Cits and Civs, Captains and Commanders, you’re tuned to episode 557 of Guard Frequency — the best damn space game podcast ever! This episode was recorded on Friday, October 16 and released for streaming and download on Tuesday, October 20, 2026 at GuardFrequency.com
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This Week’s Schedule
- Flight Deck
- Elite: Dangerous
- Star Citizen
- Helldivers 2
- Guard Frequency Exiles, where catching up with your old boss is exactly as much fun in space as it is on earth.
- Feedback Loop
Links & The Like
Elite: Dangerous
Elite Dangerous will start selling the Anaconda Mk 2 for ARX on the same day this show releases, October 20. We’ve got all the specs thanks to a preview from Galnet News Daily. Also, the new Law and Disorder feature revamp is due out in December, and will greatly improve the gameplay around piracy and smuggling. They are rolling out the details a little at a time and we’ll discuss what they’ve shared so far. Things like Unconfirmed Bounties and Criminal Systems and so on. As usual, we’ll just make up the rest as we go along.
Star Citizen
Star Citizen released Early Access Pre-Alpha Release Candidate Prototype Experimental Test Build 4.10.2-LIVE-12881860 to the Live server. But we’re not here to talk about Star Citizen this week. We’re here to get the inside scoop on Squadron 42 from the man who traveled to darkest England to answer the call of CIG. The trumpets sounded high upon Mount Roberts and I, Kinshadow, took flight to see for myself the wonders of the magnum opus fourteen years in the making. It was pretty good. But if you’re not into this new fangled space opera, you could always sign up for the 32nd anniversary remaster of Wing Commander 3.
Helldivers 2
Helldivers 2 is simply not stopping as they prepare to release yet another warbond. This one is called Scope of Authority because it is all about that sniper lifestyle. And supposedly the Helldivers movie is still in production and scheduled for release in November 2027, even though Aquaman quit and Jack Reacher hasn’t signed on the dotted line yet.
Community Questions
- Ask Brian your questions about his visit to CIG and the Squadron 42 preview.
- Tell us what you think about the first details about the Law and Disorder update. Did FDev miss anything? Did they make something worse?
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