Lave Radio: an Elite Dangerous podcast

We have burning station rescues! The crew are excited about this. Links: Operations Update – https://www.elitedangerous.com/news/update-operations?utm_source=forums&utm_medium=community&utm_campaign=ed_ongoing&utm_content=ed_operations_update Patch Notes – https://www.elitedangerous.com/update-notes/4-3-3-0 CmdrGolgafunkin’s DW3 racing livestream: “Elite Dangerous Ep16 Throttle Therapy” – https://youtu.be/EOCkqu7750o Original bubble time trials from StardustBrothers – https://frinkbottle.uk/TimeTrials/ At a glance leaderboards from Duck – https://leaderboard.shangtai.net/ Race visualiser from Duck – https://raceviz.shangtai.net/ Latest “Elite Dangerous Time Trials Leaderboards” from Vladigor – https://elitettleaderboard.vladigor.net/ “Massacres, Megaships & Station Rescues?! – DevLog Decompiled 04/26” by Nicey – https://niceygy.net/posts/2026/massacres-megaships-and-station-rescues/

It’s another slow news week as the crew talk about everything that’s happened in the last two weeks. Links: Elite Dangerous Lore Explorer – https://elitedangereuse.github.io/LoreExplorer/ Frontier Astro – FrontierAstro.co.uk The Making of Type 7th Heaven – https://youtu.be/ov_ByQGnrJ4 ToCoSo patreon – https://www.patreon.com/c/tocosomusic/home “Elite Dangerous / Distant World Legacy Tour” by Juseppe’s World – https://youtu.be/Sv01soS7lm0 “Elite Dangerous in VR Did Something I Didn’t Expect” by Midnite Black – https://youtu.be/ZTcrrGayyiI “Elite Dangerous: They always know” by The High Wake – https://youtu.be/1e5Y0309AN0 “Honoring the Commanders Who Shaped the LLM Ship Computer” by Sudo Krondor – https://youtu.be/nZMS1du6OB8 “Gomu Gomu no Bakiboru!” by Homborger – https://edrushfleet.co.uk/2026/04/21/gomu-gomu-no-bakiboru/ “Elite Dangerous: Now THIS is DW3 pod racing!” by Alec Turner – https://youtu.be/lwCv_IJfh9I

The crew talk about the CG and play the waiting game for any more information about operations, no seriously, any more. Please. Community Corner “The Rise and Fall of the Guardians” by Xpeigh - https://youtu.be/9uq2h1rSBXI “The CAMERA SUITE | Elite Dangerous: How We Film Stuff” by The Buur Pit - https://youtu.be/oFiW5EnF1So “How to Make Exobiology Faster and More Profitable” by Mile13 Gaming - https://youtu.be/0ZBS2DzQz-o “Distant Worlds 3 Interview with Karnath & Andrew Gaspurr” by Digmbot - https://youtu.be/xhgKQK2dTsM “Starship Racing! Bucky Ball Prison Circuit Qualifying Sumiton Elite Dangerous in a Flight Simulator” by Project SimStarr - https://youtu.be/18iqO32mNow “Prison Circuit” Buckyball Race results https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/the-buckyball-racing-club-presents-prison-circuit-20th-30th-march-3312.646130/page-4#post-10804045

The crew talk about what is going on with “Big Bill” and make their predictions, around some topical tangents. Community Corner: The Buckyball Racing Club presents: Prison Circuit (20th – 30th March 3312) – https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/the-buckyball-racing-club-presents-prison-circuit-20th-30th-march-3312.646130/ u/SonOfASeaGherkin has built a sidewinder and an eagle at 1:1 scale in Minecraft – https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraftbuilds/comments/1s20grh/i_built_the_sidewinder_a_ship_from_elite/ https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/1s2jayn/i_built_the_eagle_at_11_scale_in_minecraft/ u/Modemus asked for help transporting a Player 27kly and with the help of reddit succeeded – https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/1s18r3j/advice_needed_player_stuck_at_sag_a_with_mining/ https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/1s2nqqm/mission_success_27_thousand_lightyears_with_a/ Midnite Black – “The 7 Levels of Elite Dangerous Players (Most Get Stuck at 3)” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RMm5vA0Ffo CMDR Exorcist – “My First Bounty Hunts with Frag Cannons…” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zq28JmXq1E

