is a planned standalone content update for ''[[Elite Dangerous]]'' that was originally scheduled for release in December 2019, but was delayed to Q2 2020.<ref name="Delay">[https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/community-update-22-10.527123/ Frontier Forums: Community Update (22/10)]</ref> After the [[September Update]], it was to have been the third of a series of updates throughout 2019 designed to provide quality of life improvements and a more welcoming beginning experience for new players.<ref name="LC2019">[https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/lavecon-2019-content-reveal.516705/ Frontier Forums: Lavecon 2019 Content Reveal]</ref><ref name="GC 2019">[https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/gamescom-reveals-fleet-carrier-details.520110/ Frontier Forums: Gamescom Reveals - Fleet Carrier Details]</ref>
The '''Fleet Carrier Update''' (conjectural name), formerly known as the '''December Update''', is a planned standalone content update for ''[[Elite Dangerous]]'' that was originally scheduled for release in December 2019, but was delayed to Q2 2020.<ref name="Delay">[https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/community-update-22-10.527123/ Frontier Forums: Community Update (22/10)]</ref> After the [[January Update]], it will be the fourth of a series of free updates throughout 2019 and 2020 intended to enhance the game prior to the [[Elite Dangerous: The Next Era|unnamed second expansion]].<ref name="LC2019">[https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/lavecon-2019-content-reveal.516705/ Frontier Forums: Lavecon 2019 Content Reveal]</ref><ref name="GC 2019">[https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/gamescom-reveals-fleet-carrier-details.520110/ Frontier Forums: Gamescom Reveals - Fleet Carrier Details]</ref>


== Features ==
== Features ==
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**Fleet Carriers have multiple loadouts of available services, modules, and shipyard stock suited for specific [[roles]]. They can be further specialized with an Exploration, Mining, or Mercenary Support Vessel.<ref name="GC 2019" />
**Fleet Carriers have multiple loadouts of available services, modules, and shipyard stock suited for specific [[roles]]. They can be further specialized with an Exploration, Mining, or Mercenary Support Vessel.<ref name="GC 2019" />
**The owner of a Fleet Carrier can schedule jumps to different systems, provided the Fleet Carrier has a sufficient amount of a unique fuel resource. Fleet Carriers have a maximum jump range of 500 ly.<ref name="GC 2019" />
**The owner of a Fleet Carrier can schedule jumps to different systems, provided the Fleet Carrier has a sufficient amount of a unique fuel resource. Fleet Carriers have a maximum jump range of 500 ly.<ref name="GC 2019" />
*'''Various bug fixes'''<ref>[https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/no-more-patch-updates-before-fleet-carriers.538435/page-4#post-8317661 Frontier Forums: No more patch updates before Fleet Carriers?, post #78]</ref>


*'''Other features TBA'''<ref name="LC2019" />
*'''Other features TBA'''<ref name="LC2019" />