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Elite Headlines:

• Genetic scanner mini-game deleted
  
• Phase 4 starts Wednesday April 28th (Snapshot happens tonight)
  
• Odyssey to release May 19
  
• Adamastor/Hesperus story tease
  
• New Community Goal for guardian artifacts (Gauss Cannon reward)
  

Squad Update: fates fried, hip contest in pan near fire! Wodiwodi invasion flying loose (getting screwy)

Galnet Recap:

https://community.elitedangerous.com/

Neo-Marlinists Seek Sanctuary at Marlinist Colonies

The Adamastor Enigma

Conditional Amnesty Agreed for Neo-Marlinists

Federal Surveillance Identifies Domestic Terrorists

Archon Delaine Starport Campaign Concludes

Aegis Appeals for Guardian Artefacts

“Salvation” says “...we don’t have long” (tweet)

Odyssey Alpha continues. Some hot fixes came

The genetic sampler mini-game is being scrapped based on feedback

Phase 3 hotfix 1: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/odyssey-alpha-phase-3-hotfix-1.572130/

Phase 3 hotfix 2: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/odyssey-alpha-phase-3-hotfix-2.572688/

Phase 3 feedback response: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/phase-3-initial-feedback-response.572706/

Phase 4 compatibility https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/phase-4-compatibility-update.572961/

Focussed feedback: inventory.  https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/focused-feedback-inventory-and-favourite-features.571623/

Phase 3 video: https://youtu.be/YMTOV9ZuCYE

Phase 3 Forum Post and info: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/phase-3-features-fixes-and-known-issues.571888/

Feedback Thread: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/phase-3-feedback-thread.571889/

Issue Tracker link: https://issues.frontierstore.net/

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Headlines for this episode:

• Developer update stream scrapped at the last minute
  
• Odyssey Patch 5 drops
  
• Horizons still runs great in VR, so that’s fun...
  

Squad Update:

Galnet Recap:

https://community.elitedangerous.com/

Dev news:

Tuesday Supercruise News -

Update 5 is coming thursday.

Lots of “it’s being worked on”

The 1st monthly dev update info will be made available wednesday as a forum post.

Wednesday - Dev update stream scrapped for a forum post:

Development update 1: https://t.co/rh94jlMVWN

Word seems to be that this is how they’re going to come; not as streams.

Thursday Patch 5 - https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/elite-dangerous-odyssey-update-5.584271/

Thursday Let’s Play Stream:

Before the playing Bruce mentioned that beta is planned for the Consoles, then just after that Art seemed to say no betas are confirmed, so…  And then Art said of future development updates: We’ll get a dev on if we can, but they are very busy.

On questions about if/when any future updates are coming after 5, they don’t have any info at this time.

Odyssey fixes:

Patch 5
[specific things from the notes]

Chig chat:

Community Comms:

Apoc V’s new podcast Elite Comms Check - https://anchor.fm/elitecommscheck/

Quick 5 min updates, seemingly coming as-needed.

Lavecon!

Op ida working on 3 stations

Axi down to one system

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Squad Update:

• war in howard (3-0) and tripu (1-0)
• 
  
• 6 Andromedae is still an over-heating mess we need to smack back to the stone age.
• Oya Maelstrom (#11) updates:
  • Current targets: hip 6913, jaoi, gliese 9035
  • 
    
  • 
    

All details in the #standing-orders and/or the #loose-screws-factions channels of the Discord.

Dev news:

Discovery scanner https://t.co/U0CKrjvgve

• Thargoid war weekly reset changed

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/progress-against-the-thargoids-important-changes.614171/

• 
  
• Frameshift Live #26 will happen Thursday
  • Tom Kewell talks about thargoid scenarios

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Headlines for this episode:

• Free reorte!
• FREEEORTE!!!!!!!!!

Squad Update:

• We are working hard to get out of our vicious cycle of expansions, and trying to lose an invasion war!
• Working hard against us for profit!

Chig chat:

In-Game News:

Blame The Bard (Galnet Commentary)

https://community.elitedangerous.com/

Dev news:

• Tuesday - Hotfix 11.1 https://www.elitedangerous.com/update-notes/4-0-11-1
• Community calendar live now https://www.elitedangerous.com/community/events
• Thursday - Frameshift Live #2 https://youtu.be/2umBNc_YYFk
  • Arf is sorry they didn’t more directly address the comms blackout; there’s lots going on

Discussion:

Community Corner: just getting back from the crystal forests with a medium size group, we will be doing guardian stuff with crash and dionsymbiant and some others this weekend

The performance issue tracker to UpVote:  https://issues.frontierstore.net/issue-detail/48884

Cheese.

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o7 Cruel Rabbit....o7 sir. 

#233 May 9rd, 2024 or 33oh10 

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Squad Update: 

• Tamor (win the war) and Howard (prevent the war by raising LSN influence) are top priorities!

• Howard: raise influence of any faction EXCEPT AfterDark!

• Wars in progress in 4 other system (Gram, LTT 17156, TT 58343, Imiutil)...none as critical as Tamor and Howard. 

• Remember the War Rule: ground CZ are for making money, spaces CZ as for winning wars.

• Operation Red Dawn - We’re pushing After Dark Initiative out of control of systems where there are Res Sites for bounties. ADI is being used by anonymous players…details in standing orders.

• Systems overheating and systems needing a beat down - all in the standing orders.

• Expansion Planning: BD+67 1409 is at 74.7%.

• LOTS going on with Squad right now, get involved, we don’t bite. 

All details in the #standing-orders and/or the #loose-screws-factions channels of the Discord.

Galnet Update: https://community.elitedangerous.com/

• 
  

Thargoid War - http://dcoh.watch

• Next target - Hadad

• Has a bunch of systems - do all the activities

Dev News:

Discussion:

• Update 18.04 post-deployment boo-boos

• Player issues purchasing ARXs packages through the store.

• Python MkII locked modules/swap/replace “issues”

• Super-accelerated Thargoid war progress (now corrected)

• Python MkII details first impressions

• Stats: Comes with SCO drive - handles better and lower heat

• 4 Large, 2 Medium HP

• 6 Utilities

• 6 power plant, 6 drives, 6 distributor

• 5 FSD 

• Optionals: 6, 4, 3, 2, 1x3 

• Have SCO’s made “old” FSD obsolete?

• Have SCO’s made “old” FSD obsolete?

• Pay to Win…the community panic continues.

Community Corner:

• Buckey Ball ON NOW!.  CNDR Mr. Indigo hosting May’s race

• Elite Dangerouse (French) have created the tool to allow others to design their own adventures. 

• Buy arx

• New Video from Dutiri, the basics of Bio.

• 72 Page manifesto / open letter 

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Squad Update:

• Not Mezavini, the mathematically improbable, became fact, now in 6 Andromedae so,
• War in 6 Andromedae...it’s an invasion, so loser gets kicked out of the system
• War in NLTT 1139 for system control.  It’s small, it’s a back water, but we’re planting the flag!
• COI (Conflict of Interest) in V640, we need Purple Comms to win the election
• Still need to push ourselves and Justice together in V640 to trigger a war for the last large orbital

Galnet Recap:

https://community.elitedangerous.com/

Salvation spots tharg before eagle eye? Aegis denies claim, (most likely coming to a head Thursday, "day of recording")

Dev news:

Friday

fDev statement about botting

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/frontiers-stance-on-bots-and-cheating.565085/

Financial reports came out

Videos from Burr Pit and Obsidian Ant cover these well

https://youtu.be/-NhFMR9k3VY

https://youtu.be/8EOdWOlVnAU

Monday

Update 7 Delayed until next week due to a bug with CGs unsubscribing.

Tuesday

Stream was community stuff and playing in the current CG.  No new news.

Discussion:

Community Comms:

Let’s Jump Into CQC!!

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Squad Update:

• Just wrapped up a War (LHS 3877) and an Election (Tamor) successfully.
• Easing into a small expansion from Bumbur to fill an open gap nearby.
• Operation ScramJet proceeding in Lambda Andromedae.  CMDR Bloomingwind posting regular updates in #loose-screws-faction channel.
• Still gathering ports in Snoqui Xian in order to capture Myka’s Rest

All details in the #standing-orders and/or the #loose-screws-factions channels of the Discord.

Thargoid Bug Report:

Paucuman now has ax cz's

http://thargoid.watch

Bug Bug Report:

Remember to vote up the GPU utilization issue on the tracker!

We have broken the top 10 but need more push. (currently 8!)

https://issues.frontierstore.net/issue-detail/48884

In-Game News:

Blame The Bard (Galnet Commentary)

Chig chat:

Dev news: No stream this week

Update 12 Delayed thanks to a previously unknown(?) annual banking holiday…

Discussion:

Possible Discussion Topics:

• Alec Turner scouting for a plent to SRV Circumnavigate (SRV with no-name) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYW5On0eydg)
• Buur’s video about what he wants to see for the Evolution of On-foot Combat. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBIMLW_2sc4)
• PC Gamer Article: What Elite:Odyssey Gets Wrong (https://www.pcgamer.com/one-year-on-odyssey-still-misunderstands-what-made-elite-dangerous-great/)
• PC Gamer Article: I’m Begging Space Sims to Stop Trying to be FPS Shooters (https://www.pcgamer.com/im-begging-space-sims-to-stop-turning-themselves-into-shooters/)

Community Corner:

Commanders Guide to the Galaxy, Ep. 1 and 2: On the Colonia Bridge without a spaceship

https://youtu.be/NW-7X1YEO5w

Cheese.

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Heads up! Around 35 minutes in there is some dropped sections: these sections are missing from the source recording so just a discord failure.  Sorry! Enjoy the show.

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Headlines for this episode:

• 
  

Squad Update:

• Run-away expansion continues.  Unabated.  Part Three. From Maikoro.
• Consolidating assets in Balmus
• Prepping Lambda Andromedae for future expansion
• Continuing to prevent local retreat and push proxies to fill holes…keeping our neighborhood in order (trying).

Chig chat:

Blame The Bard (Galnet Commentary)

https://community.elitedangerous.com/

CG is about mining again so… YIPPIE!

Dev news: No streams this week

Discussion:

Community Corner:

Cheese.

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Headlines for this episode:

• Darkwater Inc in the Summerland system has been declared a hostile target for its role in abducting Emperor Arissa Lavigny-Duval.

https://www.elitedangerous.com/community/goals

• The Colonia Bridge Project is entering its final phase and the Brewer Corporation are requesting deliveries of required supplies to Macdonald Settlement in the Alcor system and Jaques Station in the Colonia system.

https://www.elitedangerous.com/community/goals

• New Thargoid Assaults in Three Systems https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/6206238b8dae6a30fc3c0d1d
• IDK, talk about what you need to do to fight Thargoids or something…
• 
  

Squad Update:

• High Priority

Lambda Andromedae: - Snoqui Xian Future needs to defeat After Dark Initiative (ahead  - )

Balmus: - LSN war vs Balmus Defense Force (ahead  - )

Lodemovoi: - LSN war vs Lodemovoi Alliance (tied  - )

• Expansion Planning

We are in expansion from 7 Andromedae. Target is Lambda Andromedae, but the war needs to be resolved with Snoqui Xian Future winning asap. Estimated date: 2/19-2/21

• System Maintenance

LSN Bounties: sell in V640 Cassiopeia, Lodemovoi or Tamor  only please.

1. V640 Cassiopeia: raise LSN influence (Target 60%)
2. Snoqui Xian: increase Snoqui Xian Company influence so we can grab another asset.
3. Ross 310: - increase Ross 310 Natural Services influence (so we can fight them)

Chig chat:  I have started worshiping in the Church of Tephlon and I recommend everyone else do the same!

In-Game News:

Blame The Bard (Galnet Commentary)

https://community.elitedangerous.com/

Dev news: No streams this week

No Nothing this week

Community Corner:

I missed the Buckyball racing club thing that went off last saturday.  That was a big flub by jnTracks and he feels bad.

Also thanks to people testing and submitting your results to the form.  What we’re finding so far is that GPUs newer than around at 1070 (maybe) are slow enough to show less than full utilization in many cases. But mostly it’s very weird all around.

The link again: https://forms.gle/PLSVdqMEuopM1AXW9

Cheese. Pepper Jack cheese because I bought some Di Lusso pepper jack from the deli to go with a some turkey pastrami on some Honey Wheat bread with Olive Oil Mayo and Dijon Mustard and it was fucking GLORIOUS!

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#275nd for 13 March, 2025 or 3311! (33-Oh-Leven, not Oh-Eleven, OH-Leven)

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Squad Update: 

• Election in NLTT 57216 - weird activity, Obl1v1ous put up some stoopid big numbers and we went down 3-0, now down 3-1 with no activity, Election in NLTT 57216 - weirdness - PP 1.0 - Missions don’t work to cool off system - 

• Broken Election Mission Tracker - https://issues.frontierstore.net/issue-detail/71049

• Election in Miola we’re interested in

• We’re making a push in Darahk for control. ADN leadership is cool with it.

