| Position | Crew Member | CMDR Name |
| Head of Health and Safety | Ben Moss-Woodward | Eid LeWeise |
| Chief Archivist | Colin Ford | Phoenix_Dfire |
| (in)Human Resources Director | Shan | Shan |
| EIC Rep | Mack Winston | Mack Winston |
| Tech Gibbon | Chris Mk IV | Newell Turner |
Download the episode directly from here.
Development News – what have the devs said this week?
- Dec 10th event postponed until Feb 25th. Those who brought tickets can either carry them over until then or get a refund on tickets only. Lost hotel bookings etc will not be reimbursed by fdev.
- Thursday’s Stream – Arf shows off the new planetary lighting that will be coming in update 9.
- Update 9 will be released on the 9th December
- Arf’s Holiday Message :- https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/arfs-holiday-message.594772/
- Going over the main features of update 9.
- Combat SRV + appropriate missions.
- More mission variation and Settlement Mission givers.
- Multi-Limpet Controller
- Some highlighted bug fixes :-
- Issues relating to inactive AI at conflict zones will now be resolved.
- Issues relating to hatch breaker limpets when used on cargo hatch or escape pods on non-dockable megaships (Odyssey and Horizons)
- Thermal Conduit no longer has the incorrect damage increase and is correctly represented visually.
- Completing high influence missions will now affect Background Simulation as expected.
- Stations no longer ‘pop’ into existence when jumping out of supercruise
- What’s coming 2022
- The conclusion to the Azimuth Saga (hopefully Galnet and background narrative will continue).
- Fleet Carrier Interiors.
- Last stream on the 16th with the developers making a contribution.
- Outside of Fleet Carrier interiors, the development team are hard at work on new features and mission types, such as settlement defence that I cannot wait to share more on.
- We are also reviewing and assessing a number of areas that you have raised, such as the Engineering process, but as I said, I will leave those details for January!
- Nothing Announced on Consoles!
- Development Updates will resume in January 2022.
- Going over the main features of update 9.
- 6th December. Bruce has confirmed the Memorial Boards have been updated.
In-Game Events – what’s happened this week?
- 2nd Dec 3307 – NMLA defeated, although Theta 7 is still on board the far-god cult’s ship.
- 2nd Dec 3307 – Community goal to celebrate the first Male heir of the Duval Line.
- 3rd Dec 3307 – Dredger has moved from Oochost PC-C c29-0 to destination unknown. Orion University suspects that it has new information about the Guardians but that information has been lost and people are scared that the less scrupulous individuals will try and retrieve that data (Ahem Salvation?)
- Powerplay Placings –
- Mahon
- Hudson
- The Emperor!
Community Corner
- Christmas Community Meetup – Now FEB. 17th Dec for the online dev.
- Shout out to Chig from the Loose Screws. It looks like he’ll be the first to get sextuple Elite.He only has CQC elite to go and he’s getting there! Unless people know better?
Mostly Clueless
- ED Engineer is a great app to help with all your Engineering Needs. https://github.com/msarilar/EDEngineer
Shoutouts
- Dockers is doing a Charity Christmas Special
- We have a Teaser Trailer! https://bs-dockers.com/podcast/Beyond:Dockers/Beyond Dockers Teaser No 1.mp3
- I know it’s only September and good taste dictates that Christmas should never be mentioned until long after Halloween, but in the world of entertainment Christmas has to be prepared well in advance. When you think about preparing for Christmas, you’re probably thinking about the dinner. Will it be turkey? Beef? How about an enormous cock?
Yes, the Dockers are coming back this year with a Christmas special and they have set up a kickstarter on justgiving. Yes that’s right, a kickstarter on Just Giving. I don’t think they quite understand that all the money will be going to charity.
If you haven’t heard of it before Dockers is a mockumentary podcast about the ordinary folk of the Galaxy from the lowly toilet attendants to famous wildlife documentary makers. It’s been going for a few years and usually does a live show at Lavecon, late at night, well after the watershed because it’s very, very naughty
If they meet their target they will put on the Christmas show, (though to be honest they will put it on regardless.) They have some rewards in their charity kickstarter. If you ever fancied being the subject of a documentary there are a few options to get your name in the show. Some of them are pretty unsavory.
| Tier | Amount | Reward |
| 1 | £5.00 | Listen to the Christmas special in the comfort of your own home for no additional cost! |
| 2 | £10.00 | Listen to the Christmas special in the comfort of your own home for a small additional cost! |
| 3 | £20.00 | Have your name read out by the Narrator at the end of the show with the credits. |
| 4 | £30.00 | Listen to the Christmas special in the comfort of your own home for a substantial additional cost! |
| 5 | £40.00 | A lifetime supply of Gnosis Avian Cheese**While stocks last (10 available). Only one block per lifetime, believe me that is enough. No refunds. First come first serve. After ten blocks are allocated reward will be downgraded to tier 3 |
| 6 | £50.00 | A sketch featuring you written and performed by members of the cast of dockers.* To be clear when we say members we don’t mean penises. The segment will be up to 5 minutes long. |
| 7 | £200.00 | A character of our choice will perform a sex act on you during the show**This will be a dramatisation not an actual act you sicko |
| 8 | £500.00 | A character of our choice will perform an enjoyable sex act on you during the show**This will be a dramatisation not an actual act you sicko. Enjoyment is not guaranteed. |
| 9 | £1000.00 | We will have your ears surgically removed so that you never have to listen to the show again.*Need I tell you that this is satire and not a cure for body dysmorphia? |
| 10 | £10,000.00 | The episode will be set in the Star Citizen Universe |
| 11 | £11,000,000 | Are you a pharma-bro? We will record a 40 minute episode exclusively for you. Nobody else will be able to listen to it unless you let them. |
https://www.justgiving.com/team/BeyondDockers
- 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/.
- For the discerning Commander who likes a bit of CQC action, check out the CQC Discord at “discord.me/elitedangerouscqc”.
- 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;-
- Algorab AM: An Elite Dangerous Podcast
- Black Sky Legion (who also do other space sims as well as ‘RL’ science and tech bits)
- Cannon Podcast
- For Spanish Speakers there is the Elite Cast
- Fatherhood Podcast
- Flight Assist
- The Guard Frequency (who do other space sims)
- Loose Screws
- Squeaking Fuel
- System Chat
- 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.
- Following this we have the latest Galnet News Digest as provided by Cmdr Wotherspoon and Cmdr BeatleJude.
- Thanks to those who have chipped in on Twitch chat and in-game commanders
- Special Thanks to Cmdr ToCoSo who created the music for the Introduction of the Show