Lave Radio: an Elite Dangerous podcast

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/