We want to thank everyone who stepped in and helped Dr Kaii and myself propel this initial idea into something far beyond anything anyone imagined.
What was supposed to be a couple of pilots winging up and traveling across the galaxy together, has grown exponentially in to what is now believed to be the largest ever fleet in Elite Dangerous history, attempting to cross one of the largest ever gameworlds in gaming history. A unique set of circumstances and timing, and a lot of hard work from many different players, has made this possible. Its hard to imagine something like this happening on this scale and time frame again, but lets hope its just the beginning!
Since November, over 800 players have signed up for this expedition. We're expecting more will continue signing up over the coming days despite the closing of official registration now. Any players that missed the final deadline are obviously still welcome to come, but they will have to conduct the expedition in open play or in their own private groups. Any latecomers that make it to Beagle Point in April and post screenshot proof of their participation will retrospectively be added to the official fleet roster once the expedition is over. The roster is to be archived for posterity.
I'm confident this event will be talked about within the Elite Dangerous exploration community for years to come, and some of the places we'll be visiting - the 23 waypoints - will become famous exploration landmarks, part of the Elite Dangerous community created history.
The following people have made this possible :
Dr. Kaii
For public relations, working with FD to make this something special, and liaising with external gaming magazines, and of course his continuous background administration.
Glasswalker
For setting up the fleet comms and providing Teamspeak servers, and creation of the Distant Worlds Wiki Page.
NeoTron
For providing Discord servers for registered fleet members.
Corbin Moran and the FGE
For work on the FGE aspect of Cartographic data collection during the expedition, and the creation of the official DW Poster.
Wishblend
For work on the FGE Cartographic and Exploration Wings events and organization during the expedition, and for creation of the Fleet Tracker.
Wolverine
For setting up and administrating the Distant Worlds Facebook page and promoting the event further afield. And for maintaining the overflow private group for latecomers to the expedition.
Katejina
For the creation of the fleet roster commander profiles thread, bringing a sense of role play to the expedition, working on the photographics, and for updating and administrating the overflow roster.
Akira Makasari
For collating Cartographic & Prospecting data - one of the expeditions main goals in association with the Galactic Mapping Project.
Kancro Vantas
For fleet comms administration (Discord), and being the DW spokesperson for the USA timezone fleet.
Jhyrryl
For setting up the Trello site - for fleet Cartographers and Prospectors.
Kola2
For setting up and running the DW Logo Competition.
The_Damn_Fox
For creation and administration of the DW Steam Community Page, and for adding a secondary TS server for latecomers.
Rodent54
For setting up and maintaining the XBox roster.
Nexolek, Dommarraa, and Eoran
For their work on the early prospecting databases.
The Distant Worlds Centralized Photo Gallery Team :
CMDR Galaxyutii, CMDR Qohen Leth, CMDR PaleoGamer, CMDR HeyPinkiePie, CMDR Alistair Hope, CMDR Jerek, CMDR Timotheus Sr., CMDR Txakal, CMDR TK-421994, CMDR Cold Tallinn.
Special thanks to the following :
Dognosh, Finwen, divisionbyzero, Blackneto Gaming, Newman1702, Charles Darkflow, Obsidian Ant, CMDR Bartmoss, David Hedbor, Michael Wrightson, Phoenix, Satsuma, and the Fuel Rats.
And Walt Kermin on behalf of the Pioneers Coopertive for inviting the DW fleet into the Colonization Competition.
And finally, Ed Lewis (Frontier Developments).
Now that official sign ups are over please don't PM any of the organizers requesting access to the roster, fleet comms, or amendments to your pilot details. The time for that has passed. Admins and organizers now deserve time to relax and prepare for their own journey beyond the Abyss.
The final few fleet comm requests for those on the roster are being worked on and should be sorted before launch day.
Its been a crazy final week trying to get everything wrapped up in time, but they did it!
Finally, all fleet members should subscribe/bookmark the Announcements Thread as that's where all key info regarding the expedition will be posted first.
Obsidian Ants Distant Worlds Video... enjoy... see you at Pallaeni!.
