#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.”