Loose Screws - The Dangerousest

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

Galnet News: Galnet News | Elite Dangerous Community Site  

• 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.

https://www.k5elite.com/

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.
  

Galnet News: Galnet News | Elite Dangerous Community Site  

• 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

https://www.k5elite.com/

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

Galnet News: Galnet News | Elite Dangerous Community Site  

• 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?

https://www.k5elite.com/

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

Galnet News: Galnet News | Elite Dangerous Community Site  

• 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

https://www.k5elite.com/

Dev News: 

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

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• Frontline Solutions Begins Runner Production

Discussion : 

Alec Turner Report: 

It’s #336nd for Eleventyeth of June, 2026 or 3312! (33-Oh twelven) 

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Squadron Briefing:  

BGS highlights:

• LSN presence grew from 431 to 433 Systems, Controlling grew by one to133

• Booms in Qama and 7A

• Wars in BD+44 4389, Juan, MCC 858 and the Piscium Sector that we’re interested in winning, Pleiades Sector VF-N a7-2 that we’re interested in losing

• Brick Memorial Station is online in IC 2602 Sector ZU-Y d103

• Borked has a coriolis he’s starting in IC 2602 Sector WE-Z c35

• Feel free to pitch in, Volt has details

• There’s a few systems we need a boost in influence in

• Details in our squadron orders in the discord. 

Short PP Report: 

• Cycle 84:

• What a week of fortification and acquisition! You would think there was a relics rush

• Mahon is hot! #1 for the cycle with 18 news systems but gaining 5 new strongholds and 2 new fortifieds!

• LYR posted the most new systems this week with 20

• Grom and Antal right there with solid weeks as well

• The dark horse of the week is Delaine. Hidden down in the numbers with only 3 new systems overall, but adds 4 new strongholds and 2 new fortifieds. Strong fortification showing

• Looks like we are getting some Alpha Centauri fallout:

• Aisling over extends and gains NO systems. Someone is spending too much time in one place and others are taking advantage

• Archer with the worst week. Gaining only 2 systems but losing 2 fortifieds

• Torval with an absolute 0. Anyone there?

https://www.k5elite.com/

Dev News: 

Galnet News: Galnet News | Elite Dangerous Community Site  

• Radicoida Unica ‘Cultivated, Not Created’ By Guardians

Discussion : Where have all the cowboys gone?

All the community news Alec Turner refuses to report on : 

• NastyNate Spiralizing

• Distant Worlds 3 - a tribute from SRV Banksy

•  Distant Worlds 3 in 100 screenshots

It’s #335st for 4nd June, 2026 or 3312! (33-Oh twelven) 

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Squadron Briefing:  

BGS highlights: - Bloom 6/4

• 427 -> 431 Systems, Controlling 130 -> 132

• 2 wars plus 2 elections of mild interest

• Expansion pending out of IC 2602 Sector XL-I a11-0 - Probably to nowhere

• Booms in 7A, Qama and V2151 Cygni

• Boom and Public Holiday in NLTT 2969 an LYR mining stronghold - Platinum 234K/T, Osmium 181K/T, LTD 583,800/T

• Bust and Civil Unrest in Cephei Sector QS-U b2-5

• Droughts in Miola and Howard - Bring water!

• Infrastructure Failure in BD+44 4389 - But sadly we do not control Vinogradov City so no sweet gold washing

• Groundbreaking occurred at Brick Memorial Station’s construction site in IC 2602 Sector ZU-Y d103 (ABC 3 Ring A) - We have need of Titanium, Aluminium, Steel and CMM Composites!

Short PP Report: Bloom 6/4

• Cycle 83

• (The Bloomentary in the event Kruger is too busy to editorialize)

• Another big week for Antal with 6 Exploited, 1 Fortified and 3 Strongolds

• Duval 2nd with 9 Exploited, including Alpha Centauri, 0 Forts and 2 Strongholds

• Kaine, in 3rd, continues to play Risk like a noob with 14 exploited, 1 fortified, and 1 stronghold. 

