Cits and Civs, Captains and Commanders, you’re tuned to episode 539 of Guard Frequency — the best damn space game podcast ever! This episode was recorded on Friday, February 13 and released for streaming and download on Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at GuardFrequency.com
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This Week’s Schedule
- Flight Deck
- Elite: Dangerous
- Star Citizen
- No Man’s Sky
- Helldivers 2
- Guard Frequency Exiles, where we find our crew getting very comfortable with new ways of doing things.
- Feedback Loop
Links & The Like
Elite: Dangerous
Elite Dangerous teased its latest ship via social media and we’re all very excited to find out what we’re going to spend 40 Thousand Arx on next. And the Distant Worlds 3 Expedition has hit a bit of a leadership snag due a bit of overconfidence on the part of some returning players. But Drew Wagar is playing the game once again, so we know everything is gonna be OK. Also, you have a chance to be one of the “hundred people surveyed” for an Elite Dangerous gameshow.
Star Citizen
Star Citizen released Early Access Pre-Alpha Release Candidate Prototype Experimental Test Build 4.6.0 11244073 to the LIVE server. It’s the first content drop of 2026! The fresh hand mining experience is off to a great start with inventory problems and nuggets of ore disappearing into the terrain. In backend news, Benoit talks to Jared about how it’s cool and normal to rebuild the database everytime they patch the game. Y’know, because the Long Term Persistence system has persisted for a much longer term than they wanted. And as we close in on the $1 Billion crowdfunding mark it’s time for a step back to answer the question that is on everyone’s mind: Is Star Citizen actually Battlecruiser 3000 AD 2.0?
NMS and Helldivers 2
No Man’s Sky released yet another free update: Remnant. Now complete with space trucks, gravity guns and toxic waste! If you’ve always wanted to clean up a Superfund site on an alien world, now’s your chance. And Helldivers 2 is adding some interesting new lore and major order conditions – Cyborgs and LIMITS on reinforcements.
Community Questions
- Name the game that you tried to come back to after a long hiatus that just was too hard to pick up again.
- Is Squadron 42 shaping up to be Battlecruiser 3000AD 3.0?
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