Elite Dangerous = Westerns IN SPACE

[Commander M.O.]

The comparison of Elite with the wild west and the lawless times at the end of the 19th century in the US is not new. I can't find the reference, but unless my memory is failing me I think that it was actually David Braben himself who made that comparison.

Anyone remember when/where?

I think it actually regress even farther. The old west is far too fast paced. It would be more like colonial times ... say 1500-1600. The fastest communication would be by ship. Notice boards would be common because it would take years for radio signals to travel to their destinations ..

Agents would be the preferred method of transporting important documents.

All kinds of things would resemble the colonial times of Spain or England.

 

[1500]

The funny thing about the "wild" west, was that it was not as wild as people think. You were safer living in the "wild" west then you are today. There were fewer back robbers, less murders per cap, and stricter gun control.

Movies rewriting history.

 

[Wolf]

OP: you can blame the Rogue AI for all your techno loss troubles.

I believe thats why we have Starships... but BBS's in the stations.

The information age was thrown into the Dark Ages when some Computer AI went bad somewhen in the next 120 years.

As a result, computing technology "nowadays" is purposely made "too dumb" for AI's out there to take over, or put to any sort of lethal or devastating use.

And here we are, travelling the stars, with 80's keyboards looking at us as our "interface". Its a pretty unique twist on a sci fi universe, and one that is more plausible than most.

And FYI: the only True western Sci fi was Firefly.

Yes. Now that you wrote this it comes together even more nicely.
Oh this feels really great with all that lore in the background.
I hope this game will not ruin my life...