Loose Screws - The Dangerousest

War in Soma we’re trying to win

War in Calarum we’re trying to lose, en route to retreating out. 

6A is in expansion and we need to make some moves to land in BD+35 4893, but we need to force a faction into retreat. 

We also have preventative maintenance in several systems.

Galnet News | Elite Dangerous Community Site -  

SHINRARTA DEZHRA ATTACKED!

Shinrarta Dezhra DEFENDED (as if they wouldn’t)

Raijin controls 65 systems, 56 control, 4 invasions, 0 alert, 10 in recovery

Cocijo controls 174 systems 168 control, 4 invasions, 1 alert, 3 in recovery

FU https://www.youtube.com/live/jn4vJmNCjqE?si=wU8KsHQaSbwxx7VA&t=4101

PP2.0 Questions - blah blah

Mandalay details

Ascendancy update arriving October 22nd

Elite’s greatest strength as a game is being ignored and stifled instead of fostered

Attack on Shinrarta Dezhra ends with a fizzle: Why fDev still can’t see what’s so plain to us

“What we're less clear on is how the aliens assign value to potential targets” what was the point of this line?

CG misaligned with game mechanics it was entangled with

Mechan’s video about the spinning thargoids bug https://youtu.be/HjLZc5ik2XY?si=nUt0bmh5asCbPkDb

PP 2.0 Questions: hardly worth reading https://youtu.be/gMisqY76xZ8?si=aURhaU74DvEvwq8l

Majority of activities effect it (when pledged)

Open only (knew that already)

PP snapshot, 99% retention, you have to repledge, restart loyalty rewards (new system)

One power at a time

Power agents stacked but separate from the crime and punishment system

New power: NL Hate’s Waifu, Nakato Kaine - Alliance

No system to remove a power emergently

Removing link between powers and government type (eye roll)

No direct BGS impact… (but obviously all your actions that impact PP also impact BGS so this seems like a insane thing to say)

No way to impact PP without being pledged (couched in comments that 

they want players to feel connected to it)

Visible effects on the world? …….  Yes…… literally the only thing they extensively talked about already

Player effort uncapped

Balance small/large powers.  Large spread out, while small have some bonuses to even the field

Mandalay: https://youtu.be/rzI88AoSn4I?si=26A-UFwVj-cqzeKF

Core: size 5 but for size 4 life support

Optionals: 3x1, 1x2, 2x3, 2x4, 1x5, 1x6 (!!!)

HP: 4 medium, 2 small - pretty close grouping (Krait-like)

Speed, maneuverable (good yaw), longest jump range

Slowest SCO, best fuel and lowest turbulence

Window in the floor - Ship Kits

Buckyball race: Psykit designed it Ruby’s Road in honor of Elite Dangerous’s 40th (ruby) Anniversary - Starting in 40 Leonis, and taking you through Graill Redd, Ross 94, LTT 12787 and 35 Leonis. Point at some signs, buy some commodities, and deliver them back to 40 Leonis. 

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/the-buckyball-racing-club-presents-rubys-road-triple-eight-championship-race-6.627944/

We won some, we lost some.

We will attempt another push in Grom Space when our numbers are replenished but it may be futile because communism.

We are landing in Calarum any day now. We will do nothing there and be retreated out in a week.

6A and 7A are in an overheating cycle. 

But honestly everything is in maintenance mode until the Crisis in Shinrarta Dezra subsides.

Thargoid Fleet Invades Shinrarta Dezhra - Shinies

Fixed Medium AX Missile Rack (pre-engineered) High Capacity Magazine & Rapid Fire

Fixed Large AX Missile Rack (pre-engineered) High Capacity Magazine & Rapid Fire

Gimbal Medium AX Multi-cannon (pre-engineered) Overcharged & Autoloader

Gimbal Large AX Multi-cannon (pre-engineered) Overcharged & Autoloader

Heatsink Launcher (pre-engineered) Double capacity & Increased Reload Time 

All Commanders will receive 2 of each module if the initiative reaches Tier 1

The Top 50% of contributors will receive 1 additional module of each type

The Top 25% of contributors will receive 1 additional module of each type

Raijin has 1 alert, 4 invasions and 65 (20 Populated) controlled systems

Cocijo has 1 alert, 3 invasions and 171 (24 Populated) controlled systems

Happy Eliteaversary 

Elite is the longest running game franchise in the guinness book of world records. 

