My name is Backa Emili which means Father of Emily in Belarusian (typed it into a translator and just kept clicking languages until something cool turned up; haha). I look forward to playing Elite with you although you won't see me in the game until sometime in December because I am currently in Afghanistan and the internet really stinks here. I am just amazed I am able to play at all...
I played the original on my Commodore 64 as a kid and this game is what was floating around in my imagination back then. Playing this now is like being that kid all over again.
Anyway, hope to bump into you all in game soon (not literally unless I just got through setting everything up back home and I hit the wrong button or something).
Backa Emili