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#311th for 4th December, 2025 or 3311! (33-Oh-Leven, not Oh-Eleven, OH-Leven)
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Squad Stuff: Updated by Bloom 10/16 <- LOLZ
The Pax Screwiana continues, a few wars and elections but good neighbors make good fences
349 systems, controlling 99!
New Screwspace has a dozen and a half systems! Volt, Ranglon, Ty, Lark, me and Ciaran are working the space. If you’re interested in colonizing, it’s a good location.
PowerPlay Update: - unashamedly copied from KrugerFive’s post in our Discord, 12/4
Kaine with the largest gains this week with +3 strongholds and +10 new systems
Aisling after big losses last week regains most of the loss with +14 new systems, +3 forts, and +1 stronghold
Aisling looks recovered and adapting from the 1 ton changes
Li Yong-Rui also starting to make a comeback tying Antal for 3rd for the week
On the FDev leaderboard for number of systems:
Aisling is back with the most systems gained with her +14
Kaine in second with +10
Torval losing -14 systems. Now losing ground to Archon Delaine
Now that we have 3 cycles of post 1 ton trading and re-introduction of power data download, we have a good view of who was affected most by the changes. The ASCII table (sorry if you are on your phone) shows the average each power was seeing from cycles 41-52 (non Relic rush cycles) vs cycle 55 and after (after 1t):
+---------+------------+------+--------------------+
| Power | 41-52 Avg | 55+ | Post 1t Difference |
+---------+------------+------+--------------------+
| Delaine | 200 | 433 | 233 |
| Grom | 1817 | 1833 | 16 |
| Antal | 1991 | 1804 | -188 |
| Kaine | 2307 | 2009 | -298 |
| Winters | 2053 | 1342 | -711 |
| Patreus | -97 | -892 | -795 |
| Archer | 2017 | 1117 | -900 |
| ALD | 1499 | 387 | -1112 |
| Mahon | 1816 | 656 | -1160 |
| Torval | 2096 | -502 | -2598 |
| Aisling | 4555 | 627 | -3928 |
| LYR | 6435 | 16 | -6420 |
+---------+------------+------+--------------------+
You can see LYR took a massive fall, along with Aisling and Torval. Basically no effect on Delaine, which seems obvious in retrospect. The real winners at have been Grom, Antal, Kaine, and Winters who dropped some, but kept most of their mid-range output to be productive in these first 3 cycles. With some trading for powerplay back in the picture it, Aisling/LYR adapting, and now a powerplay CG and war for the enclave bubble, things are interesting again.
Dev News:
GLOWING MUSHROOM TREES!
CASPIAN!
CG STYLE POWERPLAY FIGHTS!
Galnet News: Galnet News | Elite Dangerous Community Site
Pilots’ Federation Members Enter HIP 87621
Rumours Spread About HIP 87621 Flora
HIP 87621 At Centre of Major Military Conflict
Zorgon Peterson Unveils Caspian Explorer Vessel
Discussion:
Powerplay
Community Corner:
https://youtu.be/KtFjhAFoZ6c - Alec Turner’s Mountains of Madness race
Elite Dangerous:The Long Break - The High Wake (The Long Break)
https://youtu.be/DH1MASLp30M - Goose Screws (for those who didn’t know)
A new Loose Screws SRV event is in the works By Lark
#310st for 14th November, 2025 or 3311! (33-Oh-Leven, not Oh-Eleven, OH-Leven)
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Squad Update: (Updated by Bloom 10/16)
Busted in old and fun ways.
Come join us colonizing, BGS works out here.Ish. So does the colonizing.Ish.
PowerPlay Update: - (unashamedly copied from KrugerFive’s post in our Discord, 11/13)
Cycle 54:
Soontil relics hit 600t supply this cycle and the powers jumped on to boom for huge gains. Last relics rush was 14 cycles ago.
The power of princess Aisling showed with the relics rush. +138 new systems, +8 new fortifieds.
The other powers to maximize this were Yong-Rui (+73 systems), Antal (+70), and Mahon (+60)
Delaine putting up a fight and keeping Torval behind for now (-3 systems difference)
This relic boom creates a nice battle in the FDev board between Archer, Antal, and Kaine for Archer's P6.
