Beware the fiery Hobbit! A.K.A. Q&A with Sandy and Zac

Aired 23rd August 2016

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Crew Members
Station Commander : Allen Stroud
Head of Health and safety : Ben Moss-Woodward : Cmdr Eid LeWeise
2nd Technician : Chris Forrester : Cmdr Fozza
Head of Entertainment : Chris Jarvis : Cmdr Thane
Head of Station Archives : Colin Ford : Cmdr PheonixDFire
Chief Bar Steward : Grant Woolcott : Cmdr Psykokow
Chief of Operations : John Stabler
Unwashed Masses : You (well some of you)

Questions

Crew

• Do NPC Pilots rank up quicker than we do?
  • Yes
• Why did you decide to have the NPC Crew die when our ship gets blown up I’d happily share my lifepod with a crew member I’d levelled up.
  • To make us feel more attached to the crew. Increases Risk / Reward.
• Chris J’s random question – the way the crew hire UI is designed, it suggests crew might be useful for other tasks? Is this preparing the way for multi-crew or another crew function?
  • Nice try… All screens are ‘work in progress’ . The more versatile the UI, the more future proof it is. Nothing to announce just now

Fighters

• Can we launch a fighter from a ship that is landed (not docked) on a planet?
  • Sandy No Sammarco. Basically your ship would launch right into the ground!
• How are the fighter Modules defined? I.E. Is it a standard Class N module, so anything with that class of module can handle it, or is it limited in some way? Why keelback but no type6 or type7?
  • Because ships have to get a new hole ripped in them. It is Standard module but the ship needs the external ability to support the fighter rails.
• They can deploy on planets, but can they land? Presumably because of the limited range you can’t dismiss your main ship?
  • Fighters can  not land on anything other than your own ship
• Will the fixed weapons in the fighter’s be as ‘sticky’ as they are in CQC?
  • The fixed weapons have some aim assist, though (obviously) not as much as a gimbal.
• Obviously the ship launched fighters is to balance the trader/pirate imbalance. However starting traders in their Adders, Haulers and Type-6s don’t get fighter support – so is there any plan to also implement NPC wing hire? Or is there another way the smaller traders get balanced?
  • The little ships can get away easier – so it’s not as much of a problem
• You (Sandy) mentioned that hacking fighters would be interesting. There was talk of electronic warfare back in DDF days. Is it still on “the list”?
  • It’s still interesting but no plans at the moment

Passenger Missions

• Will the comfort / quality / smoothness of the passengers journey factor into any of those missions as rewards?
  • Lots of things taken into account, for the VIPs they take a lot into account and will let us know when they’re getting frustrated. Bulk passengers only care about time and enough room.
• Can pirates, pirate passengers? – Yarrrrr
  • No – passengers use doors and stairs and stuff 😀
  • At some point we ‘might be able to do nefarious things to our passengers’
• Imperial Slaves as Passengers
  • TLDR: Imp slaves have rights and According to Mike Brookes “within the Empire you can’t just stick them in a cargo pod, freeze them, and transport them” Can something now be done to rectify this travesty?
    • Not at the moment – maybe later
• Rep changes with passenger missions: Are we getting a new ranking progression for passenger tours? i.e. Elite-ranked tour company? Or does it add to our Trader rank?
  • No it adds to other rank

Ship Transfer (Sandy goes into so much detail it’s great, but I’d be writing it out verbatim to give what he says justice)

• A lot of people are up in arms about the Ship Transfer being instant. Can you explain to us why you decided to go that route?
  • Sandy goes into a lot of detail. The short version is that they think it’s better being instant than not. If too short a time, then why have any time? If too long a time, then what is the point of the feature? Ship transfer is added as a gameplay convenience but FD know they can’t please everyone. They know that combat ships will get a little bit better but think that’s not a bad thing.
• ChrisJ: Conversely, does setting say a timer based on transit distance (although maybe compressed) add a strategic layer that is more rewarding? I.e. I think, “I need that ship – it’ll be here in a hour – what mission/task can I go and do that will bring me back here for the rendezvous.”
• Also can someone please think up the Handwavium reason why it’s instant so we can plaster over the shattered 4th Wall?
  • Either the ship gets ‘made’ locally same as the fighters or the ship is ‘somehow’ transported
• I might have missed this one but will the new fighter be in CQC?
  • Not at the moment

