The Outpost #107

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“The Outpost #107” sums-up the main Elite news from July to December!

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Summary:

Frontier News

Chapter 4 Pre-3.3 – July to November

Commanders, good evening and and welcome to this new recap: The Outpost, for Elite: Dangerous!

If you don’t know the concept of this article: it is a weekly newsletter published every weeks on Remlok-Industries.fr (usually during the week-ends). You will find crucial information about the game, comments from developers, images and videos from the community, stories and events taking place in the game.

Iin short: a concentrate of news by and for players.

The official newsletter focuses on a quick overview and store promotions, The Outpost focuses on what really makes Elite: Dangerous: its community. Thanks for stopping by, enjoy the read and fly safe! o7

The story unfolds very slowly since the Summer holidays, here is a summary from the Elite Lore.

During this period, the developers continued to develop the Chapter 4 content while improving the internal structure of the game. Without exciting new features, the slow paced content and poorly written Galnet news, many players took a break during which they played casually now and then, bringing the game population to its lowest point. Let’s call a cat a cat, all the pilots were waiting for the famous Chapter 4 which would be the last part of the story spread over the last two years. Most of the mysteries should be revealed, careers enhanced, many improvements to be added to the game and a grand final chapter.

June and July 3304 Two groups “The Church of the Eternal Void” and “The Cult of the Far Gods” collide. The latter announce having privileged contacts with the Thargoids, but after a few months of investigations, no link are discovered and they are classified as fanatics. As a result of this classification, many members of the cult are missing, perhaps returning to their normal lives so as not to be discovered by the intelligence services.

August 3304 A report from Ram Tah indicates that large thermal signatures have been identified near NGC 2451A sector, the IC 2391 sector and the Synuefe EN-H region. Here, we found the Guardians Beacons . These helped us to triangulate positions of new Guardian Structures as well as to discover Guardians vessels plans. Thanks to the numerous experiments led by Ram Tah and the scientists, three hybrid Guardian-Human fighters are developed: Lance, Javelin, Trident. [Guide to unlock the new techs]

September, October and November 3304 President of the Alliance, Gibson Kincaid is re-elected, with Edmund Mahon as prime minister. Two other contenders for the presidency, Elijah Beck and Fazia Silva competed against Gibson with a different policy and edicts. Fazia stood out and hoped to strengthen the Alliance’s economy, but she was assassinated before the elections, for no apparent reason. The Gnosis (Cannon Interstellar’s megaship, a scientific group) tried an unauthorized jump on a permit system. They are certain to discover interesting things about the Thargoids in the Cone Sector FN-J b9-0 , however the ship is forcely dragged out of hyperspace earlier than expected, in Outotz ST-I d9-6, and attacked by the Thargoids. A new class of interceptor far superior to the others is discovered: the Hydra . Many lives are lost, but the galactic community defended the Gnosis at all costs, allowing repairs and retreat of the megaship.- Full recap





November 3304 After months of investigations about robots, serving different services, it turned out that a very large number of them contained a hidden surveillance program . Despite threats to disclose more information, the Federation puts pressure on the journalists and no further information are filtered. Sirius Inc. , which had previously acquired the Meta-Drive Company, contacted Ram Tah to cooperate on the creation of new Guardian technologies . Ram Tah refuses this singular offer, and a few moment later, his laboratory is attacked in November by “Unknown” assailants, who turned out to be Sirius Inc. employees. Li Yong-Rui claims that he is not involved in this criminal assault, and the administration will judge these criminals. Frederick Yamamoto replaces Riri McAllister as Admiral. He is a very close friend of Gibson Kincaid. Aegis Core is relocated to the Sol system to protect the interests of humanity more effectively. The fight against the Thargoids continues, and the story is always revealing more mysteries than we can solve.



Exploration expeditions are conducted such as Small World Expedition 3, The Great Expedition 3304 or the Autumn Odyssey.