• With colonization we’re not losing sleep over our overheating systems for now.

All details in the #standing-orders and/or the #loose-screws-factions channels of the Discord.

PowerPlay Update: 

• Reinforce Ross 310, Bumbur, Tamor

• Acquire Wolf 10

• Undermine V740 Cassiopeia

Colonization Update: 

• Trailblazers Update 1 today!

Trailblazers Update 1 is now live. This update addresses a number of reported issues

Pause for System Colonisation will be resolved separately 

Galnet Update: https://community.elitedangerous.com/

• New Era of System Colonisation Hailed a Success

Dev News: 

• Extended maintenance

• Colonization contact still disabled

• Undocumented scaling costs of colonization “bricks” systems

• Stations not going where the architect selects (and even where they are not allowed)

• Stations not taking up the economy properly; markets with fuel and biowaste only

• Thargoids in the bubble? (Tikurua System)3

• What’s not on sale right now?

Discussion:

• Hull theory?

Community Corner:

• DS3 Evelyn’s Light Screenshots are here take a look in the Distant Screws 3 forum channel

• Commander Roy Cookson of the Loose Screws has been writing stories of his adventures out exploring with us, if anyone wishes to read them they can be found in the Distant Screws 3 thread, under “Roy’s Stories.” 

Wotherspoon from Galnet News Digest joins us. 

#249 for 29nd August, 2024 or 33-oh-10 (3310)

Squad Update: 

• War has begun in V2151 Cygni! We want to win it!

• 6A is going to expand! We are trying to guide it to land in Soma, please see the orders to help there.

• Balmus and HIP 4907 are needing boosting.

• There are multiple other conflict to get involved in if desired

• See orders for more detail, or ask one of the faction members in our discord. 

All details in the #standing-orders and/or the #loose-screws-factions channels of the Discord.

Galnet Update: https://community.elitedangerous.com/

•  Jerome Archer and Nakato Kaine Increase Supporters - TLDR: Jerome Archer think’s he’s hot s**t, he and Nakato Kaine want to take the democratic process out of democracy, The Federation remains annoying to all the other powers. 

Thargoid war update: https://dcoh.watch/

• Raijin has a ton of systems still and needs a lot of work. 

Dev News: 

• PP 2.0 pushed to October (I literally know nobody who is surprised) no firm date yet

• MANDALAY - New Exploration ship from Zorgon Peterson (Mamba cockpit), according to Arf it should give the Exploroconda a run for it’s money, according to Zac it should make the Asp Explorer obsolete. 

• She's a beauty! (New ship revealed--Mandalay) | Frontier Forums

Community Corner:

• Buckyball race: Zombaland!

• https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/the-buckyball-racing-club-presents-zombaland-triple-eight-championship-race-5.627461/

• Youtuber doing Elite content! Gaming Snips and Bits: The Imperial Cutter - The Empire's Crowning Jewel [Elite Dangerous Ship Review] (youtube.com) New video about the Cutter, has lots of other videos about other ships in Elite as well, seems to be working his way through them. 

No notes for this one.

We did a live stream and talked a bit of podcast-ish stuff. After the podcast segment ended the youtube stream continued with a series of fun PvP battles while Tracks wrangled the chaos of up to 5 incoming game streams so we could see what was going on.

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Headlines for this episode:

Squad Update:

• Currently embroiled in an election (3-1, ending tonight?) and a war (0-0).
• Doing some housekeeping/system maintenance around our systems while we wait for the expansion to complete before moving on to our next project. Timetable: Approximately 4 days.
• Managing over-heating systems

All details in the #standing-orders and/or the #loose-screws-factions channels of the Discord.

Thargoid Bug Report:

• Found a working, repeatable threat 8 with scouts and a medusa
• NHSS POIs back in Didio, Novas and Sosong.
• Hunting at megaship in Dulerce
• http://thargoid.watch
• https://www.goidhub.com/

Bug Bug Report:

• Remember to vote up the GPU utilization issue on the tracker!
  • Currently number 8 top voted; keep it going (update from tracks issue)
  • https://issues.frontierstore.net/issue-detail/48884
• Raised by Gover Kiwi: transition from SRV to on-foot causes a crash and SRV is back inside ship when you log back in.  Obviously, this could be a major problem if you’re a long way from your ship when it happens.https://issues.frontierstore.net/issue-detail/50393
• Cqc has identified a new bug causing crash to desk top,
  https://issues.frontierstore.net/issue-detail/50903

In-Game News:

• Blame The Bard (Galnet Commentary)
• Operation Wych Hunt: https://discord.gg/zrAk6EwtMQ
• A permit lock has been issued for Planet 10 B in the HIP 22460 system. This location is now under the authority of Azimuth Biotech.
• CG: DELIVER MEDICINES AND MILITARY SUPPLIES TO THE HEART OF TAURUS
  • https://inara.cz/galaxy-communitygoals/
• Operation Wych Hunt gets a Galnet headline.

Chig chat:

Dev news:

Frameshift Live #11 https://youtu.be/u7wy-fWhkl4

• FC upkeep scheduling now fixed as of the tic (server side)
• Recap of Galnet News and the other usual stuff
• Special guest: Senior game designer Darin Halil talks about his job

Discussion:

• Azimuth, Wycherley, The Wych, Salvation, Taurus Mining, Azimuth
• What happens when the Proteus Wave fires?

Community Corner:

Galnet News Digest: Azimuth Saga Historical Perspective

https://youtu.be/ovuLSzifrb4

Cheese.

Movie anniversaries:

35 Years - The Living Daylights

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End of the year 2019. Times are changing. Infographic with 5 years worth of data and a how to on FSD boosters.

#256rd for 17 October, 2024 or 33-oh-10 (3310)

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Squad Update: 

• We’re expanding out of 6A -> Returning to Nedos where Foxworth Celestial accidentally retreated us out. They did all the heavy lifting. Thanks, neighbors.

• A lot of conflicts -> LTT 16910 is our top priority - by the time you hear this we will be D4 and likely down 0-3. 

• Still cleaning up the aftermath of the ADI war. 

• V640C - Operation Sour Milk has been a heavy lift

• LHS 6007 - Operation Cilice - We’re trying expand the lead faction into Calarum so we won’t return there in the future.

• Everything is going to blow up once Powerpoint 2.0 hits. 

Potential Faction Topic: Should the squad join a power, or remain unaffiliated?

All details in the #standing-orders and/or the #loose-screws-factions channels of the Discord.

Galnet Update: https://community.elitedangerous.com/

• Zorgon Peterson has a car show - The Mandalay is coming to a showroom near you!

• Thargoid Titan Wreckage Could Accelerate Multiple Scientific Fields - New Feature?

Thargoid war update: https://dcoh.watch/

• Raijin …  7 Hearts - 20.0% Finished!

• Cocijo controls  - 1 Alert, 3 invasions, 154 Control

Dev News: 

• Frontier Unlocked has a Discord server 

• Zac is excited on Twitter - Very excited for the next few weeks of Elite Dangerous. Really is a whole new chapter of an already great year! Hope everyone is looking forward to it - and make sure to give Powerplay 2.0 a go, even if you haven't before! 

Discussion:

• Powerpoint 2.0: 

• Nakato Kaine has been revealed - CMDR Hate is Tumescent - Also she brings a Concord Cannon

• Jerome Archer has also been revealed - He looks like Bel Riose (Ben Daniels) in Foundation, but with better hair. 

• We live at a crossroads - do we want to pledge, and if so, to who? Nakato kaine is the only answer - hate

• 
  

Community Corner:

• The Burr Pit has an Ascendancy Spoilers Page in their discord

• CMDR Obl1v1ous’s beloved Corgi passed this week. The entire squadron sends their condolences. 

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Squad Update: 

• Elections in MCC 858

• War in Gram and Xians

• Push LSN in HIP 4907 and Calarum

• We would still like AfterDark to expand from Tamor, and fill an open slot in another of our systems. (73%)

All details in the #standing-orders and/or the #loose-screws-factions channels of the Discord.

Dev news: 

• https://www.elitedangerous.com/news/elite-dangerous-update-15-release-notes

• Not in the notes: Relative mouse is now toggleable

• Speculation: thargoid scouts seem tougher

• Caustic sinks no longer can be engineered

• Fdev support called this a fix

• New thargoid craft: Hunter class, Glaive variant

• New thargoid craft: Titan

• New system marker for counter-strike and mission type

• Missions sometimes don’t advance and fire is vacuum-proof

• Profile analyzer kinetic effect?

• Propulsion Elements aren’t dropping from caustic generators; Fdev acknowledge it’s not intended

• New ads in starports for Azimuth, and for Fed election campaign

• New Ship kits with thargoid parts

• Frameshift Live returns Thursday with Curtis

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Squad Update: 

• Elections in Bagalis and LHS 3877. Both for less than control.  Vote early.  Vote Often.

• HIP 4907 has stabilized.  Well done everyone…see standing orders for next steps.

• Push Mezavini to expand from the Mezavini system (currently 64%) to fill an open slot in Maikoro.

• Maikoro expanded into LHS 3980…we’ve talked to the current residents and we will be content hanging out in second place.

• Two critically over-heating systems: Lambda Andromedae and 6 Andromendae.  Both without any good expansion destinations…may be to late to stop..

All details in the #standing-orders and/or the #loose-screws-factions channels of the Discord.

Dev news: https://www.elitedangerous.com/news/update-15-upcoming-feature-rework-and-more

• Update 15 date delayed to May

• “Major Feature Rework” on the back burner; they’ll say something by the end of the year

• Player Made Factions: Applications Closed

• Console Profile Transfer Portal: Returning Next Month. FULLY FEATURED!

• Live Mode as the Default Download

• Frameshift Live 28 with audio team talking about music!

• https://www.youtube.com/live/YfTinsyC3GM?feature=share

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We discuss Space Legs vs Atmospheric flight and go all in the Scourge, the new instellar initiative.

Cheese it.

#236 May 30nd, 2024    or 33oh10 (3310)

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Squad Update: 

• Elections in: TT58343, Cempsigi, and V2150 Cygni we want to win all of them

• Wars in: Tamor (again), Xians (again), 5 Andromedae, and Tripu we want to win all of them 

• 6A is Overheating

• Howard and Balmus all need our influence RAISED

• If you have LSN bounties please hold onto them for now for a dump later.

• Lots going on still, Big thanks to those working the BGS and to avoid burn out, make sure you rotate what activities you are doing.

• (For Lark) SELAH V I KNOW SOME OF THIS WAS YOU PLEASE CONTACT ME In game or on the loose screws discord, we aren’t mad. I promise.

All details in the #standing-orders and/or the #loose-screws-factions channels of the Discord.

Galnet Update: https://community.elitedangerous.com/

• Hadad died

Thargoid War - http://dcoh.watch

• HADAD is HADED

Dev    News:

• Type 8 REVEALED - It appears to be shaped like awesome, and is fueled by sweetness.

• More information 

• Medium Sized

• SCO Friendly

• Reportedly we will be happy with the cargo space

• Reportedly enough cargo space for Daxi’s ego.

Discussion:

• How the Type 8 will change your Life. 

Community Corner:

• Buckey Ball ON NOW!.  CNDR Mr. Indigo hosting May’s race

• New Video from Cmdr Dituri How to Unlock the FEDERAL CORVETTE! | Elite Dangerous Guide 2024 (youtube.com)

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Headlines for this episode:

• LSN wins and wins and wins..and wins and wins, and wins again.
• Odyssey Update 7 and Horizons QoL update
• The story heats up; Salvation strikes back
• Dr Kay Ross leaving fDev

Squad Update:

• LSN wins 6 wars in 5 systems in a week.
• We’re going to take a break from expanding and consolidate a little..oh shiney! So I guess we’re expanding again.
• Currently “only” an election in  6 Andromedae
• We have full control in V640, time to raise influence (and BD+52 triggered another war, lets help them lose it)
• All the details in freshly updated squadron orders.

Galnet Recap:

https://community.elitedangerous.com/

Dev news:

Dr Kay Ross leaving fDev https://twitter.com/drkayross/status/1439930852335656961

E-Sports Stunt challenge for SRV painjob https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/elite-sports-stunt-videos-earn-a-paint-job-and-win-a-stream-feature.589694/

Updates to powerplay in Update 7 https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/elite-dangerous-updates-to-powerplay-in-update-7.590030/

Horizon QoL Update https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/elite-dangerous-horizons-update-for-pc-and-consoles-notes.590084/

Odyssey Update 7 Notes https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/elite-dangerous-odyssey-update-7-notes.590083/

Plasma Accelerator bug: Reports say that some PAs are nerfed while others do 9 quintillion damage

Response and actual stats of the burst-fire / rapid fire gauss cannon  https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/azimuth-saga-salvation-tech-broker-modules-update-7-engineered-modules-bug.590225/

Earth-like Worlds screenshot competition: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/your-name-in-elite-tourist-beacon-competition.590214/

Discussion:

Community Comms:

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#224 March 7st, 2024 or 3310 - Thirty Three Oh Ten

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Squad Update: 

• Elections in Copian Xing (for control), Yen Ti, and Calarum - Thank you to Project Elite for doing the work no one else wants to do in Calarum

• LANDED Welcome to Kolyawa

• A little over heating and a little underheating going on 

• We are resting expansion in light of the Thargoid Endgame and a need to consolidate our holdings. 