Miscellaneous

• David Braben hinted at ‘archaeology sites’ – how would this manifest?
  • Soon – Some journalists have seen a little more than ‘other people’
• Will geysers have enough force to lift an SRV into the air if it drove over one?
  • Yes, Sandy’s seen it and it’s as cool as it sounds
• Due to Sandro’s Woody Cowboy Fetish, will we see either Ed or Adam dressing up as Buzz Lightyear to complete the theme?
  • Sandy is ahead of the curve, but Ed’s the right height to be Buzz Lightyear. Adam and Eddie can be Bullseye
• As Pilots are thought of as Gypsies, will we see ‘My Big Fat Commander’s Wedding’ show on Galnet? Also, is that the reason for all the Wedding Bargies?
  • Pilots are not gypsies, we’re mercenaries.
• As there is (What we call) a ‘Cheeky Braben’ at the end of the digital Art Book, does David Braben still hate his Bobblehead?
  • He is very embarrassed by it Sandy and Zac think
• Cmdr Snuffler asks If: zac was a thargoid, what would his thargoid name be?
  • What is a Thargoid? Is it a ride on Planet Coaster?
• One from Cmdr H on Reddit –  PS4 Update Please? https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/4yznu9/ps4_timeline_update/
  • It’d be silly to discount other platforms. But nothing to announce at the moment.
• When can we get the Lovely cushions that David was sitting on?
  • Don’t know sorry – you could try stealing them from Frontier’s offices, but they don’t recommend that!

