Guard Frequency Episode 405 | Chowabunga on a Chalupacabra

Cits and Civs, Captains and Commanders, you’re tuned to episode 405 of Guard Frequency — the best damn space sim podcast ever! This episode was recorded on Friday, July 8, 2022 and released for streaming and download on Tuesday, July 12, 2022 at GuardFrequency.com

[Download this episode]
(Right click, Save As…)

This Week’s Schedule

1. Flight Deck
   1. Elite Dangerous
   2. Star Citizen
2. Next we’ll bring you a headline from the real world coming through the Squawk Box.
3. Finally we open up the feedback loop and let you join in on the fun.

Links and the Like

Elite Dangerous

Elite Dangerous had Expanse author James S.A. Corey’s curiosity when a fan made a trailer mashing up the two sci-fi franchises. Hopefully, now it has his attention. Whichever of the writing duo was running their twitter feed on the 2nd of July asked the internet if Elite was an MMO or not. The Elite social media folks responded with an invitation to find out for himself. The rest of the internet tried to convince him it was sorta an MMO. For example, when it runs an in-game event consisting of Thargoid interceptor attacks on megaships in the HIP 22460 system in order to get players to congregate in one place, it’s like an MMO. For most other things, it’s not.

Star Citizen

Star Citizen sent Early Access Pre-Alpha Release Candidate Prototype Experimental Test Build 3.17.2 to the PTU for everyone to enjoy, and then reminded everyone that Theaters of War isn’t coming out anytime soon. Mods on the official forums nuked a thread about that missing game mode / feature, and then nuked another thread about nuking the first thread. So, we should go back and discuss that exciting feature that they couldn’t wait to get into the hands of the players… and then didn’t. Also, there’s some changes to the guide program that is currently substituting for a tutorial system that might make things a little easier on the newbies in the Verse.

Community Questions

• How do you think the squawk box is going? Give us some feedback.
• What else would you add to the guide program to make it better for the newbies or the trainers?

Patreon Backing

We love bringing you this show each week, but would also love your support? If you enjoy listening and want to contribute to us being the Best Damn Space Sim Podcast Ever, then go to our Patreon page and look at all of the rewards and loot you would be eligible to receive.

Join Us In Game!

• Click here to go to our Star Citizen Organization page and apply today!
• Check out the callsigns we use personally in each game