All details in the #standing-orders and/or the #loose-screws-factions channels of the Discord.

Galnet Update: https://community.elitedangerous.com/

• 1-3-24 - Taranis Destroyed

• 7-3-24 - Thargoid War Bulletin: Titan Destroyed

Dev news: 

• Update 18.0.1 https://www.elitedangerous.com/update-notes/4-0-18-01

• (Fixes to Titan assault scenarios)

• Remaining U18 Bugs:

• Commodities screen no longer shows number of goods needed for current mission(s) (https://issues.frontierstore.net/issue-detail/63464)

• 
  

• Titan Rewards Update https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/titan-rewards-update.623673/

• All CMDRs who passed through the Taranis system between U18 and Taranis destruction will receive the rewards. This is a one-off

• To be eligible for the incremental Titan rewards you will need to do the following:

• 1) Have done damage to the heat core of a Titan within one week prior to it going into meltdown.

• 2) You need to have earned a minimum of 2M credits from hitting the core (You earn less credits from the Titan when they still need weakening and have a high damage resistance)

• Don't forget you also receive Arx from taking down hearts and gain more if you are a top contributor.

• Check your ARX payouts: https://user.frontierstore.net/arx/list 

• Seriously, check this.  It might be a bug; shhhhh

• Maybe worth noting: Taranis —which doesn’t exist— gained control of 6 systems today…

• So…. TFG?

Community Corner:

• Canon event: activate all 40 guardian beacons at the same time – THIS IS STILL PLANNED but they are waiting for Update 18 to “calm down” before they try it.  Canonn Research

• https://discord.com/events/1019569223174983820/1187448219463057539

#234 May 16nd, 2024 or 33oh10 

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Squad Update: 

• Priorities: Tamor win the war (again) and Howard win the war we couldn’t prevent

• Wars in progress in Bagalis and Xians.  Election on -going in Yen Ti.

• Operation Red Dawn - We’re pushing After Dark Initiative out of control of systems where there are Res Sites for bounties. ADI is being used by anonymous players…details in standing orders.

• Systems overheating and systems needing a beat down - all in the standing orders.

• LOTS going on with Squad right now, get involved, we don’t bite. 

All details in the #standing-orders and/or the #loose-screws-factions channels of the Discord.

Galnet Update: https://community.elitedangerous.com/

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Thargoid War - http://dcoh.watch

• Next target - Hadad

• Down to 11 controlled systems - predict full attack after next week’s Thursday tick.

Dev News:

• Update 18.05

• Fixed issues with Guardian Fighters hit check not behaving correctly.

• Fixed an issue where attempting to swap a core internal module with a stored module was being blocked for Pre-Built ships.

• Ensured new players correctly remain in Solo Play until performing an initial hyperspace jump which will then transition players into Open Play.

Discussion:

• 
  

Community Corner:

• Buckey Ball ON NOW!.  CNDR Mr. Indigo hosting May’s race

• Elite Dangerouse (French) working on Project Icarus to test what players would do with ship interiors to “de-risk” FDev from working on it 

• https://t.co/RB7c64FwD3

• Pole Master!

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Headlines for this episode:

• fDev promises to fix their communication deficit
  
• Odyssey Patch 3
  
• fDev calls for information about Anarchy factions
  

Squad Update: liberate maikoro, and run qama to the moon

Galnet Recap:

https://community.elitedangerous.com/

Dev news:

Tuesday Supercruise News was all about fDev’s to stance toward communication. Hopefully a good start.

Specific points:

• More detail about the roadmap; it’s short and vague because it’s a moving target
  
• Monthly development focussed streams will happen, about progress, features, consoles, etc.
  
• Ship Interiors: no plans (we knew this already, why ask?)
  
• No plans for crossplay Fuk dem consoles
  
• Game is too dark (tracks disagrees, but could use some tweaks to bloom)
  
• Terrain, planet surface is messed up and will be looked at
  
• Art pushing for module storage boost
  
• Vista Genomics on FCs, possible
  
• Mats for suit upgrades: not set in stone
  
• No spacewalks
  
• VR support: answers promised next week
  
• Narrative: entering act 2 of 6. It all leads somewhere
  

Thursday Let’s Play Stream: Odyssey Conflict Zones

Odyssey fixes:

Patch 3: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/elite-dangerous-odyssey-update-3.581500/

Fixes to AI ships docking and launching have been implemented, so that AI ships should no longer get stuck waiting to dock or launch, including player taxis. - should as a secondary effect reduce traffic in highly congested systems like colonia, shinrarta dezhra and ross 310

Anarchy PMF info call: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/anarchy-factions-systems-influence-loss-reports.581427/

Chig chat: uh chigs not here?

Community Comms:

AXI thinks they have isolated the long-lived invincible heart issue, and created a workaround guide until it’s fixed.

Link to issue tracker: https://issues.frontierstore.net/issue-detail/2440

Ida finishes beaten court base, and cole point, quick to be working on the next few stations

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Squad Update:

• war in Gram (3-0)...geo-political manipulation in HIP 4907
• 7 Andromedae is in expansion again…some geo-politcal maneuvering required.
• Oya Maelstrom (#11) updates:
  • Current targets: MCC 105, HIP 7338 (last week for surface ports) and Khondo Po
  • Thargoid Totals (beginning of this Cycle March 2): 933 control, 58 invasion, 82 alert, 28 recovery.
  • Oya Totals: 69 control, 10 invasion, 8 alert, 9 recovery

All details in the #standing-orders and/or the #loose-screws-factions channels of the Discord.

In-Game News:

• Caustic Sinks!

Thargoid Bug Report:

• Defense Council of Humanity system watch: https://dcoh.watch/systems
• AXI Thargoid Watch: https://antixenoinitiative.com/watch
• https://inara.cz/elite/thargoidwar-conflicts/
• https://www.goidhub.com/

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Headlines for this episode:  

Megaship missing

Jupiter Division fights for its future again

Odyssey: Major patch 2 and a 2.1 patch

Odyssey: outfitting UI feedback requested

The Odyssey road map to fixing Odyssey is announced to be on the map to be planned for release on or by tomorrow (Friday)

Squad Update: 

(1) Worlds Collide - Expanded from Ross 310 into Howard...currently fighting invasion war there.

(2) Thanks to a Little Help from our Friends - Won the war in V640 Cassiopeia with help from the neighbors

(3) If You'll Be My Bodyguard - returning the favor by helping BoTM in Beldarkri.

BGS issues:

(1) Current war/asset transfer bug. Factions not properly gaining/losing influence when wars conclude, assets not won/lost, system control not transferring. (https://issues.frontierstore.net/issue-detail/35912)  Current in "Acknowledged" status on FDev issue tracker.  Need any examples from the community, and most importantly, upvotes!

(2) BGS deaths of Anarchy factions.  Odyssey changes removed the ability for Anarchy factions to earn bounties in systems they control AND increased 10-fold the number of available missions that target anarchy factions...basically making them the bad guy for the whole galaxy.  Anarchy factions are in full retreat across most of the galaxy...a nearby anarchy PMF with 26 systems is now in 5 wars and losing influence in 19 systems, (https://issues.frontierstore.net/issue-detail/35479). Also Acknowledged and needing upvotes.

Galnet Recap:

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New combat CG today involving Jupiter Division and Silver Legal Group in the Ts’ao Tach system.

Dev news:

Tuesday Supercruise News was fully loaded with CMDR stuff

Thursday stream was CQC night in Horizons.

Odyssey fixes:

Patch 2: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/elite-dangerous-odyssey-update-2-horizons-update.580194/

Patch 2.1: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/elite-dangerous-odyssey-update-2-01.580298/

Call for UI feedback on outfitting: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/focused-feedback-thread-outfitting-ui-in-odyssey.580307/

Chig chat

Community Comms: 

Operation Ida still on strike (as off the patch today, ida still on strike -hate)

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Distant screws 2: where do we go from here?

Squad Update:

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Historic Meetings at the Galactic Summit

Galactic Summit Imperilled by Political Frictions

Superpowers Make Progress at the Galactic Summit

Archon Delaine Gatecrashes the Galactic Summit

Defence and Delivery Requests for the Sirius System (CG)

Bounty Hunting https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/defence-of-the-galactic-summit-bounty-hunting.566345/#post-8979288

Cargo

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Chig chat:  scifi series and plausible reboots

Odyssey mission play through video

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Stream replay with Garet

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Headlines for this episode:

Squad Update:

• Dealing with a bunch of over-heating systems
• Prepping KZ Andromedae for expansion (by causing a retreat)
• About to start expansion (once the retreat starts).

All details in the #standing-orders and/or the #loose-screws-factions channels of the Discord.

Thargoid Bug Report:

• New capship CZ type with waves of 3 interceptors and dual-Hydra ending phase.
• http://thargoid.watch
• https://www.goidhub.com/

Bug Bug Report:

• Remember to vote up the GPU utilization issue on the tracker!
  • Currently number 8 top voted; keep it going (update from tracks issue)
  • https://issues.frontierstore.net/issue-detail/48884
• Transition from SRV to on-foot causes a crash and SRV is back inside ship when you log back in (raised by GroverKiwi).
  • Obviously, this could be a major problem if you’re a long way from your ship when it happens
  • .https://issues.frontierstore.net/issue-detail/50393
• Cqc has identified a new bug causing crash to desk top,
  • https://issues.frontierstore.net/issue-detail/50903

In-Game News:

• Blame The Bard (Galnet Commentary)
• Operation Wych Hunt: https://discord.gg/zrAk6EwtMQ

Dev news:

Stream will be on Saturday, live from LaveCon: Frameshift Lave

Chig chat: what about solo play?

Discussion:

• Story-telling with interactivity, but without losing continuity.

Community Corner:

• 
  
• 
  

Cheese.

Movie anniversaries:

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This was a live stream to youtube. Unfortunately, I didn't realize the sound effects weren't making it to the stream until later. I edited in Bard's bit.

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#254rd for 3rd October, 2024 or 33-oh-10 (3310)

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Squad Update: 

• We expanded to 7 Alpha Lacertae

• We’re expanding out of 7A

• We have a few wars

• There is nothing new under the sun. 

All details in the #standing-orders and/or the #loose-screws-factions channels of the Discord.

Galnet Update: https://community.elitedangerous.com/

• Jameson Memorial Starport Operational

Thargoid war update: https://dcoh.watch/

• Raijin controls …  Should be ready to go about the time the update comes

• Cocijo controls 

Dev News: 

• 
  

Discussion:

• 
  
• 
  

Community Corner:

•  Folks, we are very excited to announce that tickets for Pit Con 2025 are now LIVE!  :PitCon:  🥳 

• 🎟️  Follow this link to Eventbrite to grab yours:

• https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pit-con-tickets-988999031727

• 🏨  The Belfry Hotel is offering a special discount rate for a two night stay, single person occupancy with breakfast included (limited availability). 

• Follow the link on the Pit Con website here: https://www.thebuurpit.com/hotel-2025

• We very much look forward to seeing some of you there!  :Buur: :Rheeney: ❤️ :o7:

#235 May 23st, 2024 or 33oh10 

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Squad Update: 

• Wars in Imiutli and Xians (AGAIN)!

• Election in LHS 3980

• Operation Red Dawn - ADI is pushing hard to retake control of Arinna and G 130-9 and prevent takeovers of the other three systems we’ve targeted in retaliation. Our goal is, by removing systems with res sites from their control, taking away bounties as a source of BGS currency

• No systems overheating, some are tepid

• Thank you to everyone working hard in the BGS, ADI’s new management has been keeping us busy so thanks to everyone, we couldn’t do it without you.

• LOTS going on with Squad right now, get involved, we don’t bite. 

All details in the #standing-orders and/or the #loose-screws-factions channels of the Discord.

Galnet Update: https://community.elitedangerous.com/

• 
  

Thargoid War - http://dcoh.watch

• Attack Hadad

• Just 2 control system remains; titan dies this weekend

• 2 hearts already down at recording time…it might be dead by the time you hear this.