Gamescom Notes

• Development News
  • Elite Dangerous patch 2.2 will introduce dual flying, new space stations – oh, and aliens
  • Digital Art Book Released
• Gamescon 2016
  • Original Live Notes
  • Thursday 10:00 and 14:30
  • Friday 10:00 and 14:30
  • Saturday 10:00 Saturday 14:30
  • Sunday 10:00 Sunday 14:30
  • New Features
    • Passenger Ships
      • Beluga Liner
        • Whale in every sense
        • same size as the conda / corvette. longer than T9, V heavy
        • Giant observation deck
        • can actually carry passengers!
        • quite quick (about as quick as a hauler)
        • Size 7 FSD, run and run and run without needing to refuel
        • 5 medium hardpoints
        • not very maneuverable
        • lots of internal slots
      • Orca’s benefits
        • will get access to the luxury cabins too
    • Any ship can fit cabins but only passenger lines can fit luxury cabins
    • Passenger Missions
      • Passenger Lounge in a star port (looks like mission screen)
        • Not all going to be ‘tourists’
        • Gives the BGS some visibility i.e. if in war refugees might want to get out and near by soldiers wanting to get in
        • VIPS ‘infamous characters’ may cause ‘problems’ during the mission
        • Different classes of cabins (new class of modules you can fit in ships) Economy, First Class and Luxury Suite
        • Your ship can carry multiple cabins, giving you different capacity and so on
        • The jump tells you the system security level
        • Passengers can walk out if you faff about
        • Hyperspace has been revisited – Showing the star you’re going towards getting closer
        • All ships can take passengers (pretty much) – just normal modules
        • Sandy is not sure if we can sell passengers as slaves, but Ed has heard a rumor that we can
      • VIP Passenger Missions
        • They might want high quality cabins
          • Have a retinue that will fill the cabin
          • Passenger might ask you to do some ‘stuff’ on route – i.e. visit a combat zone. And you get a ‘tip’ for ‘good money’ – You get a message when they’ve seen enough. They can ‘be a diva’ many times on route to the real destination. We can obviously refuse these requests
          • Disgruntled VIPs gotta make sure it’s in time limits and can ‘leave’ normally via leaving at the station, but if you REALLY take the mikey they will ‘escape pod’ out.
      • More missions are rewarding cargo
      • Elite Dangerous: Gamescom 2016 – Passenger Missions Tourist Spot
    • Tourism
      • New Persistent and Fixed locations
      • Reason for being their – i.e. natural beauty, battle site etc
      • Lots of space porn. Cmdr Name is associated with a tourist beacon which is the thing you scan, explaining why it’s a tourist location
      • Check Nav Panel, Look to see Tourist Spot, Scan it
    • Star Port Variations
      • Simulation will drive some variety inside star ports. I.E. We might see a hard working rugged one, or a swanky snobby posh one! Basically adding flavour to the port.
      • Larger populations have the more custom star ports as opposed to small populations have the more vanilla one
      • Agricultural one is being used to actually farm inside the port!!!
      • Refinery shows us the sheet metal bezng made, lots of ore
      • High Tech, very electric blue hangers and advertising. Very corporate theme
      • Tourism Lots of parks, very white very fresh, holographic water! Statues
      • Different variety of hangers and landing pads
      • Sandy and Adam likes that they can keep going back and revisiting things
    • Ship Launched Fighters
      • Elite Dangerous: Gamescom 2016 – Ship Launched Fighters Basic
      • Elite Dangerous: Gamescom 2016 – Ship Launched Fighters Combat
      • Fighters from CQC – No FSDs
        • Fed Fighter F63 Condor
          • Fastest Fighter (and acceleration / deceleration)
        • Imperial GU97
          • Most fragile, but the most maneuverable player ship in the game
        • Independant Taipan Fighter Made by Laikon
          • Swing Wing Fighter
            • Adam said it was like an F14
            • Most robust of the fighters, more hull, more shields, fast recharge
            • Slowest and least maneuverable
            • Same role, but obviously have differences i.e. guns, utilities
      • Slightly different flight model from the CQC
      • Ships with bays
        • Anaconda
        • Beluga
        • Federal Corvette
        • Federal Gunship
        • Imperial Cutter
        • Keelback
        • Type 9
      • Glass Cannons –Fragile, but powerful
      • Able to take out a MK4 if the cobra’s not careful
      • Gives non combat ship ‘some teeth’
      • Big task to get things balanced right
      • It’s the same idea as the SRV’s Turret – Neural Link
      • Deploy from your Mother ship
      • Adam in a fighter took Ed (in a Python) though the python was concentrating on Adam’s mother ship (T9)
      • Can swap back and forth at will
      • No engineer mods on the fighters (at the moment)
      • Designed to be considered disposable, Almost like powerful Ammunition
      • Fit a fighter same as SRVs
        • Get a Fighter Hanger Module (Single or Double Bay) from the modules
        • Fighters come with fixed loadouts – Utility (Heat Sink, Chaff, Point Defense)
        • Your mother ship can MANUFACTURE fighters! Currently thinking you can make 6 or 8 but not set in stone
        • Reload your ‘printing’ ammo from the star port
