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Galnet

11:09

Elite Dangerous Galnet News: Galactic News: Weekly Health Report

posted on September 07, 2016

This report presents the latest data on health issues among the galaxy's minor factions. Here are the latest factions to experience famine: LFT 1349 Mafia BPM 40823 Republic Party 36 Ursae Majoris Gold Posse Justice Party of Orule Corngaranga Nationals Confederacy of 47 Ursae Majoris Jet Major Co Iktock Jet Family Boresti Blue United Corporation Njuwai Transport Co When a faction i…

Galnet

12:04

Elite Dangerous Galnet News: Powerplay: Incoming Update

posted on September 07, 2016

At 7.00 am tomorrow morning (GMT), the monitoring of powers' activities will go offline for a short period while the latest data is assembled. Pilots who operate for one of the powers should deliver any cargo or vouchers before this time to ensure their activities are registered.

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Galnet

14:04

Elite Dangerous Galnet News: Freelance Report: Weird Science

posted on September 07, 2016

As the scientific community grapples with the discovery of mysterious wreckage in the Pleiades Sector AB-W B2-4 system, controversial naturalist Ulla Burton believes she has the answer. In her most recent broadcast, Ulla said: "The answer is staring us in the face – it's a form of giant space crab. I'm surprised the Canonn Institute hasn't considered it. The creature was obviously confused by…

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Galnet

16:15

Elite Dangerous Galnet News: Freelance Report: Buckyball Presents Heavy Metal Megadeth

posted on September 07, 2016

Following the success of the Total Recall 2 event, the Pilots Federation has asked the Buckyball Racing Club to help it investigate a pressing safety issue. Since the start of the year, the Pilots Federation has noticed a sharp increase in the number of crash landings on high-gravity planets. To assess whether or not ship thrusters require an across-the-board power increase, the organisation h…

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Tim Stone

17:42

Have your say! Should ship & module transfer be instant? Check out Lead designer Sandro Sammarco's post & vote: http://ow.ly/wB7p303Zo5A

Tweeted by EliteDangerous on September 7, 2016 at 5:42 PM

/cc @Unionhawk

Unionhawk

18:30

Aaaand, no vote recorded

MBraedley

19:03

@Unionhawk You want it to be instant? Why?

Unionhawk

No, not instant

MBraedley

Did you vote no? Because the no vote is for instant travel

Unionhawk

I voted for not instant

MBraedley

Good. That's the right choice

Unionhawk

I'm not a brexit voter cc @fredley

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Stack Exchange

23:43

Q: Is there a better way to select star systems in the 3D Galaxy Map?

I play almost exclusively using a HOTAS and an Oculus Rift, and I'm having an impossibly difficult time with the navigation system in that environment. Specifically, it's nearly impossible to select a star system from the galaxy map. I can navigate about just fine using the joystick, or using th...