It’s #346rd for the 27st of August, 2026 or 3312! (33-Oh-twelven) 

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Squadron Briefing:  

BGS highlights: 

• Only Bloomingwind cares (Lark cares too…)

•  Boom and Expansion out of 7A, Boom in V2151 Cygni

• In 455 star systems, still controlling 140, we lost a solar system

• No wars or elections of import

Short PP Report: 

Cycle 95:

• Relics Rush part 2, Perfect pawed princess boogaloo! 

• The Soontil Relic Rush bled into this cycle 

• The Prismatic Princess won the week with 7 strongholds, 5 forts and 73 new systems. 

• Frat boy Yong Rui was 2nd with 4 Strongholds, 7 forts and 29 new systems. 

• Kaine, Emperor and Mahon round out the top 5

• Friend of the Podcast Archon Delaine, the power several of our squad defected to was 9th this week 7 forts an a stronghold, despite losing 5 exploited systems.

• Archer had it’s first positive week in some time, coming in 10th with 9 new systems, a fort and a stronghold

• Patreus came in last but with a positive showing

Powerplay rankings

Dev News: 

• Ship sale Fleet carrier stuff, Trailblazers stuff, new and old ship stuff and on foot stuff. Too much stuff to discuss. Get it while it is hot.

• Dev Blog - Rhino and New Operation

• Prepare to be under Siege - On Ground ops

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• Research sheds new light on Industrial Mining (Surface mining)

• Colonia Celebrations conclude with opening of Megamarket

Discussion Topic: 

Discussion - Rhino: New Career, New Grind, or New Frontier?

It’s #345st for the 20nd of August, 2026 or 3312! (33-Oh-twelven) 

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Squadron Briefing:  

BGS highlights: 

• Only Bloomingwind cares

• Boom and Expansion out of 7A

• In 456 starsystems, controlling 140

• No wars or elections of import

Short PP Report: 

Cycle 94:

• Relics Rush! 3 days of 600t stock of Soontil Relics this cycle continuing into next week

• As expected Princess Aisling and Li Yong-Rui take full advantage

• Aisling with 95 new systems, 3 strongholds, 12 new fortified

• LYR 94 new systems, 2 strongholds, and 7 new fortifieds

• We have a FDev leaderboard place change!!!

• Yong-Rui used the relics to propel past Emperor Arissa for 3rd place in the in-game leaderboard

• Archer in 9th place this week, but still lost a fort amidst all the gains

Powerplay rankings

Dev News: 

• Store Sale - “Vibrant” packs for all the antiques

• Unofficial EDVR patch - https://github.com/characterecho-sean/edvr-unofficial-patch

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• Colonia Celebrations Conclude with Megamarket Opening

Discussion Topic: 

Happy 7 years

It’s #344rd for the 13st of August, 2026 or 3312! (33-Oh-twelven) 

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Squadron Briefing:  

BGS highlights: (Updated 8/13 ~ Lark)

• Nothing of import

Short PP Report: (updated 8/13 ~ lark)

Cycle 93:

• Perfunctory statement - We use the Kruger Five rankings for powerplay for two reasons

• It accounts for the weighted efforts to stronghold or fortify systems relative to acquiring systems

• Kruger Five is one of us

• Aisling wins the week, the Emperor loses two strongholds.

• Yong-Rui, Kaine and Grom no new strongholds but of the three, Yong Rui wins with 7 new forts to grom’s 5 and Kaine’s 2

• Antal even with 3 strongholds but loses 3 forts.

• Archer loses a stronghold

Powerplay rankings

Dev News: 

• Store Sale - 30% to 45% off classic ships paints.

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• None new

Discussion Topic: 

How has the new ships (and which one) made you a better pilot? 

It’s #343st for the 6nd August, 2026 or 3312! (33-Oh-twelven) 

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Squadron Briefing:  

BGS highlights:

• Still Quiet

• 452 -> 455 systems, 138 -> 139 controlled

• A war in Juan worth winning, to pick up a planetary port

• Another expansion out of New Screwspace IC 2602 Sector XL-I a11-0 - aka Volt’s Trailblazers Trading Post 

Short PP Report: 

Cycle 92:

• Perfunctory statement - We use the Kruger Five rankings for powerplay for two reasons

• It realistically accounts for the weighted efforts to stronghold or fortify systems relative to acquiring systems, while the ‘official numbers’ don’t tell the whole story

• We (are free of conflicts of interest and) fought a revolution 250 years ago so we don’t have to feel beholden to the FDev Party Line with their one size fits all ranking system

• Third, K5 is one of us

• Something something K5

• Something something American Ranking System

• Something something man on the moon

• Antal wins the week with 4 new systems and 2 strongholds

• Archon Delaine in second with 5 new bones and a crown

• Kaine continues to be busy in 3rd with 6 new systems and 2 new forts

• Our frat bro, LYR in 4th with 3 new forts

• Winters rounds out the top 5 with 5 new systems and a fort. 

