Frontier announced this afternoon that Elite: Dangerous’ Guardians update will roll out on Tuesday, October 25th.
“We hope you’re geared up and ready for ship-launched fighters, the Beluga liner, VIPs, passengers, alien archaeology, volcanism, and much more, because the Guardians and Elite Dangerous 1.7 updates will be blasting out of the Frontier Developments’ fighter bay on Tuesday October 25,” the studio told players via newsletter. “If you own Elite Dangerous: Horizons, or the Commander Deluxe Edition, in less than a week you’ll be able to download the 2.2 update and hire fighter pilots to assist you in combat situations, build smaller ship-launched fighters in your larger vessel and send them in to battle and pilot and carry passengers in the beautiful and vast Beluga liner to new and exciting tourist destinations.”
Base-game players will see a number of free updates as well, including nav filters, starport interiors, passenger ferrying, module storage, vessel transfer, and shady fences who can nuke bounties.
