Episode 285 - Words... Hard...

Loose Screws - The Dangerousest

#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