Frontier First Encounters D3D

FFED3D is an adaptation of the original FFE game. As the screenshots below show, the FFE engine has been completely overhauled and produces much-improved graphics; the planets and sky/space are more detailed and most of the ships and buildings have been updated.
The definitive version is FFED3DAJ, which was being worked on by Andy Jones aka AndyJ right up to his death in July 2022, at the age of just 50.
RIP Andy and thank you for making my all-time favourite game so much better.