Archer 1131 systems
Kaine 1100 systems
Antal 1089 systems
1t trading is gone, trade is next to useless for control points, and relics are back down (but still at a healthy 120t). Next week is going to be interesting.
Kruger 5’s Power Rankings - https://k5elite.com/
Niceygy’s Power Points - https://elite.niceygy.net/powerpoints
Find out more in the LSN-powerplay-hub forum channel.
Dev News:
HIP 87621 Permit issued
CG - HIP 87621 Exobiology Initiative begins
Pilots can support this initiative by first signing up at Exogene Sciences in the HIP 87621 system, before gathering samples of the newly discovered flora at biological sites located on several bodies of the HIP 87621 system. These samples must then be sold to Vista Genomics at Exogene Sciences, via the representative located in the station concourse.
Pilots who register at least 1 sample will receive the following rewards:
- Artemis Photon Blue Suit Pack
- Credits, depending on success tier achieved and individual contribution level.
Pilots in the top 75% and above of contributions will receive a grade 5 Artemis suit, with Improved Battery Capacity, Night Vision, Increased Sprint Duration and Improved Jump Assist modifications.
Careful, it’s hot out there
Colonization main starport effects nerfed, then retracted, a bit.
Lots of people apparently (cynically) think it’s so FDev can sell more Dodec’s…?
Galnet News: https://community.elitedangerous.com/ (updated 11/14)
Pilots’ Federation Members Enter HIP 87621
Trailblazer Fleet Withdrawn
Discussion:
HIP 87621 bio’s, CG, leading to?
#309th for 5th November, 2025 or 3311! (33-Oh-Leven, not Oh-Eleven, OH-Leven)
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Squad Update: (Updated by Bloom 10/16)
Busted in old and fun ways.
Come join us colonizing, BGS works out here.Ish. So does the colonizing
PowerPlay Update: - (unashamedly copied from KrugerFive’s post in our Discord, 10/30)
Cycle 52: we are 1 day ahead of the cycle so… no update
Kruger 5’s Power Rankings - https://k5elite.com/
Niceygy’s Power Points - https://elite.niceygy.net/powerpoints
Find out more in the LSN-powerplay-hub forum channel.
Dev News:
Galnet News: https://community.elitedangerous.com/ (updated 10/23)
Trailblazer Fleet To Be Withdrawn
Discussion:
New Video Style
Trailblazers out of beta on 11 November
Significant amount of fixes and QoL to BGS, PP, and Colonization
Balance pass for on-foot combat
New star port - Dodec station - Tier 3+ Available at the 11Nov update
Tech broker, higher stats all around
50k ARX to unlock per account, deploy one instantly where allowed, and then build others as normal
New ship - Zorgon Caspian Explorer - early access in December
Large pad
Can load mk2 modules
Including new MK2 FSD with improved neutron supercharging
Retracting engine bits
Small landing footprint
Said something about “mind that gravity and spot interesting plating pattern on hull”
New feature pushed to early 2026 - Operations
New set of multi-phased scenarios
On foot and in space
4 CMDRs take on a challenging obstacle
Never seen before areas - internals of hostile megaship
Multiple operations, varying difficulty
Rewards that are difficult to obtain
#308th for 30th of October, 2025 or 3311! (33-Oh-Leven, not Oh-Eleven, OH-Leven)
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Squad Update: (Updated by Bloom 10/16)
Busted in old and fun ways.
Come join us colonizing, BGS works out here.Ish. So does the colonizing
PowerPlay Update: - (unashamedly copied from KrugerFive’s post in our Discord, 10/30)
Cycle 52: Here's to one year of powerplay 2.0 complete! Cheers!
Princess Aisling with 3 strongholds lost! First week she's went negative since at least cycle 22
Li Yong-Rui wins across all the boards this week with +39 new systems, including 6 new fortifieds, and 1 stronghold.
