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Squad Update: 

• Miola’s still a hot mess

• It appears wars and elections seem to be behaving more normally.

• Details are in the standing orders channel. 

• Discussion of all things BGS in the Loose Screws Network Channel in our discord. 

PowerPlay Update: - 

Cycle 28 - 

• Aisling takes the lead

• 10 Major conflicts across the galaxy

Niceygy’s Power Points - https://elite.niceygy.net/powerpoints

Find out more in the LSN-powerplay-hub forum channel.

Galnet Update: https://community.elitedangerous.com/

• Winters Won the CG - Go get your engineered abrasion blaster

Dev News: 

• New Corsair Shipkit with 4 paint jobs. The green one screams Romulan Warbird. 

Discussion:

• Power CZs. Wish we could indulge. It only takes one BGS war to kill Power CZs, not two. https://issues.frontierstore.net/issue-detail/70594Power CZs working in North America might be fixed. They don’t stick around long enough for us to be sure. 

Community Corner:

• Roy’s Stories, DS3 Edition, Season 2

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Squad Update: 

• We’re trying to retreat PPMC out of Miola. 

• Our forever wars in Yen Ti and BD+49 3937 are over. 

• V740C is being reinforced by Archer. Consequently, LSN influence is dropping. PP and BGS interactions at their finest. 

• More importantly we have a few conflicts that appear to be acting normally.

•  We have some systems we want to take back. 

• All details in the #standing-orders and/or the #loose-screws-factions channels of the Discord.

PowerPlay Update: - 

Cycle 27

Niceygy’s Power Points - https://elite.niceygy.net/powerpoints

• We made a new Stronghold in NLTT 2969, we did it!

• Rares got us over

• A ton of bounty hunting completed

• Updates to PP this week in Trailblazers Update 3

Orders: 

Reinforce - NLTT 2969 (a little more), Tamor

Acquire - Wolf 10

Undermine - 

Find out more in the LSN-powerplay-hub forum channel.

Galnet Update: https://community.elitedangerous.com/

• Ongoing Community Goal - Additional Tier and Power CZs added to the Platinum Mining CG in system. I think they’re stress testing fixes.

Dev News: 

• Arf is leaving FDev

• https://www.linkedin.com/posts/arthur-tolmie_update-after-5-years-at-frontier-and-all-activity-7325861458087485440-ATYw?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAACh5QoBnFTbtvio2jOoK_Fixkw11rd43Yg

• New Krait Mk. II Lasermining Jumpstart

• New Update May 7th -  4.1.2.100 - Connectivity fixes, Trailblazer fixes

Discussion:

• Not Mechan

• Not Data Mining

Community Corner:

• Roy’s Stories, DS3 Edition, Season 2

Wrap Up: 

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Our multi-track recording robot had server trouble at the time that I needed to download the recording so what’s posted here is my local backup recording; quality is a bit compromised from our typical.

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Squad Update: 

• ​Miola’s still borked, so we’re retreating out of PPMC who as a faction didn’t care the last time we asked and when we asked again, their discord is like Mars after the 3rd Expedition, a ghost town
• ​Assuming control of BD+49 3937 is on hold as we’ve been in a war pending D12
• ​LTT 10482 and Kaupatak are our next targets for regaining control unless we get locked into perma-wars there as well.
• ​We were retreated out of Tripu, not that we cared much

All details in the #standing-orders and/or the #loose-screws-factions channels of the Discord.

PowerPlay Update: - 

Cycle 27

Niceygy’s Power Points - https://elite.niceygy.net/powerpoints

• ​We made a new Stronghold in NLTT 2969, we did it!

◦Rares got us over

◦A ton of bounty hunting completed

• ​Updates to PP this week in Trailblazers Update 3

Orders: 

Reinforce - NLTT 2969 (a little more), Tamor

Acquire - Wolf 10

Undermine - 

Find out more in the LSN-powerplay-hub forum channel.

