Loose Screws - The Dangerousest

#291th for 3rd of July, 2025 or 3311! (33-Oh-Leven, not Oh-Eleven, OH-Leven)

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Squad Update: 

• It's been one week since anyone said on this weekly podcast that the BGS is broken. 

• Pax Screwiana - a War in LTT 16910 we don’t really care too much out

• Our last system for reconquista - BD+49 3937

• Joint Operation Kegstand - Win control of FZ Andromedae for LYR

• Were in 253 systems, controlling 71, 195 stations, 330 settlements, 95 installations, 1 megaship

PowerPlay Update: - 

Cycle 36

• Li Yong Rui get’s his first CG, awh how cute!

• PowerPlay data remains disabled until Fdev can find a solution to the exploit that was taking advantage of a few weeks ago granting ALD some undeserved acquisitions

• Participate in the LYR, Archer, Aisling CG

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/

• Power Struggle Erupts in Aisling Held Territory

Dev News: 

• Trailblazers Update 3.4

• New CG Type

• “Further changes have been made to Powerplay, in order to encourage more aggressive play and create more vulnerability and therefore fluidity in Power territory”

• System Control Points now decay

• Reinforcing a system under active undermining provides a boost to merits

• “Fix for Power Conflict Zones not starting due to missing faction information”

• Who’s breathing heavy??

• Big sale in the store is still on!

Discussion:

Community Corner:

upvote this and add your voice. It’s like 36 weeks in. That’s at least 35 weeks late on the fix. The issue has expired and been reposted more than once. Make them pay attention. https://issues.frontierstore.net/issue-detail/70594

#290th for 26th of June, 2025 or 3311! (33-Oh-Leven, not Oh-Eleven, OH-Leven)

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Squad Update: 

• It's been one week since anyone said on this weekly podcast that the BGS is broken. 

• However, we still have Harris Hospital in Miola which is why CMDR Bloomingwind is not with us on the podcast. Seems the previous administration left the hospital in a mess and Bloomingwind is very busy cleaning it up. He was last seen roaming the hallways mumbling something about control of the autopen. 

• We won back control of System LTT 10482.

• We have a war we want to win kicking off in Kaupatak.

• Currently LSN is in 248 star system, of which we control 70. Which is up two from our last report. We are also in control of 192 stations, 329 settlements and 95 installations.

• Want to know more check us out in our Discord channels:  BGS Standing Orders and Loose Screws Faction.  

PowerPlay Update: - 

Cycle 35

• Update from the data bombing exploit

• Settlement Data is still disabled

• Systems have been returned today!

• Mostly all are correct, some were returned last week

• We have a special opp to force power CZ’s in Upsilon Andromedae

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/

• Rebuilding and Renewal After the Thargoid War

• Battle at Beta-3 Tucani Ends, Empire Declares Victory

Dev News: 

• Panther Clipper announced for early access 7/22/25

• Big sale in the store!

Discussion:

• Panther Clipper is a real big ship, there aren’t many. How will this new ship challenge the current incumbent choices (T9, Cutter, T10, Conda)

Community Corner:

• upvote this and add your voice. It’s like 28 weeks in. That’s at least 25 weeks late on the fix. The issue has expired and been reposted more than once. Make them pay attention. https://issues.frontierstore.net/issue-detail/70594

#289th for 19th of June, 2025 or 3311! (33-Oh-Leven, not Oh-Eleven, OH-Leven)

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Squad Update: 

• It's still broken but ! a miracle has happened in Miola. - After four attempts of winning wars that should have given us a much coveted asset, the game finally, correctly awarded HArris Hospital back to the Loose Screws. 

• We want to take back control of System LTT 10482. That war should be active by the time this podcast is published.

