Elite logo
The Elite logo is a combination of pilot's wings, the word "Elite", and a stylized phoenix which was added by artist Philip Castle. He also worked on the Cobra and Coriolis cover for the original Elite.
David Braben said, "The Elite logo took a while to get right. The inspiration was a mix of pilot's wings and logo. The Griffin thing was Philip Castle's idea."[1]
In the Elite universe it is the emblem of the Elite Federation of Pilots. The body awards and administers the Elite ratings. The gold badge is for Elite pilots and silver for all other ranks.
The Elite game title is derived from a player's goal to raise their combat rating to the exalted heights of "Elite".
Elite Logo on Galaxy Map
CMDR Malibu spent a month (23 March 3304 till 25 April 3304) to draw the Elite logo on the galaxy of Elite Dangerous.[2]
The logo is roughly 36,400 light years across and required a journey of 375,000 light years, through 6500 jumps, to complete.[3]
Malibu explained, "Basically, what I did was to transform some points of the real elite logo into coordinates (X and Z), then I manually looked at my galaxy map, for each of those points, and bookmark a system at the designated coordinates. But I didn't use any existing, or known POI system in my route," "I didn't even allow myself to go to any outpost to repair my ship, I had to call the magnificent Fuel Rats for some emergency hull repair." [3][4]
Malibu used a simplified version of the excel file for his trip. The spreadsheet he used a gimp-like software to convert the logo into coordinates, then went on the Galaxy Map to place bookmarks where he needed to go.[2]
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Elite 1984 product image -
Elite 1984 official art restored -
Elite Badges for people who reached Elite status -
A scan of the Pilots Federation logo from the original Space Trader's Flight Training Manual, which was issued with the 1984 version of Elite as issued for the BBC Microcomputer 32K -
Golden Elite Logo -
Space Trader's Flight Training Manual scan -
Elite Dangerous official vertical poster by Josh Atack -
Elite Dangerous logo big -
Golden Elite Dangerous Logo -
Elite Dangerous Alpha Wallpaper 2013 -
Elite Dangerous Splash Screen -
Elite Dangerous Logo Text -
Elite Dangerous Splash Screen 2 -
Elite silver logo -
Elite Dangerous box art -
Elite Dangerous Logo Clean Vector Big -
Elite Dangerous core logo transparent -
Elite Dangerous Silver Logo Splash Screen -
Elite Dangerous logo drawn on galaxy map by CMDR Malibu -
Elite Dangerous silver logo -
ED: Odyssey logo white -
ED: Odyssey logo black -
Elite Dangerous Logo 2024
References
- ↑ reddit: I am David Braben, co-creator of Elite, creator of Frontier, Frontier II and the upcoming Elite: Dangerous
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 reddit: CMDR Malibu spent a month, jumped 6500 times, and traveled 375k LY to draw the Elite logo on the galaxy
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 PC Gamer: An Elite Dangerous pilot spent a month drawing the game's logo across the entire galaxy
- ↑ Frontier Forums: Elite:Dangerous logo drawn on the galaxy map, post #51