        • The Bay has a loadout for the bay, so multiple bays == multiple loadouts
        • Cost is cheap (after buying the bay) – the INK is cheap
        • The Bay can also heal the fighter (Sandy said for free)
      • Negatives
        • Have to buy them
        • Take up module space etc
        • Take up mass
        • Paintjobs for the fighters
      • Elite Dangerous: Gamescom 2016 – Taipan Paint Job
      • Elite Dangerous: Gamescom 2016 – Federal Fighter Paint Job
      • Elite Dangerous: Gamescom 2016 – Empire Fighter Paint Job
    • NPC AI Fighter Pilots – all combat rankings
    • Focus Fire
      • Fire Defensively (stick close by and engage)
      • Fire At Will!!!
      • Come back and dock
    • I can still jump into the fighter pilot and the NPC will fly my main ship!!!! And we can issue them the same orders if they’re in the main ship
      • Elite Dangerous: Gamescom 2016 – NPC Crew & Crew Fighter
        • Can only hire up to a certain rank from lounge (around competent)
        • Can hire up to 3 pilots
        • 1 active pilot
        • NPC Pilot is neural linked from mother ship
        • Players can issue orders to fighter
        • NPCs increase combat rank same as we can. Same AI as drives normal NPCs
    • New ‘environments’
      • CQC Style Architecture in main game. Persistent locations, like the nav beacons etc. Good place to get cargo and materials may be? Bounty Hunting?
        • Civilian, Scientific, Outposts, can be based off of security of the systemSRVs may get similar features as fighters. I.E. print a SRV
        • Up close and personal with Capital Ship Yards and Docks. Basically a chance to drool over them without getting shot down!
    • Ship Transfer
      • Go to shipyard
        • Transfer tab
        • Instantaneous – Yes it’s a bit gamey they know that but think that keeping you playing is more important.
        • It WILL cost credits to get the ship there.
        • Sandy: “Do what you want – when you want.”
        • Can remotely sell a ship
    • Module Storage
      • All from outfitting screen
        • The cost is the value of the module / distance but it is instant to get it where you need it (just like with ship transfer)
        • You can take core modules out – but you need to ensure your ship will be able to leave. I.E. get the basic minimum one
  • Quality of life improvements
    • Improvement to route planner
      • Can filter routes i.e. only go to scoop-able stars, or certain factions, economies, Security, etc.
    • Geological Features
      • Fissures
      • Geysers
    • Planets in the System map! (Not a grid any more)
    • Update to starport services
    • Updates to the stars – More Scientifically accurate (Neutron and White Dwarfs)
      • We can fly through their corona – take FSD Damage – BUT it gives us an increase to Jump Range
    • Update to hyperspace
      • Info (state and security) on the system you’re jumping to
      • Keeps the background in the tunnel longer
      • Zoom into your target star
    • “Shady Contact”
      • Allow us to hand all fines and bounties across human space
      • We do pay a premium (around 20% or so) for their service
    • New Ship Kits
      • Asp
      • Viper Mk III
      • Vulture
      • Python
    • SRV Paintjobs
    • Wire Frame Paint Jobs
      • Anaconda
      • Asp
      • Fer DeLance
      • Python
      • Viper Mk 3
  • Q&A
    • Can you hire cabin crew who level up etc?
      • No, cabins are modules that don’t have staff
    • Can Space Loach be found near Ammonia Worlds?
      • Sandy can’t get to Ammonia worlds – so he doesn’t know
    • Can we turn off the power to passenger modules?
      • No – they have their own independent life support! – But Sandy thinks it’s a cool idea
    • Is David Braben a thargoid
      • Couldn’t possibly comment
    • Can you pimp passenger ships ?
      • Yes but no engineering mods for passenger compartments.
    • Will the Orca get a jump range update?
      • It’s possible but Sandy needs to really look over things. Sandy wants it to go via Mike
    • Will this make it into XBox1?
      • YES
    • Base Game vs Horizons split?
    • Beluga is Horizons only. However…. SHUT UP ED!!!
    • Rep impact for failing of passenger missions
      • Rep gains and boosts same as normal missions. Adam adds that the Mission Face is the lead passenger. The other face is the faction local leader
    • Will fighter bays take over existing slots?
      • Adam’s going to tease and say keep watching! 😛 Same for hiring NPC crew
    • The Mission rewards will be balanced and will be competitive with other missions
    • Just like Missions Reputation will give you access to higher and better missions
    • Will delivering Soldiers help with the war effort?
      • They don’t know.
    • Can you destroy the fighters when they’re inside the bay
      • Sandy doesn’t know – they ARE modules which can take damage, but Sandy isn’t sure if they’ve implemented fighter destruction but they’ll look into things
    • Can we dock whilst it’s moving at high speed
      • Up to 2 bays / Hanger
      • Yes – but it’ll be tricky – Loop of shame docking on spaceships 🙂
      • What capacity do Fighter Hangers go up to?
    • Ship Launched fighter options
      • Each type has a selection of 3 or 4 fixed loadouts
        • Pulse, Beam, Multi Cannon  Plasma Repeater
        • Chaff, Point Defense, Heat Sink
    • Can I leave my fighter whilst I high wake
      • Yes you can (obviously it’ll be lost)
