Lave Radio Episode 326 “FA on or off? Our NPC’s Have batteries” – 26/01/2021

PositionCrew MemberCMDR Name
Head of Health and SafetyBen Moss-WoodwardEid LeWeise
Chief ArchivistColin FordPhoenix_Dfire
(in)Human Resources DirectorShanShan
Tech GibbonChris Mk IVNewell Turner
FA OffMalfortheWinMalfortheWin
FA OnPsykitPsykit

Download the episode directly from here.

Development News – what have the devs said this week?

  1. New players thanks to the Free Epic Store giveaway. The breakdown is 2.5 Million PC users and 1.5 Console players and 8 Million Free Downloads from the Epic Store. Total number of players 12 Million?!??
  2. Let’s Play: Community Goal
    1. Stephen and Bruce did the CG no real news that I noticed, although the wednesday AMA appears to be cancelled and they’re choosing questions from the community and answering them on a friday afternoon (See Below).
    2. They did say that the Narrative (CG and Galnet) is going to proceed at the same pace.
  3. Tuesday’s Stream.
    1. No CG on Thursday but something ‘Lore Related’ to find… Arf says he’s planning on making us work for it

In-Game Events – what’s happened this week?

  1. AXI Now marks the time in which the Eye of the Odyssey begins. This is your chance to earn yourself a copy of the Deluxe Edition of Elite Dangerous Odyssey (Steam) for winning 1st place and a standard copy (Steam) to 2nd. 
    1. This event wouldn’t be possible without CMDR IM2D of NEWP (New Pilots Initiative) and the outstanding staff members over at NEWP which came to us asking if we could do a cooperative event. 
    2. The time trial challenge is this;-
      1. 1) Start on the Stellaris Invicta [NEWP] in Musca Dark Region JX-T C3-13
      2. 2) Go to a Threat 5 and collect a Cyclops Tissue Sample.
      3. 3) Collect the same Cyclops heart.
      4. 4) Pick up a single Meta-Alloy from a Barnacle Site/Forest or surface site.
      5. 5) Finish at the Eclipse [AXI] in Musca Dark Region GW-W D1-143
  2. Operation IDA – is still repairing stations in the witch head nebula. They’ve only got Sherrill Orbital in Haki to go.
  3. 100,000 Rescues By the Fuel Rats.
  4. GalNet News – Jasmina Halsey Returns to the Federation
  5. GalNet News – CG – Sirius and Utopia Compete to Host Galactic Summit 
  6. GalNet News – Marlinist Colonies Receive Emergency Food Supplies
  7. GalNet News – Councillor Kaine Campaigns for Alliance Votes
  8. GalNet News – Trial of Fleet Admiral Vincent Begins

Main discussion

  1. Odyssey Q&A – Interface and NPCs
  2. Flight Assist

Community Corner

  1. Reddit user LockNLosa bought http://wherethefuckaremyhardpoints.com and redirected to the wonderful “Ship Anatomy” website by teall :D, the awesome website we mentioned the other week showing you where all of your ship’s components are.
  2. My 1st Asteroid by The High Wake
    1. The High Wake’s done it again – this time telling a story of a wanna be minor on his 1st expedition!
  3. Dav Diary 24th Jan 3307
    1. By GND 🙂
  4. On the 25th of Jan Down to Earth Astronomy put out a video comparing ‘That other space game’s’ Dev Diary’s with Frontiers? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqXMzSmad4I&t=124s
    1. TLDR: RSI actually do Dev Diary’s and FDEV do marketing fluff pieces…
    2. I (Ben) think he raises a good point
    3. The SC video Inside Star Citizen: River’s Edge | Winter 2021 – YouTube
  5. Highlights – Farseer Inc, Deciat – Race 6 of Scarab Mastery Championship
  6. The Silverbacks Squadron are heading up an expedition to Sagittarius A* and Explorers Anchorage, but taking a curved route up and across the Sagittarius-Carina Arm and the Scutum-Centaurus Arm taking in the Circinus Transit and parts of the Norma Expanse and Arcadian Stream before heading into the Core regions somewhere near the Teal Nebula.
    1. Objectives:
      1. Reach the Core Regions.
      2. Collect biological samples.
      3. Search for POIs in the Circinus Transit.
      4. Review the systems and boundaries discovered as part of the Drymon Survey of the The Aronnax Expedition 3303.
      5. Search for POIs traversing the galactic arms between the Drymon Ridge and the Gallipolis.
      6. Survey the peripheries of the Teal Nebula and visit the Guardian ruins.
      7. Deliver supplies to DSSA FCs and Explorer’s Anchorage.
    2. Departure: 3rd February
    3. Duration: approx. 3 months
    4. Register Expedition on EDSM
    5. Contact CMDR Junagu on Inara
    6. Join the Blodeuwedd’s Branch Discord server

