Lave Radio Episode 111

It’s fight night in the Orange Sidewinder as we argue if the AI represents the start of our Machine Overlords.

Aired 31st May 2016
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Crew Members

Head of Entertainments : Chris Jarvis : Cmdr thane
Chief Bar Steward : Grant Woolcott : Cmdr Psykokow
Head of Health and safety : Ben Moss-Woodwood : Cmdr EidLeWeiss
Head of Station Archives : Colin Ford : Cmdr PheonixDFire

Show Notes:

• Development News
  • Ask Him Anything: David Braben, co-creator of Elite, co-founder of the Raspberry Pi Foundation, and Frontier’s head honcho
  • Summary of the David et al Live stream
  • ED 2.1 Patch Notes
  • Engineers Trailer
• Newsletter 126
  • Galactic News: No Sign of Jaques Station
• Main Discussion
  • Does the fact that the AI has improved so much mean everyone should restart? 😉
  • Actual Pilot Skill Verse New AI — Am I a delusional fighter combat ace?
  • OP NPCs…
    • Official Word: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=257892
    • Some advice for surviving 2.1
    • Plasma Accelerator Autocannons
    • Plasma Multicannon Survivor’s Club
• Community Corner
  • Ask Him Anything: Drew Wagar, author of Elite: Reclamation, Metal, and the Shadeward Saga, and helpfully summarising Elite lore
    • http://tinyurl.com/drewwagar
  • Updates to Soontill Relics…
    • Soontill relics apparently provide this picture. and it matches to the
      Soontill system (might be a hoax)
      
      Though how any space faring civ could develop here is beyond me. 18 LS from the sun, means this High metal content worlds with silicate vapors is tidally locked. Not really a good place to develop live.
    • 12.6 Earth masses
      12170 km radius (twice that of earth)
      3.4 G (Would explain their massive strength)
      8256 K temp
      Silicate vapor geysers producing same atmo. 98.5% Silicates, 1.5% Iron
      Orbit 2.1 days tidally locked.
      NOT a vacation spot.
• Shoutouts
  • Cmdr Bapsta got married on Saturday
  • Lavecon 2016 Sponsors
    • ED Tracker
      “EDTracker is proud to be sponsoring Lavecon this year; Lavecon and the Elite Dangerous community have been a pivotal part in EDTracker’s success so it seems all the more fitting that we can put something back in for the people who’ve helped get the project off the ground. Toggle that headlook and fly dangerous, commanders!” – http://edtracker.org.uk/
    • Old One Productions
      Quality art prints, t-shirts, and chess sets for horror and sci-fi fans https://oldonesproductions.com/