Community Event / Creation Elite Canon

CareTaker

CareTaker
I am trying to put together a list of all the stories, comics, books and anything that could be consider a Canon of the Elite game universe.

The list so far:

Books:

Elite

Space Trader's Flight Training Manual by Rob Holdstock
The Dark Wheel by Robert Holdstock
Imprint by Andy Redman

Elite 2

Frontier: Elite 2 - Manual by Kathy inson
Frontier: Elite 2 - Stories of Life on the Frontier
Frontier: Elite 2 by Gazetteer Ian Bell, David Braben, Kathy inson and David Massey
A New Start by David Massey
Full Circle by David Massey
The Outer Limits by Moira Sheean
When A Plan Works Well by David Massey
All That Glisters by David Massey
The Fiercest Creature On Altair by David Massey
On The Wrong Side Of The Law by David Massey
Living In Hope by Kathy inson

Frontier: First Encounters

Frontier: First Encounters - Manual
Frontier: First Encounters - In game newspapers:
-Frontier News
-Universal Scientist
-Imperial Herald
-Federal Times
-RIG (Random Intergalactic Gossip)
Frontier: First Encounters - Further Stories of Life on the Frontier
Acrobat in Black by Manda Scott
Faust by S.L.A.M.
Children of a Greater God by Julian Flood
A Business Proposal by Martyn Taylor
Inevitable Consequences by Moira Sheehan
Genuine Thargoid by Moira Sheehan
Ruined Blood by Jude Jones
Invisible Enemy by Kathy Braben
Lucifer Falling by Julian Flood

Elite: Dangerous

Drabbles published in Elite: Dangerous Newsletters from Frontier Developments

The Long Game by Michael Brookes (Published in Elite: Dangerous Newsletter #3.)
The first time by Matthew "Commander Chonty" Benson (Published in Elite: Dangerous Newsletter #4.)
To Market by Dave Hughes (Published in Elite: Dangerous Newsletter #5.)
Death to Slavers by Darren Grey (Published in Elite: Dangerous Newsletter #6.)
Empty by Ramon Marett (Published in Elite: Dangerous Newsletter #7.)
Childish Dreams by Allen Stroud (Published in Elite: Dangerous Newsletter #8.)
Today by Lisa Wolf (Published in Elite: Dangerous Newsletter #10.)

Elite: Dangerous - Upcoming works
The current status of these books can be found here in Darren Grey's tracking spreadsheet


Titles published by Fantastic Books
Elite: Reclamation - an Elite: Dangerous novel by Drew Wagar
Elite: Lave Revolution by Allen Stroud
And here the Wheel by John Harper
Mostly Harmless - an Elite: Dangerous novel by Kate Russell
Elite Anthology: Tales from the Frontier
(Will contain 15 stories, by 15 authors.)
by Chris Booker, Marko Susimetsä, Lisa Wolf, Gaz Bailey, Darren Grey, Fred Burbidge, Nicholas Hansen, Allen Farr, Ramon Marett, Alex GS, Matthew D. Benson, Dung Beetle, Rose Thurlbeck, Ulla Susimetsä, Chris Jarvis

Titles published by Gollancz
ELITE: NEMORENSIS by Simon Spurrier
ELITE: DOCKING IS DIFFICULT by Gideon Defoe
ELITE: WANTED by Gavin Smith & Stephen Deas

The official sequel to The Dark Wheel (Titles still unknown) by Michael Brookes

Elite Chronicles by C L
Elite Dangerous: Survivor - An "Elite: Dangerous" Gamebook by Nathanael Page
Out of the Darkness - Elite: Dangerous Book by T. James

Elite Encounters: Roleplaying In The Elite Universe by Dave Hughes (Will contain short stories and drabbles written by contributors.)
Jameson/Jones: Supermassive - an Elite: Dangerous novel by André Czausov
The Cost of Exploration - Commander Boz's Book by Chad Baxter



If I missed any thing pleas tell me.

Thank you all for the help.
 
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CareTaker

CareTaker
Selezen said:
I don't think the Frontier comics would be considered canon as they weren't created by or on behalf of Frontier Developments/David Braben/Ian Bell.
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You're probably right.

The list of Comics:

Frontier Elite #01 by DJ COMICS.
Frontier Elite #02 by DJ COMICS.
Frontier Elite #03 by DJ COMICS.
Frontier Elite #04 by DJ COMICS.
 

Michael Brookes

Game Director
Note that some details are changing (for example the universe of the original game was very different to the later games), so while a source may be considered 'canon', things have changed.

Michael
 

CareTaker

CareTaker
So I assume that the universe, star systems and planets will be more like FFE and ELITE 2 then ELITE. Also I presume that story and time line will continue from FFE?
 

