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Just wanted to give a quick shout out to Cmdr @Sanderling for finally managing to complete the Okinura Station Sprint in 2 minutes 0 seconds (those last few seconds have been eluding him for a considerable time now).
For those unfamiliar with the Okinura Station Sprint you can find full details and the leaderboard over here: elite-racers-present-the-okinura-station-sprint-challenge
It's a long standing time trial speed challenge open to all commanders and all types opf ship which requires the pilot to perform two elegantly looped laps of Fisher Terminal in the Okinura system.
Here's the video of Sanderling's record breaking FA Off Viper run, truly a thing of beauty!
For those unfamiliar with the Okinura Station Sprint you can find full details and the leaderboard over here: elite-racers-present-the-okinura-station-sprint-challenge
It's a long standing time trial speed challenge open to all commanders and all types opf ship which requires the pilot to perform two elegantly looped laps of Fisher Terminal in the Okinura system.
Here's the video of Sanderling's record breaking FA Off Viper run, truly a thing of beauty!
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OH - MY - GOD!
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Too excited to do anything other than post link ...
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ANNOUNCEMENT - Elite Dangerous: Odyssey Announcement
It's time to disembark, Commander. We are delighted to share with you a glimpse of the Next Era - Elite Dangerous: Odyssey. Explore distant worlds on foot, expand the frontier of known space and leave your mark on the galaxy as you become the first person in history to explore lands...
Trending: so obviously, the official Odyssey announcement thread, but also another interesting thread collating all the little details (pros and cons) that people have spotted in the teaser trailer plus a thread campaigning for VR support in Odyssey (a thread that might not be necessary if FD would just clarify whether Odyssey does in fact support VR).
Also - I've added a link to Ian Doncaster's quite frankly astounding 82 page census of all the Colonia systems to the "useful reference lists" section.
Also - I've added a link to Ian Doncaster's quite frankly astounding 82 page census of all the Colonia systems to the "useful reference lists" section.
STOP PRESS
"Odyssey will not be VR-compatible at launch"
"Base building is not currently on the roadmap for Elite Dangerous"
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P.S.
"Just to add to this, VR will still be compatible with the base game and Horizons!"
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"Odyssey will not be VR-compatible at launch"
"Base building is not currently on the roadmap for Elite Dangerous"
ANNOUNCEMENT - Elite Dangerous: Odyssey Announcement
So new planetary tech, legs, but no base building ... ha that supposed leak was pretty poor!
P.S.
"Just to add to this, VR will still be compatible with the base game and Horizons!"
ANNOUNCEMENT - Elite Dangerous: Odyssey Announcement
Which would go some way to suggesting I'm correct; you can launch Horizons or Odyssey. It's not a mixed medium. That seems to be it.
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This really is a must watch.Whether or not you're already familiar with the tragic story of Michael Holyland and his love of Elite: Dangerous, I can strongly recommend the following half hour audio documentary made by the BBC as part of the "This Game Changed My Life" series.
BBC Sounds - This Game Changed My Life, Mat: Space Buddies and Fuel Rats
How video games gave Mat and his nephew Michael hope in their darkest hour.www.bbc.co.uk
The original forum thread started by Michael's uncle Mat can still be found over here if people want to know more: michaels-journey-through-the-stars
Added the Buur Pit's excellent new video about how they capture video footage to the "screenshots and videos and songs" section.
Added the Hozbase list of tourist beacons to the "misc' other useful and/or interesting links" section (man, that Hozbase utilites site is awesome, I suspect not enough people know about it) and also added "fleet carrier cost calculator" (a handy new utility) to the description of Down To Earth Astronomy's excellent Cmdrs Toolbox.
Plus, the AXI now have a brand new website full of brilliant stuff for all you Thargoid bashers! I've linked this from the "mysterious things and lore" section.
www.antixenoinitiative.com
Plus, the AXI now have a brand new website full of brilliant stuff for all you Thargoid bashers! I've linked this from the "mysterious things and lore" section.
The Anti-Xeno Initiative
The Anti-Xeno Initiative, an Elite:Dangerous player group dedicated to the defense of humanity.
www.antixenoinitiative.com
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Added INARA's fleet carrier list (including each carrier's location and services) to the "useful reference lists" section.
Quick shout-out for this week's episode of Loose Screws which features a really excellent interview with Frontier's Stephen Benedetti and Bruce Garrido. Lots of interesting insights into things like changes to fleet carriers and how there's more to adjusting mining profits than twiddling some knobs, some hints that perhaps we haven't yet seen all the changes for the fleet carrier update plus we get to find out about Stephen's "Cheese Man".
Trending: Sidewinder wins Lavecon 2020 Buckyball Race + Dark Wheel starts to turn.
Also, just wanted to showcase a couple of cool things.
First, after three months of being stuck on a time of 2:01 Cmdr Sanderling has finally managed to shave that annoying second off his Cortes Base Circuit Challenge time and complete three laps of the city base in the most beautifully controlled two minutes of FA Off flying I've ever seen.
(source: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threa...tanding-time-trial.537965/page-7#post-8577000)
And second, last night Cmdr Exigeous did a fantastic livestream focusing on PvP wing combat with lots of great information and featuring Frontier's very own Bruce, Stephen and Arthur doing a fine job as his willing students up against a team of top class PvP opponents.
Also, just wanted to showcase a couple of cool things.
First, after three months of being stuck on a time of 2:01 Cmdr Sanderling has finally managed to shave that annoying second off his Cortes Base Circuit Challenge time and complete three laps of the city base in the most beautifully controlled two minutes of FA Off flying I've ever seen.
And second, last night Cmdr Exigeous did a fantastic livestream focusing on PvP wing combat with lots of great information and featuring Frontier's very own Bruce, Stephen and Arthur doing a fine job as his willing students up against a team of top class PvP opponents.
Just WOW! That's crazy FA-off skills! Can't wait to watch a Sanderling vs Isinona race...
Oh my! Now wouldn't that be something.
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Oh my! Now wouldn't that be something.