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