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[[File:Classic Elite - Flight Trader's Manual.png|300px|thumb|right|Ian Bell's own copy]]
  
[[File:Classic Elite - Flight Trader's Manual.png|300px|thumb|right|Ian Bell's own copy]]
   
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Created by [[Robert Holdstock]], [[Ian Bell]] & [[David Braben]] for the original game, [[Classic Elite]].
  
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'''The original 64 page Instruction Manual.'''
   
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Contents:
  
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Created by [[Robert Holdstock]], [[Ian Bell]] & [[David Braben]] for the very first game, [[Classic Elite]].
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*1 Introductory Data
  
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*2 Navigation and Flying
  
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'''Contents:'''<br>
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*3 Interplanetary Travel
  
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'''*1 Introductory Data'''
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** In-flight combat
  
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:::Interior of a Cobra Mk III
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** Equipping the Cobra Mk III
  
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:::Your rating as a combateer
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*4 Intergalactic Trading
  
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'''*2 Navigation and Flying'''
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*5 Political Profile of the Universe
  
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::Flying and navigational controls
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*6 Observer's Guide to Ships in Service
  
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::Leaving the space station
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*7 Pilot's Log
  
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::Making for your target world
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::Travelling to other galaxies
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::Docking procedure
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'''*3 Interplanetary Travel'''
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::In-flight combat
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:::Controls and tactics
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:::Likely enemies
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::Equipping the Cobra Mk III
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:::Weaponry and non-combative equipment
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:::How to buy the equipment for your ship
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'''*4 Intergalactic Trading'''
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::How to trade
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::Advice to traders
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::Alternatives to Trading
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:::Piracy
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:::Bounty hunting
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:::Asteroid Mining
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:::Free Space Cargo
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:::Illegal Trading
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'''*5 Political Profile of the Universe'''
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::Consequences for Trade (not all political states are detailed here)
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:::Corporate States
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:::Dictatorships
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:::Anarchy Planets
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::Alien races (not all are detailed here - ''eg'' reptiloids)
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:::Bird-forms
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:::Amphiboids
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:::Felines
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:::Insectoids
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'''*6 Observer's Guide to Ships in Service'''
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::Adder
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::Anaconda
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::Asp Mk II
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::Boa Class Cruiser
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::Cobra Mk I
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::Cobra Mk III
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::Fer-de-Lance
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::Gecko
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::Krait
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::Mamba
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::Moray Starboat
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::Python
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::Orbit Shuttles
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::Sidewinder Scout Ship
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::Thargoid Invasion Ships (with remote controlled fighters)
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::Transporter
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::Viper (Police Ship)
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::Worm class Landing Craft
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'''*7 Pilot's Log'''
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:(for recording your own trades and kills)
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== Download (pdf's) ==
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You can download your own copy from [http://www.iancgbell.clara.net/elite/index.htm here].
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== Commentary ==
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Holdstock's version of the Instruction Manual was a great innovation. It was written for newly-qualified pilots, not for teenage players of a computer game. And it made references to all sorts of things not part of the game itself. Generation ships. Deep space dredgers. Other versions of the four in-game lasers. Government bodies and other publications. In effect, it became a major source of [[Lore]] for those who bought the entire boxed game and read all the contents. It was a major factor in creating the immersion which engulfed so many of the original players.
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Well worth reading!
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== OXPs ==
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*[[Lore Collection (Classic Elite)]] includes the relevant oxz's from the Expansions Manager to help transform Oolite into a lore-laden Elite (but see the wiki page for details of unincluded oxp's)
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[[Category:Classic]]
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[[Category:Lore]][[Category:Help pages]]

Latest revision as of 17:31, 3 September 2021

Ian Bell's own copy

The original 64 page Instruction Manual.

Created by Robert Holdstock, Ian Bell & David Braben for the very first game, Classic Elite.

Contents:
*1 Introductory Data

Interior of a Cobra Mk III
Your rating as a combateer

*2 Navigation and Flying

Flying and navigational controls
Leaving the space station
Making for your target world
Travelling to other galaxies
Docking procedure

*3 Interplanetary Travel

In-flight combat
Controls and tactics
Likely enemies
Equipping the Cobra Mk III
Weaponry and non-combative equipment
How to buy the equipment for your ship

*4 Intergalactic Trading

How to trade
Advice to traders
Alternatives to Trading
Piracy
Bounty hunting
Asteroid Mining
Free Space Cargo
Illegal Trading

*5 Political Profile of the Universe

Consequences for Trade (not all political states are detailed here)
Corporate States
Dictatorships
Anarchy Planets
Alien races (not all are detailed here - eg reptiloids)
Bird-forms
Amphiboids
Felines
Insectoids

*6 Observer's Guide to Ships in Service

Adder
Anaconda
Asp Mk II
Boa Class Cruiser
Cobra Mk I
Cobra Mk III
Fer-de-Lance
Gecko
Krait
Mamba
Moray Starboat
Python
Orbit Shuttles
Sidewinder Scout Ship
Thargoid Invasion Ships (with remote controlled fighters)
Transporter
Viper (Police Ship)
Worm class Landing Craft

*7 Pilot's Log

(for recording your own trades and kills)

Download (pdf's)

You can download your own copy from here.

Commentary

Holdstock's version of the Instruction Manual was a great innovation. It was written for newly-qualified pilots, not for teenage players of a computer game. And it made references to all sorts of things not part of the game itself. Generation ships. Deep space dredgers. Other versions of the four in-game lasers. Government bodies and other publications. In effect, it became a major source of Lore for those who bought the entire boxed game and read all the contents. It was a major factor in creating the immersion which engulfed so many of the original players.

Well worth reading!

OXPs

  • Lore Collection (Classic Elite) includes the relevant oxz's from the Expansions Manager to help transform Oolite into a lore-laden Elite (but see the wiki page for details of unincluded oxp's)
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