Frontier has dropped some fresh Elite Dangerous news, straight from the stage at their Frontier community event at Gamescom.
First up, Frontier revealed further information on the much-anticipated Fleet Carriers coming in the December Update. These huge ships can support up to 16 player ships and are available to ANY Elite Dangerous Commander to purchase (one per player, they’re really big).
There’s also a ton of info on the Fleet Carriers below.Before we get to December though, we have the September Update. This is focused on improving the starter experience for new commanders meaning there’s never been a better time to get into Elite Dangerous. We’re adding a fully-voiced, in-ship tutorial, covering the basics of space flight, combat, traveling and scanning.
In addition, the September update will also include a reworking and rebranding of Frontier Points, introducing them as Arx. These Arx will be purchasable and used to buy Game Extras such as Paint Jobs, Ship Kits, Bobbleheads and more. As announced earlier this year, Arx will also be earnable via in-game activities. Giving players further reason to regularly check in on the state of the galaxy.
The September Update will be launched 17 September for PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
Fleet Carrier key stats:
- Ownership
- Purchasable with a large amount of credits.
- One Fleet Carrier per Commander. Available for base game and Horizons players.
Capacity
Fleet Carriers have a total of 16 Landing Pads, composed of:
- 8 Large
- 4 Medium
- 4 Small
Set permissions to allow others to dock at your Fleet Carrier.
Operations
All Fleet Carriers feature rearm, refuel and repair services.
Commanders can choose a number of loadouts for their Fleet Carrier, governing services/module and ship availability to support a number of different activities, such as:
- Bounty Hunter
- Mercenary
- Pirate
- Trader
- Smuggler
- Miner
- Explorer
- Search and Rescue
Travel
- 500 LY jump range (per jump)
- Schedule jumps from the Galaxy Map when you want and from wherever you are in the galaxy.
- Commanders require a unique resource to fuel the Fleet Carrier in order for it to jump.