• Psi Kappa Omega brother Li Yong Rui is 4th with 2 exploited and 4 fortified

• Mahon rounding out the top 5 with 5 exploited and 3 fortified

• Rough week for the Emperor losing 8 exploited, 2 fortified but creating 2 strongholds

• Rougher week for Archer the only net negative by Kruger Reckoning this week with -7 exploited, -2 fortified for -0.178 points. The only power with a negative trajectory of late. 

https://www.k5elite.com/

Dev News: Bloom 6/4

• 6/2 - Discover the Nomad

• https://www.elitedangerous.com/news/discover-nomad

• Panther Clipper and T8 paint jobs and kits on sale

Galnet News: Galnet News | Elite Dangerous Community Site  Bloom 6/4

• 6/4 Frontline Solutions announces expansion of services

• New Vessel for Operations Transport

• CG - 1 Ton of Aluminium, Polymers or semiconductors for 2 paint jobs (PCII and T-8). 

• 6/1 New Reports of Criminal Fleet Raises Questions

Discussion : New Crap.

The Role of Roleplay in the game

• Bloominwind’s Power Play Rank List 

• ⚫ - None of the below! (Are you listening FDEV!) 

• 🏴‍☠️- Delaine - Crown of Bones FTW! 

• 💰- LYR - My bruh, but the middle managers suck! 

• 🌱 - Antal - He’s a good neighbor! 

• 🦶- Duval - My Duval pledged buddies are my favorite other pledged buddies! 

• 🐈 - Kaine - Likes to mine, NLHate’s Waifu! 

• ❄️ - Winters - Good on the surveillance state, bad on the welfare state! 

• 🟩 - Mahon - BORING! 

• 👑 - ALD - Other side of the bubble. I don’t think good or ill of you! 

• 🐁 - Patreus - I don’t think of you at all! 

• 🕷️ - Torval - Likes to (have slaves) mine (for her)! 

• ⚒️ - Grom - 1) Commie, B. Pledges hated that we have Glasnost in our Discord! 

• 🫏 - Archer - How long do you have!

Community Corner : 

• ARX store sale

• Clipper and T8 Paint jobs

• https://www.elitedangerous.com/store/catalog/sale

• Stellar Screenshots - CMDRs Jacob A, Lena De Farrell with fine shots

• https://x.com/EliteDangerous/status/2062243803008807188

• Commander Picard Tweeted (X’d?) that he’s continuing his 5 year mission into it’s 11th year. 4,015 days in the black. He’s mapping out the ‘southern’ reaches of our galaxy. I will be FOMOing for you, buddy!

• https://x.com/missionfarsight/status/2061899755911774428?s=46&t=8G3H9ejTv6h6DVYsjy5k1Q

• Nicey had a write up on her thoughts on the Nomad

https://niceygy.net/posts/2026/the-nomad-a-new-direction-for-elite/

It’s #334nd for 28st May, 2026 or 3312! (33-Oh twelven) 

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Squadron Briefing:  

BGS highlights:

• 427 Systems, Controlling 130

• 6 wars plus 2 pending and 3 elections with 1 pending.

• Expanded out of Maikoro to a Piscium Sector system

• Election in HIP 11879 to retain Wales Prospect is of note, we’re up 2-0

• War in 7 Alpha Lacertae to retain Garratt Hub is of interest

• Booms in Maikoro and NLTT 2969 and pending in V2151 Cygni

• Bust and Civil Unrest in Cephei Sector QS-U b2-5

Short PP Report: 

• Cycle 82

• (Bloomentary in the event Kruger is too busy to editorialize)

• Antal had the biggest week - 0.354 for the cycle with 6 exploited, and 6 fortified

• LYR was second by Kruger Reckoning with 0.287, claiming 5 exploited and two strongholds

• Kaine came in third with 14 exploited and 2 fortified. Sirius Gov analyzed their growth plan of late and likened it to a n00b playing Risk, spreading themselves too thin in the early rounds. 

• Grom and Mahon round out the top 5 this week

• Two powers lost ground. 