Goids

Buckyball race: Psykit designed it Ruby’s Road in honor of Elite Dangerous’s 40th (ruby) Anniversary - Starting in 40 Leonis, and taking you through Graill Redd, Ross 94, LTT 12787 and 35 Leonis. Point at some signs, buy some commodities, and deliver them back to 40 Leonis. 

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/the-buckyball-racing-club-presents-rubys-road-triple-eight-championship-race-6.627944/

Fighting for control of Soma

Bunch of other wars and elections in our minor holdings

Expanding back to Calarum from 7 Andromedae

Be alert for counter attacks - Aden Tanner and Aegis seek relevancy. 

Galnet News Digest - Aegis, Sirius and Azimuth Megaships are jumping 9/19/3310 -  V886 Centauri. 11 LY away from Shinrarta Dezra. 

Raijin has steadily depleted control. Down to 77  Squeeze… 

2 new alerts and 5 new invasions - 

Anti-Xeno Megaships Converge on Core System

Paint Job sale - several skins that left the shop are back and ‘discounted 30% off’ from the new normal

Buckyball race: Psykit has the next one which is set to start on the 20th

Raijin has steadily depleting control.  Squeeze… 

Podcast stats and info stuffs

How did you weather the EDO launch “dark times”?

Buckyball race: Zombaland! Has concluded

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/the-buckyball-racing-club-presents-zombaland-triple-eight-championship-race-5.627461/

War has begun in V2151 Cygni! We want to win it!

6A is going to expand! We are trying to guide it to land in Soma, please see the orders to help there.

Balmus and HIP 4907 are needing boosting.

There are multiple other conflict to get involved in if desired

See orders for more detail, or ask one of the faction members in our discord. 

 Jerome Archer and Nakato Kaine Increase Supporters - TLDR: Jerome Archer think’s he’s hot s**t, he and Nakato Kaine want to take the democratic process out of democracy, The Federation remains annoying to all the other powers. 

Raijin has a ton of systems still and needs a lot of work. 

PP 2.0 pushed to October (I literally know nobody who is surprised) no firm date yet

MANDALAY - New Exploration ship from Zorgon Peterson (Mamba cockpit), according to Arf it should give the Exploroconda a run for it’s money, according to Zac it should make the Asp Explorer obsolete. 

She's a beauty! (New ship revealed--Mandalay) | Frontier Forums

Buckyball race: Zombaland!

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/the-buckyball-racing-club-presents-zombaland-triple-eight-championship-race-5.627461/

Youtuber doing Elite content! Gaming Snips and Bits: The Imperial Cutter - The Empire's Crowning Jewel [Elite Dangerous Ship Review] (youtube.com) New video about the Cutter, has lots of other videos about other ships in Elite as well, seems to be working his way through them. 

Our friends in Terra Mater have requested help taking back their home planet, though the war will be over by the time you hear this, hopefully in their favor. 

NLTT52560 we are still going for control, Raise that influence meter!

Rebuilding is still going on elsewhere in screw space.

As well as Preventative maintenance, though HIP 4907 and Kolyawa need it bad.

There are several conflicts in progress as well if you need get your pew pew on. Our war priority is V2161 Cygni

Or just go club the titan Thor

Thargoid war update - Tri-power research into titan remains

Kumo Crew Claims Responsibility for Nanomam 1 Explosion

Thor is been kilt-ed

Raijin and Cocijo remain (Raijin likely next target)

https://www.elitedangerous.com/news/just-about-elite-dangerous

Buckyball race: Zombaland

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/the-buckyball-racing-club-presents-zombaland-triple-eight-championship-race-5.627461/

Happy 500 Episodes, Lave Radio!