Cmdr Andy B

Cmdr Andy B
Michael Brookes said:
The galaxy will resemble to real galaxy more than FFE did.
Michael
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I hear that the quest for an accurate galactic model is causing a few cannon issues between the games, some systems in FFE are in totally the wrong place. I'm following all the writers updates and Drew mentioned having to relocate his story for that and other reasons.

I understand a lot of the details need to be kept secret right now, everything is a long way from nailed down and you need to weigh the commercial concerns of those who bought the writers packs but are there any plans to go public with details as they are finished, or will we need to wait for the publication of a writers guide to the elite universe once the game is released?

from my own point of view I feel i can capture the flavor of the game-world in my book but there comes a point when not knowing things like the specifications of the Long range Cobra and other starter ships makes it impossible to continue the story.
 

Darren Grey

Darren Grey
Most of us are writing on the basis of maybe having to amend things later. Little details like that are just impossible to nail down so early, and may even change after release for rebalancing. Also it's best to be vague about such things in the story and concentrate on character interactions instead. Write for what suits the story, and worry about little details later.
 

Scorpio

Scorpio
Is the Imperial/Federal/Independent structure considered canon ?. I am hopeful that Imperial and Federal factions will remain in the new game as i am working on some written material involving Imperial characters.
DB mentioned the differences in Imperial and Federal ethos in the Elite universe on You tube , but i can't find it.
 
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Cmdr Andy B

Cmdr Andy B
Scorpio said:
A capital ship is comparable to a carrier or destroyer or something?.
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I'd say that's a yes:

We started the process by identifying the type of ship we wanted. For the initial release we plan on just including a few of these titans, so we wanted ships that were general purpose, in naval parlance this usually means cruisers. Traditionally cruisers are ships that are designed to operate independently. In the Elite universe this means that they are capable of going toe to toe against each other as well as acting as fleets or assault carriers.
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Edit: I'd love to know what FD plan on naming these types of ship, Constellation Class Heavy Cruiser anyone? Goes without saying it's a Federation vessel. ;)
 
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Cody

Cody
<nods> Off the top of my head, capital ships would have originally been ships-of-the-line (i.e. battleships). That term extends to carriers now (and others), and cruisers have replaced battleships as the most powerful naval ships.

<heads for the Wiki to check>
 
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CareTaker

CareTaker
I haw added the announced upcoming canon works for Elite: Dangerous. I hope I didn’t miss any.

Elite: Dangerous
(upcoming works)

Elite: Lave Revolution by Allen Stroud (Kickstarter not yet finished.)
Mostly Harmless - an Elite: Dangerous novel (working title) by Kate Russell
Elite Chronicles by C L
Survivor- An "Elite: Dangerous" Gamebook by Nathanael Page
An Elite: Dangerous Novel - "Elite:Reclamation" by Drew Wagar
An Elite: Dangerous Book - Out of the Darkness by T. James
Elite Anthology: Tales from the Frontier (working title) by Chris Booker
Elite Encounters: Roleplaying In The Elite Universe by Dave Hughes
 

Gimi

Gimi
CareTaker said:
I haw added the announced upcoming canon works for Elite: Dangerous. I hope I didn’t miss any.
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You are missing three in addition to the three books from Gollancz and the Official Sequel to the Dark Wheel by Michael.

Commander Boz: Author of "The Cost of Exploration"
Andre Czausov: Author of "Supermassive: 
(an Elite universe novel)"
John Harper: Author of "And Here the Wheel"
 

Gimi

Gimi
Scorpio said:
A capital ship is comparable to a carrier or destroyer or something?.
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Carrier = yes. Destroyer = no.
A destroyer (also corvettes and frigates) used to be an escort and would not be defined as capital ship.
A carrier, absolutely.

Now days things have changed, and Destroyers are probably something in between.
 

CareTaker

CareTaker
I haw added some more titles. Thanks to Darren Grey and Gimi.

Jameson/Jones: Supermassive - an Elite: Dangerous novel by André Czausov
The Cost of Exploration - Commander Boz's Book by Chad Baxter
And Here The Wheel by John Harper
Elite: Dangerous - Space Storm
 
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Cmdr Andy B

Cmdr Andy B
CareTaker said:
I haw added some more titles. Thanks to Darren Grey and Gimi.

Jameson/Jones: Supermassive - an Elite: Dangerous novel by André Czausov
The Cost of Exploration - Commander Boz's Book by Chad Baxter
And Here The Wheel by John Harper
Elite: Dangerous - Space Storm by John Harper
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slight error there, John Harper's book is called '...And here the Wheel'

Space Storm isn't an official canon book so shouldn't be included in the list, especially credited to someone other than myself ;)
 
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