Category: 4: Conventions

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Development News – what have the devs said this week?

1. Development Update – https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/development-update-1.584162/
2. Update 5 – https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/elite-dangerous-odyssey-update-5.584271/
   1. Team Missions
   2. UI overhaul for outfitting.
   3. FPS improvements.

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

1. Community Goal Between the Federation and the breakaway four systems. 
2. Dredger Clan Arrives at Kumo City
3. ‘Salvation’ Eclipses Aegis to Obtain Guardian Artefacts

Newsletter

1. Enforcer Dominator Suits
2. Asp Explorer Snake Wrap

Main discussion

1. Was Update 5 and the development update enough?

Community Corner

1. Down to Earth Astronomy FPS Boost. :- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Or1-0RvmnaA
2. Buckball Lavecon Run

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. 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
   4. For Spanish Speakers there is the Elite Cast 
   5. Cannon Podcast
   6. Fatherhood Podcast.
   7. Squeaking Fuel
   8. System Chat
   9. The Guard Frequency (who do other space sims)
   10. Algorab AM: An Elite Dangerous Podcast
4. 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. 
5. Following this we have the latest Galnet News Digest as provided by Cmdr Wotherspoon and Cmdr BeatleJude.
6. Thanks to those who have chipped in on Twitch chat and in-game commanders
7. Special Thanks to Cmdr ToCoSo who created the music for the Introduction of the Show

Main discussion

1. Lavecon 2020
2. I was going to ask what your impressions are of the last year in elite and then the good but salt mountain ideas?

Questions

Comment from : CMDR SquirrellyPEZ

Greetings from Texas, USA.

Here’s my idea for the salt mine, credit problem and increase the danger. Have the pilots federation take a cut of income as insurance costs. For a triple elite pilot, say 50% for a fully engineered ship and 25% for an unmodified ship. 5% for a new pilot. Make the insurance policy adjustable only after ship destruction to avoid abuse, this will probably lead to credit laundering via a carrier. Not sure how to get around that. If you choose a less costly policy the pilots federation will pay for less of the rebuy, and engineered modules will only be replaced with full coverage. Or maybe require material cost to cover engineered modules. Hope I got a chuckle and some sodium.

CMDR SquirrellyPEZ

Shoutouts

1. Our sister station, Hutton Orbital Radio, Broadcasts on Thursdays from 20:30. You can tune in at tv.forthemug.com/ 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”.