Dev News:

• Update 18.06 coming May 28 https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/elite-dangerous-update-18-06-thargoid-war-overhaul-tuesday-28-may-2024.625728/

• Thargoid war activities rebalanced to more correctly weight them

• Combat is significantly more influential

• Interceptor kill bonds increased to around pre-nerf levels; Orthrus reduced to 15m

• Spire site effects restructured to be linear and more fairly capped

• Counter strike system marking partially reworked

• Titan vulnerability is now a two tier system:

• At 3 controlled systems or below, the Titan will be vulnerable to attack

• At 4 or above controlled systems, the Titan will take almost no damage from attacks

• 
  

Discussion:

• 
  

Community Corner:

• Buckey Ball ON NOW!.  CNDR Mr. Indigo hosting May’s race

#242 July 11th, 2024 or 33-oh-10 (3310)

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Squad Update: 

• Something something - Classified

• Orders are locked down, so If you’re interested in joining in the BGS fun, reach out to Nergal, Obl1v1ous, Hate, or Bloomingwind in the Discord

All details in the #standing-orders and/or the #loose-screws-factions channels of the Discord.

Galnet Update: https://community.elitedangerous.com/

Thargoid war update:

• Indra FDGBs (Falls Down Goes Boom!) DBU (Done Blowed Up)

• It was slower than normal, but you’ve been lied to about why

Dev News:

Post 18.07 Update - Tracks Trigger Warning!

• Ram Tah has been hard at work continuing his investigations of the Anti-Guardian Zone deployed by Thargoids. His most recent breakthrough now allows all Guardian Modules to have the Anti-Guardian Zone Resistance modification applied to them, without penalty. 

• LIES!  All modules my Thicc Thargoid Booty!

Discussion:

Community Goal - Deliver Aid for the Rhea Disaster that happened months ago!

Titanium, Aluminium, Power Generators to Ito Orbital at Rhea - Vibrant Orange SRV skin for Tier 4 top 50%, size six corrosion resistant cargo rack for top 50% if tier 5 is achieved. 

Community Corner:

• Buckey Ball - Race number 4 - Questing on Qixi by Clarrisa Au, coming later in July!

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Squad Update: 

• We’ve come to a meeting of the minds with our neighbor, the After Dark Initiative, and we’re harmonizing our Power Play and BGS activities as best we can. 

• BGS has basically 3 4 themes currently - 

• Retaking to control of lost systems like TT 58343, Maikoro and NLTT 1139 - home of Spanky, the official white dwarf of LSN;

•  Beating down our overheating systems and boosting our stragglers, 

• winning strategic conflicts (we will let you know which ones we care about)

• Operation New Horizons - Our expansion -> colonization program taking us out of the Bubble.Two BGS bugs of note. The system expansion/retreat bug has been corrected. However a new bug discovery is being tested. Oblivious has the details. 

All details in the #standing-orders and/or the #loose-screws-factions channels of the Discord.

Galnet Update: https://community.elitedangerous.com/

•  Empire Accused of Power Grab in Federation’s Heart

Dev News: 

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Discussion:

• 33-Oh-Leven - Hopes and Dreams

Community Corner:

• DISTANT SCREWS 3! The Mass Jump together so far is scheduled for Friday, January 31st, Bloomingwind’s Birthday, at 7PM ‘Murica Time, right Lark?,, time of jump still being worked on, as are meet up events and shenanigans to have while out there. Prizes for events to include Mugs, Clothing, or other Screws merch! WE STILL NEED ART WORK

• Buckyball –kicks off in a few months. Alec T is running the events this year.   In the meantime The Elite Racers have a series in the works to race SRVs around thargoid sites. Dates TBD soon.  Elite Racers Discord – https://discord.com/invite/cvZKNvvj2g
  

• AXI-XSF Blockade of HIP 22460 - Sun Jun 12th 2:30PM EST HIP 22460 Blockade: Checklist - Google Docs
  

• Also, the Buur pit is a treasure

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Squad Update: 

• War in LHS 3980! (we don’t want to take over, but everything else is game-on) (1-0)

• War in LHS 3877. The War for Wang Ring. Day 1.  The Wang War.  Win one for the Wang.  One Wang Ring to Rule Them All!  These memes just write themselves!

• Push Mezavini to expand from the Mezavini system (currently 72%) to fill an open slot in Maikoro.

• Maikoro is currently expanding…and we’re going to push the next expansion out of HIP 4907.  Several things we’re doing to engineer our destination.  See Standing Orders for details.

• Several slightly over-heating systems…but (thankfully) nothing critical.

All details in the #standing-orders and/or the #loose-screws-factions channels of the Discord.

Dev news: 

• There is a Legacy CG (AX Bonds) confirmed

• Paul Crowther confirmed - “Hi folks. The CGs on Legacy are intentional. They are repeated CGs that allow Legacy users to access CG content and earn achievements.”

• https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/legacy-cg.615524/post-10112845

• Console Copy portal now open

• https://www.elitedangerous.com/news/console-copy-portal-now-live

• Discovery Scanner no longer weekly; as needed

Last week’s discovery scanner https://www.elitedangerous.com/news/discovery-scanner-27032023 - why the “Major Game System Re-Work” isn’t what you think it is.

Movie anniversaries:

Indecent Proposal (April 7) - 30 Years

The Sandlot (April 7)  - 30 Years

2001: A Space Odyssey (April 2) - 55 years

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Ty and Justin discuss the September update to Elite Dangerous. All about the new tutorials and quality of life changes. We go deep into what we know about Arx system and discuss the new heat map. All in this episode!!!!

#255nd for 10nd October, 2024 or 33-oh-10 (3310)

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Squad Update: 

• We’re still expanding out of 7A

• We have a few wars and elections

• V640C has become a hub of Massacre/Assassination missions for Mats. - Operation Sour Milk

All details in the #standing-orders and/or the #loose-screws-factions channels of the Discord.

Galnet Update: https://community.elitedangerous.com/

• Gal-nothing

Thargoid war update: https://dcoh.watch/

• Raijin controls …  Should be ready to go about the time the update comes

• Cocijo controls 

Dev News: 

• Ura Dev News. 

Discussion:

• Stories

• 
  

Community Corner:

•  CMDR Quizengine who was a regular contributor to our Burr’s Discord and community. If you didn’t know Quizengine then you may well be familiar with his fantastic Odyssey Map Guide (or OMG) website that mapped ALL the Odyssey installation types and made a ship identification quiz (Elite Feet) based entirely on a ship's landing gear!

•  Buckyball - Raiko Sponsorimng Yes, "Once Upon a Time in Leesti" will begin on Friday 25th October.

• https://youtu.be/cS1odcHYf88 Accorbius Zoom 

  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvzwUMvKMqo Alec Turner’s Spire platform jump’g

#239 June 20st, 2024 or 33-oh-10 (3310)

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Squad Update: 

• THINGS

• If you are the one causing the THINGS….Please join our discord and talk to us. 

• 
  

All details in the #standing-orders and/or the #loose-screws-factions channels of the Discord.

Galnet Update: Galnet News | Elite Dangerous Community Site

• Achilles Aerospace facility targeted by malicious agents TLDR version: Someone tried to break into Achilles Aerospace’s manufacturing plant and got WTFBBQLOLed by their apparent “Robot Security”...

https://elite-dangerous.fandom.com/wiki/Achilles_Corporation#cite_note-Crime_Wave-9

Dev News:

• Not a lot…

Discussion:

• ROBOT SECURITY?!

• 
  

Community Corner:

• Ground CZ night Next week! Date to be announced in Events Channel, stay tuned. 

• Shout Outs: Rick F’ing Dalton for missions run and trade done. 

• Aisling Angels for CQC fun with Chig.

  
  Buckey Ball https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/the-buckyball-racing-club-presents-pop-gun-buckyball-race-3-of-the-triple-8-championship.626068/

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Mal For the Win came back home ok!

Squad Update:  War, elections, open hostilities

In Game News:

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New Community Goals:

Support the Alliance's Expansion into the Coalsack Nebula (Trade)

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/support-the-alliances-expansion-into-the-coalsack-nebula-trade.558262/#post-8788983

Protect the Alliance's expansion into the Coalsack Nebula from Thargoid attack (AX Combat)

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/protect-the-alliances-expansion-into-the-coalsack-nebula-from-thargoid-attack-ax-combat.558263/#post-8788985

Article in the print PC Gamer fills in some detail about on-foot combat.

Best scan I can find - https://imgur.com/a/IKySWFb

Random movie anniversary:  Home Alone(11/16/1990)

Bummer 2020 news: Alex Trebek passed

#232 May 2rd, 2024 or 33oh10 

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Squad Update: (Thank you whoever updated it) You’re welcome - Bloomingwind

• Ticks are coming at 7:30 central so Standing Orders are coming in at 9 PM or so

• 6 Andromedae Expansion - We landed in Uchagan - We are not planning on taking control as an active PM controls it

• LSN has departed Calarum - PE is retreating all non-native factions to attempt to stop the fire

• Kolyawa is under our management

• Election in MCC 858, wars in TT 58343 and Xians

• Operation Red Dawn - We’re pushing After Dark Initiative out of control of systems where there are Res Sites for bounties. ADI has been taken over by anonymous players…

• Systems overheating and systems needing a beat down - all in the standing orders

• LOTS going on with Squad right now, get involved, we don’t bite. 

All details in the #standing-orders and/or the #loose-screws-factions channels of the Discord.

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• 
  

Thargoid War - http://dcoh.watch

• Next target - Hadad

• Has a bunch of systems - do all the activities

Dev news: 

• Cosmetic store prices refresh

• Most things went up, some by quite a lot

• https://www.elitedangerous.com/store/

• Update 18.04 planned for Tuesday May 7

• SCO drives are engineerable (A rated versions to come? Citation needed?)

• Store UI changes

• Python MkII early access begins

• Pre-built ships / “jumpstart” 25500ARX (20ish dollars)

• Do not include unlocks for engineers or tech brokers

• Modules can’t be moved to other ships and have zero value

• AX Chief and Mining T-6 already mentioned

• DBX - A/D rated, FSD booster, cosmetics

• Python MkII Standard 16250ARX (12ish dollars)

• Ship and shipyard unlock

• Python MkII Stellar (pre-built) 33000ARX(28ish dollars)

• Ship, A rated incl. SOC drive

• Venom Claret Paint Job

• Strike Ship Kit

• Shipyard Unlock

• Python MkII details

• Comes with SCO drive - handles better and lower heat

• 4 Large, 2 Medium HP

• 6 Utilities

• 6 power plant, 6 drives, 6 distributor

• 5 FSD 

• Optionals: 6, 4, 3, 2, 1x3 

Community Corner:

• Buckey Ball ON NOW!.  CNDR Mr. Indigo hosting May’s race

• Elite Dangerouse (French) have created the tool to allow others to design their own adventures.

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Headlines for this episode:  

Odyssey: Planet tech doesn’t pass to Horizons until console launch.

Dodge the Gank was fun but I messed up the stream

Dredger and Hesperus might be leaving on the 21st 

A quiz show all about elite

Thargoids appear in multiple systems and a coded message from Salvation

Squad Update: 

2 current elections: Calarum (0-0) and V640 (2-2)

Purge of bad neighbors from HIP 4907 completed (Manic Preachers from Ruchbah should fill the gap)

Imminent expansion from NLTT 2969 run-away train system.  Probably going to Hecate to be neighbors with BoTM) but several systems extremely close in influence.

Signs that the Latvian Apocalypse may be losing steam??

Hemorrhaging influence in Unktomi, HIP 4907, Semakhmets

Priorities:

Both elections, but especially V640 due to Fedneck interference.

Anything and everything to reduce LSN influence in NLTT 2969 so we can shut it down

Build influence in HIP 4907

Galnet Recap:

https://community.elitedangerous.com/

The Voice of ‘Salvation’ (21 May deadline)

Alliance Election Campaigns Resume

Paresa Conflict Risks War Between Superpowers

Nova Imperium Triumphs Over Federation

Mass Thargoid Strike - Emergency Declared

Dev news:

Tuesday Live stream: 

           Zac and Sally super cruise news, Now with “CMDR Creations”

They tried mailslot stunts with a 100% fail rate. (applause) 

Odyssey/Horizons Compatibility Update

Horizons will NOT get updated engine tech at launch, and will be an entirely separate game instance.

At console launch, horizons will then also get the updated lighting and planetary tech. 

Maybe still instancing separation by PEGI?  

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/horizons-odyssey-compatibility.574677/

Discussion I see in discord seems to think this is very, very bad, but it didn’t bother me so much. What do you al think?

Thursday Thargoids:

Tweet: https://twitter.com/EliteDangerous/status/1392796892073975813

Cannon decoded the message:

React react react. That's all Aegis ever do. We need a solution!    -- Salvation

Thursday Live stream:

Art streams on xbox with friends for anti-thargoid battle

     

Discussion: what ship/vehicle do you want to see come with odyssey?

AX combat tips. 

Event idea: Race at Pomeche? Monday night, presuming the servers are off on Tuesday?

Chig chat

Community Comms:

PrimetimeCasual presents The Elite Quiz - Feat. Ascorbius, EidLeWeise, Greytest, and Wotherspoon

https://youtu.be/pSmtxxB1M9M

Cheese 

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Like episode 50 is the best one yet...totally.

