Fiction Elite Universe Chronology?

Captain J H Buzz

Captain J H Buzz
I would like to start reading some of the fiction involving the Elite universe so I can be more familiar with the universe I'll be "living in" before the game comes out. I do hate reading stories with references to previous events in older stories that I have no knowledge of. OPCD kicking in! :rolleyes:

So I’ve been looking for a Chronology of the Elite universe and have searched this form, the Oolite Bulletin Board and the Elite Wiki (wiki.alioth.net). The closest I found is this timeline but it doesn’t show what time periods the various stories/books cover. For an example of what I'm looking for see this Tales of Known Space chronology.

Does anyone know where I can find what I'm looking for?

Much thanks in advance. :cool:
 

Allen Stroud

Allen Stroud
Chronology of Stories:

1. Blood is Thicker - Ulla Susimetsa (Early Imperial days, found in Tales from the Frontier Anthology)
2. The Dark Wheel - Robert Holdstock (32nd century).
3. Imprint - Andy Redman (32nd century)
4. Stories of Life on the Frontier - Various (33rd century)
5. Frontier Gazetteer - Various (33rd century)
6. Further Stories of Life on the Frontier - Various (33rd century)
7. Frontier First Encounters Journals - http://www.dream-ware.co.uk/first-encounters/journals/all/
6. Elite: Lave Revolution - Allen Stroud (AD 3265).

After this my memory is a little hazy as its down to the individual authors.

7. Out of the Darkness - T James (33rd century, not available yet).
8. Tales from the Frontier - Various (one or two stories are end of 33rd century).
9. Mostly Harmless - Kate Russell (34th century).
10. Elite Reclamation - Drew Wagar(34th century).
11. And Here the Wheel - John Harper (34th century).
12. Elite: Wanted - Gavin Deas (34th century, but could be earlier).
13. Elite Nemorensis - Simon Spurrier (34th century, but could be earlier).
14. Elite: Docking is Difficult - Gideon Defoe (34th century, but could be earlier).

Hope that helps.
 
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Snakebite

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Snakebite
Captain J H Buzz said:
I would like to start reading some of the fiction involving the Elite universe so I can be more familiar with the universe I'll be "living in" before the game comes out. I do hate reading stories with references to previous events in older stories that I have no knowledge of. OPCD kicking in! :rolleyes:

So I’ve been looking for a Chronology of the Elite universe and have searched w where I can find what I'm looking for?

Much thanks in advance. :cool:
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My old GalNET website had a really detailed chronology and a pretty extensive 'encyclopedia Galactica' of elite, sadly the site is no more but i'll dig around some old hard drives see what i can find.
 

Darren Grey

Darren Grey
Captain J H Buzz said:
So I’ve been looking for a Chronology of the Elite universe and have searched this form, the Oolite Bulletin Board and the Elite Wiki (wiki.alioth.net).
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Be warned that the alioth.net wiki is *not* for Elite, it's for Oolite, which has a very different chronology from the official series.
 

Yaffle

Volunteer Moderator
Yaffle
Does anyone yet know what comes 'in the box' with the game?

Such as some form of timeline? IIRC there was one in Frontier.
 

nicomak

nicomak
Yaffle said:
Does anyone yet know what comes 'in the box' with the game?

Such as some form of timeline? IIRC there was one in Frontier.
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there was one in the gazetteer, i suppose it's possible we'd have an updated one, but it hasnt been said anywhere as far as i can recall.
so this is merely speculations.
 

Allen Stroud

Allen Stroud
Yaffle said:
Does anyone yet know what comes 'in the box' with the game?

Such as some form of timeline? IIRC there was one in Frontier.
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As yet we don't know. There has been discussion about releasing history and timeline information, but no decisions have been made.

Some historical information is available in Lave Revolution, including a timeline of events on the planet leading up to 3300, and there will also be some in the RPG, which I didn't include as I currently don't know how much will appear in it or what period Dave is setting his work (I believe it is set in several periods).
 

Yaffle

Volunteer Moderator
Yaffle
Allen Stroud said:
As yet we don't know. There has been discussion about releasing history and timeline information, but no decisions have been made.

Some historical information is available in Lave Revolution, including a timeline of events on the planet leading up to 3300, and there will also be some in the RPG, which I didn't include as I currently don't know how much will appear in it or what period Dave is setting his work (I believe it is set in several periods).
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Thanks Allen

Lave Revolution is next on my list, I am still on the anthology at the moment. Which, to add, I am very much enjoying.
 

EAGLE 5

EAGLE 5
Snakebite said:
My old GalNET website had a really detailed chronology and a pretty extensive 'encyclopedia Galactica' of elite, sadly the site is no more but i'll dig around some old hard drives see what i can find.
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That was your site? wow man it was awesome!