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Chapter 4 Post-3.3 – December and beyond

December 11, it’s the release of Chapter 4 Elite: Dangerous!

The population of the game triples quickly and the servers are struggling, causing instabilities and connection issues every night since then. Not to mention the obvious new bugs, the Background simulation is a mess because the tick’s time is inconsistent and the factions influences are freezing everywhere, but the community remains quite positive and shares its joy about the changes made to the game as well as many images.

Next season content in 2019 is not yet unveiled, but this should be a big change for Elite: Dangerous. Many clues have been left here and there, with the recruitment of designers for vehicles, characters, armour… Zac Antonaci, director of communications, also reported that we are now at 4 months of production Season 4 for 2019. The content is already in development.

When Frontier invited me to Cambridge in October, many devs areas were closed and hidden to us so that this future content could not be spotted. I can’t wait to discover what Frontier Dev has to unveil next year, and as always I will be there to recap everything o7

We are hoping for news by the end of the first quarter, after the release of the new Icy Planets and the Fleet Carrier for the Squadrons.

I published, localized, and updated many articles that I invite you to read here:

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Developers and community

A dedicated space about Devs’ messages from the forums and social Medias.

~ Recent communications ~

[Development] […] A while ago, our development went from pre-production into full production (December = 4 months in production) on our next major milestone of Elite development. What that means in the simplest terms is that the team are actively working on the next major landmark which takes us into our next era for Elite. We aren’t going to be ready to talk about or announce any details for quite a while yet, it is early in the development and there is still a long way to go, but I can say that this is something that will be scheduled to release a considerable time after the final update in the Beyond series. We will have more details on exactly what this means and how the era will roll out after the release of Beyond – Chapter Four, but this does mark some exciting next steps and a continued commitment to the long term vision for the game and our community. Naturally, there will be community questions that might come up from this information. We aren’t going to be ready to talk about what method or model the content will be. What we can say is that it’s expected to be a major milestone in the history of Elite and will be paid content. Lifetime Expansion owners will obviously receive the content as part of their pass. (in addition to recent gifts awarded as ship paintings, SRV, bobbleheads) – Source – Zac Antonaci, Head of Communications

[…] A while ago, our development went from pre-production into full production (December = 4 months in production) on our next major milestone of Elite development. What that means in the simplest terms is that the team are actively working on the next major landmark which takes us into our next era for Elite. We aren’t going to be ready to talk about or announce any details for quite a while yet, it is early in the development and there is still a long way to go, but I can say that this is something that will be scheduled to release a considerable time after the final update in the Beyond series. We will have more details on exactly what this means and how the era will roll out after the release of Beyond – Chapter Four, but this does mark some exciting next steps and a continued commitment to the long term vision for the game and our community. Naturally, there will be community questions that might come up from this information. We aren’t going to be ready to talk about what method or model the content will be. What we can say is that it’s expected to be a major milestone in the history of Elite and will be paid content. Lifetime Expansion owners will obviously receive the content as part of their pass. (in addition to recent gifts awarded as ship paintings, SRV, bobbleheads) – Source – [Missions] Missions are hosted on a dedicated server to make the overall experience more satisfying. The missions will now be locked and refreshed every 10 minutes, which means you won’t be able to refresh change by changing the game mode. – Source – Will Flanagan, Community Manager

Missions are hosted on a dedicated server to make the overall experience more satisfying. The missions will now be locked and refreshed every 10 minutes, which means you won’t be able to refresh change by changing the game mode. – Source – [Visual] PlayStation 4 and Xbox One (including Pro and One X) consoles will receive all of the graphical updates (that is the lighting adjustments, colour grading and improved fog effects) with the exception of the shadows in fog volumes. These shadows are an Ultra-only setting on PC due to the impact they can have on performance; we’ve worked on carefully balancing the console settings to give players as much as possible in terms of visuals while maintaining performance. For PS4 Pro and Xbox One X consoles running in Quality Mode, the fog is more detailed than in Performance Mode or on the standard consoles, and as usual the overall settings are higher. Regardless of what you’re playing on, I think the game looks really great and the team have done a fantastic job on bringing everything together for Beyond – Chapter Four! – Source – Lloyd Morgan-Moore, Producer



