In the space sandbox Elite: Dangerous, a player painted the game’s logo on the galaxy map. He traveled for a month and covered over 36,000 light years!
What is it about? Elite: Dangerous is a huge space sandbox game. In it, you can freely explore our galaxy and do whatever you want. Players engage in all sorts of fun activities alongside the official missions and quests.
There is a kind of space AAA, the “Fuel Rats.” Crash derbies with the free starter ships take place. Or a convoy travels to the edge of the galaxy to fulfill a dying person’s last wish.
Hardcore fan spends a month of real-time drawing Elite logo
What happened now? There are fans, and then there are hardcore super fans like Commander Malibu. The player loves Elite so much that he wanted to immortalize the game’s logo on the galaxy map.
In the game, you can visually represent your traveled distance. Malibu did this by transferring the game’s logo into a coordinate system. He then entered the X and Z coordinates into the game.
At over 240 waypoints, he flew the route to “draw” the logo on the map.
No pit stops allowed, space roadside assistance needed!
How did this devil do it? Since all the coordinates from Commander Malibu’s logo project are not official points somewhere in space, he couldn’t just stop at a station and refuel his ship.
So, to avoid lying somewhere in the void between stars, he had to call upon the “Fuel Rats,” the highly regarded space roadside service, to regularly bring him fuel and supplies.
After a month of real-time (!) and 375,000 light years traveled in 6,500 jumps, the logo was finally completed!
I want to do this too! If you have a lot of time and want to replicate it: Here you can find the coordinates that Commander Malibu used for his crazy stunt.
