According to Frontier Developments, Elite Dangerous: Horizons will add planetary landings, ship - launched fighters, cooperative crew modes, and a Commander Creator to render in -
game human avatars.
Rare have thrown out the notion of character progression, you can only pick your
avatar from a randomly generated lineup, there's no overarching story, no real end goal outside of becoming Legendary, and the few types of quest in the
game are merely there to feed the delights and monstrosities of
human interactions.