(Fixed the audio issue)

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Squad Update: 

• Oblivious doesn’t need no stinkn’ notes. 

All details in the #standing-orders and/or the #loose-screws-factions channels of the Discord.

PowerPlay Update: 

• Standings Update

• Key conflicts

• Grom and Archer

• Ascella: Grom Wins. Currently being undermined

• Changgu: Grom wins

• Wolf 896: Archer wins, heavy reinforcement

• Local PP

• Acquire: Wolf 10

• Reinforce: Ross 310

• Undermine: Vagho

• Updates

• NLTT 2969 = Fort

For more information check the PowerPlay Hub for LSN operational orders, discussion and tips to complete those optional powerplay weeklies

Galnet Update: https://community.elitedangerous.com/

• 
  

Dev News: 

• FU on 2/26/25

• Colonization update coming 2/26/25 under the name ‘Trailblazers.’

Discussion:

• What we’ve been seeing out on DS3 without Audaxius.

Community Corner:

• DISTANT SCREWS 3 launched successfully

• Purple stuff on sale ARX

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PowerPlay Update: 

• What we really mean by “Antal can get stuffed”

Squad Update: 

• Still working on the things we’ve been working on

• Retaking TT 58343, Maikoro and NLTT 1139 - home of Spanky, the official white dwarf of LSN;

•  Beating down our overheating systems and boosting our stragglers, 

• Operation New Horizons - Our expansion -> colonization program taking us out of the Bubble.- we’re making progress in phase 1

• winning strategic conflicts (we will let you know which ones we care about)

All details in the #standing-orders and/or the #loose-screws-factions channels of the Discord.

• 
  

Galnet Update: https://community.elitedangerous.com/

•  Anti-Xeno Blockade Contains HIP 22460

•  HIP 22460 Declared Free of Thargoids

Dev News: 

• First FU of the year, 26 Feb

• Power Play Conflict Zones fixed!

• Server response times acknowledged; investigating

Discussion:

• The shop: should we start with powerplay modules?

Community Corner:

• DISTANT SCREWS 3! Coming January 31st – POSSIBLY postponed to a later date, pending Braeben tunnels getting fixed. – If it is postponed we will be doing a Piranha night in its place for Bloomingwind’s Birthday.

• Buckyball –kicks off in a few months. Alec T is running the events this year.   In the meantime The Elite Racers have a series in the works to race SRVs around thargoid sites. Dates TBD soon.  Elite Racers Discord – https://discord.com/invite/cvZKNvvj2g 

42....what else is there to say

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Squad Update:

• Precision executed expansion to LHS 3877. 2.8 Billion population, double binary system (4 stars) with everything close in…really neat system.
• Election for control in Lambda Andromedae
• Concentrating on staying off the expansion merry-go-round.

Chig chat:

In-Game News:

Blame The Bard (Galnet Commentary)

https://community.elitedangerous.com/

Dev news:

• Wednesday stream:
  • Date TBA
  • Transfer = “copy”; seems to include all progress and doesn’t delete console CMDR
  • Comes with free horizons on PC
  • Ships, ranks, unique ships, cosmetics, unlocks, codex, crew progress
  • What doesn’t “copy”:
    • Commander name*
    • ARX Balance**
    • Squadron membership
    • Friends lists, Block lists and Private Groups
    • Current mission progress
    • NPC Crew names and appearances
• Update roadmap: “we are working on something that’s never been attempted before in ED, can’t spoil it” re: narrative
• May: Update 12: New Mission Variant, Stability, Optimization
• August: Update 13: Narrative Content, Stability, Optimization
• November: Update 14: Major Narrative Phase, Stability
• Early 2023: Key Feature Overhaul
• Streams going back to thursdays, but every other week.
• They’d like to go back to having guests
• https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/console-profile-transfers-and-2022-updates.603032/
• 
  

Remember to vote up the GPU utilization issue on the tracker!

We have broken the top 10 but need more push. (currently 9!)

https://issues.frontierstore.net/issue-detail/48884

Discussion:

Community Corner:

Cheese.

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Squad Update: 

• Wars in Uchagan, LTT 16910 and Yen Ti, not too worried about them. 

• Bumbur and 5A need some boosting of influence.

• Yong-Rui Screwspace aka ‘The Old Worlds of Screwspace’ are overheating with no end in sight. Hopefully things will level off, but it may take FDev’s finger on the BGS/PP interaction. Theoretically after enough cycles of expansion, there will be nowhere to expand to as long as there aren’t retreats from minor factions creating openings. Given an expansion is 10-13 days, that could be a very long time. 

• The overheating has resulted in Operation New Horizons being on hold because we would have to push and maintain Semakhmets as the highest influence system (sort of) to trigger expansion from there.

All details in the #standing-orders and/or the #loose-screws-factions channels of the Discord.

Powerpoint Update: 

• Insert Daxi Speech here

Galnet Update: https://community.elitedangerous.com/

• PP Rankings were announced - Player Driven Galnet News

Thargoid war update: https://dcoh.watch/

• Cocijo controls  - 1 Titan, 0 Alerts or Invasions, 41 control systems, 5 populated, 3 starports, 3 odyssey settlements and 2 ground ports under attack

• 
  

Dev News: 

• Midnight Black and Black Friday Discounts - Some ship kits are among the sale items, there were no Void Black, nor are there Midnight Black paintjobs for the Mandalay this year. 

• 19.1 Update Crime pays and doesn’t pay, but we all wear a crown of bones

Update Notes:

• Fixed an exploit where Powerplay Data could be downloaded multiple times from the same Data Port (Issue ID: 67329)

• Aisling Duval's Powerplay systems now correctly flag Imperial Slaves & Narcotics as illegal. Crime does not pay.

• Archon Delain Powerplay systems now correctly open Black Markets if they are not already present. OK...here crime might pay.

• Pranav Antal now closes Black Markets in Fortified/Stronghold systems.

• Merit awards for destroying Ship Launched Fighters have been reduced.

• Adjustments made to Flight Tutorial combat drones reducing their damage output.

• Type-8's collision has been adjusted so that the "arms" now have correct collision.

• Resolved a crash when using VR Power Play strategic view on Galaxy map

• Filters on the Galaxy Map are no longer auto selected when you hover your mouse over them

Thank you for all your continued feedback and reports!

• 
  

Discussion:

• PP 2.0 - Iterative process or the stagnation of humanity Leto II warned us about?

• 
  

Community Corner:

• Happy 6th-versary to the Burr Pit

• Buckyball - Race 8 still TBD

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Headlines for this episode:

• David Braben speaks
  
• A small patch to engineer recipes
  
• LSN does so much war
  

Squad Update:

• WAR! In V640...That is all.
  
• Election in Unktomi
  
• Tremendous Fedneck resistance.
  

Galnet Recap:

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Dev news:

Monday David Braben posts to the forum: https://t.co/2jWdfdix3h

Major Patch 6 is in the works

Console launch will be delayed since Odyssey fixes are taking so much time

Tuesday

Supercruise News - No new dev info, just community stuff

Wednesday

Small patch to lower on-foot weapon engineering recipies https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/odyssey-update-weapon-engineering-recipe-fixes.585874/#post-9404993

Visited markets are now tracked correctly (for the engineer unlock)

Thursday:

Let’s play stream - Frontier copies us and does a Horizons CQC party

Chig chat:

Community Comms:

Lsn cqc event: how did it go?

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Squad Update: 

• War in Soma we’re trying to win

• War in Calarum we’re trying to lose, en route to retreating out. 

• 6A is in expansion and we need to make some moves to land in BD+35 4893, but we need to force a faction into retreat. 

• We also have preventative maintenance in several systems.

All details in the #standing-orders and/or the #loose-screws-factions channels of the Discord.

Galnet Update: https://community.elitedangerous.com/

• Galnet News | Elite Dangerous Community Site -  

• SHINRARTA DEZHRA ATTACKED!

• Shinrarta Dezhra DEFENDED (as if they wouldn’t)

Thargoid war update: https://dcoh.watch/

• Raijin controls 65 systems, 56 control, 4 invasions, 0 alert, 10 in recovery

• Cocijo controls 174 systems 168 control, 4 invasions, 1 alert, 3 in recovery

Dev News: 

• FU https://www.youtube.com/live/jn4vJmNCjqE?si=wU8KsHQaSbwxx7VA&t=4101

• PP2.0 Questions - blah blah

• Mandalay details

• Ascendancy update arriving October 22nd

Discussion:

• Elite’s greatest strength as a game is being ignored and stifled instead of fostered

• Attack on Shinrarta Dezhra ends with a fizzle: Why fDev still can’t see what’s so plain to us

• “What we're less clear on is how the aliens assign value to potential targets” what was the point of this line?

• CG misaligned with game mechanics it was entangled with

• Mechan’s video about the spinning thargoids bug https://youtu.be/HjLZc5ik2XY?si=nUt0bmh5asCbPkDb

• PP 2.0 Questions: hardly worth reading https://youtu.be/gMisqY76xZ8?si=aURhaU74DvEvwq8l

• Majority of activities effect it (when pledged)

• Open only (knew that already)

• PP snapshot, 99% retention, you have to repledge, restart loyalty rewards (new system)

• One power at a time

• Power agents stacked but separate from the crime and punishment system

• New power: NL Hate’s Waifu, Nakato Kaine - Alliance

• No system to remove a power emergently

• Removing link between powers and government type (eye roll)

• No direct BGS impact… (but obviously all your actions that impact PP also impact BGS so this seems like a insane thing to say)

• No way to impact PP without being pledged (couched in comments that 

• they want players to feel connected to it)

• Visible effects on the world? …….  Yes…… literally the only thing they extensively talked about already

• Player effort uncapped

• Balance small/large powers.  Large spread out, while small have some bonuses to even the field

• Mandalay: https://youtu.be/rzI88AoSn4I?si=26A-UFwVj-cqzeKF

• Core: size 5 but for size 4 life support

• Optionals: 3x1, 1x2, 2x3, 2x4, 1x5, 1x6 (!!!)

• HP: 4 medium, 2 small - pretty close grouping (Krait-like)

• Speed, maneuverable (good yaw), longest jump range

• Slowest SCO, best fuel and lowest turbulence

• Window in the floor - Ship Kits

• 
  

Community Corner:

• Buckyball race: Psykit designed it Ruby’s Road in honor of Elite Dangerous’s 40th (ruby) Anniversary - Starting in 40 Leonis, and taking you through Graill Redd, Ross 94, LTT 12787 and 35 Leonis. Point at some signs, buy some commodities, and deliver them back to 40 Leonis. 

• https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/the-buckyball-racing-club-presents-rubys-road-triple-eight-championship-race-6.627944/

#222 February 22st, 2024 or 3310 - Thirty Three Oh Ten

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Squad Update: 

• Something is going in Calarum, we are still staying out of it, free popcorn in Snoqui Xian.

• We are expanding out of Qama - Anticipating landing in 5 Andromedae

• Next Expansion will again be out of Snoqui Xian - Target Kolyawa

• We need to raise our influence in Copian Xing, Kaupatak and BD+67 1409.

• Copian Xing is a weird system, only one asset, we can push for control without worrying about intermediate conflicts along the way - so get out back and start pushing

• Multiple Systems smoldering

• Mining Mondays and Thargsday Thursdays continue. 

All details in the #standing-orders and/or the #loose-screws-factions channels of the Discord.

Galnet Update: https://community.elitedangerous.com/

• President Elect Winters has a sad. 

Dev news: 

• Update 18 - February 26

Community Corner:

• Canon event: activate all 40 guardian beacons at the same time Canonn Research

• https://discord.com/events/1019569223174983820/1187448219463057539

• Happy Birthday to Lave Radio, they are 11!

#194 July 24, 2023 or 3309

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Squad Update: 

• Victory in BD+44 4389 We’re in 2nd place (Separated from 3rd by 0.2%) -> Time to take the system. 

• On-going stabilization efforts in Calarum (see Obl1v1ous post)

• Expansion planning - several systems to prep for the future (currently in 49 systems)

• Large number of “mildly over-heating” systems

All details in the #standing-orders and/or the #loose-screws-factions channels of the Discord.

Dev news: 

• Frameshift live #32 - Games played with devs

• Update 16 July 31st

• Launcher is updated today

• Issue tracker items being closed because they can’t fix it

• AA doesn’t work right

• Game hangs on exit; needs force quit

• Low FPS coincides with low utilization (jnTracks’ post)

Discussion:

• New Azimuth AX MCs with Overcharge

• D2EA’s “Dear Frontier, We Need to Talk” Video: (00:00 - Start)

• 00:52 - Thargoids - focus on Thargoid content alienating 2/3rds of playerbase?

• 02:56 - New ships - Mamba is the last new one, more time since Mamba release than between launch and Mamba release.  Thargoid Titan vs new ships.

• 05:08 - Fleet carriers  - passive (slow refueling), scheduling jumps.

