Danksgiving the Rats

Aired 20 November 2018
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Crew Members
Head of health and safety : Ben Moss-Woodward – Cmdr Eid LeWeise
Chief Archivist : Colin Ford – Cmdr phoenix_dfire
Chief Bar Steward : Grant Woolcott – Cmdr Psykokow
(In)Human Resources Director : Shan – Cmdr Shanaeri
Lavian Space Program Director : Andy Barnes – Cmdr Kurgol
Deputy Trade Attaché : Souv – Cmdr Souvarine
Eastern Indian : Mack Winston

Show Notes

• Development News
  • Beyond – Chapter Four – Beta (Week 3)
    • Top Shift’s Review of the Mamba
      
  • Beyond – Chapter Four – Beta (Week 4)
    • Thargoid Conflict Zones
    • Thargoid-attacked Megaship scenario
    • For the beta only in Maia
  • New ‘Thargoid Incursion’ State
  • Sandro Sammarco has moved onto other projects.
• In Game Events
  • Anti-Xeno-initiative –
    • Dulerce & Oraon were both attacked last week, with their major starports on fire.
    • Ross 129 (where Phoenix_Dfire is), HR 3499 and LHS 6187 require defending this week.
    • The AEGIS mega-ships are dispensing high paying thargoid missions in Ulchs and MCC 572.
  • Operation IDA
    • Liman Legacy is now completed.
    • The new target is  Cleaver Prospect in Pleiades Sector HR-W d1-57.
• Newsletter 253
• Main Discussion
  • Souv’s new HOTAS – review. Comparisons to Warthog and X52, customer service experience etc
    • https://virpil.com/en/blog/89-introducing-the-vpc-mongoost-50-throttle
    • https://virpil.com/en/blog/95-introducing-the-vpc-constellation-series
    • https://virpil-controls.eu/vpc-mongoost-50-base.html
  • EIC is starting their expedition on Tuesday from Lave and we’ll be doing a loading party and Mack can talk about it
    • https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/451775-EIC-Presents-The-Danksgiving-Expedition
• Community Corner
  • Sagittarius Eye released their 100th Bulletin video today!
    • Also SAGi need a designer and podcaster
  • Mach1ne’s Musings – Lighting up the Canopy
    • Explores some differences in lighting once you lose your canopy
  • Elite Dangerous: Mach1ne’s Musings Part 3 – Cor Blimey Look at that Mamba!
  • Fuel Rat Art Contest
    • The Artist Collective of the Fuel Rats launches its first open Rat Art Contest in celebration of the Fuel Rats’ 50,000th rescue.All Commanders across the Galaxy are invited to collect their quills and brushes and sketch up artwork along the line
    • Theme: “Fuel Rat Meets Thargoid”
  • Elite Cartoon Ship Vectors Pack | Edit, Use, Share | +BONUS: Elite Ships Colouring Book by Qohen Leth
  • PvP Roleplay event by Zarek Null (Alleged Overlord of the Galaxy)
    • Have you heard that me and my minions plan to create a sentient artificial intelligence that will help me conquer all humanity? I am planning a new open-mode role-playing & PvP player event for December 15th (open to everyone).
    • Here is the event trailer: Trailer
    • Here was the first date announcement poster: Poster
    • Here was the first teaser announcement poster:
    • Here was a mysterious message from a crashed satellite that preceded the teaser announcement:
    • And I still have even more promotional content to release leading up to the event. In addition to myself as one of the protagonists, the event will also star none other than CMDR Harry Potter himself, in a sort of reverse-Salome role where he will be the one being pursued by others. I already have 5 commander groups so far signed up to participate.
    • Zarek Null
    • Overlord of the Galaxy
• Shoutouts
  • Lavecon 2019 is 4th – 7th July.
  • Our sister station Hutton Orbital Radio Broadcasts on Thursdays from 20:30 at http://tv.forthemug.com/ or http://radio.forthemug.com/ for just the audio
  • CQC Discord – For the Discerning Commander who likes a bit of CQC action