Shoutouts

  1. Our sister station, Hutton Orbital Radio, Broadcasts on Thursdays from 20:30. You can tune in at twitch.tv/huttonorbitaltruckers  or, for just the audio, at radio.forthemug.com/.
  2. For the discerning Commander who likes a bit of CQC action, check out the CQC Discord at “discord.me/elitedangerouscqc”.
  3. For those who want a literary discussion about Sci-fi and fantasy books. Please subscribe to the Dataslate podcast created by station commander Allen Stroud.
  4. Following this we have the amazing Galactic Digest News as supplied by Cmdr Wotherspoon with contributions by cmdr beetlejude.
  5. We’re also giving a shout outs to the following Elite Dangerous podcasts which have appeared over the last year or are standard regular contributors;-
    1. Loose Screws
    2. Elite Week
    3. Flight Assist (Again!)
    4. For Spanish Speakers there is the Elite Cast (Dunno if they’re still going let us know)
    5. Cannon Podcast
    6. Fatherhood Podcast.

Lave Radio Episode 325 “iMember that II” – 19/01/2021

PositionCrew MemberCMDR Name
Head of Health and SafetyBen Moss-WoodwardEid LeWeise
Chief ArchivistColin FordPhoenix_Dfire
(in)Human Resources DirectorShanShan
Deputy Trade AttachéSouvSouvarine
Tech MonkeyNorman MacArthurVentura_
Tech OrangutanN2N2G7

Download the episode directly from here.

Development News – what have the devs said this week?

  1. Odyssey Delay
    1. TLDR:
      1. Alpha – early spring 2021 (PC only)
      2. PC release – late spring 2021
      3. Console release – autumn 2021
  2. Elite Dangerous: Odyssey Q&A – Settlements

Main Discussion

  1. The Best Memory of Elite you’ve got Discussion!

Shoutouts

  1. Our sister station, Hutton Orbital Radio, Broadcasts on Thursdays from 20:30. You can tune in at twitch.tv/huttonorbitaltruckers  or, for just the audio, at radio.forthemug.com/.
  2. For the discerning Commander who likes a bit of CQC action, check out the CQC Discord at “discord.me/elitedangerouscqc”.
  3. For those who want a literary discussion about Sci-fi and fantasy books. Please subscribe to the Dataslate podcast created by station commander Allen Stroud.
  4. Following this we have the amazing Galactic Digest News as supplied by Cmdr Wotherspoon with contributions by cmdr beetlejude.
  5. We’re also giving a shout outs to the following Elite Dangerous podcasts which have appeared over the last year or are standard regular contributers;-
    1. Loose Screws
    2. Elite Week
    3. Flight Assist Off.
    4. For Spanish Speakers there is the Elite Cast (Dunno if they’re still going let us know)
    5. Cannon Podcast
    6. Obsidian Ant and Burr Pitt you can find on You Tube.
  6. Thanks to those who have chipped in on Twitch chat and in-game commanders

Lave Radio Episode 324 “iMember” – 12/01/2021

PositionCrew MemberCMDR Name
Head of Health and SafetyBen Moss-WoodwardEid LeWeise
Chief ArchivistColin FordPhoenix_Dfire
(in)Human Resources DirectorShanShan
Deputy Trade AttachéSouvSouvarine
Tech GibbonChris Mk IVNewell Turner
Tech OrangutanN2N2G7

Download the episode directly from here.

