The Federal Way, the Right Way

We're not making a traditional "flight sim", but we want to give the "impression" of one when players fly their ships.

If an authority ship or space station witnesses a crime (it takes place within its radar range), it is “detected” and reported. A number of police vessels will then target the offender and attack. If there are not enough ships available, reinforcements will be called and will hyperspace jump in after a short delay.

Trading has always been a massive component of the Elite experience and with the capabilities of our event system at our disposal, as well as online multiplayer, we have the opportunity in Elite: Dangerous to make a trading system that is more dynamic and detailed than ever before.

The theoretical speed limit whist super-cruising is two thousand times the speed of light, but in practice journeys will likely not see your ship travelling more than tens of times the speed of light.

Exploration is something many people are excited about, but we haven’t yet discussed it here. There is exploration for the sake of it, but it is also possible to make money from exploring too. There is a lot out there – which will be covered more in future newsletters – many surprising things like the many planets with neon atmospheres – things not yet seen in astronomy.

The classic Coriolis Station is as iconic to the Elite series as the Cobra MK III, and whilst we’re happy to confirm that it will be making a triumphant return for Elite: Dangerous, a galaxy cannot live on Cuboctahedrons alone!

There is a range of different ship classes that can make up a fleet, all designed to fulfill specific roles. With the Federation, Empire and Alliance being such dominant factions in the Elite universe they have the capabilities to fulfill as many of these roles as possible. Whilst not all of these will be present in the game at release, here is the hierarchy of fleet-class ships that are available to the game’s major factions.

Power Play update will go live in late May and for now we have 3 Major Factions - Empire, Federation and Empire.

As a recent inductee to the Pilots Federation, there are some things you need to know about your new organization.