Lave Radio Episode 438 “Three Angry Beavers Go Speculating” – 25/04/2023

PositionCrew MemberCMDR Name
Apprentice Stunt DriverAlec Turner Alec Turner 
Staff Liaison OfficerClare GoodPsykit
Tech GibbonChris Mk IVNewell Turner
Tech MonkeyNorman MacArthurVentura_

Download the episode directly from here.

Development News – what have the devs said this week?

  1. Frameshift Live #29
    1. FSL Moving to every four weeks. Next will be on the 18th May
    2. Partner programme re-opening with new requirements for youtube partners. https://influencers.frontier.co.uk/partner-program/elite-dangerous 
    3. Update 15 be released Tuesday May 9th (terms and conditions apply)
    4. Tease of a new ship kit during stellar screenshots?
    5. New Thargoid Ship variant incoming This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is new-tharg-1024x509.jpeg
  2. Friday Forum Post with details revealed during the stream plus reassurance https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/update-15-release-date-announce-changes-to-our-livestream-schedule-and-more.616334/ 

Community Corner

  1. PowerPlay Leaders in real life, made with Midjourney [Digital Art + Bot] DoomWZ on Reddit
  2. This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is ai_generated_realistic_powerplay_leaders-1024x518.jpg
  3. 5 Habits That Makes You A Better Commander #EliteDangerous– Loot and Grind’s new video a bit of a response to some of the negativity that they’ve seen.
  4. Gamepro03’s guide to a joyful multi-crew experience
  5. Bokotan’s FA Off YouTube videos (Patrolling with AI WINGMEN)
  6. Izanami: Land of Dreams / Expeditions / EDSM – Elite Dangerous Star Map  Expedition from the Independent Explorer’s Association starts on 30 April. It has some amazing posters as well.
  7. Buckyball Racing Club: Thargoid Structure Scramble (teaser trailer) – staring on May 6th
  8. There are still some tickets available for this year’s ECM – there is also talk about doing a virtual ECM as an online get together for those folks unable to attend. Head to ECM’s discord to get involved. elitecommunitymeet.info/tickets/ 
  9. Psykit Community event 

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

  1. Thu 20th – [CG] OLD RIVALS CLASH AS THARGOIDS ADVANCE
  2. Mon 24th – AEGIS TRIALS TECH TO EXPLORE MAELSTROMS
  3. Tues 25th – THE MYSTERY OF THE MARS ASSASSIN

Store Alert

  1. Get into the Anaconda Groove paint jobs

Groove Surf

Groove Sunrise

Groove Chic

Groove Sunset

Groove Earth

Groove Nature

Main discussion

  1. What thing do we think that Frontier are teasing, and not telling us to find?
    1. Clip to play? https://clips.twitch.tv/AggressiveAbrasivePotatoPartyTime-mjwqaag7mdJc9rtH
    2. And what role does the new Thargoid variant teased on Frameshift Live take in all this?

Shoutouts

  1. 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/.
  2. For the discerning Commander who likes a bit of CQC action, check out the CQC Discord at “discord.me/elitedangerouscqc”.
  3. 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;-
    1. The Guard Frequency (who do other space games )
    2. Loose Screws
  4. Following this we have the latest Galnet News Digest as provided by Cmdr Wotherspoon and Cmdr BeetleJude.
  5. Thanks to those who have chipped in on Twitch chat and in-game commanders
  6. Special Thanks to Cmdr ToCoSo, Jn Tracks and Allen Stroud who created the music used on the Show.

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