​The time arrives once more, Commanders, with a celebratory post to proudly announce the latest stars stepping forth into the ranks of our official Elite Dangerous Partner Program.

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Joining forces alongside our current partners (Wave 1 | Wave 2), we'd like to give a warm welcome to:

• BCLV4 | https://www.twitch.tv/bclv4
  
• AymeriX | https://www.youtube.com/@AymeriX
  
• Nitebytes | https://www.twitch.tv/nitebytes
  
• CashiotVR | https://www.twitch.tv/cashiotvr
  
• Ricardos Gaming | https://www.twitch.tv/ricardosgaming71
  
• MiniCeleste | https://www.twitch.tv/miniceleste
  
• CommanderExorcist | https://www.youtube.com/c/CommanderExorcist
  
• Ghost Giraffe | https://www.youtube.com/@GhostGiraffe
  
• Karhaa | https://www.twitch.tv/karhaa
  
• StarGoid | https://www.twitch.tv/stargoid
  
• elev8rmusic | https://www.twitch.tv/elev8rmusic
  
• TheStarCat70 | https://www.twitch.tv/thestarcat70

As ever, you'll find a wealth fun and knowledge on an astronomical scale within the Elite Dangerous Galaxy, just by tuning in and engaging with these incredible creators.

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By tuning in to watch those of our official Elite Dangerous Partners who stream via Twitch, you can earn yourself some unique paint jobs for a selection of your favourite ships, to coincide with the duration of your stay!

If your preferred streaming platform is YouTube, fear not, our YouTube creators are issued their very own paint job bundle codes to share with their communities as they choose!

Tune in to the next instalment of Frameshift Live airing July 20 at 16:00 BST, over on YouTube or Twitch, to find out more about the latest partner paint offerings and when they'll be activated!

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If you haven't been selected this time around, or you're yet to apply to become an official Elite Dangerous Partner and are considering doing so, our next review date for applicants will be in October 2023.

By becoming a member of the program you can gain access to these exciting benefits!

• Content and channel promotion from Elite Dangerous channels and streams.
  
• Twitch Drops for your own Twitch channels and code bundles for YouTube channels containing in-game cosmetics.
  
• An exclusive set of Elite Partner Program merchandise.

Click the following link to access the official Elite Dangerous Partner Program portal for more information and to look around HERE.

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We love seeing creators share their passion for Elite Dangerous and the Galaxy in which our community is forged.

Thanks to all of you, partnered, applying or simply journeying ambitiously alongside - we appreciate you endlessly o7

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Greetings Commanders.

As of Monday, June 19th Elite Dangerous 'Live' will will be the default download version on Steam.

Legacy will be available as an optional alternative, ready to be installed via selection through the launcher product list.

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I am a non-Odyssey owner with nothing installed: Pressing "Install" on Steam will download the 'Live' version of Elite Dangerous.

I am an Odyssey owner with nothing installed: Pressing "Install" on Steam will download the 'Live' version of Elite Dangerous and Odyssey content.

I own Legacy and have not installed the 'Live' version of Elite Dangerous: Steam will uninstall Legacy as it is no longer the default download and will install the 'Live' version of Elite Dangerous. Legacy will need to be re-installed, if desired.

I am an Odyssey owner with the game already installed: Pressing “Update” on Steam will verify your files, but no changes will occur to the Live version. However the Legacy version will be removed as it is no longer the default and will need to be re-installed, if desired.

I am a non-Odyssey owner, but I have the 'Live' game and Legacy already installed:  Pressing "Update" on Steam will verify your files, the 'Live' version of Elite Dangerous will remain however the Legacy version will be removed as it is no longer the default and will need to be re-installed, if desired.

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• Launch your copy of Elite Dangerous.
  
• Select "Legacy Elite Dangerous" from the launcher's sub menu.
  
• Select "Install".

If you have any issues with the above process, or any questions, please do get in touch with the Elite Dangerous Customer Service team by submitting a ticket here.

See you in the black, Commanders.

o7

Greetings Commanders.

Today sees the release of Update 15.02 for Elite Dangerous Live/4.0, where the team have addressed a number of issues for you, following the release of Update 15.

The Elite Dangerous '4.0/Live' servers are now offline until approximately 11:00AM BST, when they shall return with the update available to you.

You can find the full list of contents included in this update at the following link: https://www.elitedangerous.com/update-notes/15-02

Have a great day!

o7

Greetings Commanders.

From all of us, thank you as always for your continued feedback across the Galaxy of Elite Dangerous.

One of the reasons we're so grateful for your thoughts, is because it allows us as teams across the board to help better your experience in a multitude of ways, one of which being the provision of interim updates in response to 'Quality of Life' improvements in game.

With that in mind, we're happy to announce a forthcoming update for you in the form of 15.02.

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Release Schedule.
The update will be taking place on Monday June 5th.

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Server downtime for Elite Dangerous Live/4.0 servers only will take place from 08:00AM BST until approximately 11:00AM BST, when they will return online with the update deployed and available to you.

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Additional Information.
On the morning of the deployment, the update notes for 15.02 will be made available to you in a standalone post.

Thank you so much again for all of your continued, valuable thoughts and feedback which help contribute further to such quality of life updates for Elite Dangerous.

See you in the black o7

Greetings Commanders.

As with any major update for Elite Dangerous, thank you all once again for your constructive thoughts and feedback.

The team have spent the last week reviewing and investigating and we're happy to announce that a further update is to be released tomorrow, May 18, in the form of 15.01.

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The update will be available following routine server maintenance tomorrow, May 18.

