Elite: Dangerous – a beginner's guide

Considering launching your first mission into this vast space simulator? Here are a few pointers from our resident starship captain
Elite is back. The latest instalment in Frontier Development’s space simulation series was launched in December after a hugely successful Kickstarter campaign. And while there have certainly been teething troubles, dedicated space explorers are now happily exploring the game’s accurate reproduction of our Milky Way, fighting, trading, mining and swooping majesti