Crew Members 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 Deputy Trade Attaché : Cmdr Souverine Troll : Jon Lunn – Shocken-Orr
Crew Members 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 Intrepid Journalist : Cmdr Souvarine
Operation IDA – Has almost finished Kipling Orbital , Will be selecting a new target next week.
AXI – With HIP 9141 was hit last week, the targets are Wayutabal – Kaiser Terminal, Negrito – Steakley Station and Iota Pictoris A – Barmin Dock. Hydra’s can be found in Celaeno and Merope. The Ageis Mega ships are in the Ngaiawang and Opet for some high paying scout killing missions. Rumours are that the thargoid kill count is still 5000 in order to save a system.
The Hutton Truckers are hosting one of their Hutton Races again, and it’s on a planet named…. Teide! In the Magec System (It’s actually Teide A). Up a mountain on a volcanic planet as a race for single players and teams,
Magec System, planet – Teide A
Supported by Alec Turner. From the Buckyball Racing club
Please join Privateers Alliance in November as they raise awareness and money for epilepsy organizations in the US and UK. There are a number of members in PA and across the wider Elite community who are directly affected by epilepsy, either themselves, or their loved ones.
To that end, this November, they are supporting the charities Epilepsy Action and Epilepsy Foundation.
Crew Members 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
Show Notes
In Game Events
Eagle Eye Intelligence –
Three targets this week : Gertrud, HIP 9141 and Nogambe
Li Tzicnii attacked this week and the station is on Fire
Hydra in Celaeno, also Merope.
High level NHSS only spotted in HIP 9141, others have been NHSS 3-6.
Locations of the Aegis megaships Acropolis and Vanguard.
However, the Anti-Xeno-Initiative have reported that in order to save a system’s station from attack, more Thargoid casualties have to be inflicted than before (over 5000 per system at present count)
Operation IDA – Progress continues with Kipling Orbital;-
HAUL:
Beryllium 29% 279,762 (-7,338)
Synthetic Fabrics 53% 110,975 (-19,126)
Paladin Consortium need help defending their home system from Yury Grom!
Big Pappa has asked me to let everyone know that they’re offering a Free Bag of Popcorn with every fue up at Big Pappa’s Base in Andhrimi
We’re hosting one of our Hutton Races again, and it’s on a planet named…. Teide! In the Magec System (It’s actually Teide A). Up a mountain on a volcanic planet as a race for single players and teams,
Magec System, planet – Teide A
Supported by Alec Turner. From the Buckyball Racing club
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The citizens of Colonia have been working hard to build their new home, and now it’s time they got a reward, regardless of what Customs might like to think. So with the aid of The East India Company and publicity via Lave Radio, an expedition was put together with the following goals:* Explore the “high route” to Colonia. Away from the well-trodden route via the Colonia Connection, the high route is replete with unexplored neutron stars and far away from Customs patrols, making it just ideal for the long-distance smuggler and highly profitable for the explorers.* Bring the first load of booty – anything intoxicating, but in particular Onionhead and Lavian Brandy for Colonia citizens to enjoy, to resupply Jaques Bar – sneaking it into Jaques Station, past Colonia’s most watchful customs presence…* Be in Colonia just in time for the Q4 Exploration updates! Get a head start on the new exploration mechanics! Get on one of the very last expeditions where “jonking” is still a thing!
The expedition begins on Tuesday November 20th, with a loading party at Harvestport, Kappa Fornacis and at Lave Station, Lave. The lead ship will be the Alan Mathison Turing, an Imperial Cutter fit out for long distance smugg…err, trading.
Questions
Fascinating show, especially the bit about detecting bots by the way they do it. Amazing.One thought. FD say the BGS is a background simulation. It’s not the same a ‘the rules to play by’ (as in chess).The BGS as I see it is an alternative to having a fixed ‘gamey’ set of rules that break the simulation aspect… It should FEEL random and it should present challenges to live around without FD having to manually alter things weekly.
People that game the BGS are not living the simulation, they are manipulating it. That’s not ‘simulation’.FD are likely to loosen the predictable links of the BGS in due course, but if as your speaker said, many BGS gamers are being driven away by the BOTS then it occurs to me that such might be it’s purpose……
If so, expect bots to affect the systems most actively managed. It doesn’t matter if they help or hinder, all it matters is to create the feeling in ‘gamers’ that (this) life cannot be gamed……
Enjoyed the pod.
O7
Clwydian (PS4 since you asked…)
Crew Members Head of health and safety : Ben Moss-Woodward – Cmdr Eid LeWeise Chief Archivist : Colin Ford – Cmdr phoenix_dfire (In)Human Resources Director : Shan – Cmdr Shanaeri Alliance Office of Statistics : Cmdr J Trinity
Show Notes
Development News
Beyond 3.3 or Beyond Chapter 4 beta has been announced for the 30th of October. The Beta will roll out with new functionality being released every week through the month of November. The Beta is open to all PC Players who have either the base game or Horizons.
Thargoid attacks – THREE systems are now under attack, Dulerce, Li Tzicnii and Kareco.The Anti-Xeno-Initiative are defending Dulerce and Li Tzicnii and the Hive are defending Kareco (that’s where Phoenix_Dfire is if you want to say hello).