The crew get together to discuss your predictions for the feature reboot later this year. Community Corner: “ALONE - Deep in the Black Episode 17” by Commander Meek - https://youtu.be/pybq_QKH8ic "DISTANT WORLDS 3 - #7 - The Guardian of the Twins” by Lolof Gaming - https://youtu.be/NmrlcTO-MpE “DW3 Rendezvous Rally 8” by Alexandre - https://youtu.be/SdH0erDXDiw “Elite: Dangerous - Resilience” by Crimson Kaim - https://youtu.be/5ixpIuDni5w “MK2 Modules: Where is the line?” by Nicey - https://niceygy.net/2026/mk2-modules-where-is-the-line/ “Elite Dangerous | What System Is FDev Reworking?” by Digmbot - https://youtu.be/WRIci2gK3bg “Elite Dangerous | What System Is FDev Reworking?” by Digmbot - https://youtu.be/WRIci2gK3bg Squadron Members tool at the elitedangereuse.fr website - https://elitedangereuse.fr/en/outils/escadron.php “LARGE Player Instances made EASY in Elite Dangerous” by SiegfriedOrigin - https://youtu.be/mwUawYZSdxg "ED Wing Helper" - https://github.com/Siegfried-Origin/EDWingHelper “The Buckyball Racing Club presents: Prison Circuit (20th - 30th March 3312)” - https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/the-buckyball-racing-club-presents-prison-circuit-20th-30th-march-3312.646130/ GeForceNow - https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/well-i-managed-it-horizons-live-4-0-working-on-my-xbox-via-geforce-now.615950/

In a very speculative show, the crew discuss bobbleheads and the potential for Mk II modules. Community Corner: “Elite Dangerous – Kestrel Mk2 PVP Build” by Nug – https://youtu.be/yV-MpfpN-LM “ELITE DANGEROUS – DISTANT WORLDS 3 – #6 – Veil’s Ember” by Lolof Gaming – https://youtu.be/G7LkWNoWefI “Mind The Gap Time Trial – DW3” by Chimes – https://youtu.be/UG1VoN-mrtw ECM – https://elitecommunitymeet.info

With a bit of a quiet news week, we speculate on vessels, and Colin learns what happens if you play with it too much. Lave Radio vs Loose Screws: Catch up on the show – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glzkpGsurj0&t=2627s Donate to Special Effect here – https://tilt.fyi/GJSMaYpi86 Development News: Frontier Bluesky – https://bsky.app/profile/frontierdev.bsky.social Community News: “What could a BGS update contain?” by Nicey – https://niceygy.net/2026/what-could-a-bgs-update-contain/ “The Update That Could Change Elite Forever” by Indigo – https://youtu.be/9JriB9p5Lfw “Ring Surfer 2 – Elite Dangerous @ DW3” by DangerPencil – https://youtu.be/xUt3wUbUy8U “These Gankers have been following us (DW3) across the galaxy. Somebody had to teach them a lesson ;)” by VRFlorian – https://youtu.be/ury2_UZO408 “Neutron Stars” by NoFoolLikeOne – https://canonn.science/codex/neutron-stars/ ECM – https://www.elitecommunitymeet.info/ Any Other Business: Clare’s Lovely Chat with Alex Kane – https://youtu.be/0d2UO7XV9VI

