Elite Dangerous

It's a moon in the Epsilon Indi system that orbits its planet once every 86 seconds. It's only 11ly away from sol.

Steam Frontier Sale Pricing:

04/24-??

Elite Dangerous: $5.99
Odyssey: $11.24
🥳**Deluxe: $9.99 (Elite+Odyssey)**💥

Normal New Pricing:

Elite Dangerous: $19.99
Odyssey: $14.99
Deluxe: $24.99 (Elite+Odyssey)

Runs great on Linux:

Still on Windows 7? Can't upgrade to 11?

• https://bazzite.gg

"But does it work on Steam?"

• https://www.protondb.com/app/359320

"What if I have it through Frontier?"

• https://lutris.net/games/elite-dangerous

No new sale/pricing at Frontier Store as of this edit

Epic Game Store has the same pricing as Steam, as well as the same Deluxe edition:

• https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/elite-dangerous--deluxe-edition

"What if I have it through Epic Games?"

• https://heroicgameslauncher.com

Can also install with Lutris

E.D.M.C.

Elite Dangerous Market Connector is also available as a Flatpak:

• https://flathub.org/apps/io.edcd.EDMarketConnector

Still on Console? 🆓 PC copy:

• https://user.frontierstore.net/user/transfer/login-origin

OLED Switch? Nah we got OLED Steam Deck now:

• https://www.steamdeck.com/en/oled

Refurbished Steam Decks:

• https://store.steampowered.com/sale/steamdeckrefurbished

Build a T10 they said. It will be fun they said.

Noone told me I had to actually fly that thing.

Is it frowned upon to do community goals offline? I tried doing it only and got smoked by a pirate in like 10 seconds. Not upset or anything, piracy is fair game, and it was exciting for the 10 seconds I was alive, but if I actually want to contribute, should I be offline?

Hiya commanders! I havent played since 2018 but recently got back into it, and I've been exploring like nuts! I got a thargoid question? Can they show up outside of invaded territories? I was around Ueon, getting back from an expedition and I picked up a lot of nonhuman signals in a star system? I didnt check it out cuz I was in a hurry to get home, and didn't want to risk loosing 25mil in data

Edit: Nuen! I meant Nuen, dunno where Ueon came from lol

Don't miss the last video of @CMDR_Rheeney and @Buur to fully understand all announcements of FDev for @elitedangerous 😇

https://youtube.com/watch?v=l0Pxjj8dhbE

Hello https://lemmy.world/c/elitedangerous! I'm just going to throw our powerplay bulletin in here occasionally for a flavour of the latest in the world of powerplay! 👑

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"Sunny night at Zetford Terminal". A pair of planets watch the sun-not-set near one of our BGS target systems. (Our last one from Teddy Rope who's moved on to pastures new - good luck in the black Cmdr!)

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Cycle summary and priorities:

Not a quiet week, although our Dongkum expansion was not the centre attraction this time. Hudson has fallen into turmoil this week following what looks to be a late snipe, with one system on the block. Activity has been at a heightened pitch in the background via faction shift and conflict to alter the powerplay supporting landscape. Power shifts continued in Aisling's Reieni sphere. In our Karnarki sphere, the main event of last week was the advertised war in Tchernobog. Amongst players we saw, this was a struggle mostly against ALD's forces, and sadly was lost to the Empire. It was a very dangerous system for the duration, with continual PvP battles, indeed descending into chaos at one point with a joker played when a well-known PvP squadron felt the need to remind everyone including themselves what "murderhobo" means 💥. It didn't help but pews are good aren't they, and it's unlikely it affected the outcome ultimately.

Appreciation for some hard rain in Tchernobog - we and our Hudson allies supply the planetary weather so FDev don't have to :D

Once again this is the kind of activity level that makes powerplay exciting and it's no bad thing when such convergences punctuate the more usual simmer and build-up play, even if we'd rather not have the outcome. Props to our opponents, many of whom met us on the field.

b2 Carinae continues to be a hotbed of intense Imperial activity with a renewed push to usurp Ice Storm Squadron; please help ISS there if you can. Reported encounters there are down a lot but there's still the odd Imperial PvPer appearing at the star looking for easy pickings so do still watch your six over there. Other BGS movements continue with plenty of silver linings but can only be revealed to those in our discord!

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In the news:

Ram those Relics! No, not you Zemina! One story, but a big one maybe. With the recent re-energisation of the Thargoid advance, Ram Tah offers an exciting counterpoint with independent pilots directed to supply Meene with relics and grelics. We assume a Panther Clipper will be the only means capable of delivering the crazy Guardian payload he's working up for the Titans. Super cool blue paintjobs available to top contributors.

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Voting:

Are you able to vote for Winters? Please vote CONS and vote EARLY.

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Fortification:

Fortify the following systems to 100% by picking up lunchboxes Liberal Federal Packages in Rhea and delivering them to power contacts:

Matipu, Hikenk, LP 906-9, Binjamingi

Fort priorities are ever changing and we cannot update publicly in a timely manner. Join the Discord if you want to help! ​​​

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Expansion:

Please haul aid to the answer the prayers of the folk of Chang O. Join our Discord to know more!

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Undermining:

Patreus has an expansion to Caph that needs to be opposed. Otherwise feel free to undermine Torval's happy slaves at Ross 429, LTT 12058 or LHS 274. Join our Discord for live priority updates!

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Interested in AX? Join FAX-COM.

