What is the current plot or story for Elite?

william1134

william1134
Hi all,

I am just wondering if there is a nice synopsis of what is happening in the elite storyline.

I am a casual player and pretty much all of the story has passed me by as the cannon thread is just not accessible unless you read it every day and there doesn't really seem to be anything in-game.

What I know so far:
Thargoids = One scripted event and a few non interactive wrecks
Alien ruins on planets = I know nothing of these apart from a few pictures of the green buildings
The guardians = More aliens or is it just us in our passenger ships?
Colonia = New colony bubble with lots of missions near the center of the galaxy


Many thanks!
 

Apos

Apos
The Federation and Empire are trying to contest the findings about the aliens to use them for their benefit through force. The Alliance is lurking around and acquiring information through observation instead.

There's also some escalation between the Federation and the Empire within the bubble, but has been put into a halt.
 
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Marcusfalden

Marcusfalden
Yes I been hoping for some sort of story or plot advancement. Currently participated in the Colonia CG yet I see nothing new out here.
 

drzdeano

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the plot is you inherited a sidewinder and 1000 credits

you forgot about the formadine rift

there are also quite a few minor stories but no idea how to find them
 

S3B4ST13N

S
Jimbodiah is partly right. There is no plot or storyline like in ME or DA, however there are a number of concurrently running minor plots; things that happen in the Empire, in the Federation and again at a lower level with each Superpower, then you have the Thargoids ( maybe ), Colonia etc.
 

shadragon

shadragon
Kerrash said:
Goes without saying :p
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With a thread like this, a lot gets said under my breath.

Skyrim - Story, 220 hours played
Dishonoured - Story, 64 hours played
GTA V - Story, 49 hours played

Elite: Dangerous - No story, thousands of hours played, thousands more to come.
 

Luponator

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shadragon said:
With a thread like this, a lot gets said under my breath.

Skyrim - Story, 220 hours played
Dishonoured - Story, 64 hours played
GTA V - Story, 49 hours played

Elite: Dangerous - No story, thousands of hours played, thousands more to come.
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I think OP was asking for a summary of the story so far, not of a mine-is-bigger contest about hours played.

I still play and enjoy Patrician, and look forward to the new D3 class. And that has 0 to do with OPs question nor the ED plot. Or lack thereof.
 

Monk

Monk
My CMDR (in RP) is mostly oblivious to the recent goings on with aliens. He's seen the news reports but generally sees it all as #FakeNews, Galnet can't be trusted.

In his story, he just narrowly escaped a Deadly Gunship pirate employing a Taipan fighter. Traumatized by the retreat, he is working tirelessly to get an Exploration Anaconda running. Ready to move on to space with fewer meatbags, perhaps even settling in Colonia.
 
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Jabezz

J
shadragon said:
With a thread like this, a lot gets said under my breath.

Skyrim - Story, 220 hours played
Dishonoured - Story, 64 hours played
GTA V - Story, 49 hours played

Elite: Dangerous - No story, thousands of hours played, thousands more to come.
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You make a good point but I'm playing less and less as each week goes by now. I've ranked up, filled the bank account and got the engineered star destroyer.

When I do launch I just find myself kicking around now struggling to find something interesting and meaningful to do. I'm kinda mostly out of the game now until further developments land.
 

william1134

william1134
shadragon said:
With a thread like this, a lot gets said under my breath.

Skyrim - Story, 220 hours played
Dishonoured - Story, 64 hours played
GTA V - Story, 49 hours played

Elite: Dangerous - No story, thousands of hours played, thousands more to come.
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Ah but ask yourself this question. How many of those hours were really "played" and not actually Netflix? :D
 

CMDR MAIN SEQUENCE

CMDR MAIN SEQUENCE
william1134 said:
Thargoids = One scripted event and a few non interactive wrecks
Alien ruins on planets = I know nothing of these apart from a few pictures of the green buildings
The guardians = More aliens or is it just us in our passenger ships?
Colonia = New colony bubble with lots of missions near the center of the galaxy
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There is also "The Missing"...although at the moment they seem to be, er, missing.
 

Iskariot

Iskariot
william1134 said:
Hi all,

I am just wondering if there is a nice synopsis of what is happening in the elite storyline.

I am a casual player and pretty much all of the story has passed me by as the cannon thread is just not accessible unless you read it every day and there doesn't really seem to be anything in-game.

What I know so far:
Thargoids = One scripted event and a few non interactive wrecks
Alien ruins on planets = I know nothing of these apart from a few pictures of the green buildings
The guardians = More aliens or is it just us in our passenger ships?
Colonia = New colony bubble with lots of missions near the center of the galaxy


Many thanks!
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Elite is mostly about telling your own story.
There's all kinds of stuff happening in the background and you can get involved in some of it, but ED is not like other games with A to B narratives.

The things you list are indeed part of what is going on in the universe.
But there's also stuff brewing between the Feds and the Empire and I think we will for sure hear about more Imperial infighting too.
And don't forget about the weird stuff that happened in the Federal government ranks.
I think there's more to come there too.


Jimbodiah said:
There is hardly any content.
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That is in every respect a nonsensical remark.
 
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