• What works in BGS - systems with a power before Power Play 2 - only bounties - systems without a power before Power Play 2 - work but some testing is prudent. - Trailblazer system without a power - BGS ticks are still an adventure

• Want to know more check us out in our Discord channel for BGS Standing Orders and Loose Screws Faction,  

PowerPlay Update: - 

Cycle 33 

From CMDR KrugerFive

• Grom is grinding! +5 strongholds!,

• Patreus had a good week! Best week in at least 11 cycles,

• Torval grew by 14 systems,

• Delaine swaps with Winters to take P9

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/

• Rebuilding and Renewal After the Thargoid War

Dev News: 

Discussion:

• The great PvP play enabled by the current CG- can you be ganked if you enter a combat zone

Community Corner:

• upvote this and add your voice. It’s like 28 weeks in. That’s at least 25 weeks late on the fix. The issue has expired and been reposted more than once. Make them pay attention. https://issues.frontierstore.net/issue-detail/70594

#288th for 12nd June, 2025 or 3311! (33-Oh-Leven, not Oh-Eleven, OH-Leven)

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Squad Update: 

PowerPlay Update: - 

Cycle 33 

• Fdev recognizes exploit in Powerplay

• Specific to Settlement Data

• Will rollback systems affected

• We won Djinaura! We’ll have to see how Antal responds

• Wolf 10 is the next acquisition target

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/

• Imperial Forces Target Delaine Flagship

• New CG with seeker FSD interrupt missile

Dev News: 

• Frontier financials: Elite up 75% over year

• Issue with power CZs acknowledged?

• PP exploit being used to snipe major systems acknowledged

• Power data paused until next week; rollback

Discussion:

• Cheats, Exploits, and Bugs

Community Corner:

• upvote this and add your voice. It’s like 27 weeks in. That’s at least 25 weeks late on the fix. The issue has expired and been reposted more than once. Make them pay attention. https://issues.frontierstore.net/issue-detail/70594

#287th for 5nd June, 2025 or 3311! (33-Oh-Leven, not Oh-Eleven, OH-Leven)

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Squad Update: 

• [Insert Dumpster]

• Light ablaze

• BGS is low energy at the moment because it’s so broken

• We’re not reporting overheating systems in standing orders because we can’t do anything about them

• Orders are coming in every other day because if you miss a day, you aren’t missing much at the moment, and life is busy for Bloom

• There are conflicts - we don’t mind winning them

• Of note someone pushed Utlagarnir into us in BD+49 3937 we want to win that one

• We’re seeing conflicts in colonization systems

PowerPlay Update: - 

Cycle 32  - 

• The Silent Offensive

• Audio Segment

• Possible exploit is being observed by PowerPlay Community

• Leaderboard Update

• LYR biggest increase in points this week

• Newish orders this week

• Special Call to Arms for Li Yong-Rui and SiriusGov

• Take back Gliese 9029, Grandma Torval took it and now we want it back

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/

• Mahon Gains Advantage in Alliance Trade Boom

• Aegis Confirms Seo Jin-ae ‘Hiatus’ from Advisory Role

Dev News: 

• Trailblazers Update 3.3

• Additional methods to activate system services now

• Station interiors change on weekly tick due to highest points in that stations economy

• Stations won’t be created so close to stars anymore

Discussion:

• Welcome back to BARD

Community Corner:
upvote this and add your voice. It’s like 27 weeks in. That’s at least 25 weeks late on the fix. The issue has expired and been reposted more than once. Make them pay attention. https://issues.frontierstore.net/issue-detail/70594

#286th for 29nd May, 2025 or 3311! (33-Oh-Leven, not Oh-Eleven, OH-Leven)

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Squad Update: 

• (Insert snarky dig at Bloomingwind by Oblivious)

• BGS still exists and hasn’t change much since last week

• We may want to attempt another try to take back Miola since BBfA appears to have taken it successfully from PPMC

• There are a couple of other systems we may want to take back

• 7 Alpha Lacertae influence has been hanging at 2.8% like a booger on a 3 year old’s nose

• Standing orders still happen in discord for those who cares. 

