Episode 232 - Pay to no longer be the winner

Loose Screws - The Dangerousest

#232 May 2rd, 2024 or 33oh10

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Squad Update: (Thank you whoever updated it) You’re welcome - Bloomingwind

• Ticks are coming at 7:30 central so Standing Orders are coming in at 9 PM or so

• 6 Andromedae Expansion - We landed in Uchagan - We are not planning on taking control as an active PM controls it

• LSN has departed Calarum - PE is retreating all non-native factions to attempt to stop the fire

• Kolyawa is under our management

• Election in MCC 858, wars in TT 58343 and Xians

• Operation Red Dawn - We’re pushing After Dark Initiative out of control of systems where there are Res Sites for bounties. ADI has been taken over by anonymous players…

• Systems overheating and systems needing a beat down - all in the standing orders

• LOTS going on with Squad right now, get involved, we don’t bite.

All details in the #standing-orders and/or the #loose-screws-factions channels of the Discord.

Galnet Update: https://community.elitedangerous.com/

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Thargoid War - http://dcoh.watch

• Next target - Hadad

• Has a bunch of systems - do all the activities

Dev news:

• Cosmetic store prices refresh

• Most things went up, some by quite a lot

• https://www.elitedangerous.com/store/

• Update 18.04 planned for Tuesday May 7

• SCO drives are engineerable (A rated versions to come? Citation needed?)

• Store UI changes

• Python MkII early access begins

• Pre-built ships / “jumpstart” 25500ARX (20ish dollars)

• Do not include unlocks for engineers or tech brokers

• Modules can’t be moved to other ships and have zero value

• AX Chief and Mining T-6 already mentioned

• DBX - A/D rated, FSD booster, cosmetics

• Python MkII Standard 16250ARX (12ish dollars)

• Ship and shipyard unlock

• Python MkII Stellar (pre-built) 33000ARX(28ish dollars)

• Ship, A rated incl. SOC drive

• Venom Claret Paint Job

• Strike Ship Kit

• Shipyard Unlock

• Python MkII details

• Comes with SCO drive - handles better and lower heat

• 4 Large, 2 Medium HP

• 6 Utilities

• 6 power plant, 6 drives, 6 distributor

• 5 FSD

• Optionals: 6, 4, 3, 2, 1x3

Community Corner:

• Buckey Ball ON NOW!. CNDR Mr. Indigo hosting May’s race

• Elite Dangerouse (French) have created the tool to allow others to design their own adventures.