Galnet News Digest

Sore loser Yuri Grom has sparked a conflict after it became clear he could not win the ongoing mining initiative.

Grom is failing to deliver enough Platinum to the people of LP 855-34, and it seems inevitable that the system will be won by Grom's bitter Rival, President Winters, whose deliveries of Platinum have been far more satisfactory.

Mined platinum is selling for 440,000 credits per tonne in the LP 855-34 system. And it's supporters of President Winters that seem to be taking best advantage.

This week, the Powers seem determined to create a less stable Galaxy, Winters and Grom get confrontational over Platinum, and the Trailblazers initiative is hailed as the largest migration in Galactic history.

Zorgon Peterson has announced it will be releasing the Panther Clipper Mk II in the next few months, fulfilling an ambition that has lasted more than ten years.

A guide to the changes to economies within colonised systems that made on Wednesday 30th April. Topics covered:

- Links between supporting facilities and ports, and also between ports.

- Boosts to economy types from the different sorts of stars, planets and moons within the system.

- How Colony ports automatically adapt to the type of body they are orbiting.

- How population increases as the system matures.

The Faulcon DeLacy Cobra Mk V, the only small ship optimised for Supercruise Overcharge, is now available for Credits.

Desperate Dhan offers faster scans. The System Colonisation Contractors pass 1,000 members. And we look at some ways to spend your ARX.

Harald Gomes, the head of security for the Dhan Empire League, has a bigger problem with pirates than he first thought. On Thursday last week, he appealed for bounty hunters to come and hunt bounties.

There are rumours that Gutamaya is monitoring the combat performance of its new ship, the Corsair, in the Dhan system, where an outbreak of piracy has been causing sleepless nights for Imperial leaders.

Princess Aisling acquires a new Gutamaya Corsair. Shadow President Archer is offering 40,000 merits to his agents if they win a war, and the spinning station Lantern Light is commemorated in a very small way.