Preparations for the Colonia Tenth Anniversary Celebrations are complete. And Commanders left with nothing to do are wondering: should they stay or should they go?

Surface mining is coming to the Galaxy this month, along with a new Operation. At the heart of it all: the brand new Rhino SRV, an armoured mining vehicle that can be dropped onto the planet's surface and can carry up to three crew.

The Rhino will initially be available in early Access, in exchange for ARX.

Commanders carrying Curated Commodity Care Packages for the Colonia Council's tenth anniversary celebration have noticed that there appears to be a sliding scale of difficulty, with the demand at one of the four ports unlikely to be met.

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The Pilots' Federation has obtained an image of a not-yet-announced ground vehicle that looks like it may be a successor to the MB4 surface mining rig, opening up opportunities to exploit landable planets with geological features. Confirmation (or otherwise) of this conjecture is expected on Thursday 6th August.

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The Colonia Council has welcomed commanders to Colonia with four cargo-hauling initiatives, all of which offer a Size 5 Expanded Cargo Rack as a reward to participants who deliver one tonne or more. So, for four cargo delivered, you can get 44 additional cargo space.

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The Pilots' Federation has invited its members to visit Colonia, to assist in the next part of the tenth anniversary celebrations, asking all pilots willing to distribute rare goods and commodities to make their way to Colonia over the next few days. The Megaships loaded up last week in Facece are expected to arrive in Colonia on Thursday, and the distribution of their cargo, which is being organised by the Colonia Council, will be important to the success of events planned to mark the anniversary of the founding of Colonia in 3302.

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The fate of the Colonia Mega-Market and the prospect of Trailblazers colonisation being extended to the Colonia region hangs in the balance as Brewer Corporation describes its commodity-gathering initiative only a "partial" success.

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The prospect of Colonisation in the Colonia region seems to have become significantly more likely after a Pilots' Federation plea for Commanders to take part in this week's initiative, referring to System Architects.

Thanks to CMDR Profane Pagan for bringing this to our attention.

The Colonia Council has finally started preparing for its tenth anniversary celebrations, and it has called for vast amounts of a huge variety of commodities to be delivered to an Imperial system in the heart of the Bubble.

Commanders have been warned to stay in the Bubble and await instructions, ahead of an initiative to celebrate Colonia's tenth anniversary.