    • If your ship is destroyed then you all go back to the rebuy screen, fighter is lost. You escape but your fighter pilot NPC is DEAD!
    • Will NPCs have Ship Launched Fighters
      • Yes – it’ll be balanced and have lots of factors etc
    • Can we dock our fighters in someone elses ship
      • No you HAVE to dock in your own ship
    • Will ship launched fighters be engineer upgradable
      • Not at the moment
    • Can the ship launched fighters land on planets and bases
      • No you can only land on your ship
    • Will Point Defense Fire on fighters?
      • No Missiles, Torpedoes and Mines
    • Can the fighters Assault Planet Bases
      • Yes
      • A Fighter can only fly up to n Kilometers away – meant to be close support ships
    • Can fighters target bases etc
      • Fighters can target ANYTHING your main ship can
    • No you can NOT name your NPC Pilots
    • In a PVP Scenario – Launch Fighter, Do you see both ships as hollow contacts? (Representing a human)
      • The ship the player is in will have the hollow marker indicating which ship the human is in
    • Given how the fighters have Paintjobs – Can we get For Cutter / Corvette
      • FD Might have some to show us ‘soon’
    • Ed Lewis and Space Loach bobbleheads
      • Joke Yes
    • Will fighters protecting stations be updated to be the same as those we get?
      • At the moment they are different from player fighters. FD are investigating and thinking about it. I.E. Police cars are not identical to most normal cars
    • Will combat zones spawn on planet surface?
      • Not at the moment – but that remains open in the future.
    • Can we customise crew members?
      • NO they are their own people
    • We can only launch 1 fighter at the time (for the moment)
    • Will the new passengers be like the ones from Frontier
      • The VIPs will be along those lines “avoid imperial entanglements”
    • Can we barter with Passengers?
      • No – however the VIPs have additional optional requests.
    • Can we expect Passengers carrying SRVs?
      • For 2.2 no.
    • Can fighters target modules?
    • Possibly – there are technical and gameplay and ui considerations
    • Crime is applied to the player – NOT the ship
    • Why do the fighters have cockpits if we’re plugged into them?
      • Because originally they’re done for human pilots
      • In game because it helps with your virtual self’s sense of presence.
    • Will the new docks be used as mission destinations?
    • Not initially. It makes a lot of sense and it CAN be taken (or Sandy will get lynched for saying that!)
    • Fighter Pilots are NOT licensed to ‘engage the FSD’. So we can’t order them to high wake.
    • How long does it take to re-print a fighter?
      • FD are still balancing and will continue to do so in the beta
      • Fairly quick but not instant.
    • Will there be a way to hack another ship’s fighter?
      • No – but it’s a REALLY good idea
    • Will the specs be rising with this update?
      • No they won’t be. FD have also had an optimisation pass along with all the new shiny stuff.
    • Will we get Escort Missions?
      • Nothing to announce. We have the foundations for them, so maybe in the future.
    • Commodity Storage isn’t in game because it could be exploitable. However they have been discussing “crafting commodity storage” (at engineer locations) but not in 2.2. – No Guarantees no ETA
    • Warning for Arriving at a Binary Star
      • Adam doesn’t know if it’s possible, but it’s worth investigating
    • Can we have a Space Cowboy (with Space Loach) Engineer?
      • Sandy – It’d break the avatar system
    • Will the fighters have Gimballed weapons?
      • Yes!
    • Is the ship transfer only available to stations with Shipyards?
      • Yes
    • Corvette and Cutter Paint jobs Please?
      • Yes! There will be cutter and Corvette paint jobs
    • Can we get Bounty Payments from anywhere?
      • Yes – “Shady Contact” at Low Sec systems.
    • Abusing ship transportation i.e. immediate transfer of cargo.
      • You can’t store a ship with cargo in it – so not an issue
    • In game reason for how ship transfer is instant
      • Sandy – Maybe – but it is purely for gameplay reasons. They KNOW it’s not realistic
    • Can i repair my fighter’s shield?
      • Yes
    • How will players estimate the Jump Range Boost from Neutron and White Dwarfs)
      • After you’ve supercharged your fuel you just need to check your range.
    • Why might we WANT to risk damaging our FSD for this?
      • It’s risk / reward therefore it has to be fairly effective
    • Do slaves need passenger cabins?
      • No because our cabins don’t come with Manacles 🙂
    • 2.2 will have even more things to discover and more ways for to learn the history
    • What ships can have fighters?
      • Beluga
      • Cutter
      • Corvette
      • Gun Ship
      • Anaconda
      • Keel Back
      • Type 9
    • Can I hire crew with a higher rank than my own?
      • Yes – AND crew be trained
    • Will the Dolphin be coming?
      • There is nothing to announce at the moment
      • It snuck into the video because Adam is on a Development build
    • Will any ship defenses attack fighters?
      • Same as normal ships
    • FD can nullify NPCs from accidentally shooting things
    • If you dock your mothership with a launched fighter will you loose your ship
      • FD have some safeguards in place. I.e. your fighter must be docked to let you dock.
    • Will there be more SRVs coming out in the future?
