Lave Radio Hosts in the Sky with Crayons

Aired 19 June 2018
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Crew Members
Station Commander : Allen Stroud
Director of Pest Control : Ashley Devine – DrToxic
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 : Shan – Cmdr Shanaeri
Lavian Space Program Director : Andy Barnes – Cmdr Kurgol
Chief of Space Crayons : CMDR Malibu

Show Notes

• Development News
  • David Braben on a possible ED 2
  • David Braben Variety Interview – Note about Free Expansions (Forums going nuts over the fact Horizons was paid for and that was an expansion!!)
    • Ballistic Forum Thread
  • 28th June – Next Week we get 3.1
  • Powerplay update proposals
  • Focus Feedback on Mining has been moved back till 18th June.
  • Concept Art from Nick Tagney
    
• In Game Events
  • IDA continues to try and repair Titan’s Daughter.
  • AXL (Anti Xeno League) has managed to defend the systems against thargoid attack for the fourth week running. This week’s targets, according to the Eagle Eye system are, Kambila and Assinda. It appears that the Thargoid have now discovered all the INRA bases that we know of and the AEGIS Megaships appear to be missing (as of Friday Morning!).
  • Shipyards added to bases in colonia
  • BuckyBall Close Encounters event from the 16th June to the 24th June
  • CMDR Sanderling parks his Sidey inside the cabin of a wrecked Cutter.
    
• Newsletter 230
• Newsletter 231
• Main Discussion
  • 3.1 Deep Dive? (Or more likely shallow puddle)
    • New Ship: Challenger & Krait (unconfirmed)
    • Wing Missions:  Mining
    • Interstellar Interactions: Scan, turret hack, comms array, Cargo bay
    • Tech Broker: Large Guardian weapon unlocks
    • Thargoid: Scouts buffed (can now buff other scouts?)
    • Redacted: Probably Krait, or something else?
  • Community reaction to what was announced at Lavecon (Overall very Positive!)
  • Sagittarius eye, in particular the lave article
• Community Corner
  • CMDR Malibu wants to vandalize the galaxy again, and wants your help. Discord Link : – Fuel Rats
  • Original C64 CMDR glues hands to controller… improves gameplay.
  • It seems that the Wine project is making progress on Elite: Dangerous running on Linux with a user posting a video.
  • CMDR Sneaux posted on the official forum linking to an article explaining how to get deeper blacks if you are using HDMI cables.
  • Battlecards Update – Spidermind games are launching the ED:Battlecards Via a Kickstarter campaign. All pre-orders will be refunded and they ask instead of pre-ordering, put a bid into the Kickstarter or not.
• Shoutouts
  • Lavecon 2018 was on the 8th – 10th June. If you want to see what you missed, go to the Lave Radio YouTube Channel.
  • Episode 200 Part 3. Will be out Soon(™)
  • CQC Discord – For the Discerning Commander who likes a bit of CQC action
  • EDWTRB – Elite Dangerous Website for those who are Looking for a Wing, A Role Play Group, Someone to trade rare goods with or someone to set a bounty on.