#241 July 4th, 2024 or 33-oh-10 (3310)
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Squad Update:
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Galnet Update: Galnet News | Elite Dangerous Community Site
Aegis has continued to monitor the recently shifting Thargoid behavior and have confirmed a clear pattern.
Expansion efforts have slowed in recent weeks, with experts theorizing that this change in the Thargoids was a precursor to a change in overall strategy. Aegis researchers have now gathered enough evidence to confirm a tactical shift.
The Thargoids have adopted a more defensive stance, reinforcing their current position rather than expanding outward. They are also targeting and invading populated systems exclusively, sometimes without their normal scouting operations.
Dr. Jeong-Hui Shing of the Holloway Bioscience institute offered the following view:
“That lack of scouting is the most fascinating element of this change to me. A military man may claim it to be a desperate enemy lashing out at its opponent, but I see something deeper.”
“Foregoing expansion to prioritize the defense of their remaining Titans is intelligent, not desperate. These attacks seem just as calculated: they are gathering data. Probing our defenses. Analyzing where their remaining resources may be best used...”
As a tactical response, various organizations will be sending strike teams to designated counterstrike systems around the Titan with the least systems under Thargoid control. Where possible, these teams plan to reactivate a single port within each system to provide a forward operating base for anti-xeno operations.
Pilots are being encouraged to take up arms and participate in the defense of these forward ports.
Thargoid war update:
It’s INDRA-Pendence Day! Let Torpedoes Ring!
Dev News:
18.07 Update - From Tracks’ mouth to Art’s Thicc Thargoid Booty
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/elite-dangerous-update-18-07-5th-july-2024.626390/
Release Schedule - Friday 5th July 2024
7AM UTC/8AM BST - Server off
11AM UTC/12PM BST - Servers back online*
*Please be aware that these are approximate timings and as such are subject to change.
Features of Note:
Ram Tah has been hard at work continuing his investigations of the Anti-Guardian Zone deployed by Thargoids. His most recent breakthrough now allows all Guardian Modules to have the Anti-Guardian Zone Resistance modification applied to them, without penalty.
The reduction to Guardian weapon damage has been removed
All weapons previously modified with the damage reducing modification have automatically received the improved modification
The AX Chieftain prebuilt ship is now delivered with the improved modification
Titan Multiplayer Improvements
A number of improvements to Titan instance stability & improvements to the Titan venting cycle
Reduced maximum number of Thargoid Ships within Titan instances
Discussion:
Buur 7/3 Video: Transition from Thargoid War to PP2.0 and future New Feature. (https://youtu.be/etpd98S3UMk?si=a1OU1ktrNFoueD9a)
Community Corner:
Coriolis.io is moving to new stewardship and being updated!
Buckey Ball - Kevin the Stabber won the regulation race, Alec Turner number 2. Polar Bruski won the Unlimited race with an iEagle. Alec Turner second. Race number 4 - Questing on Qixi by Clarrisa Au, coming later in July!