PlayStation 4 and Xbox One (including Pro and One X) consoles will receive all of the graphical updates (that is the lighting adjustments, colour grading and improved fog effects) with the exception of the shadows in fog volumes. These shadows are an Ultra-only setting on PC due to the impact they can have on performance; we’ve worked on carefully balancing the console settings to give players as much as possible in terms of visuals while maintaining performance. For PS4 Pro and Xbox One X consoles running in Quality Mode, the fog is more detailed than in Performance Mode or on the standard consoles, and as usual the overall settings are higher. Regardless of what you’re playing on, I think the game looks really great and the team have done a fantastic job on bringing everything together for Beyond – Chapter Four! – Source – [UA Bombing] From Thursday November 29, selling Thargoid Sensors at starports will no longer have any negative effect. As a result, ‘UA bombing’, as it has become known, will no longer be possible. Along with these changes, you will now be able to sell Thargoid items legally rather than via the black market. You will also see an in-game GalNet article explaining why this has changed. – Source – Edward Lewis, Senior Community Manager



From Thursday November 29, selling Thargoid Sensors at starports will no longer have any negative effect. As a result, ‘UA bombing’, as it has become known, will no longer be possible. Along with these changes, you will now be able to sell Thargoid items legally rather than via the black market. You will also see an in-game GalNet article explaining why this has changed. – Source – [MAC] It is with great sadness that we must announce the upcoming end of Elite Dangerous on Mac, once Chapter 4 hits live. You can request a refund to our Support team. – Source – Edward Lewis, Senior Community Manager

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Powerplay and Lore

Powerplay is an ongoing battle for interstellar conquest and control. Players can choose a Power, help guide their strategy, and take on special objectives to advance their shared cause. Player choices and actions have a direct and visible impact on the balance of galactic power.

Edmund Mahon Felicia Winters Arissa Lavigny-Duval Yuri Grom Aisling Duval Archon Delaine Zachary Hudson Li Yong-Rui Pranav Antal Zemina Torval // Turmoil Denton Patreus





Cycle 184. Currently, cycle 185.

◘ 11 December – A new networked database system named the Codex has been released to the galactic community.

The Codex is a joint initiative from the Pilots Federation and Universal Cartographics, which issued the following joint statement:

“We are pleased to announce that the Codex has been automatically uploaded to the onboard systems of all vessels registered with the Pilots Federation. The Commander section of the Codex collates all ship data, including the pilot’s personal achievements, while the Knowledge Base contains information on the galaxy’s most prominent organisations and individuals. The Discoveries section is designed to support deep-space exploration. As well as cataloguing stellar bodies and other phenomena, it also logs confirmed and unconfirmed findings from fellow explorers. We hope the Codex will prove valuable to all Commanders, and we look forward to it being updated with their findings.”

◘ 11 December – Two new ships marketed towards independent pilots, the Mamba and the Krait Phantom, have just hit the market. Zorgon Peterson issued the following press release for its new vessel:

“If it’s speed and firepower you want, the Mamba is for you. Based on a racing prototype, it’s the fastest commercially available starship, and it sports enough hardpoints for a range of devastating weaponry. Whether you’re leaving competitors in the dust or running rings around those pesky Thargoids, think Mamba!”

Faulcon DeLacy also released a statement for its latest design:

“The Krait Phantom offers true multi-role capability, allowing it to be customised for combat, mining or trading. And for explorers, its impressive jump range means you really can reach out to the stars. This is a ship that can handle it all.”