• 12:37 - Exploration - exploration is what separates Elite from other space games (?).  Changes to plant gunning…different stages of life?  Soil samples?

• 18:14 - Odyssey+ - Nothing new (suits, guns, etc)…tick mark, completed, move on?

Community Corner:

• AXI wants voting pressure on these issue tracker posts:

• Thargoid Interceptors lose interest too early

• https://issues.frontierstore.net/issue-detail/60515

• Thargoid Interceptors zap you without turning to face

• https://issues.frontierstore.net/issue-detail/60516

• Next Buckyball - Double Trouble - 2 stops per system in four systems, by Raiko

• Burr Pit PitCon 2023, Nottingham England, September 16th  https://discord.com/channels/513426452268449837/513431816208777217/1117768841737535548 

• Elite On-Foot Combat Discord: https://discord.gg/AcECzxwmsg

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#207 October 23, 2023 or 3309

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Squad Update: 

• Another War In Bagalis, as we work our way back to 2nd. 

• Election in Gram, but the voter turnout has been low. 0-0 Day 6

• We’re trying to push HIP 4907 into expansion. The presumed target is LP 29-188.

• KZA is on fire and needs to be put out. 6A is about to go into boom, and the silver prices will be high there, so we need to beat them down. 

• BD+44 4389 and Alexandrinus need a little love

• With their consent, we’re starting to retreat the Centurion Hierarchy out of LP 27-9 as they accidentally expanded into our slot about a month ago. 

• Details can be found in our daily standing orders. Something to do for everyone!

All details in the #standing-orders and/or the #loose-screws-factions channels of the Discord.

Dev news: 

• Update 17! https://www.elitedangerous.com/update-notes/4-0-17-0

• https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/update-17-release-notes.620569/

• Frameshift Live Halloween Special 

• https://www.youtube.com/live/FISb5iiFLk8?si=NNr4B3g-RWE0AALS

• Giveaways, Interview with Max about the Banshee and it’s development, and spooky technical difficulties.

• Some Halloween stuff in game, somewhere

Discussion:

• AX Bugs - weapon freezes, persistent module problems after damage.

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Headlines for this episode:

• CQC and AX event recaps

Squad Update:

• Pushing old-man Ross 310 back into expansion.
• Minor system maintenance, preparing to take control.
• Calm period of consolidation and enjoying events.

Galnet Recap:

https://community.elitedangerous.com/

(Bard presentation)

Dev news:

Tuesday Stream: Zac vs. Bruce PvP

Wednesday: Update 8

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/elite-dangerous-odyssey-update-8-notes.592174/

Thrusday:

Patch to fix the capped thargoid bonds limit and general post update 8 issues

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/elite-dangerous-horizons-thargoid-combat-bond-cap-fix-post-update-general-issues.592263/

Arx weekly cap increased to 1200 until Nov 4

Halloween Stream

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/elite-halloween-stream-2021-win-decals-headsets-hotas-more.592138/

Dev Update

Discussion:  https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/development-update-5-october.592282/

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Squad Update:

• War in Bagalis (0-0) and Yingo (1-0)
• Expansion from 7 Andromedae went to Bagalis - invasion war underway
• Oya Maelstrom (#9) updates:
  • Current targets: Jeng (42%), Benanekpeno (COMPLETE)
  • Overall: 606 Thargoid controlled, 33 Invasions, 66 Alert, 23 systems in Recovery
  • Oya: 53 controlled, 6 invasion, 8 alert, 7 recovery

All details in the #standing-orders and/or the #loose-screws-factions channels of the Discord.

In-Game News:

• Size 3 AX weapons stabilizer is available

Dev news: From the stream;

U 14.02 - Was supposed to be today; Delayed

• War Map to show “most-influenced” systems, per state (to draw players)
• 100% system removed from list the moment they complete
• New activities, salvage black boxes, tissue samples; handed in at rescue ships count towards the system they are collected in.
• Confirmed: unpopulated system have smaller target values for completion
• Confirmed: distance from maelstrom lowers target value for completion
• Adding: “front line”; new USS in systems on the edge of the thargoid bubbles
• Recovery: players can reboot EDO settlements to shorten recovery time.
• Change incoming on thargoid pushback, they have a “strong idea” what the change will be
• Adding: new ways to progress systems

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Distant screws 2: continues

Squad Update:

1. Latvian Apocalypse - Qama smooshed by an angry latvian?
   
2. Can qama expand? Will ross 310 be wild? LSN systems gone wild...
   
3. Is v640 experiencing intentful player interaction?
   

Tdw moving to the sol expansion test site!

(operation ida, moves mountains!)

In Game News:

https://community.elitedangerous.com/

Distress call leads to discovery of NMLA terrorist jailbreak from Imperial interrogation site. Commandant’s Logs can be read at end of Galnet News Digest video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pswJlM_N3uA&t=40s&ab_channel=GalnetNewsDigest

Discussion: Ship builds are often described as PvE or PvP, but what is the difference between these? What do these mean to you when building ships? Or maybe more importantly what do they mean to other people?

comparing dev diaries.  https://youtu.be/HqXMzSmad4I

September update is live...so of course your American Elite Dangerous podcast is bringing you all the info about it and everything that is happening in and around Elite Dangerous.

#220 February 5st, 2024 or 3310 - Thirty Three Oh Ten

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Squad Update: 

• Ticks are updating slowing

• Election in Calarum vs. CXS - The New Management wil handle it (Thanks Poonjabby!)

• We are expanding out of  Snoqui Xian targeting Copian Xing

• We are letting Qama overheat as a potential next system to expand from. 

• Multiple Systems smoldering, none overheating yet

• Mining Mondays and Thargsday Thursdays continue. 

• Chill Platinum Mining Out of CMDR Bloomingwind’s Ole Mining Hole in HIP 22352 at Planet Seven

All details in the #standing-orders and/or the #loose-screws-factions channels of the Discord.

Galnet Update: https://community.elitedangerous.com/

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Dev news: 

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Control binds

What are our setups and FA settings

Axis

• Ship

• SRV

• On foot

Buttons

Shifts

Headlook/VR

Binds files

Bloomingwind isn’t there but Default Gamepad with Keyboard for Ship, Default Keypad for SRV both of which are slightly different than on XBOX  and he couldn’t find the Torch in orientation for on foot last year so he’s never been on foot again. 

Community Corner:

• Canon event: activate all 40 guardian beacons at the same time https://canonn.science/

• https://discord.com/events/1019569223174983820/1187448219463057539

#231 April 25nd, 2024 or 33oh10 

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Squad Update: 

• Maikoro Expansion - Landed in TT 58343 - We’re a placeholder until Project Elite is ready to expand

• 6 Andromedae Expansion - Current Target Uchagan - We’re trying to divert it to NLTT 52560, or we might just expand again!

• The Kaupatak Expansion - will be next to plug a hole in a BoTM system

• Konquering Kolyawa - We are losing the election at least 2-0. We want to win. Top Priority

• Wars in Gram, Xians and Yen Ti

• Weekly Reminder - Calarum is quarantined - Leave It Alone

All details in the #standing-orders and/or the #loose-screws-factions channels of the Discord.

Galnet Update: https://community.elitedangerous.com/

• Anti-Guardian field project yields breakthrough - New modifications available

• Thargoid War Bulletin: Oya Successfully Attacked

Thargoid War - http://dcoh.watch

• Next target - Hadad

• Has a bunch of systems - do all the activities

Dev news: 

• Python MK II & Updates to the GameStore

• ARX pricing adjustments and refresh to gamestore

• New “Best sellers” section for things that were previously limited like midnight black and stigyan

• Python MK II arrives in game on August 7 (must have EDO)

• Python MK II can be added for non-EDO owners for ARX if you don’t want to buy EDO

• Python MK II early access starts May 7 for 16250 ARX

• Reminder: Legacy gets no content updates what-so-ever

• (we shouldn’t have to remind you about this)

• Engineering rework and pre-built ship packs 

Engineering: - Some of these areas we are investigating are (but not limited to):

“To make engineering more accessible and predictable”

• Reducing the number of materials required for Engineering.

• Increasing payout of engineering materials from missions.

• Increasing backpack capacity.

• They are watching feedback

• Pre-built “jumpstart” ship packs:

• Buy with ARX - upgraded/unlocked modules - themed cosmetics

• TYPE-6 LASER MINING JUMPSTART

• ALLIANCE CHIEFTAIN AX COMBAT JUMPSTART

• (Follow link for details)

• Python MK II will also launch with a jumpstart pack

• Frontier Unlocked #4 Elite Dangerous | Frontier Unlocked April | Powerplay 2.0

• This video is just the Elite section about PP 2.0

• Direct link to Art’s recap at the end

• UI overhaul to greater accessibility

• More BGS/Thargoid war-like mechanics to do with distance between systems, etc.

• Most game actions impact power play, not just pamphlets and kills

• Rank system rework, no decay, new leaderboard

• Carrier groups in stronghold systems can be attacked

• So it doesn’t require opponents to be in open

• Launching with open/solo as it is currently, but they are watching how it goes and taking feedback with the option to adjust and balance this.

Community Corner:

• Buckey Ball Starts next month.  CNDR Mr. Indigo hosting May’s race

• Elite Dangerouse (French) have created the tool to allow others to design their own adventures.

Cmdr Buzz Tightgear, one of out listeners joins us for all the normal shenanigans. We deep dive into the push back of fleet carriers and all the good and bad that comes with it. 

#217 January 15st, 2024 or 3310 - Thirty Three Oh Ten

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Squad Update: 

• Election for Control in LTT 10480, War in Gram pending. 

• Expansion pending out of Snoqui Xian

• Nothing overheating

• Calarum continues to be Afghanistan on Steroids - We’re leaving it to new management to untie the Gordian Knot - Stay out of the system

All details in the #standing-orders and/or the #loose-screws-factions channels of the Discord.

Dev news: 

• U 18 is SOON (™) 

Community Corner:

• Elite Dangereuse Adventures

• SRVSurvey Exploration and ExoBio tool from CMDR Grinning2001 

https://github.com/njthomson/SrvSurvey

• The First Great Planetary Expedition Discord Serverhttps://discord.com/invite/scrqMr9

• New youtube fella - https://www.youtube.com/@DiturisElite

• The signal from the fleet carrier - https://twitter.com/canonnresearch?lang=en

It's the week after Thanksgiving, BETA is over, and we have a Discord! So yeah...that happened.

Loose Screws Network is at war in Ross 310. 

#280th for 17rd April, 2025 or 3311! (33-Oh-Leven, not Oh-Eleven, OH-Leven)

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Squad Update: 

• Victory in LTT 16910

• were pushing Miola influence really high to trigger control.

• Maybe it works, but we don’t know.

• Won a war that should have given us access to Harris Hospital, but that didn’t happen

• Other stuff in the day old standing orders.

All details in the #standing-orders and/or the #loose-screws-factions channels of the Discord.

PowerPlay Update: 

Cycle 24

Niceygy’s Power Points - https://elite.niceygy.net/powerpoints

Current Owned System Stats: Strongholds

• SH leaderboard didn’t change

• Patreus is down another place this week! In the official leaderboards

Conflict Highlight:

• Too busy flying the Corsair around…

Orders: 

Reinforce -*NLTT 2969, Tamor

Acquire - Wolf 10

Undermine - 

Find out more in the LSN-powerplay-hub forum channel.

Galnet Update: https://community.elitedangerous.com/

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• (not new) Increased Security Needed in Dhan System

• - One fully engineered A-rated Kill Warrant Scanner with fast scan and long range modifications.

• - Imperial Clipper Empire Etiquette paint job

• - Imperial Cutter Empire Etiquette paint job

Dev News: 

• Corsair Update (4.1.0.3)

• Everything is on Sale

• There’s an egg now?

Discussion:

• Baromir likes the Corsair

• Plasma’s and Rails

We got to sit down with the one and only Eid LeWeise from THE Lave Radio.

#218 February 1th, 2024 or 3310 - Thirty Three Oh Ten

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Squad Update: 

• Ticks are updating slowing

• Three wars - Cempsigi and Tripu are to maintain second. Kaupatak is a stepping stone to control.

• We are expanding out of  Snoqui Xian (or Qama) targeting Copian Xing

• Overheating - Unktomi with 6 systems smouldering

• Some weirdness is afoot in random systems of ours. 

• Mining Mondays and Thargsday Thursdays continue. 

All details in the #standing-orders and/or the #loose-screws-factions channels of the Discord.

Galnet Update: https://community.elitedangerous.com/

• Guardian Deliveries Accelerate Anti-Titan Project

• CG complete - Cool paint jobs

• Harvest Thargoid Materials for Anti-Titan Project 

• CG current - Palin wants to develop armor to resist anti-guardian field - BIO Armor, to resist the field. 

