<p></p><p>#307rd for 23st of October, 2025 or 3311! (33-Oh-Leven, not Oh-Eleven, OH-Leven)</p><p><a href="http://loosescrewsed.com"><u>http://loosescrewsed.com</u></a></p><p>Join us on discord! And check out the merch store! PROMO CODES</p><p><a href="https://discord.gg/3Vfap47Rea"><u>https://discord.gg/3Vfap47Rea</u></a></p><p>Support us on Patreon: </p><p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/LooseScrewsED"><u>https://www.patreon.com/LooseScrewsED</u></a></p><p><strong>Squad Update: (Updated by Bloom 10/16)</strong></p><ul><li><p>BGS - Alec and our friends from Lave were reading the update notes for T-11 Patch 2 from last week. </p></li><li><p>Reviewing the issue tracker ID’s in the patch notes - BGS getting stuck is what FDev thinks is fixed and it looks fixed.</p></li><li><p>What wasn’t fixed per the patch notes - Mission influence going to the right place still doesn’t seem to be fixed. </p></li><li><p>So now it’s half broke</p></li><li><p>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?!?!?!</p></li><li><p>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</p></li></ul><p><strong>PowerPlay Update: - (unashamedly copied from KrugerFive’s post in our Discord, 10/23)</strong></p><p>Cycle 51: Can you believe we are entering into 1 year of powerplay 2.0 this week?</p><ul><li><p>Winters with a strong week adding the most systems at +18 (all exploited)</p></li><li><p>Yong-Rui again with the overall strongest week with +5 more strongholds and +8 fortifieds</p></li><li><p>Patreus goes -1 system overall, but -3 fortifieds</p></li><li><p>Delaine also kept flat with 0 systems gained</p></li></ul><p>Kruger 5’s Power Rankings - <a href="https://k5elite.com/"><u>https://k5elite.com/</u></a> </p><p>Niceygy’s Power Points - <a href="https://elite.niceygy.net/powerpoints"><u>https://elite.niceygy.net/powerpoints</u></a></p><p>Find out more in the LSN-powerplay-hub forum channel.</p><p><strong>Galnet Update</strong>: <a href="https://community.elitedangerous.com/"><u>https://community.elitedangerous.com/</u></a> (updated 10/23)</p><ul><li><p>Megaship Movements Spark HIP 87621 Speculation</p></li><ul><li><p>Independent observers have reported unusual activity in systems surrounding HIP 87621, intensifying rumours of covert operations in the region.</p></li><li><p>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.</p></li></ul></ul><p><strong>CG NOTE “Merit-palooza”: </strong></p><ul><li><p>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.</p></li><li><p>Will it come back?...</p></li></ul><p><strong>Dev News: </strong></p><ul><li><p>New paint job - “ <a href="https://www.elitedangerous.com/store/catalog/promo"><u>https://www.elitedangerous.com/store/catalog/promo</u></a></p></li><li><p>Halloween paint jobs</p></li><ul><li><p>Spectrix for all the new ships - looks like monster teeth on the ships’ backs</p></li><li><p>Malevolent Horror for Anaconda</p></li><li><p>Various ‘wisps’ (haunt, poltergeist, shade, yurei, revenant, phantasm, horror)</p></li><ul><li><p>Basically pumpkin faces of various sizes for the old ships</p></li></ul><li><p>On-foot pumpkin outfits</p></li><li><p>On-foot skeleton outfits</p></li><li><p>On-foot ‘slimed’ outfits</p></li><li><p>Pumpkin ship decal</p></li></ul></ul><p><br></p>
