Loose Screws - The Dangerousest

It’s the Sesquarcentennialty-first episode (#351rd) for the 1nd of October, 2026 or 3312! (33-Oh-twelven)

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Squadron Briefing:  

BGS highlights: 

• LSN Now Present in 466 (+1)  star systems, controlling 146 star systems (+3).

• Lambda Andromedae, Maikoro and Qama in boom

• Victory in Synuefai ND-M c10-9 - Control of the system was won

• Victory in Praea Euq LX-U b16-6 - Sagal Survey was won
  

Short PP Report: 

PP Cycle 100

• Kaine won the week big with 24 new systems and 5 strongholds (-2 forts)

• [K5]: biggest seen outside of a relics rush since 1 ton trading was fixed. Also continuing to hear reports of significant uptick in undermining. The Rhino and surface mining has definitely tilted powerplay.

• Duval 2nd with 3 new systems, 4 forts and 2 strongholds

• Grom 3rd with 6 new systems, 3 forts and 2 strongholds

• LYR is on a corporate retreat in 6th with 5 new systems and 2 strongholds

• Delaine is 8th with 6 new systems, -2 forts and 2 strongholds

• Archer is in 12th, losing 2 systems and a fort, and the only power in negatives this week…

Powerplay rankings

(9/24/26) Dev News: 

• Salvage Paint Jobs

• Vibrant Paint Packs

• Mamba and Vulture paint jobs

• Some packs

(10/1/26) Galnet News: Galnet News | Elite Dangerous Community Site  

• Mass Prison Breakout Reported at Eve 597 - Community Goal - Fight Criminals in Redonesses - Get skins for your Mamba and Vulture for 1 Combat Bond - Pilots can support this initiative by signing up at the Sword of Iustitia in the Redonesses system, then taking part in conflict zones combatting criminal forces in the system. - There is a question as to who you can kill for credit. There will be two wars live by the time this is broadcast, we shall see…

Discussion Topic: 

• Something

• Steamframe

• 
  

Alec Turner Memorial Community Corner: 

• Happy 8th Anniversary to the Burr Pit

It’s the Sesquarcentennial episode (#350st) for the 24st of September, 2026 or 3312! (33-Oh-twelven)

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Squadron Briefing:  

BGS highlights: 

• LSN Now Present in 465 (+2)  star systems, controlling 143 star systems (+1).

• Election in BD+67 1409 -> Le Guin Terminal at risk

• War in Synuefai ND-M c10-9 v. The Fatherhood - Weird control war (we’re at 60%, Fatherhood in control at 24.5%).
  

Short PP Report: 

PP Cycle 99

• Kaine won the week with 14 exploited, -1 fort, 4 strongholds

• Mahon 2nd with 10 forts and a stronghold, - 3 exploited

• Duval 3rd with 5 exploited, 2 forts and 2 strongholds

• Antal and the emperor round out the top 5. 

• LYR was quiet with 6 exploited, 1 fort, 1 stronghold

• Delaine was 10th with 2 exploited and a stronghold

• Archer was last, with 1 new system and 1 fort. 

Powerplay rankings

(9/24/26) Dev News:  September 2026 Dev Log | Law & Disorder First Details & Anaconda Mk II Revealed - News - Elite Dangerous 

• ANACONDA MK 2 

• Crime and Disorder update

(9/24/26) Galnet News: Galnet News | Elite Dangerous Community Site  

• Missing Prison Ship Discovered Adrift in Redonesses System - There is currently a BGS war about it, with the ship being stolen (defender) and attempting to be rescued (attacker) by the two in system factions. (Tinfoil: Does this relate to the “famous” pirate mentioned earlier in the year?)

Discussion Topic: 

• Law, Disorder, and an Extra, Large Problem

It’s #349nd for the 17rd of September, 2026 or 3312! (33-Oh-twelven)

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Squadron Briefing:  

BGS highlights: 

• The Pax Screwiana Continues

• LSN Now Present in 463 (+4)  star systems, controlling 142 star systems (+1).

• 
  

Short PP Report: 

PP Cycle 98

• The Battle Of FZ Andromedae

• The Relics Rush Hangover

• Kaine won the week - 12 new systems and 4 new strongholds

• Winters in second - Her recent Galnet Speech rousing both of her supporters to win 3 new systems, 2 forts and 2 strongholds

• LYR consolidated prior gains, 3 new systems, 4 forts and a stronghold

• Mahon with 7 new systems and 2 strongholds

• Rounding out the top 5, Duval with 4 new systems, 2 forts and a stronghold

• Yuri Grom and ALD lost a number of systems (9 and 12 respectively) but fortifications and strongholds kept them in the black…

• Archer was back in the net negatives gaining 3 new systems but losing a fort   

Powerplay rankings

Dev News: 

• Store Sale is a bunch of salvage paint jobs for old ships

Galnet News: Galnet News | Elite Dangerous Community Site  

• Busy News Week

• 9-11 Federation Condemns Ongoing October Accords Exclusion

• 9-14 Increased Traffic Near Prison Ships Sparks Concern

• 9-17 SRV and Surface Mining Trials Deemed Resounding Success

• 9-17 Prison Ship Reported Missing After Failing Scheduled Transit

• A mystery - Twitter’s gonna tweet! https://x.com/EliteDangerous/status/1961010085498401161?s=20

• As of 1PM Central Daylight Time - Canonn still hasn’t found it yet.