Routine server maintenance downtime for Elite Dangerous Live/4.0 will be EXTENDED in order to accommodate 15.01 until approximately 11:00am BST, when the servers will be back online with the update deployed and available.

Head on over to the full update release notes here to learn more: https://www.elitedangerous.com/news/update-1501-release-notes

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As always, Commanders, thank you for your continued commitment and dedication to the Galaxy.

We remain ever grateful for your efforts in discovery o7

Greetings Commanders!

We're back! It's a Frameshift Live kinda week and we're excited to see those of you who'll be there to join us for it!

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When? : Thursday May 18 at 16:00 BST.

Where? : Elite Dangerous official Twitch and Youtube channels, as well as the Frontier Twitch channel too.

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**PLEASE NOTE: THIS STREAM WILL BE FULL TO THE BRIM WITH SPOILERS AROUND UPDATE 15 CONTENT**

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This week's show is a bumper packed one, set to include all you've come to expect with the usual waffle at the start - sorry - the in game news rundown, Stellar Screenshots highlights and Community content shares, but wait! There's more!

• Special developer guests! That's right, more than the one I said we would have in the last communication you had on this!
  
• All new seasonal Twitch Drops!
  
• Introducing some VERY special COMMUNITY drops!
  
• Elite Dangerous Partner Program drops are back!
  
• A SPECIAL PRIZE for a lucky viewer!

There's a lot going on!

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To read a little more information on some of the above, head over to the following article: https://www.elitedangerous.com/news/frameshift-live-30

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Hope to see you there, Commanders!

Have a great week until then o7

Update 15 is almost upon us.

The Elite Dangerous 'Live/4.0' Servers are now offline, ready to welcome in newness to the Galaxy.

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Features of Note

• A new mission to restore power to settlements and retrieve data from within Thargoid-controlled territory has been added. This new mission can be found at mission boards in systems in the Alert or Invasion states.
  
• The Thargoid Pulse Neutraliser module has been added to Outfitting and Tech Broker at all rescue ships. Commanders who are entitled to one of these modules for their efforts and prior investigations can find theirs stored at the Orunmilla megaship.
  
• The Revenant seeks you...Take caution when investigating Thargoid controlled territory at abandoned settlements...
  
• What more awaits...?

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UI updates.
There have been a number of notable changes made by the UI team. These have been labelled as clearly as possible for you in the update notes provided.

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These are but the surface selection of headline changes for Update 15, however you can find full information on what's included in Update 15, along with notable issue fixes, over at the following article: https://www.elitedangerous.com/news/elite-dangerous-update-15-release-notes

o7 Commanders.

Greetings Commanders.

The time has come and we're all extremely excited to welcome in Update 15 for you all, this coming Tuesday - May 9th.

Please see below for the planned release schedule.

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05:00 GMT
Downtime warning ahead of server downtime for Elite Dangerous 'Live/4.0' Commanders - in game broadcast.

07:00 GMT
Servers for Elite Dangerous 'Live/4.0' will go down. Elite Dangerous 'Legacy' servers will remain online.

15:00 (approx)
Servers for Elite Dangerous 'Live/4.0' will return, along with deployment download of Update 15.

Approximate Build Size: 10 GB
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Notes:
Update notes will be delivered via web link in a post here on Steam, during server downtime.

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Thank you, as always, for remaining open minded to potential changes we might face when plans such as these are shared ahead of time.

If anything at all impacts the above deployment schedule plan, then we shall be sure to keep you informed.

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o7 Commanders.

Greetings Commanders,

Along with the 'Frontier Publisher Sale' launching today, here on Steam, comes another great opportunity to welcome in budding Pilots and Commanders to the cockpit, at a retail reduction of up to 75% off Elite Dangerous and Elite Dangerous: Odyssey!



In turn, there's no greater time to rally together against the relentless Thargoid threat, to defend our home systems...

For the first time since the start of the invasion, Independent Pilots have successfully begun pushing back the Thargoid incursion in recent weeks, so why not join the fight and help defend humanity!

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The Frontier Publisher Sale runs until Saturday, April 15, 6PM GMT.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1336350/Elite_Dangerous_Odyssey/


o7

Greetings Commanders.

If you were a part of last nights Frameshift Live #28, you'll have noticed we launched a brand new, premium giveaway live on air and across social channels.

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Win a one of a kind 'Elite Dangerous Odyssey' Custom Gaming PC!
In collaboration with Overclockers UK.
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PC Specification Breakdown.

• Raijintek NYX PRO Aluminium Full Tower Showcase - White Tempered Glass.
  
• Seasonic Prime GX-1000 1000W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply.
  
• Intel Core i9-13900K (Raptor Lake) Socket LGA1700 Processor.
  
• Asus GeForce RTX 4090 TUF OC 24GB GDDR6X PCI-Express 1
  
• Graphics Card.
  
• WD Black SN850X 2TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive.
  
• Phanteks Glacier One 360MPH All In One CPU Water Cooler HALOS D-RGB 1 - White - 360mm.
  
• Asus TUF Gaming Z790-Plus D4 (LGA 1700) DDR4 ATX Motherboard.
  
• Kingston Fury Beast 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit.
  
• Microsoft Windows 11 Home 64-Bit DVD - OEM.
  
• Custom Elite Dangerous Printing.
  
• Full Cable Management.

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To Enter.
Head along to the following giveaway link to engage with a selection of options for entry and also view full terms and conditions!

https://gleam.io/Vbk8E/win-an-elite-dangerous-odyssey-custom-pc

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The giveaway began on 23 March, 2023 and ends at on 20 April, 2023 at 11:59PM GMT

Good luck, Commanders!