View source for A simple guide to BackGround Simulation in Elite: Dangerous

[[Category:Gaming]]<span style="float:right;">__TOC__</span>Many new players ask questions about BackGround Simulation (BGS) and what to do to help when participating in a minor player faction.
The following is a list of actions that [https://elitebgs.app/faction/5ae4bfd1d1b6a37c3c947e44 Terra-EX Astro Corp] (TEAC) faction planner CMDR Pastoral have put together and pinned at our discord channel ''#faction_news'' at [http://discord.d2ea.com discord.d2ea.com].

I have copied it here so I could add links to more information on the different stuff you can do to help :-)

==== About TEAC ====
''Terra-EX Astro Corp'' is the [https://elite-dangerous.fandom.com/wiki/Player_Minor_Faction Player minor faction] that [https://www.facebook.com/DownToEarthAstronomy/ Down To Earth Astronomy] started in a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJzRwx36lMg livestream event] on the 27. of april 2018.

= [https://elite-dangerous.fandom.com/wiki/Trader Trade] =
This means trading in a TEAC controlled port by selling commodities to that port and making a profit for yourself.

= [https://elite-dangerous.fandom.com/wiki/Bounty Bounties] =
You can earn bounties by killing NPCs in any ''TEAC controlled system'' where you do this in the system is depending on your combat ability. A [https://elite-dangerous.fandom.com/wiki/Resource_Extraction_Site Resource Extraction Site] is an example. These can be low, medium, high or Hazardous.  You should not be afraid to do this as if you are a inexperienced/noob - just go into a high res site follow the police around and let them shoot first at an NPC.  When that NPC is getting close to 0% all you need to do is tag it by shooting at it until it indicates red and once destroyed you get the bounty. Then go to any TEAC controlled star port and sell those bounties to the authority contact under contacts tab.

= [https://elite-dangerous.fandom.com/wiki/Mission_Board Missions] =
Various mission are available and the better your reputation with TEAC the higher paid they become.  Missions are also dependent on your ability if you were offered a dangerous level kill mission and are harmless it may not be the best one to take!  Unless you like Best missions are dependent on what TEAC are doing I.e. election missions to win an election or war for wars. However ANY missions always outside of those system states benefit TEAC.

Gaining reputation with TEAC gives better missions and higher payouts, materials and so on.

= [https://elite-dangerous.fandom.com/wiki/Universal_Cartographics Cartographics] =
This can be handed in in any TEAC controlled star port, you can consider doing [https://www.spansh.co.uk/riches road-to-riches] or just collect as you travel around new systems but you will need to switch to analyse mode and use he discovery scanner, etc.