Discussion Topic: 

• Getting Ahead of Yourself

Progression, learning, and purpose in Elite Dangerous

Alec Turner Memorial Community Corner: 

• Rota Latina buckyball results

• https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/the-buckyball-racing-club-present-rota-latina-4th-14th-september-3312.649360/page-4#post-10885647

• Unlimited Class

• Tobias Von Brandt in a Cobra V was 3rd

• Edelgard Von Rhein in a Courier was 2nd

• Shay Blackwood was first in a Mandalay

• Regulation Class

• Fred Cookson 10th

• Feliz Navidad 3rd

• Tobias Von Brandt 2nd

• Edelgard Von Rhein 1st

• Some comments about the Buckyball race - Roy

• Listened to Lave - Two highlights

• The Elite Community Meetup was in Coventry England

• FDev made an appearance according to Alec, but no formal presentation

• No word who won the Lady Godiva look-a-like contest

• https://www.elitecommunitymeet.info/

• The Rhino Planetary Mining Guide is a thing! It’s not as polished as Mechan’s Guide to ~~War Crimes~~ Trailblazers, but it’s only version 0.6

• Planetary Mining Site regeneration times are longer than a week, but how long is unknown

• https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wfvkE73ZEhlvdhVZMjIpyzr5cAsceY4xPWTGdG2yEmo/edit?tab=t.0

It’s #348st for the 10st of September, 2026 or 3312! (33-Oh-twelven)

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Squadron Briefing:  

BGS highlights: 

• Wow - no change in the numbers. LSN Present in 459 star systems, controlling 141 star systems.

• Last week we flagged a concern for Miola (home of Harris Hospital) but that system looks stable right now.
  

Short PP Report: 

Cycle 589 / PP Cycle 98

• Feet Pic and LYR clearly benefited from the relic rush. Each adding +91 and +65 systems respectively. Next closest system add total was Antel with +37.     

• the Rhino seems to be building a role as a must-have powerplay tool

Powerplay rankings

Dev News: 

• Jump to discussion topic

Galnet News: Galnet News | Elite Dangerous Community Site  

• n/a this week

Discussion Topic: 

Frontier’s Six-Step Plan for Failing Upward into Community Engagement

AKA: Gold Rush 2: Palladium Boogaloo

Alec Turner Report: 

• Rota Latina buckyball results so far

It’s #347rd for the 3th of September, 2026 or 3312! (33-Oh-twelven) - JM

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Squadron Briefing:  

BGS highlights: 

• We are now in 459 systems, controlling 141

• We’ve expanded out of 7 Andromeda

• There’s been a little drop in influence in Miola we’re watching

• Rick FN Dalton announced the Chieftains of Anarchy are purged from his main system, it only took 2 weeks and 2 ticks in retreat. 

Short PP Report: 

Cycle 96:

• Soontil Relics, is there anything they can’t do?

• Duval won the week

• 54 exploited, 14 forts, 1 stronghold

• Li was second

• 49 exploited, -3 forts (six strongholds means -6 forts so 3 new forts were created), 6 strongholds

• Piscium Sector ZK-X B1-5 (Pavlov’s Hub, Alexandrinus’s neighbor) is now a LYR stronghold thanks to LSN and Sirius Gov. efforts. Of note, Architect Grommer got Universal Cartographics online there (finally). If you want to thank him, he needs CMM Composite delivered to Alexandria Terminal’s orbital construction site, about 40K Tonnes

• Antal was third

• 15 exploited, 11 forts

• Empire also had a good week

• 15 exploited, 5 forts and 1 stronghold

• Mahon rounds out the top 5

• Loose Screws Punching Bag Jerome Tiberious Archer was 10th

• 8 exploited and 2 forts

• Fan favorite Archon (Not Archer) Delaine was in 11th

• 4 new forts!

• Well done!

• 
  

Powerplay rankings

Dev News: 

• Rhino Update 4.4.1.0

• Rhino SRV added

• Standard, Stellar, Galactic

• Surface Mining Gameplay Added

• DSS Updated to detect mining locations

• 13 new mining commodities

• New Operation - Under Siege - Planetary Settlement Distress Call

• Bug Fixes

• https://www.elitedangerous.com/news/updates/4-4-1-0

• 4.4.1.1

• Chunk problem fixed

• Under Siege and Biohazard Takedown (easy) tweaks

• https://www.elitedangerous.com/news/updates/4-4-1-1

Galnet News: Galnet News | Elite Dangerous Community Site  

• Vodel Reveals New SRV Rhino - 9-3-26

• Wreaken Calls for Surface Mining Support Tests

• Competing CGs - 

• 1T Surface Ore vs. 1T Space Ore for rewards

• Paint Jobs for T11 and Rhino and a sticker

• Platinum at 300K/T and Iridium, Periclase Dunite & Thortveitite at 1M/T

• Before Anyone Bitches about Pay to Win - I can collect 4T Platinum faster than 1T of Thortveitite so STFU

• Bloomingwind’s Folly (IC Sector 2602 ZU-Y d103) is rich in Thortveitite and has a legendary Platinum Overlap in the shadow of Brick Memorial Station, so fill up in Bloomingwind’s Folly!

Discussion Topic: 

Rhino & ‘Under Siege’ Operation

Hold My Beer: Who Actually Makes the Adventure in Elite?

Alec Turner Report: 

• Thank you for the heads-up about Ghost Giraffe’s ‘Weaponizing Rhino’ video https://youtu.be/ADENFhUz678

• Buckyball Race ROTA LATINA starts tomorrow (4th September) and runs until the 14th September

• https://youtu.be/z1po6Yg-Eu4

• Full details here: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/the-buckyball-racing-club-present-rota-latina-4th-14th-september-3312.649360/ 

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

Galnet News: Galnet News | Elite Dangerous Community Site  

• 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

Galnet News: Galnet News | Elite Dangerous Community Site  

• 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.

Galnet News: Galnet News | Elite Dangerous Community Site  

• 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

Galnet News: Galnet News | Elite Dangerous Community Site  

• 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

Galnet News: Galnet News | Elite Dangerous Community Site  

• 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