PowerPlay Update: - 

Cycle 31 - 

• Undermining is taking a huge leap this week

• Grom and Archer seem to be on the defense the most

• Sol received over 1.7 mil undermining against Archer, Alpha Centauri demoted from fortified

• Grom Bhil Mina, Skeggiko O, and LFT 926 heavy undermining 2/3 demoted to exploited

• Is the Alliance known as ZYADA holding?

• "The Elite Powerplay community is seeing unprecedented levels of undermining and acquisition volume in the past few weeks. Yuri Grom is actively resisting, and will continue to do so. We have also asked Frontier to review the activity, in the event that these abnormally high levels of undermining are not the result of legitimate gameplay, and encourage players in other powers to do the same.” - Yuri Grom Spokesperson

• “[...] We'd be happy to celebrate if it was any public community effort but with what PP2 currently seems to be in practice, we have reason to worry even for our enemies.” - Aisling Duval Spokesperson

• No New Powerplay Orders for LSN this week, stay tuned

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/

• Rising Tensions Between Galactic Powers

Dev News: 

• FU - Twitch Drop Paint Jobs for the Asp Scout and Vette and Vanguards Preview 1

• CG - You can get two sets of useless double engineered power distributors if you’re in the top 75% of the losing team because folks who don’t care about the outcome have waited and sided with the winner

• Vanguard (Officially) Is a revamp of squadrons, making them more like “guilds” in other MMOs.

Discussion:

• Chig Asks - Something about pips

Community Corner:

• Roy’s Stories, DS3 Edition, Season 2

upvote this and add your voice. It’s like 30 weeks in. That’s at least 29 weeks late on the fix. The issue has expired and been reposted more than once. Make them pay attention. https://issues.frontierstore.net/issue-detail/70594

#285th for 22rd May, 2025 or 3311! (33-Oh-Leven, not Oh-Eleven, OH-Leven)

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Squad Update: 

• War in Darahk and other places

• Miola’s a slow moving car wreck

• We’re in 230 star systems controlling 64

• Find out more in our discord, though Broken BGS means not a lot to do without getting frustrated, or laughing like a crazy person…or both

PowerPlay Update: - 

Cycle 29 - 

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/

• Alliance Assembly Votes to End Sirius Defence Pact
• Trading Blocs Compete in Alliance Space

• Mahon vs. Kaine - Deliver Synthetic Fabrics, Semiconductors, and Ceramic Composites toe Winiama (Mahon) or Apura (Kaine) - Participation wins you system/engine focused double engineered  power distributors of the 6A/4A/3A/4D/3D varieties - with another set for picking a winner and being in the top 75%. Merits and Banners if you’re pledged.

What might a double engineered power distributor look like?

Category

Engine Focused

System Focused

Total

Weapons capacity

-15

-15

-30

Weapons recharge

-5

-15

-20

Systems capacity

-15

60

45

Systems recharge

-15

44

29

Engines capacity

60

-15

45

Engines Recharge

44

-5

39

Dev News: 

• 🦗(it took me entirely too long to realize this is a cricket ~ lark)

• 5-16-25 - Trailblazers Update 3.2

• Cargo Transferring from FCs fixed

• Other FC Fixes

• Colonization Linking Fixed

• 40% off prebuilt T9

• Sale on Chrome(d) and Gold(en) new shop paint jobs

Discussion:

• Chig Asks - What would you like added to the game? A bug fix? A feature?

Community Corner:

• Roy’s Stories, DS3 Edition, Season 2

• upvote this and add your voice. It’s like 26 weeks in. That’s at least 25 weeks late on the fix. The issue has expired and been reposted more than once. Make them pay attention. https://issues.frontierstore.net/issue-detail/70594

#284nd for 15nd May, 2025 or 3311! (33-Oh-Leven, not Oh-Eleven, OH-Leven)

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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

#283st for 8rd May, 2025 or 3311! (33-Oh-Leven, not Oh-Eleven, OH-Leven)

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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.

#282nd for 1nd May, 2025 or 3311! (33-Oh-Leven, not Oh-Eleven, OH-Leven)

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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