◘ 13 December – Hadrian Augustus Duval, the long-lost grandson of Emperor Hengist Duval, has broadcast a message to the Empire:

“I am no wealthy senator from an entitled family, but someone who has lived an ordinary life. Someone who understands the hardships faced by many Imperial citizens. As Hadrian Jansen, I was a poor child with no family other than my father. Together we scraped a living as independent traders. He never spoke of his past – not even when he died two years ago. That was when I inherited his ship and became a Commander myself. When Imperator Mordanticus informed me of my heritage, I knew I had to accept my identity as a Duval. I’ve seen how diminished the Empire has become, and I know that new leadership is sorely needed. I ask you to honour the legacy of the Duval bloodline. With Nova Imperium, let’s save the Empire we love.”

◘ 14 December – The Interstellar Health Organisation (IHO) has delivered a preliminary report on the nanomedicines recently developed by Vitadyne Labs. The summary stated:

“Nanomedicine is a carefully regulated branch of medical science, with little scope for public application, but Vitadyne’s nanomeds are more sophisticated and reliable than any existing product. Furthermore, Vitadyne’s data regarding healing, disease treatment and extension of longevity has been verified. Having confirmed the product’s effectiveness, IHO teams are now conducting independent tests with patients.”

Media outlet Vox Galactica published this viewpoint from healthcare analyst Dr Himari Grey:

“The pharmaceutical industry is astonished that a small company like Vitadyne could produce something so advanced. Professor Katrien Rook’s credentials are impeccable, of course, but this is a work of genius. These nanomeds could be the most exciting thing in medicine for decades.”

Galnet.fr proposes the latest news from the galaxy!



Galnet.fr/en – Galnet News

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Community Goals

Community Goals allow the community to work together on an ongoing project. Fight, trade, smuggle, explore and help the factions and super powers to achieve their goals.

There is no good or bad sides, write your stories in Elite: Dangerous while earning credits!

◘ Fight for Wally Bei Technical (Combat)

Location: Wally Bei | Boas Terminal

Wally Bei | Boas Terminal Objective: Fight for Wally Bei Technical in the Conflict Zones, and sell the combat bonds on Boas Terminal.

Fight for Wally Bei Technical on Boas Terminal. Rewards : Credits



: Credits Progress: 4/8

4/8 Until: 20 December

◘ Fight for Wally Bei Constitution Party (Combat)



Location: Wally Bei | Boas Terminal

Wally Bei | Boas Terminal Objective: Fight Wally Bei Constitution Party in the Conflict Zones, and sell the combat bonds on Boas Terminal.

Fight Wally Bei Constitution Party on Boas Terminal. Rewards : Credits

: Credits Progress: 1/8

1/8 Until: 20 December

Galnet News:

Conflict has erupted between two opposing factions in the Wally Bei system.

Hostilities were triggered after Wally Bei Technical claimed to have discovered stolen food shipments aboard their rival’s transport vessels. The faction’s spokesperson said:

“Robbing innocent people of vital supplies is nothing less than an act of war, and we are treating it as such.”

This was denied in an official response by Traditional Wally Bei Constitution Party :

“This outrageous accusation is intended to drive off our trade partners and damage our economy. We won’t tolerate such slander!”

Military leaders from both Wally Bei Technical and the Traditional Wally Bei Constitution Party have issued calls to independent combat pilots, offering rewards for their support.

The two factions have set out week-long operations that will begin on the 13th of December 3304.

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Pics of the Week

Feel free to send me your prettiest images and videos via Twitter, Discord or directly in the comments!

Thanks a lot to Zer0axis, Madaxo, Jetsukai, Placyde, Ghost Giraffe, ToCoSo, Canthor, OrangeMagik, Victor Pallatto, Alex Storch, Evelyn Orwell, Kazahnn, Helios Erebus, Guru951, Peter Wotherspoon, Bec sPyren !

And some more recently: Thank you Guru951, NickC, Eli, Madaxo, Campbell, NatalieW, Tranzol.

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Videos of the Week

Look at these amazing creations from our community! Are you creating content as well? Let me know in the comments or directly on Discord!



The creators: Kouz, MiniwiSatN, Flyingspaghetti, Arburich



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