      • Nothing to announce at the moment.
    • Does the livery button mean we can change look and feel without a station needing outfitting?
      • No
    • Do my wired Pilots stay with me when I change ships?
      • No only way you loose them is if your ship explodes
    • Why can’t clipper get luxury suites (even though it is used in lore for transporting important ppl)
      • Because it’s not a passenger liner
    • Will the AFM be able to make heat syncs and shield cell banks
      • Not at the moment
    • Will the route plotter update come to the vanilla game or does it need horizons?
      • Yes – vanilla game
    • Can we store the White Dwarfs fsd boost for later use?
      • No – not at the moment
    • What is Horizon what is Vanilla?
      • Horizon’s stuff
        • Beluga
        • Ship
        • Crew
        • All planetside stuff
    • Can you monitor your ship status of your fighter?
      • Yes – but we’ve not seen the UI yet
    • Do the Neutron and the Synthesis boosts stack?
      • No
    • Can fighters deploy to the surface of the planet?
      • Yes
    • Can you deploy a fighter and an srv? Deployed at the same time?
      • No
    • Can your ship stay in orbit and you take your fighter down to the planet?
      • No Fighters do not have FSD
      • Fighters are tethered to your ship
    • Is there a distance limiter to the ship transfer?
      • No – however it will get very costly
    • Ships are modular so a Size 7 Module can be stored and moved into something else that takes a size 7 module
    • I can see issuing fighters looks a little cumbersome, will we get hotkeys?
      • Rem it’s work in progress – but YES they are looking at setting bindings
    • Will there be a gfx update for station approaches?
      • Not in 2.2 but maybe later
  • David Braben Interviews
    • David Braben Interview Part One – Science of ED
      • Science rocks and keeps changing which is BEAUTIFUL
      • Looks like he’s sitting on ED Cushions?
      • More Science added to White Dwarfs, Neutron Stars Synchrotron radiation (looks like a spinning top)
      • DB Admits White Dwarfs are VERY dangerous!
      • Dimming the galaxy via dust
      • Why bother with scientific accuracy? – It matters to DB it matters to a lot of us it’s the SCIENCE of Science Fiction. Why not make it realistic. Science allows for game play – i.e. heat mechanics
      • Plate tectonics is modelled – adding in volcanism. Not always molten rock. Also molten CO2 or Water, same basic idea though! ‘Coming to 2.2.’ Also brings up rares to be discovered
      • Atmospheres *IS* on the Road map – DB wants to do it properly however. It needs to serve the story and gameplay.
      • Even today we use heat to highlight tanks etc so thermal mechanics is very real.
      • The Science makes the gameplay different from other games!
    • David Braben Interview Part Two — Culture
      • Why are commanders initially slightly ‘negative’ rep?
        • Because a lot of us are basically transient population – i.e. we’re all gypsies!.
        • Default assumption is that Pilots are ‘up to no good’ and are mercenaries – no loyalty
      • Empire left earth and killed the natives 🙂
        • Patronage, goes both ways and goes from Citizens all the way up to the Empire.
        • No voting as such, but ppl can change who they support
        • Senators are good at starting wars 🙂
          • Go Steal stuff – lots of benefits for those who support them. But it is NOT healthy and very disruptive in the long term
      • The ability to travel is ‘a big deal’
        • This will get more visible
        • I.E. Space Lanes
        • Passengers
      • Look at Imp War ship
        • Grunt has a shared cabin and eating out a metal tin
        • The Higher ups will be living in the Rotating Ring
      • Inside a Coriolis we have a Stepped Terrace
        • Under that a warren where the ‘plebs’ live
      • Power is ‘cheap’ in game – Have a day night cycle (in stations) etc
    • David Braben Part Three – Story and Player Narrative
      • We’ve seen the 1st player power
      • Players care about the Galaxy I.E. Jaques
      • Concept of “The Missing”
      • DB is delighted with the way players have engaged with the story and that we’re mad for going out to Jaques 😀 He thought the Pleiades were a long way out!
      • DB likes talking to ppl when he’s on as Cmdr Braben
      • The rise of the player driven story is wonderful and DB wants to encourage it and do more of it
      • Archaeology to come and Long Dead species fade to Thargoids as he starts to say “Is not”
      • Jaques is fascinating, players took Fuel and UAs which made him lost in space – we found him and now we have a foot hold outside the bubble and DB hopes for more settlements around it
      • Drives longevity
      • HUTTON MUG
    • DB Interview Part Four – Future
      • Early Leaked thargoids
      • Found the location from the hidden stream clues
      • Space games are back to the forefront
      • Excited for the new stuff in 2.2
      • Excited for Multi Crew and making stuff better and better
      • Excited for character creator
      • ED is Hopelessly Ambitious, but they are fulfilling these gradually
      • Volcanism and the ability to know where to look for rare things on planets
      • Talked about planetary atmospheres
      • Story is the most important and really exciting
      • Much love for the community
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