Interested in non-violent methods to assuage the alien emergency? Winters has a place for you too.

Interested in PvP? PvP is a lifeblood of powerplay. We train interested pilots with a dedicated server, resources and mentors, and weekly in-house tournaments

Interested in exploration? We have a server for our explorers too

Want more nuance on objectives, to wing up, or to keep up to date on the ever-evolving strategy? Join our Discord! Stop by and say hello! Or join to stay quiet and beaver away at your specialism . In addition to Powerplay Ops, we have channels for general ED discussion, ship building mastery, and PvP training, with domain experts. We also have an unsurpassed cantina .

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Imp Trumps! (a feature on Imperial individuals the game just wouldn't be the same without)

Yum

[Skidmarks]:

Is he even an imp? Famed for flying meme builds to gank our T9 haulers (yes I was ganked by an AspX shut up) and staring at his coffee not socialising in the Imperial squadron mess halls. Flies Grom lately just to be ironic. He flew Federation for a couple of weeks just before that but maybe got frustrated (iirc he didn't find a single T9:/). Though some say he delved too greedily and too deep into the darkness of FUC discord server message history.... The name - a reference to the fear he strikes or the quality of his flying? Who knows, it's a paradox (psst - *that's not actually a paradox). Dobryy den', Imperets!*🖖

Some made-up numbers:

PvP - 5

Syschat PvP - N/A (lets the plinks do the talking iirc)

BGS - 1

RP - 0

Imperiority complex - 1

Infantry - 1

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Diplomatic Overview:

Aisling Duval – Hostile

Archon Delaine – Amiable

Arissa Lavigny-Duval – Hostile

Denton Patreus – Unfriendly

Edmund Mahon – Green

Li Yong-Rui – Neutral

Pranav Antal – Neutral

Yuri Grom – Unfriendly

Zachary Hudson – Ally

Zemina Torval – Branching out into children's literature

o7 Just coming back to the game on PC after playing forever ago on Xbox. Im enjoying it but would like other people to play with. If anyone wants to play then shoot me a friend request. My IGN is woundedslayer (I know it's terrible but I'm unoriginal and that's my gamer tag since Xbox live came out).

Currently I'm running cobra 3 and have 30mil and just running missions trying to buy something better.

I am currently in a fairly extensive exploration expedition and get to sell my bio data whenever I get within 1000 ly of a carier. (1000 is the magic number for me)

This time I had for 4 billions worth (incl bonus). I haven't sold any cartographic data yet as I'm saving it for someone who mayne can use it for bgs when I get back

I played ages ago and got scared off by the learning curve, but a friend recently got me back in. The problem is that this friend has a "speedrun" mindset and wants me to get end-game ASAP. To illustrate, thus far I have outfitted my starter ship with cargo racks, did some runs, bought a type 6, did a shitload more runs, bought an anaconda, slapped cargo racks on the conda, did more runs, and recently limpet farmed resources. Next on the agenda is unlocking a bunch of engineers to engineer my ship bits (and also farm another 450 mil somewhere in there).

I'm about 50 hours deep and I barely know how to play. I recently learned how to change route settings to avoid stopping at every fuel star along the route. I've done 2 bounties in a fighter I threw together when I was bored of trading. The game is massive and I feel like I've missed out on a ton. I'm big on learning how a game ticks before trying to powergame/minmax/etc.

I guess my question is this: in my rush to the end game, have I missed anything that's important to do or learn?

I recalled my Dolphin after an unfruitful round-trip looking for bios on this planet. When I got to it after it had landed, I found it had sunken "waist deep" onto the planet surface!

Luckilly I could dismiss and recall it. It the landed on top of the surface instead of sinking. I did have a few minutes of concern about what I'd have to do if it kept sinking when racalled

Question: Question: ED is said to be 1:1 representation of the galaxy, but how precise is it?

Can we find systems I -game that haven't been found/registered irl? and would they exist irl? Would they be represented correctly in-game and to what extend?

The last I heard, there was an unknown object of Thargoid origin heading towards the bubble at high speed. I was among the people watching and tracking it, but never heard what happened, or if anything ever did.

Almost everything looked green on there. The ice, the ship, the thin methane atmosphere and even the fonticulua. Absolutely breathtaking.

EDSM link
Some more images

We have almost just started and expedition around the galaxy, and we'd love if more people joined. A few of us have a head start but we're supportive of each other and help with whatever we can. You're welcome to join and look for fascinating spots in the galaxy!

The expedition is registered in EDSM and all poimts of Interest are listed and tracked. You can also join us on discord for advice, preparation before you leave or just to see what other commanders have seen

Look for Gates of Eden I EDSM expeditions for more info.

Driving around on the planets for these things is maddening. They're so far apart, barely drop what I'm looking for, and there's never really any danger to break up the monotony.

Can I obtain these materials for engineering/synthesis from asteroids, or do those only drop the cargo space minerals used for trade?

Taken on Eocs Aip JC-D d12-1 3. May or may not be the start of a ~700kLy trip. Star distribution resembles more of a thin mist out here...

The most common star in both the real galaxy, and the game, are red dwarfs. There are about 1 brown dwarfs for every other star type IRL. Yet whenever I am going any long distance, the route is 90% unscoopable brown dwarf stars. The odds are insane. Is it just how the routing system works? Does the damn thing just purposely go out of its way to make every jump to a brown dwarf system or what? 😬