The Kestrel has been released, we have a debut of a track from ToCoSo for Gameblast, and we talk about the update! Development News: Kestrel Mk II promo video – https://youtu.be/6070dkRUKMg Patch notes – https://www.elitedangerous.com/update-notes GAMEBLAST: Lave Radio vs Loose Screws tiltify link – https://tilt.fyi/GJSMaYpi86 Special Effect Website – https://www.specialeffect.org.uk Bluesky – https://bsky.app/profile/specialeffect.org.uk Discord – https://discord.com/invite/69dQEmkxX2 Community News: MetaElite in PC Gamers – https://www.pcgamer.com/games/mmo/metaelite-interview-elite-dangerous/ Raven Colonial – https://ravencolonial.com/ EDCoPTER – https://edcopter.net/ “Kestrel MkII: comparison to FDL, Cobra MkV. Performance tests.” by Alswulf – https://youtu.be/jy2w0hLfJcI “KESTREL MKII REVIEW : Everything You Need to Know” by The Buur Pit –https://youtu.be/jY3_Ld6avrE?si=JDedKoM4rgjV65oK “Kestrel Mk II Review – Medium-Ship Firepower in a Small Frame” by Mile 13 Gaming – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNYo_yRsSws “Galnet Test Drive: The Kestrel – Redefining Combat” by Galnet News Digest – https://youtu.be/sxowDsCgNSs?si=95Xqpjf25EVKZ0LI “Combat in the Kestrel MKII – Is it any good?” by Ricardos Gaming –https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIJqn_kUA0g “Kestrel mkII First Impressions” by Slamscape-x – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0zWfCiJs1U “Elite Dangeorus | Thoughts On The Kestrel Mk II: Nothing Will Be the Same” by Digmbot Gaming – https://youtu.be/iPxayrdubIc?si=CKCGm2_c4fEcWTC_ “EARLY ACCESS First FIGHT with the Kestrel Mk2” by CMDR Exorcist – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnIrHDe7AZE “The brand new ship – Kestrel Mk II – Is it worth it?” by psykit – https://youtube.com/shorts/nHJlkYKEb8Q?si=20I2YhZeZOpCnMC5 “KESTREL MK II FIRST LOOK” by psykit – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktGCeOlQr_g “Taking the new Kestrel Mk 2 for a spin and the usual nonsense” by Kaytee Khaos – https://youtu.be/dMAFiBPb6PM?si=Esru6-CeXrzP0CE5 “Kestrel MK2 First flight and TLDR” by RainmanGames – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpkf1yX-GwI&t=1s “We put MK2 Thrusters on whatever would take them” by RainmanGames – https://youtu.be/WRZeCj5ho3o “I Tried Living a Normal Life in Elite Dangerous…” by MT Major – https://youtu.be/mquYdztGlM8 “The DW3 Eictach Eliminator : 4-up” by Alec Turner – https://youtu.be/6taweX9w1Tk “SRV Rally at Waypoint 4 – Distant Worlds 3” by Radioactive – https://youtu.be/UQFVBjV_yrs Freelancer: https://www.moddb.com/mods/freelancer-nomad-legacy/downloads or at https://freelancer2.space/en/

We’re had access to the Kestrel Mk II as part of the partner program, and we have feelings about it. We also discuss the Devlog and everything that is coming this year. Community News Register to be a surveyed CMDR – https://forms.gle/ChB1xbGyDdcRqAZ76 “DevLog Decompiled 02/26 – HOW many ships?” – by Nicey – https://niceygy.net/2026/02/17/devlog-decompiled-02-26/ The Federal Times – https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteArcher/comments/1r3ycbe/cyber_alert_federation_empire_both_rocked_by/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button “Caspian Explorer Review – Long-Range King or Overkill?” by Mile 13 Gaming – https://youtu.be/CQ6peeepIHY “The Radicoida Unica plants on Hip 87621” by BeetleJude – https://youtu.be/8BGLovIv0SA “Is It Time To Rework Exploration Payouts?” by Digmbot Gaming – https://youtu.be/y6wBJgRzBZ8 “Distant Worlds 3 : Mass Jump Beagle Point” by SiegfriedOrigin – https://youtu.be/VJlTETJagUY

