Lave Radio Episode 579 - DW3 Debrief

The crew chat about the latest news – the Nomad is coming to Elite with the Operations update!LinksCarrier TV galactic Bulletin https://carriertv.buanzo.org/news/CMDR Precambrian Mollusc “Distant Worlds 3 Science Summary – You’re still here? Go home, it’s over.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjGEesXwBLoScraps of Reality “Sidewinder Hutton Run” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtq1caiC2og“The Nomad: A New direction for Elite” from Nicey – https://niceygy.net/posts/2026/the-nomad-a-new-direction-for-elite/

DW3 is over! The boys are back in the bubble and psykit spends some time grilling them on their adventures.Links:May Dev log – https://www.elitedangerous.com/news/elite-dangerous-may-dev-log-2026Operation Warbucks – https://tiltify.com/+operations-warbucks-eradicoiding-cancer/profile“GALNET NEWS: Lady Zi & The Consortium” by The Buur Pit – https://youtu.be/BzZCRvXQlo8“White Paper – Void Hearts and the Heart of the Galaxy Expedition – IGAU” by Cmdr XOR and the Intergalactic Astronomical Union – https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/white-paper-void-hearts-and-the-heart-of-the-galaxy-expedition-igau.646975/“Distant Worlds 3 Slander” by Orbital Potato – https://youtu.be/LhhTSyX5pOw“Distant Worlds 3 – a tribute from SRV Banksy” by SRV Banksy – https://youtu.be/ebEPtE808-U“There And Back Again: Full Throttle Edition” by Greaves – https://youtu.be/BFIfGb39yuo“Elite Dangerous (Distant Worlds 3) Final Mass Jump (Scatterjump)” by Blastsignal Network – https://youtu.be/553yNVVeoUw“Distant Worlds 3 Ending Ceremony – The Last Jump” by Exploding_Pie – https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/1tgb3tz/distant_worlds_3_ending_ceremony_the_last_jump/“Distant Worlds 3 Expedition’s Journey” by Antisectant – https://youtu.be/2tmoulVOUZM“DW3 Timelapse” by Artemis387 – https://youtu.be/I1i-jSxwmwM“Distant Worlds Legacy Tour vol 3” by Juseppe’s World – https://youtu.be/IonP36bZnUc“Spelfie Time! (Space Selfie) – Distant Worlds 3 Edition.” by Mr Bishb0sh – https://youtu.be/UDS0JvTtoSUelitedangereuse.fr collectible DW3 booster cards – https://elitedangereuse.fr/en/index.php“Elite Dangerous Photographer” by PROtoKOPs – https://github.com/PROtoKOPs/Elite-Dangerous-PhotographerDW3 time trial racing results – https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11dR2anCpVQ73UGSL6M2WPJ6s55vvbkEsWAXoRXHbJWc/edit?usp=sharing

The crew discuss Operations, Dodecs and fantasise about the happy endings they might get.LinksFrontier Trading Update – https://otp.tools.investis.com/clients/uk/frontier_developments_plc/rns/regulatory-story.aspx?cid=1725&newsid=2056042Operation Warbucks – https://tiltify.com/+operations-warbucks-eradicoiding-cancer/profileFurthest From Sol Record – https://forums.frontier.co.uk/posts/10817621Project Galtea Dodec Building Record – https://forums.frontier.co.uk/posts/10817621Project Galtea Dodec Station Build World Record Video – https://youtu.be/0E5YRh3CutA“BNE: COLOUR OUT IN SPACE part 9 – The Gyre Trees” by Inf Whale – https://youtu.be/5dVEhmvluLE“BNE: COLOUR OUT IN SPACE part 11 – The Stolons” by Inf Whale – https://youtu.be/6KRoV0MAJYo“Elite Dangerous / Distant Worlds Legacy Tour vol 2” by Juseppe’s World – https://youtu.be/Ics98rkFmwo“ELITE DANGEROUS – DISTANT WORLDS 3 – #13 – A Vestige of Teal Nebula” by Lolof-gaming – https://youtu.be/972__Tufuac“Elite Dangerous Flight Tutorial: Takeoff, Supercruise, & Landing | Stop Crashing Your Ship!” by Digmbot Gaming – https://youtu.be/wS1Ofsbq8mcStarship Command: Orion Spur kickstarter – https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/danielgibbs/starship-command-orion-spur

The crew talk about burning stations and how they’ve changed, and contemplate the new information about Operations.Links:“The Peduncle Tree Cloud” by BeetleJude – https://youtu.be/dkQ7YOmmStE“Operation Warbucks” – https://tiltify.com/+operations-warbucks-eradicoiding-cancer/profile“Why Commanders Quit Elite Dangerous(And Don’t Come Back)” by Midnite Black – https://youtu.be/eiYxH4KN27g“To All Commanders – Introducing the NEW Standalone (Prototype) Elite Dangerous Control Module” by Fun of Flying – https://youtu.be/PZnwrgdtFqk“Stranded outside of our Galaxy and rescued by DW3 – Using VR to see one of life’s biggest mysteries.” by VR Florian – https://youtu.be/ZTB_sDeyOOQ

We have burning station rescues! The crew are excited about this.Links:Operations Update – https://www.elitedangerous.com/news/update-operations?utm_source=forums&utm_medium=community&utm_campaign=ed_ongoing&utm_content=ed_operations_updatePatch Notes – https://www.elitedangerous.com/update-notes/4-3-3-0CmdrGolgafunkin’s DW3 racing livestream: “Elite Dangerous Ep16 Throttle Therapy” – https://youtu.be/EOCkqu7750oOriginal bubble time trials from StardustBrothers – https://frinkbottle.uk/TimeTrials/At a glance leaderboards from Duck – https://leaderboard.shangtai.net/Race visualiser from Duck – https://raceviz.shangtai.net/Latest “Elite Dangerous Time Trials Leaderboards” from Vladigor – https://elitettleaderboard.vladigor.net/“Massacres, Megaships & Station Rescues?! – DevLog Decompiled 04/26” by Nicey – https://niceygy.net/posts/2026/massacres-megaships-and-station-rescues/

