Elite Dangerous lore links

[Elementical]

Lore Primer
https://www.drewwagar.com/lore/elite-dangerous-lore-everything-ps4-players-need-to-know-lore-primer/

Origin of the Federation
https://community.elitedangerous.com/en/galnet/uid/5597abc79657bab1445913c2
http://www.drewwagar.com/lore/elite-dangerous-lore-the-federation/

Origin of the Empire
https://community.elitedangerous.com/en/galnet/uid/559fe59e9657ba1b5a47e853

Origin of the Alliance
https://community.elitedangerous.com/en/galnet/uid/5788c3c09657ba0207588b5a

Overview of Superpowers

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https://youtu.be/O6z5OK8J5pg?t=49

Overview of the galaxy

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDurmITXzRM

Slavery in the Empire

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrv3yC3wrg8

Governments and Political structures
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=225156

David Braben - lore video

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTtiGxJIFyM

Elite Dangerous Lore
http://www.drewwagar.com/elite-dangerous-saga/elite-dangerous-lore/

[DNA-Decay]

Timeline (some non-canon here) from a particularly Alliance Perspective: http://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/Chronicles_of_the_Milky_Way
http://alioth.net/GuideBooks/Atlas/

Alioth.net has heaps of old lore, but be warned that a lot of the links don't work - you have to mod them by hand to remove the "www." at the front.

Frontier First Encounters Manual:
http://www.wischik.com/lu/senses/ffemanual.pdf

Lots of Tourist Beacons around Alioth and Gateway.