We read some community submitted Galnet suggestions and fall into a world of innuendo and insults – it’s like we’ve never been away! Community News: Lave Radio vs Loose Screws Family Fortunes surveyed CMDR sign up form – https://forms.gle/ChB1xbGyDdcRqAZ76 “The New Caledonian Clarion February 5th 3312” by ChickenCowGod – https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/1qwnbfc/the_new_caledonian_clarion_february_5th_3312/ “The 7 Deadly Sins Of Elite Dangerous” by Midnight Black – https://youtu.be/HGO-bvXZSz8 “DW3 – Tartarus’s Inferno – TIMELAPSE” by Malyda Sunstrider – https://youtu.be/m89pw0dTBbY “Distant Worlds 3 – Week 3 in Photos” by Mr Bishb0sh – https://youtu.be/PzQ6BBF7D7g “ELITE DANGEROUS – DISTANT WORLDS 3 – #5 – THE SELDOWITCH NEBULA” by Lolof Gaming – https://youtu.be/9nf_1Mu7jLs Enclave Thunderdome – https://ssg.sh/hip-thunderdome

What defines good PvP and bad PvP? The crew is determined to find out in this week’s episode. Community News: “It’s Okay to Take A Break From Your Favorite Game” by Loot and Grind – https://youtu.be/Aai1I10XNi4 “Distant Worlds 3 – Week 1 in photos” by Mr Bishb0sh – https://youtu.be/CmglQwWZAww “Very Close Arrival…” by Cmdr Reggit – https://youtu.be/nweHzAetDZw “Le Monde de la Mort – Exploration Distant Worlds 3 (Elite Dangerous timelapse)” by Siegfried Origin – https://youtu.be/V0GE83KMfY0 “Elite Dangerous – Distant Worlds 3 Waypoint – Monde de la Mort / World of the Dead” by Cmdr Fey Sky – https://youtu.be/xmEUKygjrxE Elite Dangerous Dispatch | January 26, 3312” by Digmbot – https://youtu.be/cYxGBHu6554

Distant Worlds 3 has set off, two of the crew are on board… sort of, but we have a show to do! Development News H1 FY26 Financial Results – https://cms-cdn.zaonce.net/2026-01/frontier-h1-fy26-results-presentation.pdf Community News “The Contubernium (edition 36)” – https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/1qco1nn/ncn_presents_the_contubernium_edition_36_getting/ “Club Neverest” – https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/1qda1i6/club_neverest_wants_you_to_climb_mountains_and_do/ Club Neverest Discord https://discord.gg/34wbF9zEFj Space.com DW3 article – https://www.space.com/entertainment/space-games/an-armada-of-6-500-elite-dangerous-players-just-embarked-on-a-three-month-expedition-to-explore-the-milky-way-and-theres-still-time-to-join-them “MAXIMIZING your mining | A Beginner’s Guide to Elite” by Xpeigh – https://youtu.be/Z5I8HSZghDg “1-800 Bounty Time” by Geno Garon – https://youtu.be/yciVUzecxmw “Community Goal Hauling is fun” by jnTracks – https://youtu.be/DYq_PejwxlY “Instancing is Fun” by Jensen2025 – https://youtu.be/FZDmTQZVLfc Enclave Data – https://ssg.sh/hip-thunderdome Special Effect – https://www.specialeffect.org.uk/

The crew talk about their expectations for the upcoming Distant Worlds 3 expedition. Community Corner “3311: In Review” by Nicey – https://niceygy.net/2025/12/30/3311-in-review/ Mandalay planetary descent Blender animation by Ryferion –https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/1q61dd7/made_a_short_mandalay_animation/ Beautiful 3D printed Lakon Type-8 by SecretHot8057 –https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/1q8ntty/3d_printed_lakon_type8_transporter/ “Multi-cannon 1” by eVa (Shoutout by Paperri) – https://youtu.be/ij2KeSjs9VU “Buur’s roadtrip #3 – Dav’s Hope” – https://youtu.be/1MaH7hxqS78 “Elite Dangerous Dispatch | January 12, 3312” by Digmbot – https://youtu.be/pOo00WdbJuM “Spacedock Spaceship Awards 2025” by Spacedock – https://youtu.be/-jt6ANL9p_I?si=S8AurDELLuI70f0W

