To Maik: For the character of “Commander Myy’q”, a gourmet from chart five. To Cheyd: For the character of “Commander Cheyd Vlos'Oplyn”, an unusual CEO from chart eight. To Disembodied: For the character of “Blaze O’Glory”, a rather unique individual! For another story about the good Captain, read ‘Calliope’ on the Elite Wiki. To Hesperus: For the character of “Captain Hesperus”, a foppish feline, reprising his role from Mutabilis. Further tales about this wily sombrero toting smuggler can be found in ‘Coyote’- available on the Elite Wiki. To Coyote: For the character of “Coyote”, an inveterate ‘contrabandista’. Derik also features in ‘Rise of the Kirin’ – available on the Elite Wiki. To Wyvern: For the character of “Derik Roh’i”, a fearsome reptilian bounty hunter. Clym has also created some excellent PDF star maps, available via the Elite Wiki. ![]() Clym also provided a number of excellent suggestions for the dialogue. Likewise the character of “Udian Foraga Shulth” is Clym’s creation. ![]() The intimidating Caduceus bio-ship described in this story first appeared in the excellent Novella ‘Rise of the Kirin’ written by Clym and Wyvern. To Clym Angus: For the loan of a ship and a character. Rebecca has flown a Vampire since 3140 and wouldn’t be seen in anything else. To Killerwolf : For the loan of another new ship for Rebecca, the latest Mk5 Vampire from the Isis Corporation. Also for the freedom to create a character based on his name in this story. To Daddyhoggy: Who just ‘gets’ what this writing lark is all about. Coli infection a couple of weeks earlier. Sadly, Robert passed away on the 29th of November 2009 due to complications following an E. Robert also wrote the original Elite manual, further fleshing out the environment in which the game took place. This story, ‘The Dark Wheel’, provided the background to the Elite universe upon which my tales are based. The late, great Robert Holdstock: Robert wrote the Novella that came with the original ‘Elite’ game. To my wife and family: who put up with all the irritating idiosyncrasies that go with being a writer, allow me time to pursue this hobby and still manage to forgive me time and again. You may distribute the resulting work only under a licence identical to this oneįor any reuse or distribution, you must make clear to others the licence terms of this work.Īny of these conditions can be waived if you get permission from Drew Wagar Share Alike: If you alter, transform, or build upon this work, Non-commercial: You may not use this work for commercial purposes To copy, distribute, display and perform the workĪttribution: You must give original credit to Drew Wagar The game it’s around 25 MB, has a basic 3D graphic, retro Music and a great plot, I like this game, you can keep it on the hard disk and sometime forget about the Earth, take your favorite ship and start travel in the universe.A novella based on the space trading game Oolite.ĭedicated to Robert Paul Holdstock (2 August 1948 – 29 November 2009) Additionaly, enhancements to the core game are introduced in the expansion packs. Gameplay goes back to the simple open ended galaxy running of the original Elite. OOlite’s creators have built on that and given their users the ability to add in custom ships, modules, solar system maps. It is also possible, with the right equipment, to mine asteroids for ores and other materials. If the player’s ship is equipped with a scoop, this cargo can be salvaged for later resale. ![]() Although no bounty is awarded for destroying non-pirate ships, when a ship is destroyed, some of its cargo can survive the explosion. ![]() Players can become pirates themselves, attacking merchantmen and other ships. Money can also be earned by destroying pirate ships and collecting bounty. It combines 3D graphics with the classic space trading and dog fight action that Elite made popular. In OOlite, you are a space trader like in the old classic Elite. Otherwise you can download it from the offical site where you can find the versions for Mac OS X, Windows and Linux, current release is the 1.75 and the project is licensed under the GPL.
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