Transcription:Hi everyone,
Michael here for the third Elite: Dangerous fiction diary. In this video I provide a description of the state of the galaxy at the beginning of the game. My apologies for reading a prepared script, I’m not as practised at this as David – although I may well be by the time we launch
I also answer a few more questions provided by the DDF. If your Kickstarter reward includes DDF access and you haven’t dropped by, then please do so. The DDF is providing valuable discussion and insight that is helping us design the game.
In other news we’ve given the Elite: Dangerous website a bit of a face lift: http://elite.frontier.co.uk
Here’s a new drabble set in the Elite: Dangerous universe:
An Explorer’s Life by Michael Brookes
Some find it too lonely in the unexplored regions. This far out, you rarely meet other ships. Certainly not ones you’d want to meet.
It’s not for everyone, but me? I love it.
The solitude, the thrill of finding the trace that leads me to a new dark system. I’m out here forging a trail that others can follow.
My ship might not have the range of the other explorers, but it’s tough, and I have a trader friend that helps me resupply.
But it pays to be careful. There’re darker things than pirates hidden out here amongst the stars.
So thank you all for watching and I’ll be back in a few weeks with a new update.
Michael
0:08 Hi there. Micheal here for the third Elite Dangerous Fiction Diary
0:13 In today's diary I'm going give you a bit of an introduction
0:16 as to what the set up of the galaxy will be when you start playing the game,
0:19 I'll also be answering a few more questions from the DDF forum
0:22 like I have done in the previous videos.
0:26 So, the....obviously the game is set in 3300
0:31 So lets roll in to something I wrote earlier,
0:33 'Blue Peter'style.
0:37 It is the year 3300 and humanity is entering a new golden age of expansion.
0:41 The invention of the new quick jump hyperdrive has enabled faster travel in space.
0:46 No longer does it take weeks to travel a few light years, now the same journey can be completed in minutes.
0:51 This is bringing rapid expansion to the frontier worlds as the core systems of all factions drive outwards.
0:58 New expansion is also spreading beyond the old frontier.
1:01 Pilots from the Pilot’s Federation lead the way.
1:05 Their new charter and rankings structure rewarding more than just combat skills.
1:09 The expansion is also generating an economic boom, with a new generation of investment seeking and finding new markets and riches.
1:17 Much of human space is at peace; the cold war between the two great factions has thawed somewhat,
1:24 but the potential for a crisis is still there.
1:28 The constant proxy and low intensity conflicts of the previous decades have now reduced in number and relations have stabilised.
1:34 It’s not a total peace; here and there some conflicts still smoulder.
1:39 A new player has made their presence felt. In a short period of time the Alliance has expanded from a handful of worlds to a much larger coalition of worlds,
1:47 united politically for stability. This has forced the older two powers into realising they no longer dominate.
1:55 The independent systems still constitute the bulk of the human inhabited worlds.
1:59 They bring a rich tapestry of cultures and beliefs to the dark of space.
2:03 From these worlds individuals and governments seek opportunities deep in unexplored regions.
2:10 Riches and fame are available for the brave, but the dark side of humanity lurks.
2:14 Pirate gangs are also taking advantage of the new technology. With new tactics and their growing bands of cutthroats and thieves
2:21 they are ever eager to prey on those leaving the safety of the core systems to find a new life on the frontier.
2:27 And far from forgotten, in the far reaches of the galaxy,
2:31 humanity’s old enemy, the Thargoids remain.
2:34 The fragile peace between the two races didn’t last long and far beyond the safety of the navy patrols
2:39 explorers still disappear without trace.
2:41 It is a time of fortune and change. A time of risk and reward. A time for the Elite.
2:50 So that is basically the fiction set up for the start of the game
2:54 Obviously as you start playing the game you will get to know more about what is going on in detail
2:59 So now I am going to answer three questions put by the DDF
3:03 So the first one is from Commandante
3:06 "Approximately how much of the Elite Universe will be known and mapped when starting the game and how much is unknown?"
3:13 Well the easy answer is that
3:15 humanity occupies less than one percent of known space
3:22 and so I think about a 250 light year bubble will be inhabited
3:27 We will also have a sort of border region of about probably 50 to 100 light years
3:32 which is sort of a little bit expolred but not to any great detail
3:36 and then the rest of the galaxy is available.
3:39 There will be some areas that we will keep blocked off now
3:34 and that will be part of the expansions for
3:47 you know encountering new things like the thargoids and so forth.
3:50 the second question is from Snow Ghost
3:52 "Will Galcop make a return after being effectively wiped out somewhere between Elite and Frontier?"
3:57 The answer to that is I'm afraid Galcop is condemed to history.
4:03 Obviously in the time of the original Elite they were a dominant force
4:06 but over the successive games they are no longer relevant in the current time.
4:13 And the last question is from Nicholas van Rijn
4:16 "Are you going to enforce more or less strict lore consistency between narrative products,
the role playing game, and the game universe?"