Our friends in Terra Mater have requested help taking back their home planet, though the war will be over by the time you hear this, hopefully in their favor. 

NLTT52560 we are still going for control, Raise that influence meter!

Rebuilding is still going on elsewhere in screw space.

As well as Preventative maintenance, though HIP 4907 and Kolyawa need it bad.

There are several conflicts in progress as well if you need get your pew pew on. Our war priority is V2161 Cygni

Or just go club the titan Thor

Thor is complete vulnerable

Kill it KILL IT KEEL IT

https://www.elitedangerous.com/news/just-about-elite-dangerous

http://buckyballracing.org.uk

The wars without end are on hiatus. We’re trying to build some distance between us and opponents in Darahk, Miola, Howard and Balmus. We’re fighting for second in BD+67 1409 in the polls and on to control. We’re pushing for control in NLTT 52560. There is a war in Yen Ti, not our highest priority, but we’re happy to win.

We’re expanding out of 6A - Currently our target is Nedos

Soon we will be moving to reclaim control of NLTT 1139 and G 218-5 

Our new neighbors NuADI or the Squadron previously associated with PE are making an effort to get to know folks in the neighborhood. They’re using V640 Cassiopeia as a staging ground for farming massacre missions in their space, they’re planning on farming bounties sustainably. 

Our other neighbors, the Hellssina Knights are keeping things stable on their front. 

In other words thing are getting back to normal, and hopefully stay that way until PP 2.0

IF you are interested in BGS reach out to us in the LSN channel in our discord. A bunch of us love to talk BGS

Thor controls 4 systems

We got an alert from the Pilots’ Federation asking for help in taking out the last four systems. 

Maybe Thor breaks a rule and becomes vulnerable before next Thursday? Who knows? 

Partners get preview Type-8 from the 31st July (yesterday) (IT LOOKS AWESOME)

Extra FU from gamescon - watch socials

Buckey Ball - Race number 4 - Questing on Qixi by Clarrisa Au, coming later in July!

http://buckyballracing.org.uk

Old School Standing Orders are Back - streamlined and better than ever. 

We’re clearing out the conflicts from the ADI war well. We have some new conflicts that might be related to the fall out from our recent conflict with HK

We’re expanding out of 6A - Currently our target is Nedos, which is suboptimal, so we need raise the retreating faction there, and lower the influence of the lowest non native faction in Mezavini, so we land there instead.

A lot of shit went down this week…Ole Bloomingwind will give a TLDR and where we go from here. This applies equally this week as last week. 

After which Lark will give a funnier TLDR

Thor controls 35 systems

Two spire sites reactivated today (galnet) ( Aegis Confirm Reports of Thargoid Spire Reactivation - Elite Dangerous )

Engineering rework

Increase mat availability on grade 4 or 5 significantly increased from all known sources

Dramatically, like from 6 to 9, up to 30 to 100

EDH too random (chart)

EDO recipes made less expensive (chart)

EDO all suits get increased capacity (chart)

Reduced engineer unlock requirements (chart)

They think it’s close to right but will watch feedback as it goes to the players

Additional changes/rebalance to thargoid war

Contributions to retaking system will reward grade 4 and 5 mats

Rewards determined by percentile of participation up to 120 mats(chart)

Contributions do not reset each week, so even small gaming can compound

Next update is “Type-8”

Releasing 7th T8 Early access 3 months, same as before

(major updates will have names now)

Python mkII goes full release

Includes engineering update

Includes pre-builts

Type-8 Standard

Type-8 Stellar (Cooler paint job and modules)

Passenger jump start - Beluga, luxury long range with Increased range SCO drive

Bounty hunter jumpstart - Vulture, G1 weapons, G2 internals

Additional paints and “fang” ship kit for P2

Partners get preview Type-8 from the 31st July (yesterday) (IT LOOKS AWESOME)

Extra FU from gamescon - watch socials

Buckey Ball - Race number 4 - Questing on Qixi by Clarrisa Au, coming later in July!

http://buckyballracing.org.uk