[video=youtube;BZom-E0u8m8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZom-E0u8m8[/video]
What was supposed to be a couple of pilots winging up and traveling across the galaxy together, has grown exponentially in to what is now believed to be the largest ever fleet in Elite Dangerous history, attempting to cross one of the largest ever gameworlds in gaming history. A unique set of circumstances and timing, and a lot of hard work from many different players, has made this possible. Its hard to imagine something like this happening on this scale and time frame again, but lets hope its just the beginning!
Since November, over 800 players have signed up for this expedition. We're expecting more will continue signing up over the coming days despite the closing of official registration now. Any players that missed the final deadline are obviously still welcome to come, but they will have to conduct the expedition in open play or in their own private groups. Any latecomers that make it to Beagle Point in April and post screenshot proof of their participation will retrospectively be added to the official fleet roster once the expedition is over. The roster is to be archived for posterity.
I'm confident this event will be talked about within the Elite Dangerous exploration community for years to come, and some of the places we'll be visiting - the 23 waypoints - will become famous exploration landmarks, part of the Elite Dangerous community created history.
The following people have made this possible :
Dr. Kaii
For public relations, working with FD to make this something special, and liaising with external gaming magazines, and of course his continuous background administration.
Glasswalker
For setting up the fleet comms and providing Teamspeak servers, and creation of the Distant Worlds Wiki Page.
NeoTron
For providing Discord servers for registered fleet members.
Corbin Moran and the FGE
For work on the FGE aspect of Cartographic data collection during the expedition, and the creation of the official DW Poster.
Wishblend
For work on the FGE Cartographic and Exploration Wings events and organization during the expedition, and for creation of the Fleet Tracker.
Wolverine
For setting up and administrating the Distant Worlds Facebook page and promoting the event further afield. And for maintaining the overflow private group for latecomers to the expedition.
Katejina
For the creation of the fleet roster commander profiles thread, bringing a sense of role play to the expedition, working on the photographics, and for updating and administrating the overflow roster.
Akira Makasari
For collating Cartographic & Prospecting data - one of the expeditions main goals in association with the Galactic Mapping Project.
Kancro Vantas
For fleet comms administration (Discord), and being the DW spokesperson for the USA timezone fleet.
Jhyrryl
For setting up the Trello site - for fleet Cartographers and Prospectors.
Kola2
For setting up and running the DW Logo Competition.
The_Damn_Fox
For creation and administration of the DW Steam Community Page, and for adding a secondary TS server for latecomers.
Rodent54
For setting up and maintaining the XBox roster.
Nexolek, Dommarraa, and Eoran
For their work on the early prospecting databases.
The Distant Worlds Centralized Photo Gallery Team :
CMDR Galaxyutii, CMDR Qohen Leth, CMDR PaleoGamer, CMDR HeyPinkiePie, CMDR Alistair Hope, CMDR Jerek, CMDR Timotheus Sr., CMDR Txakal, CMDR TK-421994, CMDR Cold Tallinn.
Special thanks to the following :
Dognosh, Finwen, divisionbyzero, Blackneto Gaming, Newman1702, Charles Darkflow, Obsidian Ant, CMDR Bartmoss, David Hedbor, Michael Wrightson, Phoenix, Satsuma, and the Fuel Rats.
And Walt Kermin on behalf of the Pioneers Coopertive for inviting the DW fleet into the Colonization Competition.
And finally, Ed Lewis (Frontier Developments).
Now that official sign ups are over please don't PM any of the organizers requesting access to the roster, fleet comms, or amendments to your pilot details. The time for that has passed. Admins and organizers now deserve time to relax and prepare for their own journey beyond the Abyss.
The final few fleet comm requests for those on the roster are being worked on and should be sorted before launch day.
Its been a crazy final week trying to get everything wrapped up in time, but they did it!
Finally, all fleet members should subscribe/bookmark the Announcements Thread as that's where all key info regarding the expedition will be posted first.
Obsidian Ants Distant Worlds Video... enjoy... see you at Pallaeni!.
[video=youtube;BZom-E0u8m8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZom-E0u8m8[/video]
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