Development News – what have the devs said this week?

  1. MCV Develop 964 Odyssey – One Giant Leap
    1. 100 – 140 Devs working on Odyssey
    2. No CGI trailers.
  2. Let’s Play Community Goal
    1. Announced that AMA would be coming on Friday 8th
    2. Tuesday 12th – we’re still waiting and FD say it’ll be out “soon”
  3. Supercruise News 12th Jan

In-Game Events – what’s happened this week?

  1. Aegis continues calls for support against the thargoids due to defunding.
  2. Operation IDA has started to move into the coalsack to start repairing a lot of the stations.
  3. AXI has moved operations to the witchhead as they’ve now managed to clear all systems in the coalsack.
  4. New CG to provide Xenological Samples to Scientists in Colonia!
  5. Aegis Supports Galactic Summit – further calls for Galactic unity against the alien threat.
  6. Fleet Admiral Vincent’s Trial Date Set. – 25th January.

Main Discussion

  1. The Best Memory of Elite you’ve got Discussion!

The Forum Thread : https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/lave-radio-needs-your-help.563031/

We also had LOADS on Twitter and will be covering these next week

Community Corner

  1. TDW are back from Holiday break and are pushing now. Will go pending expansion this week to go into Sol Test site. After that they are prepped to start the expansion to LFT509 test site. So this month is going to see them test the remaining 2 sites!
  2. We hope MalicVR enjoyed his week of fame with his 5hr 48min Beagle Point run … this has now been utterly shattered by previous record holder Dr Chives with a time of 4hrs 18mins 53secs
  3. Former Community Manager Paige Harvey AKA Arthremis is doing a multi streamer AMA on life as a marginalised person on Saturday the 30th of January from 12pm to 6pm
  4. We have to congratulate Cmdr Muskateer for reaching 200,000 kills in CQC (200,003 at the last count).
  5. Congratulations must also goto Cmdr Overlight who took 5 seconds off the Hutton Orbital run speed record, which had previously been held by Cmdr Bret Riverboat for over a year.
  6. It appears that the company that supplied the Fantastic ED Tracker has gone under. Although you can still buy the device in kit form (https://hobbycomponents.com/234-edtracker), the main website has gone down and there is no support available unless you go via the forums or the amazing Brumster still has software on his website. (http://www.brumster.com/index.php/gaming/6-edtracker-pro-software)
  7. Elite Dangerous Ship Anatomy – http://a.teall.info/edsa/ 
    1. Awesome tool, showing you where on your ship your modules actually are
  8. Lego Diamondback Explorer :- https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-62251/rylxfrescher/elite-dangerous-diamondback-explorer/
  9. Hutton goes to the Antarctic – Voyage 2 (3307), along with the Fuel Rats and Canonn Interstellar
    1. Those huttonorbital & FuelRats and Cannon Interstellar peeps are on their travels again. CMDR Dogsbreath is onboard the MPV Everest to the Antarctica as part of Op HOTMESS
  10. The High Wake has released another parody video, this time highlighting how important it is to drive safely around Guardian Sites

