Position | Crew Member | CMDR Name |
Head of Health and Safety | Ben Moss-Woodward | Eid LeWeise |
Staff Liaison Officer | Clare Good | Psykit |
Chief Archivist | Colin Ford | Phoenix_Dfire |
(in)Human Resources Director | Shan | Shan |
Tech Gibbon | Chris Mk IV | Newell Turner |
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Development News – what have the devs said this week?
- 4th May Frameshift Live #7
- https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/console-profile-transfers-and-2022-updates.603032/
- Wednesday was a one off
- FD Wanted to sort out the future of FS live
- Moving to a fortnightly show
- Still Thursday 16:00
- Working out the Framework for the rest of the year
- Twitch drops are being shrunk down so you can get stuff in the 2 hours
- Console Profile Transfers
- https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/console-profile-transfers-and-2022-updates.603032/
- Console Commanders WILL BE being copied to PC!
- Can still play on Console
- if you own ED on Console – you now have ED on PC
- When – they will let us know
- Arf explains some of the legality of ARX transfers, but highlights there are options – i.e. use your ARX then process transfer
- Arf confirms that Horizons servers WILL NOT be shut off
- It’s a one off process and there will be a time window for it…
- The rest of the year
- Update 12
- new Mission
- Stability
- Optimisation
- Update 13
- Narrative
- Stability
- Optimisation
- Update 14
- major narrative
- Stability
- Update 15
- key features
- ED IS NOT DEAD
- Update 12
- Still want to get guests and devs on
- Discovery Scanner [Weekly Update] – 09/05/2022 | Frontier Forums
In-Game Events – what’s happened this week?
- 04-May-3308 – Interview with Zachery Rackham
- 05-May-3308 – Commanders supply Didio completing Community Goal.
- 05-May-3308 – Professor Palin Wants Meta Alloys.
- 06-May-3308 – Marlinist Colonies receive their Starports
- 09-May-3308 – Rackham archives trillionaire status (Elon in the future anyone?)
- 10-May-3308 – TBC
- Operation IDA :- Still awaiting thargoids to be cleared before starting hauling.
- AXI – their three targets remain ;-
- HIP 38225
- Paucuman
- Didio
Store Alert
- Cobra MkIII PHARAOH GOLD (Also Red & White)
- Cobra MkIII APOLLO WHITE (Also Black & Green)
Main discussion
- Lave Radio’s Reaction to the
- Console Transfers.
- The Plan for the future. (Was it enough for people to eat crow?!?)
- Other content creator’s reactions ;-
- Obsidian ant – Cautiously welcomes the roadmap but is disappointed with the content.
- Down to Earth Astronomy – Indicates that he thinks Elite is now a dying game because he doesn’t see anything that will entice people back.
- Buur Pit – Seems happy that new content has been confirmed for a year.
- Loose Screws – Appear positive but are concerned about what appears to be a lack of content.
- Hutton Orbital – Always Happy because they have mugs that we don’t.
- Yamiks – Has yet to post a reaction.
- Recarrdo Gaming is quite positive about the whole thing.
Community Corner
- https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/the-buckyball-racing-club-presents-on-the-rocks-7th-15th-may-3307-magic-8-ball-championship-race-4.602955/#post-9827600
- https://edrushfleet.co.uk/2022/05/10/a-welcome-change-of-pace/ CMDR Homburger has also written a really good piece about his Buckyballing experience, which he does with all of the races.
- The Endurance Expedition is still running until the 12th of may https://twitter.com/EnduranceExplo2
- [SPVFA] Eden’s Gate is the new permanent emplacement in Dryeia Blou JT-F C25-0. If you’re deep in the black or on your way to Beagle, consider stopping by to offload your Cartographic data and ensure its safety before continuing on!
- Trip Omega – Phase 4 is still continuing until 11th May.
- Cmdr Britpacked reached out to let us know about an on foot PvP Tournament
- Join our Discord to register and learn more!
- Elite On Foot Combat Community (EOFCC) https://discord.gg/AcECzxwmsgRegister in the next message below and go to #deleted-channel for more info!
- — Tournament start date —
- 14 May 2022
Any other business
- Grant is doing a Eurovision “sweepstake” thing where you can sign up to back an entry and if they win you get bragging rights.
Shoutouts
- 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/.
- We have to mention the passing of Cmdr Thomassen (Rolf) who departed for the stars last friday. A commander who was instrumental for the Truckers winning Epsilon Indi, he will be missed.
- 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
- 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 Commander’s Guide To The Galaxy” from Galnet News Digest’s Cmdr Wotherspoon and Cmdr BeatleJude.
- Thanks to those who have chipped in on Twitch chat and in-game commanders
- Special Thanks to Cmdr ToCoSo, Jn Tracks and Allen Stroud who created the music used on the Show.