Lave Radio Episode 289 “Probing Your Antness” – 21/04/2020

Position	Crew Member	CMDR Name
Head of Health and Safety	Ben Moss-Woodward	Eid LeWeise
Chief Archivist	Colin Ford	Phoenix_Dfire
Chief Bar Steward	Grant Woolcott	Psykokow
(in)Human Resources Director	Shan	Shan
Deputy Trade Attaché	Souv	Souvarine
His Antness	Anty McAntFace	Obsidian Ant

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Development News – what have the devs said this week?

• End of Beta 1 at 20th April 12:00.

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

• Operation IDA – Presently repairing Guidoni Enterprise – HIP 9599

Main discussion

1. Completed Beta – impressions.

Community Corner

1. Deep Space Support Array
   1.  The DSSA is a project to deploy a network of support Carriers all over the galaxy to help explorers in their deep space travels; roughly one Carrier per galactic region (plus a few more on the Z axis around the galactic centre). Those Carriers, offered by individuals, groups, factions or squadrons, would remain in a fixed and public location for at the very least a full year, open to all, with at least refuel and repair services, at the lowest price (other services are at the owner’s liberty). Beacons in the profound night, they would form a mesh of safe harbours for anyone who would need a rest stop.
   2. A small team of Sagittarius Eye members have launched Cosmonaut, a free monthly online magazine for Star Citizen: https://cosmonautmagazine.com/. Issue 1 went live on April 12th. We’re this week’s featured creator on the CIG newsletter: https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/citizens/17560-This-Week-In-Star-Citizen
   3. The Latest Sanctimonious Story – 3305-3306
   4. Essay on Fleet Carriers and AXI by 100.RUB
   5. ELITE WEEK #005 THURSDAY APRIL 16TH 2020 “AN EXAMINATION OF THE UPKEEP ARGUMENT”

Questions

1. Using the present proposed mechanics, what scenarios would you think a fleet carrier could be used for?

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”.
3. Thanks to those who have chipped in on Twitch chat and in-game commanders