Episode 265 - My Wife Called Me Audaxius

Loose Screws - The Dangerousest

#265thmas for 19st December, 2024 or 33-oh-10 (3310)

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Squad Update:

• DOIN’ POWERPLAY

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

Powerpoint Update: for Power Statistics: Powers | Elite:Dangerous | INARA

• Back to Business

System Strongholds:

The Empire powers possess the most strongholds in total, with Arissa (55) and Aisling (47) leading, Denton (10) and Zemina (9) are just happy to be there.

The dual Federal powers of Archer (29) and Winters (21) fight each other as much as anyone else, and Archer has a lead of 9 strongholds against winters.

Of the Independent powers, LYR (40) and Mahon(30) ,have the lead in stronghold systems followed closely by Antal (27) Kaine (27) and Grom (25) , with Delain (20) bringing up a still close last.

Note: All of the “last place” powers amongst the Feds, and independents, still have more stronghold systems than Zemina Torval (9) , and Denton Patreus (10).

Almost all of the powers can be contacted directly to coordinate with their members by joining their discords (links on Inara), or looking up the respective power’s subreddit.

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

• Titan Cocijo Destroyed, Sol Liberated (presumably from the Feds, thank you thargoids) - Galnet News | Elite Dangerous Community Site

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

• Cocijo controls a single corpse, in low Earth orbit.

• 6 systems (Including Sol) in recovery, you can haul to help those systems recover, or coordinate with Operation Ida: Operation Ida

Dev News:

• FU - Frontier Unwrapped - Questions about Colonization

• Cash outlay is meaningful but not fleet carrier levels

• The real cost is construction cargo

• Claims can’t be locked - you have 2 attempts to fulfil a claim before you are paused

• Only one claim at a time

• No system upkeep

• Architect is named and permanent

• The controlling faction in the source system is the one that colonizes

• You can’t permit lock the system.

• You must start from the bubble

• System Maps will have an ‘architect view.’

• Colonization is not a PVP feature - You won’t be able to sabotage another architect’s project - No way to destroy constructions in a system

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Discussion:

• Thargoid war really Over?

• What are your goals for the coming year of Elite If any?

• Have you unlocked the new powerplay cannons yet?

Community Corner:

• DISTANT SCREWS 3! (now officially being planned)

• Buckyball - Race 8 x2 Marks The Dash

• ​​https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/buckyball-racing-club-presents-x-2-marks-the-dash-triple-eight-championship-race-8.631210/ – Race Ends 12/19, extended because of the Titan.