Cits and Civs, Captains and Commanders, you’re tuned to episode 544 of Guard Frequency — the best damn space game podcast ever! This episode was recorded on Friday, April 10 and released for streaming and download on Tuesday, April 14, 2026 at GuardFrequency.com
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This Week’s Schedule
- Flight Deck
- Elite: Dangerous
- Star Citizen
- Starfield
- No Man’s Sky
- Dune Awakening
- Guard Frequency Exiles, where X always marks the spot – for hijinks
- Feedback Loop
Links & The Like
Elite: Dangerous
Elite Dangerous, once again, has not announced a release date for Operations. They said it would be “April” so they still have a little time left. To prepare for the new feature, FDev ran a popular Community Goal with a Grade 5 Engineered Maverick Spacesuit. All you had to do was be in the top 75% of CMDRs who shot alien pods off of alien plants. The only thing wrong with the CG was the part where they gave out the wrong suit… and also the part where they went back to doing the “top 75%” thing.
Star Citizen
Star Citizen released Early Access Pre-Alpha Release Candidate Prototype Experimental Test Build 4.7.1 11592622 to the LIVE server. You can tell this patch is going great by all the Hotfixes in the Hotfix channel that keep getting Hotfixed. And if the Easter Bunny left bundles of cash in your basket, you can spend it at any one of the four big sales events taking place this month. The Misc Hull B, the new monthly bundle sale, the “Titans of Industry” sale, and the new subscriber sale. SO MANY SALES! And I hope you didn’t melt your earlier backer packages, because if you had physical items or a Squadron 42 pass, you’re not buying it back until CIG sorts itself out.
The Rest of the Lot
No Man’s Sky released its Super Pokemon Epic Xeno Arena Fight Battle Dragonball Extravaganza this week, and it may be possible that Hello Games has run out of ideas for new features. Starfield released its long-awaited Terran Armada DLC and it’s, y’know, OK so far. And Dune Awakening finally chose a side in the great PvP vs. PvE debate, and you’ll never guess who won.
Community Questions
- Another space game is offering beta access and physical goodies as an incentive to pre-order. Are you falling for it like Tony is?
- What do you think about chaining quest rewards so that the prize from the first quest becomes a tool for completing the next? Good design or just a way for people to feel left out?
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