Galnet News Digest

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.

Galnet News Digest is a podcast about Elite Dangerous.

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.

Exobiology student Terri Tora has been released unharmed by the October Consortium. The Vista Genomics/Faulcon DeLacy Initiative to put the Nomad through its paces has been declared a success, and we have a way to recover our missing "visited systems" data.

Something strange has happened to Fleet Carriers in the past week or so. And it's having a severe impact on colonisation efforts.

There's chaos* at the Magrathea II megaship this week, as dozens of Commanders try to cash in their exobiological findings on a Megaship that has only one large pad.

*Well, perhaps not quite chaos. Explorers are by nature an orderly bunch. But there is low-key muttering and even some quite pointed tutting.

Vista Genomics has found a use for the Nomad, and they're offering rewards - but the initiative is based some way south of the Bubble, in the Sanguineous Rim. Plus, Goods and travel history have gone missing, and Merc Coin outfitting has had a redesign.

The Federal President has threatened the October Consortium with adversarial scientific research, as she expressed her "disappointment" that the Federation has been denied access to Radicoida Unica and any medicinal applications it might have.

Core Dynamics's fighter that bites hard, the Kestrel Mk II, is finally available for everyone to buy with Credits. If you're remotely interested in fighting, it's a ship you should own.Plus, we have a first peek at some of the ship modules you'll be able to buy using Operations' new currency, Merc Coin.