Elite strategy, squadron chaos, barely contained.
Loose Screws - The Dangerousest follows a rotating crew of Elite Dangerous commanders through BGS headaches, Powerplay cycles, ship news, and squadron business. It is messy in the useful way: jokes land first, then the tactical point arrives right behind them.
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Loose Screws - The Dangerousest is an Elite Dangerous podcast shaped less like a clean briefing and more like a squadron table where everyone already knows the arguments. The panel format matters. Episodes often begin with host logistics, missing regulars, jokes about solo episodes, mic chaos, dogs, taxes, landing distractions, and someone trying to impose order on people who only half intend to obey it. Then, without much ceremony, the show becomes deeply specific game talk. BGS gets treated as lived work: overheated systems, faction influence, runaway expansions, Trailblazers colonization, standing orders, Discord coordination, and the problem of keeping many systems straight. Powerplay receives the same half-chaotic, half-serious attention. Cycles, strongholds, system gains, fortified losses, faction momentum, and scoreboards all become material for argument, teasing, and practical interpretation. The crew also tracks developer news, Galnet items, ship releases, on-foot combat changes, community goals, paint jobs, weapon colors, and the odd cosmetic complaint that spirals into a surprisingly committed discussion. Short bits turn tactical fast. Long tactical passages keep slipping back into jokes. That is the show’s working rhythm. It is not polished in a studio sense, and it does not try to be. Its appeal is the friction between communal nonsense and real command-level familiarity with the game’s systems. The named commanders sound comfortable interrupting, correcting, and handing pieces of the show around as needed. Roy Cookson appears in a host role, while Commander J.N. Trax, Commander Larkshade, Commander Kruger5, Commander Chig, Commander Oblivious, and Commander Adaxius recur as part of the wider room. Recent episodes also show a strong community spine, with Discord calls for direction, charity-event discussion around Special Effect and Lave Radio, and affectionate sign-offs to the people listening. Loose Screws - The Dangerousest is best for players who understand that Elite Dangerous is part spreadsheet, part space sim, and part group project held together by jokes, grudges, and one more system to watch.
Made for: For Elite Dangerous players who care about BGS, Powerplay, faction work, community events, and the small practical details behind organized play. It especially fits listeners who like expert chatter with rough edges left intact.
What sets it apart: The show’s edge is its collision of real mechanical fluency with live-panel disorder. It can argue system influence, community goals, and faction movement while still sounding like friends trying to start the episode before the room derails again.
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Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Loose Screws makes Elite Dangerous systems legible through practical explanation, squadron experience and an easygoing crew dynamic.
Loose Screws - The Dangerousest turns Elite Dangerous into a lively group conversation, moving between game developments, squadron activity and the practical consequences of changing systems.
Shinrarta Dezhra gets attacked; you find people more upset about missed playtime than missed rewards.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A funny Elite Dangerous debrief where Powerplay numbers, paint jobs, and Asp Scout threats become communal sport.
Commander J.N. Trax plans a solo recording, but Lark Shadow soon turns it into a relaxed two-person Elite Dangerous hangout. Complaints and Powerplay standings lead into imperial speculation, ship cosmetics, and the looming Asp Scout special.
Trailblazers colonization, Powerplay trouble, and 410 systems make Elite Dangerous faction management lively clubhouse talk.
Elite Dangerous faction management gets messy once expansion outruns the systems supporting it. The hosts pick through Trailblazers colonization, Powerplay disruption, runaway influence, and the uncertain roots of Loose Screws' presence across 410 star systems.
A borrowed orderly format slips into faction strategy, cockpit trouble, and a candid run at FA off.
The episode starts with a deliberately tidy Roy-style setup, and the joke lands because order never quite takes hold. The host borrows the shape, repeats "33-0-12-N," brings in Dr. Bloomingwyn and Lark, then keeps trying to steer a panel that is happiest when it drifts.
A lively squadron check-in finds warmth in game nights, charity work, and the strategy of simply showing up.
Loose Screws turns a squadron check-in into a lively tour of squadron life, from long workdays and quick ground CZ runs to a charity quiz where limpet knowledge becomes unexpectedly handy.
A loose panel turns the trillion-credit Kestrel goal into lively game talk and mock-serious strategy.
Loose Screws finds its shape around the Kestrel, a small combat ship tied to a one-trillion-credit community goal that is already nearing halfway.
A loose, good-natured squadron debrief about Elite Dangerous knowledge, charity-event nerves, and the value of showing up.
Episode 322 treats a week with the Loose Screws squadron as a relaxed debrief on work, game time, and the charity quiz that tested the crew's Elite Dangerous recall. Roy Cookson hosts as Commissioner Commander Chig, Commander J.N.
A loose, funny game-world postmortem about why joining in can matter more than the reward.
Loose Screws turns a bungled in-game event into a lively argument about what players are really owed. The panel works through Shinrata Dezra's Thargoid attack, the eight-trillion-bond target, and the community push that reached 63 percent before the system was cleared early.
The hosts of the Loose Screws Podcast banter about poison ivy, stupidity, and their exhausting week before teasing a story about driving 60 kilometers in an SRV.
Host Roy Cookson and commanders Chig, J.N.
The Loose Screws podcast crew reconvenes for episode 253.
The hosts of the Loose Screws podcast struggle through a chaotic intro, discussing Discord chime updates and joking about their lack of preparation.
The host rants about a forum post complaining about a new medium mining ship, arguing that large ships are less skill-based and cause power creep.
Hosts of the Loose Screws Podcast discuss a slow news week in Elite Dangerous and play a drinking game.
Loose Screws episode 352 covers Elite Dangerous ship builds, squadron activity, Powerplay, and the Steam Frame.
Commander JN Tracks and Lark Shadow discuss taxes and complaints in an experimental solo-turned-duo episode of the Loose Screws Podcast.
Hosts Grover and Blimmin' Win discuss their week and introduce the podcast episode.
The host attempts to slow down and host like Roy, introducing the date and guests Bloomingwyn and Larkshade.
A discussion about engine and weapon color options in a game, leading into the start of the Loose Screws podcast episode.
The hosts banter about improv and outlines before starting the Loose Screws Podcast episode.
The Loose Screws Elite Dangerous podcast celebrates a charity trivia victory over Lave Radio that raised £1,069 for Special Effect, while debriefing three weeks of Power Play combat against Jerome Archer's faction in the Alexandrinus system.
Loose Screws Episode 321 is a victory celebration following the squadron's capture of the Alexandrinus star system from Jerome Archer — which Adaxius calls 'our greatest conquest since the Thargoid War' — using a covert undermining strategy developed and executed by guest Kruger Five.
The hosts of the Loose Screws Podcast catch up on personal life updates, including work stress and home renovation projects.