Possible the most gained in pp2.0
Kaine upgrades 5 systems to strongholds with the most this week, and +20 systems overall
Delaine hit with a loss of -4 system
Torval passes Delaine for P10 in the Nicey/KrugerFive boards
She is in sight of Delaine for P10 in the FDev boards as well, possibly passing in a 2-3 weeks
All the powers are starting to show pretty steady trends and the FDev leaderboard is getting pretty close to being sorted. The Nicey/KrugerFive oneThen after that may be a really long wait. 14 and 24 cycles are a pretty ls are pretty much sorted out now. If everyone keeps playing the same for the FDev leaderboard my passing predictions are:
Torval passes Delaine in 3 cycles
Emperor Arissa passes Mahon in 14 cycles
Kaine passes Archer in 24 cycles
ong time as it is. I hope this stuff around HIP 87621 shakes up powerplay some. (edited)
Thursday, October 30, 2025 1:20 PM
Kruger 5’s Power Rankings - https://k5elite.com/
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/ (updated 10/23)
Panther Clipper Enters Full Production ( Galnet News | Elite Dangerous Community Site )
Brewer Construction Campaign Achieves Targets
“Independent observers believe that the concentration of megaship traffic and the secrecy surrounding the order, together with the reported direct messages to pilots pledged to one of the twelve Powers, are strong indicators of an intention to rapidly construct a science and security enclave around HIP 87621.”
Dev News:
New paint job - “ https://www.elitedangerous.com/store/catalog/promo
Halloween event is live, Paints are the reward! I couldn’t find the link ~ lark
Discussion:
Gameplay: Making the case that fixing BGS and other bugs would bring some people back to the game, who are currently doing other things but would like to play elite.
Combat vs other gameplays
Community Corner:
***** Audaxius’ song: THE MUSIC OF THE HARBINGER *****
#307rd for 23st of October, 2025 or 3311! (33-Oh-Leven, not Oh-Eleven, OH-Leven)
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Squad Update: (Updated by Bloom 10/16)
BGS - Alec and our friends from Lave were reading the update notes for T-11 Patch 2 from last week.
Reviewing the issue tracker ID’s in the patch notes - BGS getting stuck is what FDev thinks is fixed and it looks fixed.
What wasn’t fixed per the patch notes - Mission influence going to the right place still doesn’t seem to be fixed.
So now it’s half broke
Our friends were discussing when BGS Broke, was it PP 2.0, was it Trailblazers, when did it break? (Cockney Accent) - Blimey - It all began with PP 2.0, bloke! Fifteen Quid For a Broken Game?!?!?!
Colonization Update - The Loose Screws control IC 22602 Sector ZU-Y d103!Arai’s Inheritance. It is the official platinum mining hole of the Loose Screws Network. Thank you to Volt, Edward Skeele, Uraniborg, Borked
PowerPlay Update: - (unashamedly copied from KrugerFive’s post in our Discord, 10/23)
Cycle 51: Can you believe we are entering into 1 year of powerplay 2.0 this week?
Winters with a strong week adding the most systems at +18 (all exploited)
Yong-Rui again with the overall strongest week with +5 more strongholds and +8 fortifieds
Patreus goes -1 system overall, but -3 fortifieds
Delaine also kept flat with 0 systems gained
Kruger 5’s Power Rankings - https://k5elite.com/
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/ (updated 10/23)
Megaship Movements Spark HIP 87621 Speculation
Independent observers have reported unusual activity in systems surrounding HIP 87621, intensifying rumours of covert operations in the region.
Multiple reports indicate that megaships have been spotted operating near the permit-locked system over the past week. Though no Power has formally acknowledged involvement, analysts believe this early mobilisation suggests a push for influence around HIP 87621.
CG NOTE “Merit-palooza”:
The large merit awards for mining within the CG system are no longer available, due to revoking the ‘God-Handed’ powerplay state. The only power within 20-30ly is Grom (as it always was), so the ‘normal’ mechanic for getting mining merits there doesn’t work now.
Will it come back?...
Dev News:
New paint job - “ https://www.elitedangerous.com/store/catalog/promo
Halloween paint jobs
Spectrix for all the new ships - looks like monster teeth on the ships’ backs
Malevolent Horror for Anaconda
Various ‘wisps’ (haunt, poltergeist, shade, yurei, revenant, phantasm, horror)
Basically pumpkin faces of various sizes for the old ships
On-foot pumpkin outfits
On-foot skeleton outfits
On-foot ‘slimed’ outfits
Pumpkin ship decal