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Which does beg the question - which of the conflicting back stories to Frontier staff consider to be "canon"?
Actually, thinking about it, the Elite manual + Dark Wheel fit quite well into the Frontier/FFE canon (which is itself consistent between game and manual), with a few renamings and a bit of poetic license on the "galactic" hyperdrive being all that's needed. So probably that one. It's just that pesky Elite game which contradicts it.
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Folks,

As promised. The trailer for 'Elite:Reclamation'.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLuEqaqILYE

(Minor Spoilers)

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Nice trailer! :D

"They stole her future … they assassinated her family … now she wants vengeance …"

Now, [EliteWiki] what does that remind me of? :wink:

The "… then they murdered her …" part is new and intriguing, though. :D
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Very cool!
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It will bear as much resemblance to Status Quo as a finely prepared pheasant does to a pot noodle. Trust me, I know. :wink:

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Only in the Elite universe could "THEN THEY MURDERED HER" be followed with "NOW SHE WANTS REVENGE". ;-)
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Hehe, sounds intriguing, indeed! :)
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This particularly 'lady' is going to be a rather nasty piece of work indeed...

I also found Michael Brooke's blog about the sequel, no detail yet. It's here > http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/2012/ ... novel.html

He's a 'horror' man primarily. I'm not a fan of that genre in the slightest, so I think we're guaranteed very different takes on the Elite universe. Interestingly he notes that he'll be writing it in conjunction with David Braben - I generally avoid twin-author books, look what happened to the Rama series after Gentry Lee got hold of it...

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drew wrote:
This particularly 'lady' is going to be a rather nasty piece of work indeed...

I also found Michael Brooke's blog about the sequel, no detail yet. It's here > http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/2012/ ... novel.html

He's a 'horror' man primarily. I'm not a fan of that genre in the slightest, so I think we're guaranteed very different takes on the Elite universe. Interestingly he notes that he'll be writing it in conjunction with David Braben - I generally avoid twin-author books, look what happened to the Rama series after Gentry Lee got hold of it...

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Oh... and he can't spell 'conjunction'... :D

cnjunction(sic)

But people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw bricks... :oops:

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drew wrote:
But people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw bricks...
Wow! You southerners sure are rich. We were only supplied with stones for that proverb. :mrgreen:
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Pledged :). :D
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Thanks fella!

Quick update. I remixed the trailer with the new combat footage to give it a little extra zing...

http://youtu.be/26_XtjehdAk

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Only one tip for the video's. Don't boost the music. As I understand Youtube compresses the music also. So then you get over compression. And the music sounds distorted. :D
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