• Torval lost one fortified system for a score of -0.047

• Archer lost 4 exploited systems for a score of -0.048

• Of note, with the liberation of Alpha Centauri this week, there’s a 6 way race for control between Duval, Archer, Mahon, Yong-Rui, Grom and Torval. 

https://www.k5elite.com/

Dev News: 

• May Dev Log

• https://www.elitedangerous.com/news/elite-dangerous-may-dev-log-2026?utm_source=x&utm_medium=community&utm_campaign=ed_ongoing&utm_content=ed_devlog_may

• Operations Update

• Lighting Update

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• 5/28 - Guardian Archive Hints at Ancient Radicoida Parallels

Discussion :

Community Corner : 

• ARX store sale

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It’s #333st for 22th May, 2026 or 3312! (33-Oh twelven) 

Squadron Briefing:  

BGS highlights 

• 423 Systems, Controlling 130

• Public Holiday in KZ Andromeda

• Booms our strongholds Maikoro and NLTT 2969

• A bunch of unexciting wars and elections

• Influence needs a boost in Piscium Sector LY-Q a5-2 (5.0%), and NLTT 52560 (3.5%)

Short PP Report: 

• Cycle 81

• Kaine with another big week - 16 exploited, 2 fortified and 1 stronghold for a score of 0.400

• Antal in 2nd with 7 new exploited systems and two strongholds

• Delaine 3rd with 2 exploited, one fortified system and two strongholds

• Duval with 11 new systems and two fortified

• LYR rounding out the top 5 with 5 exploited, one fortified, and one stronghold

• Everyone’s favorite shadow president coming in 10th this cycle, 8th overall, with 6 new exploited systems

https://www.k5elite.com/

Dev News: 

• Massive store sale - too many to count - every cosmetic? Bobbleheads, paint jobs for old and new ships, SRV’s and SLF’s, weapon skins, covas voices, on-foot outfits, name plates, banners, even fleet carrier stuff

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• 5/21 - Lhou Mans Starports Return to Full Operation https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/21-MAY-3312

• 5/19 - Jaques Station Celebrates Tenth Anniversary of Historic Jump https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/19-MAY-3312

Discussion :

• Campfire Stories from the Black: Can Elite Still Make Legends?

It’s #332sts for 14th May, 2026 or 3312! (33-Oh twelven) 

Squadron Briefing:  

BGS highlights

• We are in 421 systems, up one from last week. We control 128 with a number of starports coming online in new Screwspace. 

• Boom and Public Holiday in Maikoro while it lasts. 

• Control War in Ross 676

Short PP Report:  

• Cycle 80:

• Princess Aisling with the best week in both adding 16 systems and points with 8 new fortified systems

• Kaine in 2nd this week in both points and systems

• Archer was the one power that went negative in points, losing a stronghold this week

• This allowed Kaine to take 7th place from Archer on the KrugerFive and Nicey rankings!

• All powers added systems this week, which hasn't happened in 14 cycles

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https://www.k5elite.com/

Dev News: -

• https://www.elitedangerous.com/news/update-operations

Galnet News: Galnet News | Elite Dangerous Community Site  

• Criminal Factions Remains Silent After Lhou Mans Attacks 5/11/3312

• The Buur Pit https://youtu.be/BzZCRvXQlo8?si=YxQ-WG2fVd4O7tnY

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• Civilians Evacuated Safely as Criminal Attacks Defeated 5/14/3312

• Lhou Mans Starport Repairs Initiative

• Deliver 1T of Ti, Al, or Power Generators to Ryman Enterprise

• All participants will receive two non-Euclidian cargo racks, one size 5, one size 6, a paint job, and credits commensurate with contribution tier in addition to profits. 

• Power Generators are being bought for 23,880 Credits (avg buy price 2,196)

• Titanium for 44,460 Credits (avg buy price 4042)

• Aluminium for 25,400 credits (avg buy price 2,240)

Discussion :

• Operations: CQC With Benefits? - Roy intros then guides questions to crew

Community Corner : 

• New Screw Space is building new stations, help for hauling and building needed out there, contact Volt or the New Screw Space thread in the disco for further details. 

• Frontier Trading Update (financial report) Trading Update - FY26 Revenue & Profit Upgraded 

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