Dev news: 

• Frontier hired “Dead Good Media” to be their PR firm. https://www.deadgoodpr.com/

• Frontier Unlocked #1 https://www.youtube.com/live/3BVx2i-jgMw?si=N7f2G81V3up-O4xC&t=3170

• Ongoing monthly format - last wednesday of every month, 1800 GMT

• U18 - culmination of the Thargoid war / ability to end titans

• U19 - Sometime in Summer - Power Play 2.0

• “This year” - whole new feature and 4 New ship “variants”

• Python MKII - concept shown

Community Corner:

• Xeno Strike Force https://youtu.be/B9wxVTpO8ss?si=FWZGStGDg43t-GLL

• MCDR Mechan - Blindfolded Cyclops Kill https://youtu.be/-oG9Qcq2zEs?si=RnZHRTgHfvBjrmSC

• Canon event: activate all 40 guardian beacons at the same time https://canonn.science/

• https://discord.com/events/1019569223174983820/1187448219463057539
  

#260 for 14nd November, 2024 or 33-oh-10 (3310)

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Squad Update: 

• Election in Cempsigi, Wars in BD+67 1409, FF Andromedae and MCC 858

• PP2.0 has set Yong Rui Screwspace ablaze. We’re going to need to cool it off. Fortunately Yong Rui pilots get merits for running missions in Yong Rui space, so merits for beating down our influence in systems. 

• Cooling off our overheating systems is important because of Operation New Horizons. 

• In light of the new upcoming colonization, we’re trying to expand out of Semakhmets to the edge of the bubble, 70 LY. It’s not terribly far, but Canonn and StellaNebula Project are sitting smack dab in the middle of our way. I’ve charted a route and it is a complex series of ‘filling holes’ and staging retreats along the way. It will be slow but we have no timeline or mechanics for colonization, so fortune favors the prepared. 

All details in the #standing-orders and/or the #loose-screws-factions channels of the Discord.

Powerpoint Update: 

• Daxi is the Quarterback

• A diverse portfolio of Delane, Yong Rui, and Mahon pilots will probably serve us well as pushing out Archer seems to be our unifying theme

• JNTracks with an open letter to FDev

Galnet Update: https://community.elitedangerous.com/

• No GalNews is Good GalNews with Gary GalNews

Thargoid war update: https://dcoh.watch/

• Cocijo controls  - 1 Titan, 1 Invasion, 61 control systems, 5 populated, 6 with ground ports!

Dev News: 

• Stellar screenshots featuring the Mandalay

• Mandalay Quest Ship Kit pack released

• Void Black Paintjobs are around for one more week! 10K Arx for the T8 & Python II, 6500 for all other ships!

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Discussion:

• PP 2.0 - Screwspace is a center of activity

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Community Corner:

• BUCKY BALL RACE: Race 8 of the Triple 8 is being run by Polar Brewski - A reimagining of one of the original Buckyaball races, more next week

• Friend of the Screws (until Daxi crosses a line) Alec Turner posted a video farewell to the Last Thargoid Spire. I laughed, I cried, it was better than Cats. The spire will be gone by the time you hear this, but the video lives on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diaQ-KMyqR4&feature=youtu.be

• Galnet Digest discuss the community managers recent ask regarding the ship and module transfer times. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQzEECCSydI

• Proj3kt676 of the Morpheus Mining Corporation posted a rocking video on the You Tube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XE6TI83KLT8

• Our own JN Tracks posted a Mandalay ANti-Xeno video on the 8th https://youtu.be/go1HrJmJ-nU

Typical episode, discussions were had bruh, typical but was off the chain broh.

Small Announcement episode. Real life things got in the way this week. Kai's Elite Week is coming.

January Beta info and a host of other stuff, all in this episode of THE American Elite Dangerous Podcast

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Squad Update: 

• War in Yen Ti - Go! Fight! Win!

• Building influence in Darahk and Qama

• Next expansion will be from Howard, but we need the minor war there to end first.

• Minor overheating in the usual suspects…nothing urgent.

All details in the #standing-orders and/or the #loose-screws-factions channels of the Discord.

Buckyball - NOT OVER - Double Trouble - 2 stops per system in four systems, by Raiko

No Time for Caution Challenge - Alec Turner

The Consortium vs. Interstellar Mining Corp - the Rock of Isolation

NGC 6188 Sector LC-V c2-28

Discussion:

• What are your favorite things you’ve found while out exploring in the black?

Community Corner:

Burr Pit PitCon 2023, Nottingham England, September 16th  https://discord.com/channels/513426452268449837/513431816208777217/1117768841737535548

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The best couple in the galaxy Cmdr Rheeney and Cmdr Buur from the Buur Pit were kind enough to join us for a chit chat.

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Our Theme Music care of K. John Stewart ⁠https://youtu.be/JM406A2r9ys

Season 2 Episode 2

Directed by Terry Hughes Written by Susan Harris, Barry Fanaro, Mort Nathan

Dorothy, Rose, and Blanche win tickets to attend a post-premiere movie party with Burt Reynolds. However, a hitch in their plan occurs when they are mistaken for prostitutes.

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Headlines for this episode:

Squad Update:

• Still Easing into a small expansion from Bumbur to fill an open gap nearby.
• Operation ScramJet proceeding in Lambda Andromedae.  CMDR Bloomingwind posting regular updates in #loose-screws-faction channel. Pushing Kolyawa Jet Life into retreat.
• Still gathering ports in Snoqui Xian in order to capture Myka’s Rest, now 7.5% away from a war
• Election in Tamor (2-1), war starting up in LHS 3877 (0-0).

All details in the #standing-orders and/or the #loose-screws-factions channels of the Discord.

Thargoid Bug Report:

Paucuman cleared, no new incursions—No incursions.  Hunting at megaship in Dulerce

http://thargoid.watch

Bug Bug Report:

Remember to vote up the GPU utilization issue on the tracker!

Currently number 8 top voted; keep it going (update from tracks issue)

Many cmdrs reporting higher fps, but no Notable change in frame time and many are still seeing frame drops, and hang ups (and also not seeing full gpu usage (per tracks issue))

https://issues.frontierstore.net/issue-detail/48884

In-Game News:

Blame The Bard (Galnet Commentary)

sa

Chig chat: Freaking CG Elite rank bonanza

Dev news:

Console CMDR copy FAQ and expected date

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/console-profile-transfers-faq-and-expected-date.603979/

Frameshift Live #9 | Console Transfer FAQs, Interview w/ Narrative Team

https://youtu.be/en4TBdzmhfQ

Discussion:

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Community Corner:

Cheese.

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#188 June 12, 2023 or 3309

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Squad Update: 

• Election in Miola (for control!)...vote early, vote often!

• War in FF Andromedae.  Go! Fight! Win!

• Push HIP 4907 back in expansion…again.  More goodies to be had.

• Calarum…strange things happening at the 7-Eleven.  See Discord for details.

• The usuals overheating still.   (but not as bad as last week)

• Bonus BGS: Push PPM 41187 to expand and fill a gap in Lodemovoi.

All details in the #standing-orders and/or the #loose-screws-factions channels of the Discord.

Exploration report

• DSS in ED Wiki - https://elite-dangerous.fandom.com/wiki/Detailed_Surface_Scanner

• Intragalactic Research-Analytical Expedition (IRAE) - https://www.edsm.net/en/expeditions/summary/id/186/name/Intragalactic+Research-Analytical+Expedition+%28IRAE%29

Dev news: 

• Michael Brookes passed away.  Producer of Elite Dangerous and a huge part of what the game was and is.

• Drew Wagar is planning a small lore tour in his honor on June 29th; info here

• https://twitter.com/drewwagar/status/1668308566262857728?t=br6Tbl8xFlFH5s_r_hNRBQ&s=33

Community Corner:

• BuckyBall is back! 

• Tunnel-ish Vision https://youtu.be/buLiZVJ3tdg

• Atmospheric planet collision https://twitter.com/CanonnResearch/status/1666546345769857026

• Burr Pit PitCon 2023, Nottingham England, September 16th  https://discord.com/channels/513426452268449837/513431816208777217/1117768841737535548 

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Thank Lave.

Squad Update: 

False war, whoops, sorry after dark guys

Fighting in cempsigi 

Several wars were not fighting in now

Please remember to mark the standing orders post with the appropriate emoji when doing BGS work.  This not only helps others see what has already been done, so they can better decide where to apply their efforts, there MAY just be a little contest going for the month of November…

All details in the #standing-orders and/or the #loose-screws-factions channels of the Discord.

Dev news: 

Update 14 planned for Nov 29

On stream they announced:

New Thargoid interceptor variant. Acts different, will call for help if disturbed.

Rebalance of non-guardian AX weapons to make them better (but not as good as Guardian)

Increased pay for exobiology; maybe to do with thargoids

PLAY BARD HERE

boogers

In-Game News:

there are still  8 Caustic Cloacas the first within 90ly of sol

https://canonn.science/codex/xenotechnology/unidentified-interstellar-anomaly/

                         

Thargoid Bug Report:

http://thargoid.watch

https://www.goidhub.com/

Bug Bug Report:

Remember to vote up the GPU utilization issue on the tracker!

Now the 8th top voted; keep it going (update from tracks issue)

https://issues.frontierstore.net/issue-detail/48884

Anarchy Extinction Bug: the SALVAGE mission SCAVENGER NPCs are still attached to local anarchy and not some neutral pirate faction. You can still be sent on missions by an anarchy faction where you have to murder that faction's NPCs to complete it. (raised by Naboo)

Previously reported as fixed by FDev, it was apparently only fixed for retrieval and protect missions.

https://issues.frontierstore.net/issue-detail/51930 

Chig chat:

CQC: time for another primer?  Sounds good.  But i’ll move that to Chig Chat as I’m going to offer up a prize for someone to win tomorrow.

Discussion:

WhErE tHe ChEeSe At?

Sage Derby is a variety of British Derby cheese infused with sage to produce a glorious green marbling effect and subtle herb flavor. Hard to find these days, it is England’s oldest and most famous cheeses originally made only for special occasions such as Harvest and Christmas.

Community Corner:

Movie anniversaries:

Life of Pi (November 21) 10 years

Treasure Planet (November 27) 20 years

Anastasia (November 21) 25 years

Alien Resurrection (November 26) 25 years

Aladdin (November 25) 30 years

The Bodyguard (November 25) 30 years

Planes, Trains and Automobiles (November 25) 35 years

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Information dump a go go

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Squad Update: 

• War Everywhere

• Calarum is STILL a hot mess.

All details in the #standing-orders and/or the #loose-screws-factions channels of the Discord.

Dev news: 

• Update 4.0.16.01 deployed on 29th of August

• https://www.elitedangerous.com/update-notes/4-0-16-01

• Stream postponed for illness

Discussion:

• Leaked Aegis coms

• Human pods are stored on the titans

• Not food; not fuel

• Needed for the next phase of the invasion

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Headlines for this episode:

• Roundtable updates
• CQC Silver Trophy!
• Squad Update
• Chig Chat: Surface (On-foot) Combat Tips
• Bard’s Galnet Recap
• Dev News / Update 9
• Cheese!

Squad Update:

• Still focused on the Balmus expansion.  V740 is expanding, the target faction in Balmus is retreating, we’re on-target.
• Retreat mechanics: (carryover from last week)
  • Retreat on possible for non-native factions
  • Retreat triggered when influence drops to 2.5% or less
  • Runs for 1 day pending and 6 active ticks
  • If the faction is under 2.5% on the last day, they leave
  • Only the first (under 2.5% to start) and last (leave if still under 2.5%) day matter

Chig chat:

Galnet Recap: Bard’s thing?

https://community.elitedangerous.com/

Dev news:

Tuesday Stream: none

Wednesday: SRV Stunts Stream (pre-recorded)

https://youtu.be/uBvM_OVm8Vs

Included surprise (not surprise) Scorpion SRV launch ad

https://youtu.be/pZiIe_UJC20

Thursday: Update 9 Drops

With Scorpion SRV and Multi-Limpet Controllers

(A stats page I found https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/rcgrn6/new_multi_limpet_controllers_stat_pages_and/)

Scorpion paint jobs Stygian and black limited time https://t.co/ByL0WTQfFA

Odyssey Notes: https://t.co/vEgZplAr7C

Horizons Noes: https://t.co/H9RZVlbvZr

Discussion: what should or shouldn't be available to horizons?

Cheese.

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Dak Prescott isn't as good as everyone thinks bruh...

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Headlines for this episode:

Squad Update:

• Working to lower two over-heating systems.
• Keeping it calm right now while everyone gets their Thargoid killing on.
• We’ll start another expansion cycle after the current Thargoid event plays out.

All details in the #standing-orders and/or the #loose-screws-factions channels of the Discord.

