How to Conquer a system in Elite Dangerous | BGS guide

Small mistake. expansion trigger at 75% not 70%

Author — @DowntoEarthAstronomy

Quite a bit has changed with patch 3.3 and the tweaks since. Blocking wars no longer exist so some of the micromanagement is gone. Expansions still go to the nearest system with less than 7 factions. Expansion range has increased to the limit of the old investment state, a 30 or 40 LY cube centred on your expanding system. Video is still mostly relevant.

Author — @cmdrcryptography2120

Hello, this is an awesome video describing the bgs. Could you share the spreadsheets you were using for this? Would be immensely helpful.

Author — @TmanTV3

I'm going to lay down some, B.G.S. knowledge . Grinding courier missions is your best bet for a positive results. I prefer to use a diamondback explorer with no shields, no weapons, maximum boost from power distributer, maximum thrusters and maximum frame shift drive. With lower power needs I lower the size of my power plant down one size, but use A rated for the power plant. This is a pure speed boost build, built for long multiple jumps, and maximum speed. I grind an entire page of 15 courier missions in about 90 minutes . Then wait for the next day avoiding playing any games pacing myself.

Author — @antwan1357

thats crazy. kinda makes me want to join a player group thats trying to expand just to give me something new to do in elite.

Author — @ICKY427

I just put an application in for a player party. We are trying to start conquering our home system. This video helped allot. We'll see if we can do it.

Author — @D4tification

One of the best explanations of the BGS I’ve seen...nice one cmdr

Author — @wizzytimeless

FYI: I know of player factions that have expanded to systems further than 20ly when there are several (> 6) other systems within 20ly and fewer than 7 factions in them. Not sure how they did it, but it is possible.

Author — @SciTrekker

Got my Lavian Brandy finally, so I'm glad I don't have to worry about this video inspiring folks to lock me out of that again.

Author — @DigThat32

Any up to date videos on the BGS? Is it possible/worth it to do solo still?

Author — @StringTheory365

My goodness. I just wanted to chill out for an hour, now my head is spinning. Thanks.

Author — @Fester_

How the Hell can FDEV have this BGS without any in-game explanation is beyond my understanding.

Author — @cutty02

I am almost sure expansion is triggered at 75%

Author — @chug14me

When leaving the mail slot of an Orbital station the federal Corvette starts to rise uncontrollably even though flight assistance is on. No other ship does this can you tell me please how I can leave an Orbital station safely this doesn't happen with similar sized ships such as the Anaconda or even the Imperial Cutter. Please help

Author — @davidhowes7347

Unrelated to the video maybe someone can help me out with a question, I've unlocked prismatic shields and want to now unlock pack-hounds, when I defect will I lose access to prismatic shields?

Author — @a1kh3m15t031

This is way too complicated for the casual gamers out there. I have no idea what Frontier were thinking when they came up with this type of gameplay... I'll just stick to exploration.

Author — @d4popov

what is the program or website you are using to view all of this information?

Author — @tckailliss

No idea what he’s talking about. I heard the term BGS from a friend of mine. Can someone guide me to a material which actually makes sense to a player with 200 hours. Thanks

Author — @SankarshanGhosh

Time to do this on a galaxy wide scale😈

Author — @theexplorer1965

Down to Earth Astronomy
i love this video but can u teach me how me as a Pirate can open a black market or create one and how to make a system to go to Anarchy mode i love to do BGS but i am more like a criminal

Author — @ravenshadow6537