Lave Radio: an Elite Dangerous podcast

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-2026
Operation 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/UDS0JvTtoSU
elitedangereuse.fr collectible DW3 booster cards – https://elitedangereuse.fr/en/index.php
“Elite Dangerous Photographer” by PROtoKOPs – https://github.com/PROtoKOPs/Elite-Dangerous-Photographer
DW3 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.

Links
Frontier Trading Update – https://otp.tools.investis.com/clients/uk/frontier_developments_plc/rns/regulatory-story.aspx?cid=1725&newsid=2056042
Operation Warbucks – https://tiltify.com/+operations-warbucks-eradicoiding-cancer/profile
Furthest From Sol Record – https://forums.frontier.co.uk/posts/10817621
Project Galtea Dodec Building Record – https://forums.frontier.co.uk/posts/10817621
Project 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/wS1Ofsbq8mc
Starship 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_update
Patch Notes – https://www.elitedangerous.com/update-notes/4-3-3-0
CmdrGolgafunkin’s DW3 racing livestream: “Elite Dangerous Ep16 Throttle Therapy” – https://youtu.be/EOCkqu7750o
Original 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.uk
The Making of Type 7th Heaven – https://youtu.be/ov_ByQGnrJ4
ToCoSo 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