We’re back! It’s 3312 and the crew speculate what could be coming in the coming year, and discuss your speculations as well! Development News Charlie Hall article with executive producer Gauthier Verquerre and Curtis Griffiths – https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/news/2025-was-huge-for-elite-dangerous-here-s-what-2026-has-to-offer Community News “Elite Dangerous – Voyage” by Nug – https://youtu.be/3-ieJ00nNO0 “Elite Dangerous – Distant Worlds (cinematic)” by AuraxisAnimus – https://youtu.be/lzgrAnShP1c “We Need To Talk About The New Ships” by Loot And Grind – https://youtu.be/6rXPOeByTp8 “Galnet News Digest Review of the Year, 3311” by Galnet News Digest – https://youtu.be/FrIml0lYkpI “Elite Dangerous: Santa is Coming” by The High Wake – https://youtu.be/HKsjDTIKwr8 “Flew My SRV To Another Planet” by Savage Samurai – https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/1q4zrzz/flew_my_srv_to_another_planet/ “Antal petitions to ban slaves” – https://issues.frontierstore.net/issue-detail/82021 Alec’s DW3 launch site time trials – https://youtu.be/BKGO1d_Lnsk https://youtu.be/XjYDksa18-k How To Distant Worlds III | A Guide Thread – https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/how-to-distant-worlds-iii-a-guide-thread.644300/ Festive Freebie, claimable until Jan 8th – https://www.elitedangerous.com/store/catalog/promo/festive-giveaway

It’s the last show of 2025/3311! A packed crew discuss their personal highlights of the last year – Happy Holidays everyone! Development News Holiday post – https://www.elitedangerous.com/news/holidays-2025-festive-event-paint-jobs-and-more Community News (Alec’s top ten of the community this year!) ToCoSo and High Wake (Don’t Forget Your Limpets) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIzLe8sJ6Ig Aitolu’s Isinona inspired series – https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLW_5BeT-CR_d6n-bCGzmCx_eIgptoRtpD Elite Dangerous Fan Trailer by CMDR Fey Sky – https://youtu.be/GKxIxLe5h0g Just about – This is my Elite Dangerous’ Challenge – https://justabout.com/elite-dangerous/38691/take-part-in-this-is-my-elite-dangerous-reward Elite Dangereuse Galactic Missions – https://elitedangereuse.fr/en/gm-weekly.php Lantern Light in a Motion Simulator by Project SimStarr – https://youtu.be/TJHB5uEurXA Can a New Generation Love Elite Dangerous? by Spacefaring Chronicles – https://youtu.be/uRD3T3Fwh_o How to Make it “Out There” by Commander Exorcist – https://youtu.be/3ZVfHeStNdI Homborger’s latest blog “Buckyball 10k: How Elite is helping a charity to transform disabled people’s lives!” – https://edrushfleet.co.uk/2025/07/28/buckyball-10k-how-elite-is-helping-a-charity-to-transform-disabled-peoples-lives/ Elite Dangerous – Legend (cinematic) by AuraxisAnimus – https://youtu.be/NUaFbuLz_dQ

There’s been an overhaul to the Elite on Foot Combat, and we have thoughts! Community News DW3’s Launch Site – https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/1pguc37/followup_we_did_it_a_t3_planetary_port_in_1hr/ Project Galtea – https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/project-galtea-long-distance-colonization-project.643888/ https://projectgaltea.org/ “Elite Dangerous | Did They Fix On Foot Combat?” by Digmbot – https://youtu.be/Llpg__QB56E “Sol to Colonia Caspian Speed Run (39m 55s)” by CMDR Steve Falken – https://youtu.be/3b9-0LWYzlg “Joining the war for HIP 87621 – Elite Dangerous” by VRFlorian – https://youtu.be/_sW9tF5kKW0 “Elite Dangerous – Cosmic Castaway” by Cmdr Reggit – https://youtu.be/zxG6_VgAZTw CMDR ASCORBIUS – https://www.youtube.com/@CommanderAscorbius LCU NO FOOL LIKE ONE – https://www.youtube.com/@lcunofoollikeone