Galnet Update: https://community.elitedangerous.com/

• ​Powerplay Standings (Nicey’s are better)
• ​Migration and Economic Boom in Colonized System

◦In game lore for customzing stations (buy Arx)

• ​New Community Goal - Mine Platinum for the Commie Dissident or the Liberal President - make lots of credits and get a free long range abrasion blaster, or 2, or even 3 if you play your cards right.

Dev News: 

• ​Trailblazers Bug Update

◦Economy Changes

◦Population Growth Changes

◦Law and Order

◦Colony Ship Names

◦Port Customization

◦Powerplay Updates (care of jnTracks)

◦Issue Tracker, not JN Tracker Fixes

◦Bug Fixes

◦https://www.elitedangerous.com/update-notes

• ​FU

◦Panther Clipper!

Discussion:

• ​Trailblazers Update
• ​Panther Clipper

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Squad Update: 

• Up to date for 4/24/25

• Control War in Miola triggered by an ancient parliamentary procedure (non-controlling faction pushing influence over 60%).

• Fight in Miola but watch what CZ you are entering there are LSN vs. PPMC that you do want to enter and LSN vs. BBfA that have never unspawned from our last conflict and you don’t want to fight there.

• Election in LTT 10482 - we want to win

• Retreat in Tripu we want to stymie

• Those are the priorities

• The rest of the details are in the standing order…

All details in the #standing-orders and/or the #loose-screws-factions channels of the Discord.

PowerPlay Update: - 

Cycle 25

Niceygy’s Power Points - https://elite.niceygy.net/powerpoints

• NLTT 2969 Continuing to reinforce, goal is a stronghold

• Impromptu event this week had 8ish bounty hunting for merits / control points at megaships scenarios

Orders: 

Reinforce -*NLTT 2969, Tamor

Acquire - Wolf 10

Undermine - 

Find out more in the LSN-powerplay-hub forum channel.

Galnet Update: https://community.elitedangerous.com/

• Cobra V Released to the public - Thurston Ring in Qama is running a special

• (not new) Increased Security Needed in Reminder - Dhan System secured - pick up your loot

• - One fully engineered A-rated and C-rated Kill Warrant Scanner with fast scan and long range modifications.

• - Imperial Clipper Empire Etiquette paint job

• - Imperial Cutter Empire Etiquette paint jobBl;

Dev News: 

• Cobra V available - 30% off Paint Jobs - Midnight Black and Chrome look sweet

• FDev collaborated with the London Science Museum for a curated tour of the Solar System using Elite Dangerous - https://www.space.com/entertainment/space-games-toys/we-took-a-guided-tour-of-the-solar-system-in-elite-dangerous-and-now-you-can-too

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mOP1ttp74E&feature=youtu.be

• Sale is still ongoing

Discussion:

• Missiles and Mine engineering?

• Guardian modules/weapons/slfs - Good, Bad, Ugly?

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Squad Update: 

• Victory in LTT 16910

• were pushing Miola influence really high to trigger control.

• Maybe it works, but we don’t know.

• Won a war that should have given us access to Harris Hospital, but that didn’t happen

• Other stuff in the day old standing orders.

All details in the #standing-orders and/or the #loose-screws-factions channels of the Discord.

PowerPlay Update: 

Cycle 24

Niceygy’s Power Points - https://elite.niceygy.net/powerpoints

Current Owned System Stats: Strongholds

• SH leaderboard didn’t change

• Patreus is down another place this week! In the official leaderboards

Conflict Highlight:

• Too busy flying the Corsair around…

Orders: 

Reinforce -*NLTT 2969, Tamor

Acquire - Wolf 10

Undermine - 

Find out more in the LSN-powerplay-hub forum channel.

Galnet Update: https://community.elitedangerous.com/

• 
  

• (not new) Increased Security Needed in Dhan System

• - One fully engineered A-rated Kill Warrant Scanner with fast scan and long range modifications.

