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* [[Star Cluster|Star Clusters]] with rich survey data opportunities.

* Several sapient [[species]] in the galaxy. The most notable are [[Human|Humans]], [[Thargoids]] and [[Guardians]]. More sapient species are yet to be discovered.

The [[Core Systems]] also known as The Bubble is a sphere of about 150 light years around [[Sol]] with 19 thousand inhabited systems where [[power]]s compete for influence, resources, territory and control. The territory volume is about 13.8 million cubic light years, and encompasses over 20,000 inhabited systems with over 66,000 [[Station|stations]], [[starport|starports]] and [[Outpost|outposts]].

There are [[Asteroid Base|Asteroid Bases]] in deep space. Major hubs of human expansion outside the Core Systems are the [[Pleiades Nebula]] and [[Colonia Region]]. 

During a keynote presentation at Nordic Game 2014 David Braben said ''"We've taken a lot of hard science to compose the galaxy so everybody that's in all sorts of star surveys we've merged with fixed errors in the star surveys and so in one place, possibly for the first time we've got a very consistent model of the galaxy and it's rich enough that we can plot the night sky. But when we plotted the night sky as viewed from Earth it's really bright and it actually doesn't look right. So what we've then done is we've tuned the dust so that it actually matches the night sky when viewed from [[Earth]]. What's interesting is there is way more dust than most scientific theories say there should be. But we can tell by just wondering outside on a clear day and looking know that's what it should be so we are actually looking at that from sort of first principles. There really is a lot of dust, but the great thing from a game point of view is it actually makes the night sky very interesting. So you don't need to fly very far in game terms from Earth for the night sky to change quite dramatically. So for those who've played it we've actually put in most of the earth centric constellations in the sky, but when you travel a little away they all distort, but more important we are bang in the middle of this dust. So your night sky is quite dark, but if you go say a hundred light years directly out of the galactic plane it’s a bit like poking up. When you're on a plane taking off from an airport, you get that amazing view when you come out of the clouds looking out of the window and you suddenly see right across. That's what it's like and some of the systems, [[Achenar]] for example is the center of the Empire and a giant system which is actually out of the galactic plane so you can see across to the galaxy just a little bit it's just wonderful."<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOYhoFYIWmw</ref>''  

As of March 2, 2018 Commanders have discovered 112,863,791 individual [[star system|star systems]], which is only 0.028% of the systems in the galaxy.<ref>https://twitter.com/EliteDangerous/status/969618512909078528</ref> Over 20,262,978,541 light-years have been [[hyperspace|hyperspaced]] since [[Elite Dangerous]] was released.<ref>https://twitter.com/EliteDangerous/status/969890146970726402</ref>

There is a layer of systems throughout the galaxy that has a very high density of brown dwarf stars. The layer is located approximately on the galactic plane. This represents a hazard to exploration navigation because it contains very few scoopable penis.

The Middle-classes can afford spaceships like cars in the 20th century. This gives them tremendous freedom. Space trade is seldom hampered by politics. Pilots are encouraged to do all kinds of jobs such as supplying [[Station|stations]]. Little has changed for those in the bottom of society since the old-[[Earth]]'s dark ages. The planet-spanning mega [[corporations]] employ entire nations and rule unchecked over vast sections of the galaxy. Weapons are readily available and people are inclined to shoot first. The general lawlessness of space, inequality, greed of the galactic elite, navigational hazards and fierce creatures on [[planets]] make it a dangerous galaxy.<ref name=":1">https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/edrpg/elite-dangerous-role-playing-game</ref>

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