Welcome to the Galactic Travel Agency Offices, what can we do for you?
-- News Bulletin --
11th of April 2017
2.3 is released and the launch of the TGTA is finally here!
*Fireworks explode in the sky*
The old thread is still available and can be used to introduce someone to the TGTA, but this is now the official thread.
What is The Galactic Travel Agency? (TGTA)
The galactic travel agency is a non-profit politically independent organization inspired by the fuel rats, who's goal is to allow more people to explore by the use of multicrew now available in the 2.3 update. "Exploration has always been a favorite pasttime for many of us. Discovering distant stars, surveying distant worlds and making distant hauls to Colonia, there has been lots of things for us explorers to do over the last few years. Some of us can travel thousands of lightyears on end, discovering countless earthlikes, and systems which you would have to see yourself to believe. We discover planetary nebula and earthlikes around neutron stars. Ammonia moons and binary earthlikes. What we see on a regular basis is incredible, and makes the thousands of lightyears we travel each day more than bearable." We strongly believe that the galaxy is very beautiful and wish therefore to open it up to more people.
When Frontier announced that you would be able to join other pilots from anywhere in the galaxy we immidientley saw it as a great opportunity to create something truly special and unique. The Galactic Travel Agency not only allows for more people to explore, it also allows for existing to explorers to meet new friends and not be so lonely in the black reaches of space.
Using the soon to be implemented multicrew functionality which allows a player to be instantly teleported to anywhere in the galaxy, we will be able to give people who do not have the time, the credits or are otherwise unable to explore, the jaw-dropping experience of the Elite : Dangerous galaxy! By having a large roster of "hosts" each at different locations troughout the galaxy, some on POIs, some just doing their regular exploration buisness we can provide plentifull of experiences for CMDRs who simply can't manage to get out there themselves, or for explorers who just want to get a sneak peak of what they can travel to themselves in the future! From beautiful stations within the bubble, to Sagitarrius A* and the distant star systems around Beagle Point - nothing is out of reach!
*Quotes from the original TGTA thread >> here <<
How to participate:
A) If you want to hitch a ride
Simply search trough the catalogs of commanders willing to hitch you a ride, join the discord and/or contact the commanders directly! While not all commanders will be online at all times, and are not always willing to hitch you a ride, you are certain to find someone willing to take you somewhere special most of the time. One second you might be hauling slaves in the empire, and in the next enjoying the sights from the top of the galaxy! Not only do you get to see amazing sightes only veteraned explorers get to enjoy usually, but you get to meet all kinds of new people, from RP-hard alliance pilots to casual federal pilots to constantly joking imperial pilots! While the sights certainly are impressive, the bond you might develop with a random stranger could be just as memorable if not even more!
Press the "I desire to see" button further up to see a list of hosts
B) If you want to guide someone else
Start with writing yourself up on the spreadsheet, this will allow commanders that want a ride to easily see that you're willing to offer a ride, and will make the whole process a lot easier. Impatient? Head over to the discord and see if there's anyone that's online right now that wants to hitch a ride. If all that fails you can always visit this forum thread or just ask someone directly. The TGTA primarily works as a communications relay, if we can't find you a passenger you're welcome to try other ways.
Press the "I desire to host" button further up to sign up as a host
Additional Information & Other stuff
How to join the discord
1. Visit the Colonia Citizens Network (CCN) site.
2. Read the rules of the discord, then click the button "Join CCN"
3. You will then be directed to the discord server of the CCN, please register as a user on discord if you haven't already!
4. Either navigate to the chat room called "The Galactic Travel Agency" or write the message "I'm looking for the Travel Agency Offices"
5. You will now be at the discord chat room of the TGTA, feel free to have a chat about anything regarding the project!
A little word from our parent organization, the Colonia Citizens Network
"The Colonia Citizens Network (CCN) was launched on August 22nd 3302 as the Jaunt to Jaques expedition arrived at Jaques Station in the EOL PROU d3-94 system. Back then, Colonia was limited to a solitary station stranded twenty-two thousand light years from the nearest inhabited system. It was merely a tiny island lost in a galactic ocean vast beyond imagination. The exploration community sensed an incredible opportunity there – a chance to create something they felt the game had always needed: a united community of players.
The realisation that players could put aside factional differences to build such a community was born out of the Distant Worlds Expedition in Spring 3302 – where the incredible camaraderie of players surpassed everyone’s expectations. This stricken station, so far from humanity, suddenly embodied a hope for a new and optimistic future. Here, finally, was a chance to create the community that had thus far proven elusive. As more and more pilots made the trip to help repair, refuel and restock the station, it became obvious that something big was growing, and that a catalyst could accelerate a fruitful developement of the area.
CCN was established to provide the necessary infrastructure to allow those early Colonists to come together and build the new society. It is a communications hub, a united identity, and a foundation for a society that was inspired by so many of the early dreamers, to link groups and individuals to benefit all participants. We, members of CCN, welcome all who share our vision for a peaceful, collaborative, independent and safe region of space, distinct from the old world, where explorers, scientists, miners, traders and independent pilots can go freely about their business. Happily, many of the community’s most important groups support that goal, and CCN today is made up of more than twenty player groups and 1,600 members."
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