Thargoid Bug Report:

• CZs are back in HIP 22460
• http://thargoid.watch
• https://www.goidhub.com/

Bug Bug Report:

• Remember to vote up the GPU utilization issue on the tracker!
  • Currently number 8 top voted; keep it going (update from tracks issue)
  • https://issues.frontierstore.net/issue-detail/48884
• Raised by Gover Kiwi: transition from SRV to on-foot causes a crash and SRV is back inside ship when you log back in.  Obviously, this could be a major problem if you’re a long way from your ship when it happens.https://issues.frontierstore.net/issue-detail/50393
• Cqc has identified a new bug causing crash to desk top,
  https://issues.frontierstore.net/issue-detail/50903

In-Game News:

• Blame The Bard (Galnet Commentary)
• Operation Wych Hunt: https://discord.gg/zrAk6EwtMQ

Dev news:

Chig chat: what about solo play?

Discussion:

• 
  

Community Corner:

• Tephlon Eats the Pope (Crusader Kings): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOaSTDvEJ_Q
• 
  

Cheese.

Archaeologists have identified a substance found inside an ancient Egyptian tomb: 3,200-year-old cheese. The discovery was significant, as no cheese had previously been found in Ancient Egypt before, and could be the oldest cheese residue on earth. The material analyzed is probably the most ancient archaeological solid residue of cheese ever found to date. We know it was made mostly from sheep’s and goat’s milk. The tomb is located at the Saqqara necropolis near Cairo.

https://time.com/5371503/ancient-egypt-tomb-old-cheese/

Movie anniversaries:

10 years - The Amazing Spiderman

15 years - Transformers

20 years - Men Black 2

25 years - Men in Black, Contact

30 years - A League of Their Own

35 years - Adventures in Babysitting

37 years - Back to the Future

40 years - Tron

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#201 September 12, 2023 or 3309

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Squad Update: 

• We are engaged in 5 wars. We were asked allow a defeat in LTT 17102 by a newly reactivated Hellssinia Knights so we will. We want to win the rest, but, we want to win Bagalis slowly, over 7 days to help our friends Utlagarnir with their Machinations. They are going to help us in Cempsigi because they triggered that war by accident. 

• The Andromedaes have been overheating of late, and need beat downs. 

• Calarum is STILL a hot mess.

All details in the #standing-orders and/or the #loose-screws-factions channels of the Discord.

Dev news: 

• Apparently after 16.0.1 Scythe behavior has changed (AXI discord)

• Scythe grinding is really hard now cause passive interdictions stopped with 16.01 (Hyperdictions are still taking place). The easiest way to find them now is to look for NHSS 4s in control systems. They will consist of 1-3 scythes plus a random guard of scouts or 1 interceptor, followed by another random wave of similar potential composition about 3 minutes later.

• More thargoid behavior changes since hunters showed up

• https://youtu.be/PslZuzPtdW4?si=PU9e_TZGSK6WJi1x

#244 July 25th, 2024 or 33-oh-10 (3310)

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Squad Update: 

• A lot of shit went down this week…Ole Bloomingwind will give a TLDR and where we go from here. 

All details in the #standing-orders and/or the #loose-screws-factions channels of the Discord.

Galnet Update: https://community.elitedangerous.com/

Thargoid war update:

• Cleaning up the systems around Thor

• Thargsday Fun

• HIP 20024.Roelofs Horizons No missions or limpets but has repairs. 

• Carrier parking at Col 285 Sector JG-O c6-14.

Dev News: Frontier Unlocked coming wednesday

Discussion: 

Community Corner:

• Buckey Ball - Race number 4 - Questing on Qixi by Clarrisa Au, coming later in July!

• http://buckyballracing.org.uk

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Headlines for this episode:

Squad Update:

• Dealing with a bunch of over-heating systems
• Prepping KZ Andromedae for expansion (by causing a retreat)
• Expansion started (once the retreat starts).

All details in the #standing-orders and/or the #loose-screws-factions channels of the Discord.

Thargoid Bug Report:

• New High Intensity AX CZs are here and they are serious, except that the battleships steal your bonds.
• http://thargoid.watch
• https://www.goidhub.com/

Bug Bug Report:

• Remember to vote up the GPU utilization issue on the tracker!
  • Now the 7th top voted; keep it going (update from tracks issue)
  • https://issues.frontierstore.net/issue-detail/48884
  • UPDATE: jnTracks asked again about this being in update 13 and got this response:

“Hey again Justin.

I appreciate this has been a long old wait :(

This is still penciled in for U13, so nothing has changed there.

As always though, there's no way I can give a definite.  It's very much still being actively worked on though.

Kind regards,”

• Transition from SRV to on-foot causes a crash and SRV is back inside ship when you log back in (raised by GroverKiwi).
  • Obviously, this could be a major problem if you’re a long way from your ship when it happens
  • .https://issues.frontierstore.net/issue-detail/50393
• Cqc has identified a new bug causing crash to desk top,
  • https://issues.frontierstore.net/issue-detail/50903

In-Game News:

• Blame The Bard (Galnet Commentary)
• Operation Wych Hunt: https://discord.gg/zrAk6EwtMQ

Dev news:

Stream was live from Lavecon!

(what happened?)

Chig chat: what about solo play?

Discussion:

• 
  

Community Corner:

• 
  
• 
  

Cheese.

Movie anniversaries:

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Squad Update: 

LSN BGS Honor Roll - Thank you CMDRs Shockwave, Mr. McG33k, Volt Solette, NickyBobby, Bondo Wan Kenobi & those who chose to BGS anonymously this week! 

 COUNTERSTRIKE IN YEMAIA  We won the day yesterday in Yemaia vs. Utlagarnir. We are now behind 2-1. 

 Tripu War Two - Tyr’s Justice Boogaloo We’re up 1-0. Suck it, Fednecks

 Operation Bronze Medal   is still in effect. 

Civil Unrest & Bust in Lie Yu Kou, Outbreak in Yemaia, Civil Liberty in HIP 4907

All details in the #standing-orders and/or the #loose-screws-factions channels of the Discord.

Dev news: 

Frameshift Live Halloween Special will be Thursday at 16:00 BST

Exclusive Halloween Twitch drops

In-Game News:

Now there are 6 Caustic Cloacas

https://canonn.science/codex/xenotechnology/unidentified-interstellar-anomaly/

Pre-engineered Heatsink rewards have arrived

                         

Thargoid Bug Report:

Another shoutout to CMDR Manitook

Operation Bronze Medal (4th place)

The empire was feeling left out so they put 

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https://www.goidhub.com/

Bug Bug Report:

Remember to vote up the GPU utilization issue on the tracker!

Now the 8th top voted; keep it going (update from tracks issue)

https://issues.frontierstore.net/issue-detail/48884

Anarchy Extinction Bug: the SALVAGE mission SCAVENGER NPCs are still attached to local anarchy and not some neutral pirate faction. You can still be sent on missions by an anarchy faction where you have to murder that faction's NPCs to complete it. (raised by Naboo)

Previously reported as fixed by FDev, it was apparently only fixed for retrieval and protect missions.

https://issues.frontierstore.net/issue-detail/51930 

Chig chat:

Discussion:

WhErE tHe ChEeSe At?

Juustoleipä (cheese bread), originally comes from Southern Ostrobothnia, Northern Finland. It is known in English as 'Finnish squeaky cheese' because it "squeaks'' against the teeth when bitten. It’s a fresh cheese made from cow's beestings, rich milk from a cow that has recently calved. It can be made also from reindeer or even goat's milk. The cheese is 'toasted' during its preparation and it contains about 20 to 22% fat while today's lighter versions contain about 12% fat.

Community Corner:

Outfitting: Cell Banks, how do they work?

The coming thargoid storm: stay and fight, or the right time to go into the black?

Movie anniversaries:

The Ring (October 18) - 20 years

The Devil’s Advocate (October 17) - 25 years

I Know What You Did Last Summer (October 17) - 25 years

The Jungle Book (October 18) - 55 years

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• 
  

Squad Update:

• Expansion Mode!  Maikoro is a go...the cube is full, so we have complete control over where we go.
• Minor war in V640 - we have an interest in who wins/loses
• Hellssina Knights fighting fednecks to regain control of their home system
• Brotherhood of Terra Mater has no wars (as many as 6 recently...Anarchy faction problems)
• Information on all this in the standing-orders channel in the Discord.

Galnet Recap:

https://community.elitedangerous.com/

Dev news:

Monday

Tuesday

Supercruise News - Showed off the new Apex redirect and issue report table for 10th August

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/elite-dangerous-issue-report-10-08-2021.587868/

Wednesday

Thursday:

Let’s play stream: Community Goal Marlinist Civil War

Discussion:

Chig chat:

Community Comms:

Entertaining Video:

“I Claim this Earth-like in the Name of the Empire!” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTP9hppx848

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Squad Update: 

• The Front - Wars in Cempsigi and Yemaia, we want to win those. 

• The Other War - We have a war in Bagalis - Our friends The Exiles (Utlagarnir) have been working over the last month or two kicking the controlling faction out of the system altogether so we could stay in 2nd place. They need to beat us on their rise to first place in the system. Either help them or do not hurt them. 

• Calarum Cooties - We're doing nothing in the Calarum War. Consider the system quarantined with the exception of being a destination for missions from other systems.

• Ross 310, still a bit on the warm side, no other over-heaters.

• 5 systems where we are actively trying to raise influence

• Still holding off on another expansion while waiting for another faction to land and then some moves and prep occur

• Details in Bloomingwind’s standing orders

All details in the #standing-orders and/or the #loose-screws-factions channels of the Discord.

Community Corner:

• AXI Community Bug List: https://discord.com/channels/380246809076826112/393381262355595265/1155089869031350412

We sat down with community managers Stephen Benedetti and Bruce Garrido to talk about the shape of the sausage, who is the face and who is the brains, and a little bit about fleet carriers.

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THE Shan from Lave Radio graced us with his presence. Had great fun.

#203 September 25, 2023 or 3309

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Squad Update: 

• War in LTT 17102 and Proxy War in Darahk (Fight tor ADN) we want to win

• War in LHS 3980 we want to lose

• 7A needs a beat down

• Tamor and Maikoro need a little love

• Our Expansion plans are on hold - Centurion Hierarchy had a run away expansion and are probably going to land in LP 27-9 but will hand it over to us after they see where they land. Bloomingwind is working on another system we plan on expanding to out of HIP 4907, but it isn’t ready yet. 

• Details in Bloomingwind’s standing orders

All details in the #standing-orders and/or the #loose-screws-factions channels of the Discord.

Dev news: 

• Frameshift Live #33 https://www.youtube.com/live/wL8SytTY-Q4?si=B8_R8aBjMXuEuezF

• Hackers have been permanently dealt with

• Lets Jump Together: https://youtu.be/Y8A3qsSi_Yc?si=YDHVbmDdwbHXufcS

• Max joins to talk about development of the Scythe and other thargoid behaviors

Discussion:

• Sirius AX prisoner rescue device is based on the sub-surface mining missile

• This is more interesting than limpets but it’s still not going inside to get them

• And you still will need collector limpets!

Chig chat: 

Community Corner:

• AXI Community Bug List: https://discord.com/channels/380246809076826112/393381262355595265/1155089869031350412

Me and my friends talk about Elite Dangerous, Matrix 4, WoW Classic, and the hideous(except Chad likes it) Playstation 5. First episode, so give us a listen....please lol

#223 February 29nd, 2024 or 3310 - Thirty Three Oh Ten

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Squad Update: 

• Victory in Calarum Election. 

• Election in FF Andromedae

• We’re expanding out of Snoqui Xian, likely to Kolyawa

• A little over heating and a little underheating going on i

All details in the #standing-orders and/or the #loose-screws-factions channels of the Discord.

Galnet Update: https://community.elitedangerous.com/

• President Elect Winters has a sad. 

Dev news: 

• Update 18 - HERE https://www.elitedangerous.com/update-notes/4-0-18-0

• Frontier Unlocked #2 https://www.youtube.com/live/6BaFMywObmc?si=HKhpFKEUlXDnoEZg&t=3310

• Zac comes back to talk about new stuffs

• “There is more besides the titans in the update that will unfold later”

• 0.06% of galaxy explored in 10 years (Scale Comparison: 0.06% of 100 Billion is still 6 MILLION stars)

• New game pricing structure:

• Delux = Base+EDO: $25

• Base: $20

• EDO: $15

• Titans: Being pounded right in their stupid heat sphincters and apple cores 

• Titan kill Pain job per titan; Decal for titans participating in kills

• Python MKII info: PvP ship designed for PP 2.0

• 6 hardpoints, 6 utilities

• A new capability that will relate to the upcoming narrative

• Coming some time before U19; hinted

• Update 19 in summer (ish) confirmed

• /joiUpdate to Titan combat and rewards (emergency reaction to assault speed)

• https://www.elitedangerous.com/news/titan-combat-rewards-changes

Community Corner:

• Canon event: activate all 40 guardian beacons at the same time – THIS IS STILL PLANNED but they are waiting for Update 18 to “calm down” before they try it.  Canonn Research

• https://discord.com/events/1019569223174983820/1187448219463057539  

• New update from Dutiri’s Elite on how to easily get the guardian FSD booster