4:24 Yes, very much so. We are working with the authors to make sure they are using the same guidelines
4:29 and the same fiction that we are with the game.
4:32 Obviously there are some things that you can do in fiction that you can't do in the game
4:36 So a good example of that is landing on planets
4:39 So that is not possible in the initial version of the game, although it is certainly planned for a future release
4:44 but in the fiction there is no such restriction
4:47 but yes the worlds will be consistant.
4:51 So that is it for today's fiction diary.
4:54 I hope you found that interesting and I look forward to speaking to you again in a few weeks.
4:58 Thank you. Bye bye.
5:15 Boom.
5:17 You are going to edit that in now, aren't you.
0:13 In today's diary I'm going give you a bit of an introduction
0:16 as to what the set up of the galaxy will be when you start playing the game,
0:19 I'll also be answering a few more questions from the DDF forum
0:22 like I have done in the previous videos.
0:26 So, the....obviously the game is set in 3300
0:31 So lets roll in to something I wrote earlier,
0:33 'Blue Peter'style.
0:37 It is the year 3300 and humanity is entering a new golden age of expansion.
0:41 The invention of the new quick jump hyperdrive has enabled faster travel in space.
0:46 No longer does it take weeks to travel a few light years, now the same journey can be completed in minutes.
0:51 This is bringing rapid expansion to the frontier worlds as the core systems of all factions drive outwards.
0:58 New expansion is also spreading beyond the old frontier.
1:01 Pilots from the Pilot’s Federation lead the way.
1:05 Their new charter and rankings structure rewarding more than just combat skills.
1:09 The expansion is also generating an economic boom, with a new generation of investment seeking and finding new markets and riches.
1:17 Much of human space is at peace; the cold war between the two great factions has thawed somewhat,
1:24 but the potential for a crisis is still there.
1:28 The constant proxy and low intensity conflicts of the previous decades have now reduced in number and relations have stabilised.
1:34 It’s not a total peace; here and there some conflicts still smoulder.
1:39 A new player has made their presence felt. In a short period of time the Alliance has expanded from a handful of worlds to a much larger coalition of worlds,
1:47 united politically for stability. This has forced the older two powers into realising they no longer dominate.
1:55 The independent systems still constitute the bulk of the human inhabited worlds.
1:59 They bring a rich tapestry of cultures and beliefs to the dark of space.
2:03 From these worlds individuals and governments seek opportunities deep in unexplored regions.
2:10 Riches and fame are available for the brave, but the dark side of humanity lurks.
2:14 Pirate gangs are also taking advantage of the new technology. With new tactics and their growing bands of cutthroats and thieves
2:21 they are ever eager to prey on those leaving the safety of the core systems to find a new life on the frontier.
2:27 And far from forgotten, in the far reaches of the galaxy,
2:31 humanity’s old enemy, the Thargoids remain.
2:34 The fragile peace between the two races didn’t last long and far beyond the safety of the navy patrols
2:39 explorers still disappear without trace.
2:41 It is a time of fortune and change. A time of risk and reward. A time for the Elite.
2:50 So that is basically the fiction set up for the start of the game
2:54 Obviously as you start playing the game you will get to know more about what is going on in detail
2:59 So now I am going to answer three questions put by the DDF
3:03 So the first one is from Commandante
3:06 "Approximately how much of the Elite Universe will be known and mapped when starting the game and how much is unknown?"
3:13 Well the easy answer is that
3:15 humanity occupies less than one percent of known space
3:22 and so I think about a 250 light year bubble will be inhabited
3:27 We will also have a sort of border region of about probably 50 to 100 light years
3:32 which is sort of a little bit expolred but not to any great detail
3:36 and then the rest of the galaxy is available.
3:39 There will be some areas that we will keep blocked off now
3:34 and that will be part of the expansions for
3:47 you know encountering new things like the thargoids and so forth.
3:50 the second question is from Snow Ghost
3:52 "Will Galcop make a return after being effectively wiped out somewhere between Elite and Frontier?"
3:57 The answer to that is I'm afraid Galcop is condemed to history.
4:03 Obviously in the time of the original Elite they were a dominant force
4:06 but over the successive games they are no longer relevant in the current time.
4:13 And the last question is from Nicholas van Rijn
4:16 "Are you going to enforce more or less strict lore consistency between narrative products,
the role playing game, and the game universe?"
4:24 Yes, very much so. We are working with the authors to make sure they are using the same guidelines
4:29 and the same fiction that we are with the game.
4:32 Obviously there are some things that you can do in fiction that you can't do in the game
4:36 So a good example of that is landing on planets
4:39 So that is not possible in the initial version of the game, although it is certainly planned for a future release
4:44 but in the fiction there is no such restriction
4:47 but yes the worlds will be consistant.
4:51 So that is it for today's fiction diary.
4:54 I hope you found that interesting and I look forward to speaking to you again in a few weeks.
4:58 Thank you. Bye bye.
5:15 Boom.
5:17 You are going to edit that in now, aren't you.
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