• - Imperial Clipper Empire Etiquette paint job

• - Imperial Cutter Empire Etiquette paint job

Dev News: 

• Corsair Update (4.1.0.3)

• Everything is on Sale

• There’s an egg now?

Discussion:

• Baromir likes the Corsair

• Plasma’s and Rails

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Squad Update: 

• War in Miola vs. Prateorian PMC - For control and Harris Hospital

• War in Balmus - Binnie Enterprise in jeopardy

• FFA and LTT 17156 need a shove

• BD+49 3937 and Kaupatak are the next Reconquista targets. 

• We’re not going to worry about overheating systems

All details in the #standing-orders and/or the #loose-screws-factions channels of the Discord.

PowerPlay Update: 

Cycle 24

Current Owned System Stats: Strongholds

Arissa Lavigny-Duval : +1 to 103

Aisling Duval :              +1 to 89

Li Yong-Rui :                +3 to 89

Jerome Archer :           same at 70

Edmund Mahon :         +2 to 64

Yuri Grom :                  +1 to 51

Pranav Antal :              -1 to 48

Felicia Winters :           +1 to 45

Nakato Kaine :             +1 to 41

Denton Patreus :          same at 33

Archon Delaine :          same at 33

Zemina Torval :            +2 at 28

Conflict Highlight:

Hun Nal Yeh

• Nakato Kaine 395628 (Won)

• Edmund Mahon 319209

• Nakato overtakes Patreus in total number of system owned first movement in leaderboard

• Patreus has been hemorrhaging total systems owned for the last two weeks, nearly 22 systems lost over the last month with the majority this past week

Orders: (same as last time.)

Reinforce - Tamor, Ross 310

Acquire - Wolf 10

Undermine - Ruchbah (mining night was success)

Find out more in the LSN-powerplay-hub forum channel.

Galnet Update: https://community.elitedangerous.com/

• Heavy Combat in Chi Eridani Subsides

• Increased Security Needed in Dhan System

• - One fully engineered A-rated Kill Warrant Scanner with fast scan and long range modifications.

• - Imperial Clipper Empire Etiquette paint job

• - Imperial Cutter Empire Etiquette paint job

Dev News: 

• Corsair Update (4.1.0.3)

• Lantern's light Bobble Head

Discussion:

• The Corsair

• Obviously a trash-tier ship because pitch seems slow, right?

• …..right?

• ………...right?

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Squad Update: 

• War in Miola vs. Prateorian PMC - For control and Harris Hospital

• War in Balmus - Binnie Enterprise in jeopardy

• FFA and LTT 17156 need a shove

• BD+49 3937 and Kaupatak are the next Reconquista targets. 

• We’re not going to worry about overheating systems

All details in the #standing-orders and/or the #loose-screws-factions channels of the Discord.

PowerPlay Update: 

Current Owned System Stats: 

12th) Torval - 464 -26

11th) Winters - 518 - 44

10th) Delaine - 630 - 33

9th) Kaine - 649 -40

8th) Patreus - 652 - 33

7th) Antal - 716 - 49

6th) (screw)Archer - 757 - 70

5th) Yon Rui - 834 - 86

4th) Grom - 1027 - 50

3rd) A. Lavigny-Duval - 1347 - 102

2nd) A. Duval - 1419 - 88

1st) Mahon - 1449 - 62

Find out more in the LSN-powerplay-hub forum channel.

Colonization Update: 

• Here's some of what you have achieved with Trailblazers so far:

• Claims Made: 42,226

• Systems Colonised: 23,423

• Starports & Outposts Completed 47,821

• Surface Installations Completed: 27,227

• Total Units of Cargo Delivered: 1,505,765,686

• Most Popular Construction: "Industrial Outpost - Vulcan" with 5970 constructed

Galnet Update: https://community.elitedangerous.com/

• Galnet News | Elite Dangerous Community Site

Gutamaya Joins Peers in New Spacecraft Boom (Corsair)

• Political Flashpoint Sparks Violence in Chi Eridani (Feds vs Imps battle set off, CG)

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Dev News: 

• ?!