Shoutouts

  1. Our sister station, Hutton Orbital Radio, Broadcasts on Thursdays from 20:30. You can tune in at twitch.tv/huttonorbitaltruckers  or, for just the audio, at radio.forthemug.com/.
  2. For the discerning Commander who likes a bit of CQC action, check out the CQC Discord at “discord.me/elitedangerouscqc”.
  3. For those who want a literary discussion about Sci-fi and fantasy books. Please subscribe to the Dataslate podcast created by station commander Allen Stroud.
  4. Following this we have the amazing Galactic Digest News as supplied by Cmdr Wotherspoon with contributions by cmdr beetlejude.
  5. We’re also giving a shout outs to the following Elite Dangerous podcasts which have appeared over the last year or are standard regular contributers;-
    1. Loose Screws
    2. Elite Week
    3. Flight Assist Off.
    4. For Spanish Speakers there is the Elite Cast (Dunno if they’re still going let us know)
    5. Cannon Podcast
    6. Obsidian Ant and Burr Pitt you can find on You Tube.
  6. Thanks to those who have chipped in on Twitch chat and in-game commanders

Lave Radio Episode 322 Christmas 3306 – 22/12/2020

PositionCrew MemberCMDR Name
Head of Health and SafetyBen Moss-WoodwardEid LeWeise
Chief ArchivistColin FordPhoenix_Dfire
(in)Human Resources DirectorShanShan
Deputy Trade AttachéSouvSouvarine
Tech MonkeyNorman MacArthurVentura_
Chief Friend BringerJohn VirgoKerrash

Download the episode directly from here.

Development News – what have the devs said this week?

  1. Elite Dangerous: Odyssey Questions and Answers
    1. Further Obsidian Ant clarified that “going prone and leaning out from cover” will not be in game after a discussion with the Devs
  2. Christmas Stream
    1. Twitch Drops (frontierstore.net) to reclaim etc
    2. Also other stuff up to and including an Elgato Stream Deck
  3. Main Main topic
    1. FD’s 2020 Year in Review
      1. Operation hot mess
      2. Virtual ECM and Lave radio
      3. Fuel Rats 100K
      4. DSSA initiative (deep space support array)
      5. Fleet carriers
      6. Free Elite via epic store
      7. The return of the CG and Galnet
      8. Kow Racing with Scorb
      9. SPVFA This years Stellar Screenshots
    2. Triathlon with the Bucky Ball Racing Club – SRV, SLF and Keelbacks
    3. 07 News
  4. Main Main Main topic.. Odyssey combat reveal
    1. The Sphere of Combat
    2. Interview with Arf and Lead Designer Gareth Hughes
      1. Use smaller or medium ships?
      2. We can hack terminals or Scan people (and their credentials) to gain access levels
      3. Suits
        1. Remloc maverick with the arc cutter (like cutting tool) – The Scavenger Suit
        2. Manticore dominator combat suit. high armor, and can equip 2 primary weapons
        3. Supratech artemis. explorer suit, has dyson multi tool.
        4. flight suit basic “space suit”
      4. Damage Types
        1. Laser
        2. Plasma
        3. Kinetic
        4. Explosive
      5. Grenades
        1. Explosive
        2. EMP
        3. Shield Grenade
      6. You can run someone over in a Combat Zone (and I assume elsewhere)
        1. 4 or so NPCs will make short work of an SRV
        2. Stock sidey would last ~ 30 seconds
      7. There will more new Engineers in Odyssey
      8. We can visit existing Engineers
      9. There WILL be ‘grind’ to fully customise a suit / weapon, but the entry level to try suits and weapons is quite a low barrier.
      10. Road to Odyssey: Lead Designer Q&A – Notes – by Golgot on the Forums

Shoutouts

  1. Our sister station, Hutton Orbital Radio, Broadcasts on Thursdays from 20:30. You can tune in at twitch.tv/huttonorbitaltruckers  or, for just the audio, at radio.forthemug.com/.
  2. For the discerning Commander who likes a bit of CQC action, check out the CQC Discord at “discord.me/elitedangerouscqc”.
  3. For those who want a literary discussion about Sci-fi and fantasy books. Please subscribe to the Dataslate podcast created by station commander Allen Stroud. 
  4. Thanks to those who have chipped in on Twitch chat and in-game commanders