Fiction Elite Dangerous : Premonition

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drew said:
Folks,

I've been involved with Elite Dangerous for 5 years, but new projects are beckoning. :) A bit of reflection and thanks to the community who helped and supported me though all my Elite Dangerous work. Right on, Commanders.

https://www.drewwagar.com/announcements/tempora-mutantur-nos-et-mutamur-in-illis/

Cheers,

Drew.
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I feel sad but thankful reading this, I loved both Premonition and Reclamation! Would have hoped for a third ED book ofc, gotta try Shadeward Saga then :)
 

Jorki Rasalas

Jorki Rasalas
drew said:
Folks,

I've been involved with Elite Dangerous for 5 years, but new projects are beckoning. :) A bit of reflection and thanks to the community who helped and supported me though all my Elite Dangerous work. Right on, Commanders.

https://www.drewwagar.com/announcements/tempora-mutantur-nos-et-mutamur-in-illis/

Cheers,

Drew.
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Drew, just wanted to express my thanks!
I came into ED via the Canonn research thread, then found Reclamation which triggered me to join the Formidine Rifters and spend many happy hours in the search, and in the related forum discussions. It put flesh on the game's bare bones, giving me a real quest and reason to explore the ED universe. I then downloaded and read your Oolite saga, and enjoyed it immensely.

I followed Salomé's mission through the game with interest and enjoyed Premonition (though I would have preferred the Colonia exile ending!)

I hope to read more of your work in future, and really hope that FD have learnt that creating an open sandbox game, no matter how marvellous it is technically, doesn't necessarily make it very interesting to play; for that players need a series of short/medium term goals and puzzles building up to longer term themes, and they have to be defined by a good storyteller.

good luck in your future endeavours!
 
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Nerix

Nerix
Thanks from me as well - I can just emphasize what Jorki wrote. Even my better half started to read Reclamation and enjoys it, as she always wondered what I find so special about a game that appears to be quite empty and without a story (compared to other games I like to play, e.g. Witcher 3, Mass Effect, Pillars of Eternity etc).

Good authors that create the background for such a big universe are at least as important as the technical and gameplay aspects of the game. I hope FDev understands that and support authors doing that sufficiently.

Hope you'll pick up the work on Elite again soon!
 

kizcat

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I've only just got half way through Reclamation and the whole idea of the Formidine Rift and unsolved mysteries is making me want to leave the bubble and explore! Just got past the bit with the old lady and the miss-jump... I wonder if it's possible to actually miss-jump in game but it has to be done in a very specific way?
I'm definitely going to read Premonition when I'm done!
 
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drew

drew
Folks,

As some of you will know I wrote some lore articles for ED as part of my process for generating Reclamation and Premonition. With my focus on my books now I don't have time to maintain this anymore and their purpose has been overtaken by youtube, twitch and wikis.

Canonn Research have kindly agreed to host copies and you can find them here > https://canonn.science/game-lore/

I'm now leaving the future commentary on the lore to Obsidian Ant, DJ TruthSayer, Dave Hughes and the Wiki. I think it's in safe hands!

For those of you who were after my unofficial Oolite Saga fan-fic (all written long before Elite Dangerous was a thing, but which now dovetails into both of my official books) that too has been archived. It's now hosted by CMDR Ascorbius. > https://www.ascorbius.com/drewwagaroolite

Recommended reading order is Status Quo > Mutabilis > Incursio > Finis > Reclamation > Altera > Premonition - though obviously only Reclamation and Premonition are truly canon.

I've gone into a little detail as to why on my blog if you're interested. :)

https://www.drewwagar.com/announcements/a-little-tidying-up/

And after 5 years work it's time for me to focus on some other projects.

https://www.drewwagar.com/announcements/tempora-mutantur-nos-et-mutamur-in-illis/

Links in signature if you want to stay in touch as I really need to be heads down to catch up on the backlog of work. I've switched off PMs for the time being too, but please feel free to contact me via my website if you wish to do so. :)

Right on, Commanders!

Cheers,

Drew.
 

[VR] optimal_909

[VR] optimal_909
drew said:
Folks,

I've been involved with Elite Dangerous for 5 years, but new projects are beckoning. :) A bit of reflection and thanks to the community who helped and supported me though all my Elite Dangerous work. Right on, Commanders.

https://www.drewwagar.com/announcements/tempora-mutantur-nos-et-mutamur-in-illis/

Cheers,

Drew.
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Hi Drew,

many thanks for all the contribution, your words gave detail and life to all bits of the game - even now when I'm entering a station, I look at its bits differently and frequently recall your detailed words in Reclamation about what it is like to getting around in them.

As for your future involvement and additional book(s), I guess the community thinks like: ;)
[video=youtube;KX5jNnDMfxA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX5jNnDMfxA[/video]
 

Alec Turner

Alec Turner
Vote finally cast. For information I had enormous problems casting the vote from a mobile device (the website kept totally hanging the Safari browser on my iPad). If anyone's having similar problems I suggest trying it on a PC.
 

Assimilator1

Assimilator1
Well, I already did via PM & the Formidine rift thread just after you posted ;), although that was a little while back & I know you weren't around so much at the time, so no worries :).

Anyway, the question is regarding the beacons deployed around ELWs & terraformable planets by the Dynasty project. None have been found ingame AFAIK, I (& others) searched dozens of systems with ELWs (the search list is in the Formi rift thread) & we didn't find a single beacon, although seeing as the Zuara (spelling?) was found a lot further out, maybe we were searching in the wrong area. Although I know a few cmdrs who did search around the Zuara area too, none found there either AFAIK.

The question is, are the ELW beacons actually in the game?

You see at some point I'm going to visit the Zuara, I plan to search for the ELW beacons, but there's no point if their not in the game! ;).
If you're not allowed to say, maybe just reply with NDA ;). And if you are under a NDA & you know there aren't any ELW beacons in game, can you harass someone at FD about it? :D
 
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drew

drew
Assimilator1 said:
Well, I already did via PM & the Formidine rift thread just after you posted ;), although that was a little while back & I know you weren't around so much at the time, so no worries :).

Anyway, the question is regarding the beacons deployed around ELWs & terraformable planets by the Dynasty project. None have been found ingame AFAIK, I (& others) searched dozens of systems with ELWs (the search list is in the Formi rift thread) & we didn't find a single beacon, although seeing as the Zuara (spelling?) was found a lot further out, maybe we were searching in the wrong area. Although I know a few cmdrs who did search around the Zuara area too, none found there either AFAIK.

The question is, are the ELW beacons actually in the game?

You see at some point I'm going to visit the Zuara, I plan to search for the ELW beacons, but there's no point if their not in the game! ;).
If you're not allowed to say, maybe just reply with NDA ;). And if you are under a NDA & you know there aren't any ELW beacons in game, can you harass someone at FD about it? :D
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Can't confirm or deny I'm afraid on that one.

Cheers,

Drew.

Folks,

For those of you wanting an audiobook version of Elite Dangerous Premonition - can I ask you to voice your request specifically in this forum thread? The more demand shown, the more likely it will be that FDev will produce it.

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/388865-WANTED-Elite-Premonition-Audibook

Cheers,

Drew.
 

Baton

Baton
I did vote in a hope that it will somehow lead to part 3 in which new clone of Salome meets handsome cmdr Baton, they kill all the bad guys, and aliens, and live happily ever after ;)
 

Assimilator1

Assimilator1
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