Discussion:

• What do you think the ship after Corsair is going to be? (they’ve said that the Corsair is the last medium, do think we’re going to get another small ship? Or do you think large ships? Maybe Extra large?)

• The BGS is hilariously, hopelessly broken now, was that intended? 

• Is Vanguard the answer to bring it back in a way that FDEV intended originally? (Credit to Baromir for voicing that earlier)

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Squad Update: 

• Obl1v1ous - BGS stands for Best Guess Sucker. Miola - Has an election that has been stuck on day 6 of 7 for at least 4 days. {insert JK}Meanwhile a war has started but the only indication a war is on is the active CZs in-system. Nothing on the right hand panel System tab nor nothing on in-system news. Note: Miola has a System Colonisation Ship marked “inactive” . HmmmHand-off to Bloom

All details in the #standing-orders and/or the #loose-screws-factions channels of the Discord.

PowerPlay Update: 

• PowerPlay Cycle 22

• No large conflicts this week

• Conflicts of Note

• Tofana

• Archer: 249,160

• Antal: 187,947

• Ngurui

• A. Lavigny-Duval: 238,161

• Li Yong-Rui: 172,535

• Most systems are being acquired without much if any contests this week (the trailblazer effect)

• Objectives

• Reinforce Ross 310 and Tamor

• Acquire: Wolf 10

• Undermine: Ruchbah

• Planned PP Night coming soon to a system near you, more to come…

Find out more in the LSN-powerplay-hub forum channel.

Colonization Update: 

• I PITY THE FOOL THAT AINT COLINIZN’!

Galnet Update: https://community.elitedangerous.com/

• Galnet News | Elite Dangerous Community Site

Brewer Corporation deploying to assist Lantern Light station

Dev News: 

• Frontier Unlocked

• Looking into markets and economies

• Stats as of Monday

• 42,226 Claims Made

• 23,423 Systems Colonized

• 47,821 Starports and Outposts Completed

• 27,227 Surface Portsw  / Settlements

• 1.5 Bil of Units hauled

• Industrial Outpost - Vulcan (Most Popular at 5,970)`

• Corsair (Available for Arx 4/8/3311)

• Base Version and Stellar (option to ‘remove’ the beak)

• Medium Multi-Role

• “Next Generation Ship” - Zach

• Successor to Imperial Clipper

• Replacement for Python

• 1st Medium Guatmaya

• 1st Medium ship with Size 7 Thrusters

• “Feels like it’s on rails” - Zach

• No Rank Needed

• Hardpoints

• 3 Large, 3 Medium

• All on the fuselage

• Optional Internals

• (1) each of sizes 1 - 4

• (3) size 5

• (3) size 6

• ~380 Cargo

• Core Internals

• 7 Power Plant!!!

• 5 FSD

• 7 Thrusters!!!

• 4 Life Support

• 7 Power Distributor!!!!

• 6 Sensors

• 5 Fuel Tank

• New Bobble heads? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Discussion:

Community Corner:

•  Lantern Light in a Motion Simulator Simatarr Highlight

Full Motion Rig commander visits Lantern Light. Project Simstar.

• Bucky Ball News, Alec Turner is puttin on a new race. The “ Time and Motion Study” race runs from March 28 until April 7. He has a YouTube of the race course. A link can be found in the show notes. https://youtu.be/EbMYsDlzXCw?si=PqEayh0708qxvs5w

• Announcement Script about final Roy's Stories DS3 Episodes for Loose Screws Podcast Hey everyone—this is a special announcement for all you readers, explorers, and storytellers who’ve been following Roy’s Stories, DS3 Edition. Commander Cookson wants you to know: The final three episodes are written. This wild, emotional, mysterious journey across the stars—crafted alongside the Distant Screws 3 expedition—is reaching its finale next week. Roy wants to thank every single one of you for your support, your kind words, and to especially thank the commanders who let him include them and who collaborated on the story. You’ve made this more than fiction. You’ve made it something we created together. Here’s how the final episodes will drop: •