The Caspian Explorer is out! We’ve had a good chance to fly it and have thoughts! Also, Ben blows and Colin plays with himself. Development News: Caspian Explorer Update Patch Notes – https://www.elitedangerous.com/update-notes/4-3-0-0 Community Corner: Update on sniped systems returned to rightful owners – https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/a-number-of-previously-claimed-systems-were-made-available-again.643514/ “The Long Break (inspired by CMDR Sulu’s Story)” by The High Wake – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ayb3CKhLjs “This is EDGIS – The Fast Elite Dangerous Explorer Tool” by Elite Dangereuse – https://youtu.be/JKNaHRLdb6s “Privateer – Elite: Dangerous (Flight Assist Off)” by Aitolu – https://youtu.be/MAmoB8di2VE Stack Up Charity Stream – https://tiltify.com/+2025-aggressively-helpful/2025-aggressively-helpful

It’s time to catch up on your questions of the week from the last two week! What did you think of the Dodec and the Operations announcement? Development News Dev Blog – https://www.elitedangerous.com/news/november-dev-blog Community News COL 285 Water Bubble – https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/1p3m5nj/the_water_bubble_system_sniping_map_updates_and/ DW3 Launch site competition – https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/foundations-of-a-journey-scout-out-the-dw3-launch-site-and-make-history.643337/ AI fan comic – The Glow by Luvenstein – https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/fan-comic-the-glow.643408/ “ELITE DANGEROUS: Guardian Beacon – Buur & Rheeney ROADTRIP #1” by The Buur Pit – https://youtu.be/pX-PJdp2ASw “A Fly-Through of Drodinn’s Race Track – Elite: Dangerous Odyssey” by Danger Pencil – https://youtu.be/09_VuVKsXYY “Flying a Spaceship in VR Feels REAL! – Elite Dangerous VR on Pimax Crystal Light” by the15minutegamer – https://youtu.be/odmzq_GmahQ

The crew discuss Radicoida Unica, Operations, and Colin rolls a critical fail for internet connectivity. Development News: Balancing Update – https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/elite-dangerous-update-on-balancing-changes-to-system-development.643111/#post-10742026 Vote for Frontier in the Simulation/Strategy in The Game Awards – https://thegameawards.com/ Community Corner: “Player made outpost Orbiting a Black Hole” by CrazyHank – https://youtu.be/7IGXE8-0zQ0 “The Official Distant Worlds 3 Podcast | Episode 03 – MetaElite” by Distant Radio 3305 – https://youtu.be/TkP0uW5gBR4 “A Forest (an Elite Dangerous SRV hoon around HIP 87621 2 b a)” by Alec – https://youtu.be/_ctpSmY91fo Cmdr Pete “ProjectSimstar” Wacko adds a smoke machine to his rig! – https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VfKF5_wo_xc “Mountains of Madness” Buckyball Race – https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/the-buckyball-racing-club-presents-mountains-of-madness-13th-24th-november-3311.642860/ Other Business: Cozy Quest – https://store.steampowered.com/sale/cozyquest2025 Secret Mode – https://tiltify.com/@secret-mode/secret-modes-cozy-quest-fundraiser

There’s been a new update which includes the Dodec and Colonisation changes we’re disappointed by, but some of the other stuff is getting us going! Development News Update Notes – https://www.elitedangerous.com/update-notes Community Corner The Winged Hussars – https://www.thewingedhussars.com/en “An Elite Adventure” by VRFlorian – https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwSSMXOUo_5WDm_XKg4nBrtD9ysTsuZ_S “The Big 12 in the Big 25 | Elite Dangerous Powerplay” by Xpeigh – https://youtu.be/YBY1ulYmt4I New Buckyball Race – https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/the-buckyball-racing-club-presents-mountains-of-madness-13th-24th-november-3311.642860/