Check out this guys! http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1461411552/elite-dangerous
or here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGHM6wu1WY4&feature=youtu.be

Just to whet your appetites here are some little snippets I wrote over on the KS page.

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Imagine if you will, you leave the space station and head out into the galaxy. As you explore, a Krait warps in to your vicinity. You ignore it as you continue mining that asteroid you happened upon. Suddenly all hell breaks loose as his beam laser strikes against your hull. Now its a fight for survival as you wrestle with the controls of you Cobra MKIII and try to get a shooting angle on the more agile Krait. you remember that these things often travel in pairs so you just hope that this one is a loner. Now your sheilds are reaching a critical level as you take hit after hit from his lasers. There is nothing for it! You will have to resort to using that expensive missile you bought at Lave. You finally get a lock and fire. The missile finds its target but the krait survives. As you close on the wounded Krait you see the escape capsule laeve the ship. You scoop up the capsule and turn your attention to the drifting hulk that was once the architect of your near demise. What will you do? try to salvage it or blow it to hell in a fit of revenge? That is just a tiny bit of what this game offers. The only limits will be your imagination. So what are you waiting for? get pledging.

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Imagine if you will, You have left the space station and the Python that you have been tasked to escort is in front of you accelerating to a safe distance before he makes his first Hyper-jump on the journey. You follow suit in your heavilly armed Constrictor. The first jump completed, you find yourselves in empty space with another two jumps to go. But before the second jump is made you close up behind the heavilly laden Python and let it feel the full force of your military lasers. The ponderous ship tries to maneuver away from your deadly laser strokes but it is already to late. The blast force of the exploding Python brings your sheilds down a bit but you will soon replenish that with the superior military hyperdrive you have fitted. As you casually scoop up the remaining cargo containers that have spilled from the wrecked Python you ponder to yourself what made that fool of a captain think he could trust you? That just another snippet of what this game offers. so get pledging and soon you will experience your own adventure in the Elite Dangerous universe.

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Imagine if you will, you leave the space station and plot how many jumps you will need to make before you arrive at your destination of Barnards Star. You are expecting this full load of computers to fetch a pretty penny when you finally arrive. As you prepare to make your third jump in this uneventful journey you check your radar and notice some heavy activity towards the edge of your radar screen. Being a commited explorer at heart you decide to investigate. You draw closer and soon you see that there are quite a few ships here. It seems a Python is being attacked by three Kraits. Never one to turn down a challenge you decide to even up the odds a bit and swoop into the fray. Your first volley strikes one of the Kraits in a critical area and he disappears in a ball of flame next you turn for the second pirate ship and he is soon reduced to a smoking hulk by your onslaught. two down and one to go. But then the third Krait vanishes from your radar. Wisely he has decided that discretion is the better part of valour and has pressed his Hyperjump drive and escaped. You prepare to continue your journey and your only regret is that you dont have any free space to pick up the pirates in their escape pods. No not to save them but to sell as slaves. After all, they would have made a nice bonus. Just one more snippet of what could be in store for you if this game gets made. It truly will be limited only by your imagination so please pledge what you can and lets make this happen.

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. Imagine if you will, You leave the Space station and accelerate away deeper into the system space. Your Cobra MkII is sporting its newly aquired mining laser and its holds are empty. The holds are empty for a reason. You know this system is rich in minerals and you have decided to avail yourself of some of these riches to boost your coffers. As you fly deeper into the system you happen uppon a likely asteroid and aim your mining laser. The first blast at the asteroid and you radar detects an object break off. Thinking it is a nice peice of mineral you head towards it with your scoops at the ready, Suddenly the "mineral" opens fire on you and knocks your shields down to half. Instinctively you fire back and the small ship is blown apart as soon as your laser strikes home, your on board computer transmits the news that you are now a criminal with a price on your head. You will now have to fight your way back into the space station and you know you will be hunted wherever you go till you can sort this mess out. As you ponder the events of the last few minutes you realise that the asteroid you had decided to mine must have been home to a space hermit. You resolve in future to be a lot more carefull in futer when you go mining. That is just a small snippet of what could await you in this game so if you are on the fence about this game, get pledging This game has to be made!

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Probably last one as I am running out of ideas: Imagine if you will, You launch from the station and accelerate to a safe distance before engaging you hyperdrive. No smelly livestock on this trip, no. You have landed yourself an extremely important industrial magnate as a passenger. He settles into his cabin and you make your first jump. As you emerge from your jump into normal space you find yourself confronted by a group of ships and before you can program your next jump you are fighting for your life. The ships seem to be an assasination squad. You bravely try to fight them off but hit after hit from their beam lasers gradually deplete your sheilds. Soon it will be actual structural damage you recieve and then the unforgiving coldness of death in deep space. Your sheilds are destroyed and still your throw your ship around trying to survive the onslaught from these murdering mercenaries. But then a glimmer of hope! You notice one of the ships is firing on the other attackers. It is A Viper of the Galactic police! soon more Vipers warp in to the area and the attackers are driven off. You thank the gods that your distress call was picked up and you resolve to always carry more missiles in future. Purely for defence of course. Just another snippet of what you can expect from the basic game when it comes. so get pledging we are getting there but we need all the support we can get! Thanks to all the pledgers.

Last edited by stewartforgie; 12/20/12 12:36 AM.

Cheers,
Stewart.