<p></p><p>#314th for 8th January, 2026 or 3312! (33-Oh-fucking twelve Lark)</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 Stuff:</strong></p><p>363 starsystems, controlling 104 systemsSeveral wars and elections in the present time, none of strategic interest</p><p>New Screwspace continues develop, come to the New Screwspace Megathread channel in our discord if you want to participate. We will share in the identification of target systems, building bridges, system design, and hauling. </p><p><strong>PP Stuff: lifted with unspoken consent from KrugerFive on the LS discord</strong></p><p>Cycle 62:<a href="https://k5elite.com/"> https://k5elite.com/</a> </p><ul><li><br></li><li><p>Li Yong-Rui now not needing to defend against massive enclave undermining takes both the most progress and the most systems (+15)</p></li><li><p>LYR takes the 4th spot for total number of exploited systems from Grom this week, with now over a 1000 exploited systems</p></li><li><p>Emperor Arissa in 2nd for both with +9 new systems</p></li><li><br></li><li><p>Looking at progress across the holiday period since cycle 59 (since Dec 18):</p></li><li><p>LYR gained the most points with Kaine close in 2nd</p></li><li><p>Lot of good progress from all the powers, except Torval and Patreus at the bottom</p></li><li><p>Torval has gained 0 systems over the holidays</p></li><li><p>Patreus has gone -12 systems</p></li></ul><p><strong>Dev News (12/11): </strong></p><ul><li><p>Festive Drops - Snowfall Icicle - Snowflakes on a me-teal-ic background</p></li><li><p>Festive Giveaways - 5 next week and 1 on the 22nd - Looks like each new ship will get a free skin in addition to weapons and the SRVs.</p></li></ul><p><strong>Galnet News</strong>: <a href="https://community.elitedangerous.com/en/galnet"><u>Galnet News | Elite Dangerous Community Site</u></a> </p><ul><li><p>Third Distant Worlds Expedition Requests Materials for Deep-Space Infrastructure Project</p></li></ul><p><strong>Discussion :</strong></p><ul><li><p>as_sandrasworkshop_thankyou3311_final_body</p></li><li><p><a href="https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/news/2025-was-huge-for-elite-dangerous-here-s-what-2026-has-to-offer"><u>https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/news/2025-was-huge-for-elite-dangerous-here-s-what-2026-has-to-offer</u></a></p></li></ul><p><strong>Community Corner </strong>:</p><ul><li><p>The second of my Distant Worlds 3 launch site SRV time trials races is available now in EDCoPilot (or just watch the video to learn the track and then go racing with friends).</p></li><li><p><a href="https://youtu.be/XjYDksa18-k"><u>https://youtu.be/XjYDksa18-k</u></a></p></li></ul><p><br></p>