Cits and Civs, Captains and Commanders, you’re tuned to episode 558 of Guard Frequency — the best damn space game podcast ever! This episode was recorded on Friday, October 23 and released for streaming and download on Tuesday, October 26, 2026 at GuardFrequency.com
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This Week’s Schedule
- Flight Deck
- Elite: Dangerous
- Star Citizen
- Star Trek Outpost Unknown
- Helldivers 2
- Guard Frequency Exiles, where there is always time to plan for a long road trip.
- Feedback Loop
Links & The Like
Elite: Dangerous
Elite Dangerous released the new Anaconda Mark 2 on Tuesday. The new ship, only available for Arx, is a fatter, chunkier, but somehow, more nimble version of the classic. Tony and Geoff will give you all a detailed review of the new take on the old standard. Also, the new Operation, Found Adrift, was added to the growing list of Helldivers-like missions available for Commanders who just want to blow a few things up in their spare time.
Star Citizen
Star Citizen released Early Access Pre-Alpha Release Candidate Prototype Experimental Test Build 4.10.3-PTU.12999338 to the PTU server. With a new mission chain and a new rifle that arcs electricity, there’s plenty of chances for fabulous new bugs to appear. But mostly we’re going to talk more about the Squadron 42 preview that Brian saw earlier this month.
Star Trek Outpost Unknown & Helldivers 2
Helldivers 2 Scope of Authority dropped Tuesday and it’s full of delicious one-shotting goodness. And Star Trek: Outpost Unknown released to mixed reviews after getting detailed actionable feedback from Tony, which they apparently ignored. But Henry actually played it and he has some thoughts.
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