• Archer in last this week, continuing the decline and fall that started in week 77, finishing last losing 4 systems and 3 strongholds gaining 3 forts. 

• [K5 extra points, if you’d like a few more talking points]:

•  All 4 of the imperial powers are in the bottom half of the pack with limited progress. 

• Really a subdued week overall for all power. Colonia CG and operations looks like it took the attention of many commanders

Powerplay rankings

Dev News: 

• 8-6-26 - First Look at the Rhino - (keep this light, remember discussion topic)

• Large SRV requiring the new Vehicle Bay

• For new loop? - Surface Mining - ‘New Way of Acquiring Raw Mats’ so is it new?

• Seats for 3 commanders - so Tracks and Chig can watch me mine

• New Equipment?

• Release date - later this month for ARX

• Pay to mine!

• https://www.elitedangerous.com/news/beneath-surface-your-first-look-rhino

• 7-30-26 - July Dev Log

• Look back at the Nomad - (keep this light, remember discussion topic)

• Discussion of the Art of Operations

• Operations by the numbers

• 130K operations started

• 75% completed (it’s not too hard people)

• Biohazard Takedown was the fave

• Store Sale - Classic Ship Jumpstart ships

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• 8-6-26 - Colonia 10th Anniversary Celebrations Begin

• New Tourist Beacons

• More commodities in the markets

• 7-30-26 - Colonia CGs

• Four Hauling CGs for 4 size five non-Euclidian Cargo Racks (nECRs)

• All achieved tier 1

• Bloom bailed ⅓ of the way to colonia as the first one ended early and he has plenty of nECRs.

Discussion Topic: (Roy interviews Grover, with crew ‘chip-ins’)

Nomad and Rhino: Breaking New Ground, or Covering It Faster?

It’s #342th for the 23st July, 2026 or 3312! (33-Oh-twelven) 

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Squadron Briefing:  

BGS highlights:

• Still Quiet

• 452 systems, 138 controlled

• A few wars of no consequence

Short PP Report: 

Cycle 90:

• Antal #1 with another big week. 2 new strongholds and 7 new fortifieds

• Princess Aisling in second with 17 new systems and 2 new strongholds

• Mahon in 3rd, not a lot of new systems gaining 5 new ones, but 2 new strongholds pushed him up.

• Archer continues to get hammered with only 1 new system

• Archer sucks 

• Patreus also with only 1 new system, but I'm not sure if they are getting hammered too or just aren't active anymore

Powerplay rankings

Dev News: 

• No game updates since July 9th (4.4.0.3)

• Epic launcher default changed to Live game instead of Legacy

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• Colonia Supply Initiative Deemed a Partial Success

Discussion Topic: 

Operations - Are you not Entertained?

Alec Turner Report: Intergalactic Mailbox

• Cease and Desist response from Sir Totttenham Hottentott the Third

• Ops update makes CQC worse: https://issues.frontierstore.net/issue-detail/86557

It’s #341th for the 16st July, 2026 or 3312! (33-Oh-twelven) 

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Squadron Briefing:  

BGS highlights:

• Quiet

• Up to 450 Systems, controlling 137

• A few wars and elections, nothing of import

• Expansion out of Maikoro (aka the LSN Branch Office of Sirius Gov.)

• BD+44 4389 MCC 858 could use a little influence shove

• No states of import either

Short PP Report: 

Cycle 89:

• This week’s winner is Antal with 6 new exploited, 4 new forts and 2 strongholds

• Princess Aisling 2nd with 4 forts and 2 strongholds

• Princess Aisling also was first to reach the 400 fortified systems mark this cycle

• Kaine 3rd by gaining 6 new systems and 2 strongholds

• Mahon pulling a yeoman’s 4th 4 forts, losing 2 exploited

• Grom rounds out the top 5 with 3 forts.

• LYR was in 7th 6 new systems and 1 fortified

• This says a lot about the beauty of Kruger and Nicey’s weighed ranking system

• Archer lost four exploited systems and claiming the bottom spot.

