There’s nothing boarding about Elite

Aired 24 January 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 : Cmdr Shan

Crew Members
Base Commander / Cider Supplier : Cmdr Pom

Show Notes

• Development News
  • Howard Chalkley confirms that Module Data will be returning to the API in 3.0
  • RIP Smeaton Orbital etc Bult Passenger runs
  • Frontier Live Streams
    • Tuesday 16th – Official Recap
      • Questions from the stream
    • Thursday (18th Jan) The Chieftain, Planetary visual improvements, Trade data improvements, The Tech Broker
      • Reddit Summary
      • Official Recap
      • Written Q&As
    • Tuesday (23rd Jan) Stream, Engineers, Material Trader and Galnet Audio
      • Reddit Summary
      • Frontier Content Recap
• Newsletter 210
• Community Corner
  • The January issue of Sagittarius Eye, can now be read/downloaded from http://www.sagittariuseyes.com/january-3304.html. This issue includes insights on galactic conspiracies, a report on Project Equinox, a review of the T10 and a second look at the beloved Cobra Mk III, an exploration of Thaorgoid barnacles…and much more.
  • No matter if you’ve been playing for five minutes or five years, there’s always something that everyone knows except for you. In this video Ghost Giraffe highlights some tips that we didn’t know about until recently!
  • It’s a GORGEOUS ship by Rick Murray https://www.patreon.com/rickkmurray
  • IOS Companion app
  • Ambassador Arithon who runs the Elite Dangerous Blog as well as creating his awesome blueprints is asking for help creating a Vehicle Codex
    • The intention is to have a bible of Elite vehicles (not just flyable ships) with the most complete information anywhere. I need to know the speed (in m/s) armour and shields (in MJ) for the four skimmers, so I can finish off the Core Dynamics section. I did try racing a skimmer to clock its speed in my SLF, but that wasn’t accurate and the skimmer tended to fly in circles.
  • The Anti-Thargoid League are planning a mass assault on a couple of Medusa Class Thargoids on February the 3rd. For those interested, pop along to the discord (Discord Link) and help Cmdr Glutteny Fang.
• Shoutouts
  • CQC Discord – For the Discerning Commander who likes a bit of CQC action