Elite: The Lore "The Dark Wheel"

Thanks for that post -it's been literally decades since I read that, over and over, whilst at a family friends place, aching for us to go home so I could finally load the game and actually play...

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I remember hours waiting to get out of jump range of other ships, staying just out of range.. so reading the Novella waiting to get free or arriving.
 
I opened that up because i wanted to learn about what the Dark Wheel in ED is, and I read the whole thing in one sitting, when I have little time. I heard a second novella was going to be written and never was. That sucks.
 
Literally yes. I see what you do did there. I've still got my copy of the dark wheel and in fact it's th the inspiration behind my commanders persona in the game. I role play elite.

I've created an audio book of the Dark Wheel with a synthetic voice to keep me company while in deep space.

Your chum,

Commander Ben Ryder
 

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I just reread this the other day after not having read it since the original game came out in 1984. I decided to try to read all the Elite books in vaguely historical order.

I must admit I loved the explanation in the original Dark Wheel as to why you cannot see the trade prices at other stations - systems jealously guard their trading information and there are severe penalties in place for faxing (sic) trade data to the adjoining star system. No messing about with big arguments on forums back in those days. It's just not allowed - deal with it.

p.s. - I don't think Michael is working on a specific sequel - I think Elite Legacy is basically the official ED novel, so that is the "sequel" if you want to call it that. I haven't read it yet but I have it in my to do list.
 
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I've yet to read Elite Legacy but I thoroughly enjoyed the Dark Wheel back in the day. We had plenty of time to read it then, whilst waiting ten minutes for the game to load from cassette tape.
 
I've yet to read Elite Legacy but I thoroughly enjoyed the Dark Wheel back in the day. We had plenty of time to read it then, whilst waiting ten minutes for the game to load from cassette tape.

I re-read my copy of dark wheel about a week ago! Also, cosmos, Legacy is a good read! If I'm honest, some of the released elite dangerous novels are mediocre at best, a couple of them are quite poor even. But legacy was actually a pleasant surprise!
 
I opened that up because i wanted to learn about what the Dark Wheel in ED is, and I read the whole thing in one sitting, when I have little time. I heard a second novella was going to be written and never was. That sucks.

I know I'm late to this thread but there was, in fact, a second Elite novella written. When "Elite Plus" was released for PCs with higher resolution in 1991 it included "Imprint" by Andy Redman.
http://www.frontierastro.co.uk/Fiction/Imprint.pdf
 
AAAHHH ZOMBIE!!!


Anyway, I thought Michael Brookes, or one of the other devs, has said that the Dark Wheel novel isn't really considered part of the Elite lore anymore? Atleast not lore as far as Elite Dangerous is concerned..
 
AAAHHH ZOMBIE!!!


Anyway, I thought Michael Brookes, or one of the other devs, has said that the Dark Wheel novel isn't really considered part of the Elite lore anymore? Atleast not lore as far as Elite Dangerous is concerned..

Yes and no.

Upvote:

Raxxla
The Dark Wheel
FTL Comms (Holofac)

Downvote:

Antigravity
Multiple alien races

Cheers,

Drew.
 
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