Powerplay rankings

Dev News: 

• Longer server update last night to address connectivity

• Sale on weapon and thruster colors

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• Major Corporations Promote Colonia Celebrations

• Colonia Calls for Assistance as Celebrations Get Underway

• Haul any rares and other commodities such as consumer tech (most profit/tonne), wine, beer, polymers, building fabricators, auto fabricators, conductive fabrics to Peters Base in Facece

• Top 75% get T8 and PCII paint jobs

• Campaign runs 1 week

Discussion : 

• Operations: Strangers with Benefits

Alec Turner Report: 

• He viewed a movie about extravagant sex noises.  

It’s #340st for 9 July, 2026 or 3312! (33-Oh-twelven) 

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Squadron Briefing:  

BGS highlights:

• n/a tonight

Short PP Report: 

Cycle 88:

• I think a lack of in-game powerplay stat updates from operations instability caused some chaos for powers this week. One of the least productive weeks for nearly all the powers in a while.

• Princess Aisling didn't seem too phased though, putting up the best week with 13 new systems including a new stronghold.

• Kaine continues her streak with 8 new systems

• Both Feds continue to face opposition with no new systems for Archer and losing a fortified, and Winters losing a system and a stronghold

• All Imperials besides Aisling also having rough weeks with Patreus joining the Feds with a negative week and Torval showing next to zero improvement.

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Dev News: 

• Operations Update 3 - 4.4.0.3

• https://www.elitedangerous.com/update-notes/4-4-0-3

• The Operations Update 3 is now live. This update addresses a number of issues, including Operations rewards and lost exploration data.

• Please note that Missing Operations Rewards and on-Foot inventories will be returned at a later time.

• Quality of Life:

• Players unsold exploration data from before the 2nd July Maintenance has now been restored and can be sold as normal. 

• Players can now restore their visited star data cache file via the "Resync Local Data" button located within the Help and Info submenu from the Main Menu.

• Operations Rewards (Merc Coins, Credits, Materials and Inventory) will be retroactively granted to players at a later date for previously completed Operations which didn't grant rewards as expected

• Players whose on-foot inventories may have wiped after completing an operation before 2330 UTC Wednesday 2nd will have their inventories restored.

• Merc Engineering / Merc Modules telegraphing improvements:

• Improved telegraphing within Outfitting. 

• Improved telegraphing within the Ships Internal Panel. 

• Bug Fixes:

• Resolved an issue where the Operations Rewards screen could appear empty for some players, despite successfully distributing rewards. 

• Resolved an issue where the "Mission Updated" notification could minimise the Operations Rewards screen. 

• Resolved an issue where the UI could highlight the starting Frontline Runner as a mission objective throughout an Operation. 

• Resolved an issue where if a player dies with an active NPC crew during an Operation, the NPC crew may not respawn upon restart. 

• Resolved instances of some voice-over line and text discrepancies, within the Reclamation Point Operation. 

• Resolved an issue where the wheels of the Scarab SRV could display erratic visual behaviour. 

• Resolved a crash that could occur when opening the Powerplay menu during a hyperspace jump. 

• Resolved an issue where the fighter bay could clip through the Nomad when launching and docking. 

• Resolved an issue where fighter bay doors could clip through support pistons and the main ramp could appear misaligned.
  

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• Terri Tora released

• Exobiology CG a ‘success’

Discussion : 

• Operations: You Brought What?

• what missions have you solo’d?

• have you solo’d a hard level mission? 

• What ship/suit/weapon are you using for solo

• what changes to your loadout do you make for team fighting

• if you have a known group of teammates do you see a need or preference for different specially ship/suit/weapon buildout coordination

• Any variation for mission type.

It’s #339st for 2 of July, 2026 or 3312! (33-Oh-twelven) 

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Squadron Briefing:  

BGS highlights:

• LSN presence grew from 441 -> 445 Systems, Controlling still 136, up from 134

• Booms in Maikoro

• Outbreak in 23 Andromedae, Drought in Piscium Sector JY-Q a5-2

• Victories in 5 Andromedae and LHS 3980

• War Pending in Synuefai ND-M c10-9, a Dodec and control are at stake

• Election in Piscium Sector IS-S a4-1 vs. Project Elite - leave it be

• Carson Hub - Jellowiggler’s Orbis station in IC 2602 Sector BL-X c1-37 is online!

• Thanks to Volt, Borked and everyone else who hauled cargo!