Operation IDA – Cavalieri in Electra has been successfully repaired. Their next target is Kipling Orbital in Pleiades Sector KC-V c2-11 – In other news they’ve set up their own private group to help with repair operations. Look for group Operation IDA on the Xbox, PS4 and PC. Word of Warning, there have been reports of Bugs where some items don’t appear to be counted. These bugs have been reported but Frontier have made no response. (might need 3.3 to fix). Thanks to Factabulos for compiling these figures and putting them on the forums.
Krait Mk II – recreating a classic – Interview with Art Director Chris Gregory.
Bug Hunt 4
This week, Ed and Will continue their ongoing mission to take down a Thargoid. In this episode of “The Big Bug Hunt”, the duo are working on acquiring cash, materials, AX weapons, ships as well as engineering their ships to fund the war effort against this intergalactic menace.
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CMDR Dane511 of the AXI has decided to set up a Hydra hunting event in the system the Hydras are currently in. The event will take place on October 20th, at 1pm EST.
ED-RPG – The Patent Troll issues continue which are causing issues with the distributions of the last Kickstarter awards The Troll is beginning to Bite
Crew Members 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
Ed and Will on Monday’s Live stream explained that Frontier will not be talking about anything that comes after Beyond until after Chapter 4 has been released!
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 (In)Human Resources Director : Shan – Cmdr Shanaeri Lavian Space Program Director : Andy Barnes – Cmdr Kurgol
Anti Xeno Initiative – Unfortunately HIP 44811 (Metcalf Station) was attacked as predicted possibly due to the fact it is a system with little to no traffic. However, the new Thargoid scouts are making defending these systems more of a challenge. We have again 2 targets this week of Thargoid interest. Di Juan system (Preuss Terminal) and RMK 6 system (Zudov Hub). The AGEIS Mega Ships are in Jiman and Oscabi this week
IDA – Artemis Lodge – is very close to completion. However, the thargoids are now getting at least 1 station per week now, so the number of damaged stations has increased to 20.
Crew Members Head of health and safety : Ben Moss-Woodward – Cmdr Eid LeWeise Head of Entertainment : Chris Jarvis – Cmdr Thane 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 The Mind of the Spiders : Jon Lunn – Shocken-Orr
IDA reports the repair bug which has been plaguing their efforts in the Pleiades has been fixed and so are redoubling their efforts to take repair.
Anti-Xeno-League and Cannon have reported that the Eagle Eye Network is pointing at Deciat, Large amount of Non Human USS’s have been spotted in the system. However, the AGEIS Megaships are nowhere near it, so the High Paying Thargoid Massacre missions won’t count in the defense of Deciat. If we lose this system, do we lose the Engineer as well as the station?
Cmdr Drakins from the East India Company for helping us stockpile Lavian Brandy on Monday whilst LRN was between Lockdown and Civil Unrest.
“Certain Alliance factions” who don’t like LRN having Lave are actively murdering our ships which is causing these states. We’re doing what we can to counter it, but they seem to be insisting on locking Lave Station down, removing the brandy and stopping ppl from unlocking Didi Vatermann in Leesti.
On Monday as we were between states we helped to resupply the EIC and if listeners need brandy to unlock the engineer whilst supplies are low then contact Cmdr Eid LeWeise or Cmdr Whoeva in game and we can help you out.
EIC have asked us to let commanders know that most trades will take place within 24-48 hours depending on the availability of the goods and our traders.
Crew Members 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
Galnet: Aisling Duval announces marriage to Federal Ambassador, Thargoids repelled from core, League of reparation agents apprehended, Starports recover from Thargoid strikes, Investor funds Colonia shipyards, Refugee initiative complete.
The Krait – A medium sized ship with Python like weapons, a fighter bay and Police don’t scan it as much (according to PCGAMESN). Could this be a pirate’s dream?
Notes from stream.
Challenger
minus 1 large point instead of 2 med. So 1l 3Xm and 3Xsmall, placement is centralised. 4 utils,
Heavier armor and shields so negligible drop 2in performance
No fighter bay and one extra crew seat. Mid size ship. No rank reqs
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
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!).
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.
Crew Members Station Commander : Allen Stroud Director of Pest Control : Ashley Devine – DrToxic Head of health and safety : Ben Moss-Woodward – Cmdr Eid LeWeise Head of Entertainment : Chris Jarvis – Cmdr Thane Chief Bar Steward : Grant Woolcott – Cmdr Psykokow (In)Human Resources Director : Shan – Cmdr Shanaeri Lavian Space Program Director : Andy Barnes – Cmdr Kurgol
Special Guests Part time station announcer : Obsidian Ant The commander with Stardust in his heart : DJ Turjan CEO of Crew Member memorials : Vindicator Jones
Part 2. The Lave Radio will be the Broadcast at Lavecon where we bring on presenters, new and old. Grab people from lavecon and generally chin wag about elite.
Part 3. The Frontier Episode. Where we try and blag as much gossip and pats on the back from Frontier as they will let us.