Darren Grey said:
Be warned that the alioth.net wiki is *not* for Elite, it's for Oolite, which has a very different chronology from the official series.
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It's partially correct based on the gazzetteer a lot of fan fiction was added to give readers an idea of when in time the stories took place, the basic knowledge was the same.
 

Jack Shaftoe

Jack Shaftoe
Allen Stroud said:
Chronology of Stories:

1. Blood is Thicker - Ulla Susimetsa (Early Imperial days, found in Tales from the Frontier Anthology)
2. The Dark Wheel - Robert Holdstock (32nd century).
3. Imprint - Andy Redman (32nd century)
4. Stories of Life on the Frontier - Various (33rd century)
5. Frontier Gazetteer - Various (33rd century)
6. Further Stories of Life on the Frontier - Various (33rd century)
7. Frontier First Encounters Journals - http://www.dream-ware.co.uk/first-encounters/journals/all/
6. Elite: Lave Revolution - Allen Stroud (AD 3265).

After this my memory is a little hazy as its down to the individual authors.

7. Out of the Darkness - T James (33rd century, not available yet).
8. Tales from the Frontier - Various (one or two stories are end of 33rd century).
9. Mostly Harmless - Kate Russell (34th century).
10. Elite Reclamation - Drew Wagar(34th century).
11. And Here the Wheel - John Harper (34th century).
12. Elite: Wanted - Gavin Deas (34th century, but could be earlier).
13. Elite Nemorensis - Simon Spurrier (34th century, but could be earlier).
14. Elite: Docking is Difficult - Gideon Defoe (34th century, but could be earlier).

Hope that helps.
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Any fine-tuning of the in-game settings (chronologically speaking) of the books? Several seem to be out, but looking on Amazon & reviews I haven't seen anything else in the way of time each is set in. If the date doesn't really matter that's fine too, it would just be good to know so I can start cracking through them all.
 

Selezen

Selezen
Allen Stroud said:
As yet we don't know. There has been discussion about releasing history and timeline information, but no decisions have been made.

Some historical information is available in Lave Revolution, including a timeline of events on the planet leading up to 3300, and there will also be some in the RPG, which I didn't include as I currently don't know how much will appear in it or what period Dave is setting his work (I believe it is set in several periods).
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The RPG isn't "set" in any one time period. It's a "sourcebook" of sorts that tries to provide enough information on the history of the Elite universe so that players could potentially set their games in any time period. The short fiction within the book is set in various "eras". The main text of the book itself is written from the point of view of an observer in the Elite Dangerous era (actually a little later, allowing the ED parts to be written in the same tense as the rest of the book).

Darren Grey said:
Be warned that the alioth.net wiki is *not* for Elite, it's for Oolite, which has a very different chronology from the official series.
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Inaccurate. The Alioth Wiki has sections for ALL the Elite games including, but not limited to, Oolite. Different game articles are available from the site's main page. It is accurate to say that the Oolite sections are the most populous, given that the majority of the regular editors are Oolite players.
 

Darren Grey

Darren Grey
Selezen said:
Inaccurate. The Alioth Wiki has sections for ALL the Elite games including, but not limited to, Oolite. Different game articles are available from the site's main page. It is accurate to say that the Oolite sections are the most populous, given that the majority of the regular editors are Oolite players.
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Well, given the structure of the wiki it ends up all just looking like Oolite content. The Ships sections is all full of Oolite info, the Factions all use the Oolite chronology. The whole site is really not useful for anyone trying to follow the official chronology.

Back on the RPG, will you be running sessions at the EliteMEet in Birmingham at the end of the month? :)
 

Snakebite

Banned
Snakebite
Captain J H Buzz said:
I would like to start reading some of the fiction involving the Elite universe so I can be more familiar with the universe I'll be "living in" before the game comes out. I do hate reading stories with references to previous events in older stories that I have no knowledge of. OPCD kicking in! :rolleyes:

So I’ve been looking for a Chronology of the Elite universe and have searched this form, the Oolite Bulletin Board and the Elite Wiki (wiki.alioth.net). The closest I found is this timeline but it doesn’t show what time periods the various stories/books cover. For an example of what I'm looking for see this Tales of Known Space chronology.

Does anyone know where I can find what I'm looking for?

Much thanks in advance. :cool:
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A bunch of us at GalNET put together the encyclopedia galactica which has a timeline originally researched by cmdr musoffa.

Its a bit outdated now because the GalNET website has not been updated since long before Elite Dangerous was announced but I think most of it still applies.

http://elitegaming.org.uk/galnet/ and select the encyclopedia link.
 
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