It’s another slow news week as the crew talk about everything that’s happened in the last two weeks.Links:Elite Dangerous Lore Explorer – https://elitedangereuse.github.io/LoreExplorer/Frontier Astro – FrontierAstro.co.ukThe Making of Type 7th Heaven – https://youtu.be/ov_ByQGnrJ4ToCoSo patreon – https://www.patreon.com/c/tocosomusic/home“Elite Dangerous / Distant World Legacy Tour” by Juseppe’s World – https://youtu.be/Sv01soS7lm0“Elite Dangerous in VR Did Something I Didn’t Expect” by Midnite Black – https://youtu.be/ZTcrrGayyiI“Elite Dangerous: They always know” by The High Wake – https://youtu.be/1e5Y0309AN0“Honoring the Commanders Who Shaped the LLM Ship Computer” by Sudo Krondor – https://youtu.be/nZMS1du6OB8“Gomu Gomu no Bakiboru!” by Homborger – https://edrushfleet.co.uk/2026/04/21/gomu-gomu-no-bakiboru/“Elite Dangerous: Now THIS is DW3 pod racing!” by Alec Turner – https://youtu.be/lwCv_IJfh9I

The crew talk about the CG and play the waiting game for any more information about operations, no seriously, any more. Please.Community Corner“The Rise and Fall of the Guardians” by Xpeigh - https://youtu.be/9uq2h1rSBXI“The CAMERA SUITE | Elite Dangerous: How We Film Stuff” by The Buur Pit - https://youtu.be/oFiW5EnF1So“How to Make Exobiology Faster and More Profitable” by Mile13 Gaming - https://youtu.be/0ZBS2DzQz-o“Distant Worlds 3 Interview with Karnath & Andrew Gaspurr” by Digmbot - https://youtu.be/xhgKQK2dTsM“Starship Racing! Bucky Ball Prison Circuit Qualifying Sumiton Elite Dangerous in a Flight Simulator” by Project SimStarr - https://youtu.be/18iqO32mNow“Prison Circuit” Buckyball Race resultshttps://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/the-buckyball-racing-club-presents-prison-circuit-20th-30th-march-3312.646130/page-4#post-10804045

The crew talk about what is going on with “Big Bill” and make their predictions, around some topical tangents.Community Corner:The Buckyball Racing Club presents: Prison Circuit (20th – 30th March 3312) – https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/the-buckyball-racing-club-presents-prison-circuit-20th-30th-march-3312.646130/u/SonOfASeaGherkin has built a sidewinder and an eagle at 1:1 scale in Minecraft – https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraftbuilds/comments/1s20grh/i_built_the_sidewinder_a_ship_from_elite/ https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/1s2jayn/i_built_the_eagle_at_11_scale_in_minecraft/u/Modemus asked for help transporting a Player 27kly and with the help of reddit succeeded – https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/1s18r3j/advice_needed_player_stuck_at_sag_a_with_mining/ https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/1s2nqqm/mission_success_27_thousand_lightyears_with_a/Midnite Black – “The 7 Levels of Elite Dangerous Players (Most Get Stuck at 3)” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RMm5vA0FfoCMDR Exorcist – “My First Bounty Hunts with Frag Cannons…” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zq28JmXq1E

The crew get together to discuss your predictions for the feature reboot later this year.Community Corner:“ALONE - Deep in the Black Episode 17” by Commander Meek - https://youtu.be/pybq_QKH8ic"DISTANT WORLDS 3 - #7 - The Guardian of the Twins” by Lolof Gaming - https://youtu.be/NmrlcTO-MpE“DW3 Rendezvous Rally 8” by Alexandre - https://youtu.be/SdH0erDXDiw“Elite: Dangerous - Resilience” by Crimson Kaim - https://youtu.be/5ixpIuDni5w“MK2 Modules: Where is the line?” by Nicey - https://niceygy.net/2026/mk2-modules-where-is-the-line/“Elite Dangerous | What System Is FDev Reworking?” by Digmbot - https://youtu.be/WRIci2gK3bg“Elite Dangerous | What System Is FDev Reworking?” by Digmbot -https://youtu.be/WRIci2gK3bgSquadron Members tool at the elitedangereuse.fr website - https://elitedangereuse.fr/en/outils/escadron.php“LARGE Player Instances made EASY in Elite Dangerous” by SiegfriedOrigin - https://youtu.be/mwUawYZSdxg"ED Wing Helper" - https://github.com/Siegfried-Origin/EDWingHelper“The Buckyball Racing Club presents: Prison Circuit (20th - 30th March 3312)” - https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/the-buckyball-racing-club-presents-prison-circuit-20th-30th-march-3312.646130/GeForceNow - https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/well-i-managed-it-horizons-live-4-0-working-on-my-xbox-via-geforce-now.615950/

In a very speculative show, the crew discuss bobbleheads and the potential for Mk II modules.Community Corner:“Elite Dangerous – Kestrel Mk2 PVP Build” by Nug – https://youtu.be/yV-MpfpN-LM“ELITE DANGEROUS – DISTANT WORLDS 3 – #6 – Veil’s Ember” by Lolof Gaming – https://youtu.be/G7LkWNoWefI“Mind The Gap Time Trial – DW3” by Chimes – https://youtu.be/UG1VoN-mrtwECM – https://elitecommunitymeet.info