• Episode 18: Monday, March 31 at 6pm MDT • Episode 19: Tuesday, April 1 at 6pm MDT • And the big Finale, Episode 20: Wednesday, April 2 at 6pm MDT And here’s the part you don’t want to miss: 

• There will be a voice chat afterparty Wednesday night, April 2, following the final episode drop. If you’ve been reading along… If you’ve been featured in the story… Or if you just want to hang out and celebrate a unique piece of community storytelling—mark your calendar. Come raise a glass, trade theories, and toast to our shared journey of Roy’s Stories, DS3 Edition. 

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Squad Update: 

• Colonization has introduced a new challenge for BGS diplomacy. Obl1v1ious has the stories.
  

• Prior to PP2, Screw Space systems count was in the mid-to-upper-60s and we controlled in the mid-50s. Today LSN has a presence in 149 systems! Twenty five of those systems have zero population.
  

All details in the #standing-orders and/or the #loose-screws-factions channels of the Discord.

PowerPlay Update: 

• Reinforce Ross 310, Tamor

• Acquire Wolf 10

• Undermine Ruchbah

Find out more in the LSN-powerplay-hub forum channel.

Colonization Update: 

• We have a base in an Ice Asteroid (HIP 108921)

• Next system: HIP 112183

Galnet Update: https://community.elitedangerous.com/

• Trailblazer Fleet Deployed to Support Colonisation Initiatives

Dev News: 

• Extended maintenance cut short, not all stations processed

• Nowski Colonization Helper https://cmdr-nowski.github.io/syscol_helper/

• Trailblazers - Update 2

Discussion:

• DS3 Screenshot winners ANNOUNCED 

• Armor follow up, Lark’s thoughts on Armor

Community Corner:

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• Bucky Ball News, Alec Turner is puttin on a new race. The “ Time and Motion Study” race runs from March 28 until April 7. He has a YouTube of the race course. A link can be found in the show notes. https://youtu.be/EbMYsDlzXCw?si=PqEayh0708qxvs5w

• The Shoulder Of Orion: A Distant Worlds 3 Colonization

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Squad Update: 

• Election in NLTT 57216 - weird activity, Obl1v1ous put up some stoopid big numbers and we went down 3-0, now down 3-1 with no activity, Election in NLTT 57216 - weirdness - PP 1.0 - Missions don’t work to cool off system - 

• Broken Election Mission Tracker - https://issues.frontierstore.net/issue-detail/71049

• Election in Miola we’re interested in

• We’re making a push in Darahk for control. ADN leadership is cool with it.

• With colonization we’re not losing sleep over our overheating systems for now.

All details in the #standing-orders and/or the #loose-screws-factions channels of the Discord.

PowerPlay Update: 

• Reinforce Ross 310, Bumbur, Tamor

• Acquire Wolf 10

• Undermine V740 Cassiopeia

Colonization Update: 

• Trailblazers Update 1 today!

Trailblazers Update 1 is now live. This update addresses a number of reported issues

Pause for System Colonisation will be resolved separately 

Galnet Update: https://community.elitedangerous.com/

• New Era of System Colonisation Hailed a Success

Dev News: 

• Extended maintenance

• Colonization contact still disabled

• Undocumented scaling costs of colonization “bricks” systems

• Stations not going where the architect selects (and even where they are not allowed)

• Stations not taking up the economy properly; markets with fuel and biowaste only

• Thargoids in the bubble? (Tikurua System)3

• What’s not on sale right now?

Discussion:

• Hull theory?

Community Corner:

• DS3 Evelyn’s Light Screenshots are here take a look in the Distant Screws 3 forum channel

• Commander Roy Cookson of the Loose Screws has been writing stories of his adventures out exploring with us, if anyone wishes to read them they can be found in the Distant Screws 3 thread, under “Roy’s Stories.”