Short PP Report: 

Cycle 87:

• A positive week for the top five:

• The Emperor with 13 new systems, 3 fortified and 2 stronghold

• Nakato Kaine with 12 new systems, 1 fortified and 4 strongholds

• Fan favorite Yuri Grom with 8 new, 1 fortified and 1 stronghold

• Princess OnlyFeets with 7 new, 4 fortifeet and zero strongholds

• LYR with 6 new, 2 fortified and 1 stronghold

• Patreus with goose eggs across the board

• Torval loses two exploited and gained one fort

• Archer with a net positive week - 2 new, 1 stronghold, losing one Hey, fortified

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Dev News: 

• Nomad released!

• Operations mostly released, patches ongoing 

• (missing ‘systems visited’ data - yikes! mention edgalaxy.net/visitedstars utility and using EDDiscovery or EDSM to restore file)

• New currency - FARX

• New lighting system tweaks - star light illumination corrected on bodies and objects, Milky Way colors corrected

• New suits in the store, guns, lots of guns on sale, Caspian & Kestrel paints on sale

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• Frontline Solutions Officially Launches Anti-Crime Deployments - 6-30

• Faulcon DeLacy Announces New Ship-Launched Nomad 6-30

• Vista Genomics Seeks Exploration Data from Sanguineus Rim - 7-2

• The most perilous CG yet

• Caspian Explorer Skin

• Nomad Skin

• Faulcon Delacy decal

• All for one plant gunning

Discussion : 

• Operation-anigans

Alec Turner Report: 

• ?

It’s #338st for 25 of June, 2026 or 3312! (33-Oh twelven) 

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Squadron Briefing:  

BGS highlights:

• LSN presence grew from 437 ->441 Systems, Controlling still 134

• Booms in Maikoro and 7A

• Outbreak in 23 Andromedae

• Election in Juan and a War pending in 5 Andromedae

• Sutherland Station, the pride of IC 2602 Sector ZU-Y D49 is online! 

• As a parenthetical the ‘ZU-Y Dxx’ section of the IC 2602 Sector is the fancy section

Short PP Report: 

Cycle 86:

• Kaine (#1) and Grom (#2) top the charts this week.

• Kaine had the edge with the addition of 2 new strongholds and 5 new fortifieds

• Grom with an impressive looking 12 new systems, 1 new stronghold, and 4 new fortifieds

• Aisling, Mahon, and Grom all added 12 new systems

• Aisling the first power to make the 2000+ exploited systems club

• Losers for this cycle were Torval, Winters, and Archer. All losing fortifieds with Torval not gaining any new systems, Archer and Winters both losing systems

• Looks like Winters is joining Archer as an undermining target, have the imperials expanded their attacks against the federation?

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Dev News: 

• Anything to the rumor that NPCs will fly ‘up to the T-11’ in new ships with the update?

• Dev Log 

• MK 1 and II Hangers for Nomad

• Operations Missions Described

• https://www.elitedangerous.com/en-US/news/elite-dangerous-june-dev-log-2026

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• 25 June - Kestrel Fighter Enters Full Production

Discussion : 🧂

• Nomad or Operations? I’ve got question sets for both - mix & match?

Alec Turner Report: 

• We’re sorry to report that Scotland lost to Brazil in the world cup. They are now the 8th-best 3rd-place team.

It’s #337nd for 18th of June, 2026 or 3312! (33-Oh twelven) 

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Squadron Briefing:  

BGS highlights:

• LSN presence grew from 433 to 437 Systems, Controlling grew by one to134

• Booms in Qama and 7A

• Wars and elections of little consequence

• Expansion out of HIP 50828 - Ty Worsham’s lovely colony in New Screwspace!

• Interesting little development in Darahk

Short PP Report: 

• Cycle 85:

• Big week for Grom with 10 exploited and 2 strongholds to land in first

• Antal number two with 10 exploited and 4 fortified

• LYR in third with 2 new systems and 2 strongholds

• Four factions in negatives 

• Nakata Kaine after a hot streak gained four systems and two fortified but lost 2 stronghold

• the Emperor with 10 lost system, gaining one fortified

• Torval lost one system and one stronghold and gained a fortified

• The big loser was Archer with a ‘negative full house’ losing 3 exploited, 2 fortified and 1 stronghold

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Dev News: 

• Elite makes 7% of frontier’s profits, again

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• Frontline Solutions Begins Runner Production

Discussion : 

Alec Turner Report: