Elite: Dangerous Pays Tribute to Sir Terry Pratchett

<p>The space simulator<em> Elite&colon;Dangerous<&sol;em> is getting a new starport called Pratchett&&num;8217&semi;s Disc&period; Frontier Developments has created the station as a tribute to the British fantasy author Sir Terry Pratchett&comma; who died last week&period; He was most famous for creating the best-selling <em>Discworld<&sol;em> book series&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;At Frontier we have a great many Pratchett fans on staff and we were all saddened to learn of his passing&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said Michael Brookes&comma; Frontier&&num;8217&semi;s executive producer&period; &&num;8220&semi;The sentiment was reflected by our community so we felt it would be right to remember him in <i>Elite&colon; Dangerous<&sol;i>&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Discworld series is now in the hands of Terry&&num;8217&semi;s daughter&comma; Rhianna Pratchett&period; Gamers may know her as the writer behind <em>Tomb Raider<&sol;em>&comma; <em>Heavenly Sword<&sol;em> and <em>Mirror&&num;8217&semi;s Edge<&sol;em>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;eurogamer&period;net&sol;articles&sol;2015-03-18-elite-dangerous-gets-pratchetts-disc-starport">Eurogamer<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;