The Space Traders Flight Training Manual - Revision history

Murgh: /* External links */ adds ArcElite (?) manual

2026-01-11T14:05:19Z

‎External links: adds ArcElite (?) manual

Murgh: fit in pic

2025-12-14T13:35:57Z

fit in pic

Murgh: include cover image

2025-12-12T19:46:47Z

include cover image

Cholmondely: /* External links */ Added another

2024-01-06T18:58:50Z

‎External links: Added another

Murgh: add img

2022-03-08T21:51:39Z

add img

Murgh: correct link, add the one source to the actual print, some tidy

2022-03-08T08:07:41Z

correct link, add the one source to the actual print, some tidy

Cholmondely: Tweaks!

2021-09-03T16:31:26Z

Tweaks!

Cholmondely: Added commentary and link to Lore Collection oxp

2021-08-31T00:41:10Z

Added commentary and link to Lore Collection oxp

Cholmondely: Tagged as Help page

2021-07-12T18:57:31Z

Tagged as Help page

Cholmondely: Tagged as Classic

2021-04-22T16:31:49Z

Tagged as Classic

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 *[http://www.elitehomepage.org/playguide.htm#A0 Elite Player's Guide]: Bell & Braben's unfinished precursor to The Space Traders Flight Training Manual
 [[Category:Classic]]
 [[Category:Lore]][[Category:Help pages]]

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-[[File:STFTMcover.JPG|280px|thumb|right|''Space Traders Flight Training Manual'' as included in ''Elite'']]
+[[File:STFTMcover.JPG|280px|thumb|right|''Space Traders Flight Training Manual'' as included in the C64 ''Elite'' Box set.]]
-[[File:Classic Elite - Flight Trader's Manual.png|480px|thumb|right|Ian Bell's own copy]]
+[[File:Classic Elite - Flight Trader's Manual.png|480px|thumb|right|Ian Bell's personal copy]]
 The '''''Space Traders Flight Training Manual''''' was the original 64 page Instruction Manual. It was created by [[Robert Holdstock]], [[Ian Bell]] & [[David Braben]] for the very first game, [[Classic Elite]].
 ==Contents==
-[[File:Pcc-ship-art.jpg|thumb|right|480px|One iconic illustration that appeared in ''The Space Traders Flight Training Manual'' which later inspired [[User:Aegidian|Aegidian's]] [[Python Class Cruiser]]. Art by unknown artist.]]
+[[File:Pcc-ship-art.jpg|thumb|right|300px|One iconic illustration that appeared in ''The Space Traders Flight Training Manual'' which would eventually inspire [[User:Aegidian|Aegidian's]] [[Python Class Cruiser]]. Art by unknown artist.]]
 '''1 Introductory Data'''
 ::Interior of a Cobra Mk III

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		+	[[File:STFTMcover.JPG\|280px\|thumb\|right\|''Space Traders Flight Training Manual'' as included in ''Elite'']]
	[[File:Classic Elite - Flight Trader's Manual.png\|480px\|thumb\|right\|Ian Bell's own copy]]		[[File:Classic Elite - Flight Trader's Manual.png\|480px\|thumb\|right\|Ian Bell's own copy]]

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 *[http://www.elitehomepage.org/manual.htm ''Space Traders Flight Training Manual''] from Ian Bell's site
 *[http://www.c64sets.com/set.html?id=107&show_all=1 ''Space Traders Flight Training Manual'' and  ''The Dark Wheel''] scans and details of the original C64 box set
 [[Category:Classic]]
 [[Category:Lore]][[Category:Help pages]]

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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|480px|thumb|right|Ian Bell's own copy]]
 The '''''Space Traders Flight Training Manual''''' was the original 64 page Instruction Manual. It was 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

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 [[File:Classic Elite - Flight Trader's Manual.png|300px|thumb|right|Ian Bell's own copy]]
-'''The original 64 page Instruction Manual.'''
+The '''''Space Traders Flight Training Manual''''' was the original 64 page Instruction Manual. It was created by [[Robert Holdstock]], [[Ian Bell]] & [[David Braben]] for the very first game, [[Classic Elite]].
-Created by [[Robert Holdstock]], [[Ian Bell]] & [[David Braben]] for the very first game, [[Classic Elite]].
+==Contents==
 '''1 Introductory Data'''
-'''Contents:'''<br>
+::Interior of a Cobra Mk III
-'''*1 Introductory Data'''
+::Your rating as a combateer
-:::Interior of a Cobra Mk III
+'''2 Navigation and Flying'''
 ::Flying and navigational controls
 ::Leaving the space station
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 ::Travelling to other galaxies
 ::Docking procedure
-'''*3 Interplanetary Travel'''
+'''3 Interplanetary Travel'''
 ::In-flight combat
 :::Controls and tactics
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 :::Weaponry and non-combative equipment
 :::How to buy the equipment for your ship
-'''*4 Intergalactic Trading'''
+'''4 Intergalactic Trading'''
 ::How to trade
 ::Advice to traders
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 :::Free Space Cargo
 :::Illegal Trading
-'''*5 Political Profile of the Universe'''
+'''5 Political Profile of the Universe'''
 ::Consequences for Trade (not all political states are detailed here)
 :::Corporate States
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 :::Felines
 :::Insectoids
-'''*6 Observer's Guide to Ships in Service'''
+'''6 Observer's Guide to Ships in Service'''
 ::Adder
 ::Anaconda
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 ::Viper (Police Ship)
 ::Worm class Landing Craft
-'''*7 Pilot's Log'''
+'''7 Pilot's Log'''
 :(for recording your own trades and kills)
 == Commentary ==
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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)
+==External links==
 [[Category:Classic]]
 [[Category:Lore]][[Category:Help pages]]

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 ::Worm class Landing Craft
 '''*7 Pilot's Log'''
 You can download your own copy from [http://www.iancgbell.clara.net/elite/index.htm 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 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.
+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!

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	[[Category:Classic]]		[[Category:Classic]]
−	[[Category:Lore]]	+	[[Category:Lore]][[Category:Help pages]]

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	You can download your own copy from [http://www.iancgbell.clara.net/elite/index.htm here].		You can download your own copy from [http://www.iancgbell.clara.net/elite/index.htm here].

		+	[[Category:Classic]]
	[[Category:Lore]]		[[Category:Lore]]